Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-05-10
NEWS OF THE DA 7.
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The Surgeon-in-Chief of the Freedmen's
Bureau has received from the South the usual
monthly reports. They indicate sllgh In
crease Of sickness among the negroes since the
month of March, but fewer deaths. North
and South Carolina and Virginia appear to
have suffered most from disease In South
Carolina small pox prevails in great majority
ofcases. This disease is said 10 have increased
considerably of late in the Carolinas and Lou
isiana The only States entirely exempt from
smallpox arc Florida and Texas.
In addition to the religious convention call
ed by DR.. Breckenridge, Of Kentucky, which
will meet at ST. Louis on the 18th inst, the
Presbyterian General Assemblies, both Old and
New School, will convene there on the l7th.
Over thousand delegates are expected to be
in attendance, for whose accommodation ample
provisions have been made. All railroads in
the State, two or three Mississippi packet com
panies and the several main railroad lines to
the East, have agreed to convey delegates at
half fare s
The official reports of the Assistant Com
missioners of the Freedmen's Bureau to the
commissioner, now being received for the month
of April, ''show continued improvement in
the relations between the white and black race.
The freedmen seem to be gaining more cor
rect notion of their responsibilities, as we'll as
privileges in their new character of freemen;
and where they conduct themselves inofensive-
ly the whites are becoming more disposed to
treat them civilly and dea! justly with them
Captain A. Catesby Jones, formerly lieuten-
ant in the U. S. Navy, and during the late
war captain in the Confederate naval service,
has been appointed by the Peruvian govern
Inent chief of ordinance in the navy of that
country. During the late war he was first
lieutenant Of the famed iron clad Virginia. aud
participated in the memorable engagements be-
tween that vessel and the United States fleet
in Hampton Roads, in 1862.
The LIST regiment of colored troops. returned
to Baltimore yesterday. Whilst passing
through section of the city conflict occurred
between some colorcd people following the
soldiers and number Of whites. Blows were
exchanged, and firearms are reported to have
been used, and one Or two parties slightly in
jured.
Nearly all of the claimants Of the cotton
seized by the Government at Savannah have
commenced suits in the United States District
Court of New York, against Simeon Draper,
Cotton Agent for the recovery Of the value OF
the cotton. The suits number one hundred
and twenty two.
John J. Davies, Grand Master Of the indie
pendent Order of Odd Fellows Of the State Of
New York, died on Wednesday, in Brooklyn.
He was also at the time Of his death Grand
Scribe Of the Grand Encampment, and rep
resentative Of that body in the Grand Lodge of
the United States.
The first green peas Of the season were offer
ed for sale in the market at Richmond On Sat
urday. They were sold at 81 SO per peck
The pods were not more than half filled with
small peas.
Gems Beaurcgard and Adams have gone to
Europe to negotiate the J ackson railroad bonds.
President johnson has modified their Confed-
crate parole to go and return.
COL j. W. Burke, Of the Tenth Ohio, says
the people Of Northern Alabama are reduced
to state riyaing that OF the people Of Ireland
in the famine years
Ex President Pierce was confirmed a member
of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, by Bishop
Chase, at Concord, New Hampshire, on Sun
day.
Head Center Stevens has not arrived in this
country, and was not on board the William
Penn. at ST. Johns n F.
\ man named Clinton James was killed by
man named Price, in the American Theatre, in
Baltimore, last night.
The health officer at New York reports four
new cases Of cholera, but no deaths, since
Tuesday night.
Probst, the murderer OF the bearing family
in Philadel phia is to be hung on the Sth Of