Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-10-03
NEWS or THE DAY.
10 sho,0 tie rc,y age and Jodyo the tines


''To sho,0 the rcy age and body Of the times. -
House rents are enormous in New York, the
rates ranging from 81, 500 to $500 a year for
unfurnished tcnements in good neighborhoods
The Evening Post says the prices demanded
by the boarding house keepers are even more
extravaganza than those asked by the landlords;
suits of two or three rooms being held (rather
than akcn) at from 800 to 5000 week, or
from S. 900 to $4,000 year, for families OF
moderate size. These are absurd rates, higher
than those of the best hotels, and cannot be
maintained.
The imports of breadstutfs into Great Britain
during the present year show an Insignificant
contribution from this country, but the &C
knowledgcd deficiency Of the haryests of the
season, both in France and Great Britain,
promises demand which will cali FORTH at
remuncrating prices, our surplus stores, which
fortunately are sufficient TO aid materially in
equalizng the heavy balance oftrade against us.
Yesterday morning the canal boats Thomas
Hasset and James Shaw were trcighted with
800 coflins each, and cleared for Antietam.
under the supervision Of Captain }, G. PANE,
y @. NJ. The collins are intended for Use in
the rrintermens in the National Cemetery, at
Antio,am, Of the remains OF the Federal troops
killed in The battles there and in that vicinity.
The Washington corrrcSpond,n Of the
Baltimore Sun says:-"John Minor Bolts
passed through on Saturday, on his way to
Virginia. lie denies that he was one of the
''Southcrn Loyaist PILGRIMS" ana says that
their sentiments are ''agrociou5. Dir. Bolts
refused The invitation to accompany the
Brownlow party"
Advices from Louisiana, Mississippi, and
Alabama, in Southern papers, are very I'M
favorable to the cotton crop, and also describe
the condition of some portions OF that region
as anything bu! PROMISING There is u scarcity
quircd for he sustcnance Of the country.
It is announced that the directors Of the
Atlantic TclegraphCompaay have come to the
sensible conclusion to reduce their tariff
With only one line connecting the two cont
rents they are said to have been drawing
gross revenue at the rate Of about nine hun
dred thousand pounds sterling year.
At New Orleans the deaths by yellow fever
On the Goth and Both ult were seven, and by
cholera thirty At Nashville, in forty eight
hours ending October lst, the DEATHS mbered
thrty-six At Memphis, on October lst,
seyenty-one new cases and twcntyto deaths
were reported for the previous twenty four
hours.
Cold has taken an upward turn, in conse-
quencc partly of supply Of currency in excess
of the wants Of business. Cotton bills have
become scarce, and for that reason, it is said,
gold must rise The fluctuations in the cur
rency and in prices tend to unscttle values and
reduce business to mere speculation.
Thaddcus Stevens, in speech at Lancaster,
Pa, last Thursday, spoke in gross terms Of
abuse and vituperation of the President and
the gentlemen who accompanied him in his
recent tour; and had the bad taste to ridcule
the injuries received by VIM. H. Seward
There was quite row in the Republican wig
VAN 10 New York city: Saturday night; and
an indscriminatc cracking of heads and picking
of pockets, made it quite lively for the parties
to the quarrel which was family affair
altogether.
The reports of cholera, in Philadelphia
showed thirty-two cases since noon on Satur-
day. This is larger number than has been
reported on any single day since the disease
first appeared.
The trial of Mr.. Davis is to be again post
poned His council, it is said, will endeavor
TO sue out writ of habeaS corpus.
More favorable accounts Of the crops, espc-
cialy of the sugar cane, are now reported from
Louisiana.
The Marine Corps is now full and on Satur-
day recruiting for it ceased. At the headquar-
tiers their are at present over 800 enlisted.
Hon. L. D. Campbell, minister to Mexico,
lost large amount Of property by the recent
flood IN Butler county, Ohio.
Cases are reported in Montgomery Alabama
Of starvation-a mother and two children died
for want OF food.
TIE Postmaster at Baltimore has removed
several Radicals, connected with the Post Office
in that city.
\ man in Baltimore who keeps rattlesnakes,
&c., was bitten by one Of them, yesterday, and
lies very low
PURCHASE Long Island, in Princess Anne,
Va, recently purchased by Ben. Wool of New
York, contains l 900 acres, 800 IF which are
under cultivation, or susceptible of cultivation,
and the rest IN marsh aud overfowei lands