Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-06-21
NEWS OF THE DAY.
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The reports of the New York Board of
Health make it certain that there have been
between thirty and forty cases Of Asiatic chole-
RI in that city between the first of May and the
middle of June. The board take the sensible
ground that is is improper and unwise to at
tempt to conceal the facts. On the other
hand, they maintain that the people should be
appraised of them aud the only known means OF
stopping the further spread of the disease
There is no occasion for any one to be alarmed.
They are of the opinion-and they are sup
ported in it by medical authority-thati the
poison which causes the disease is comfortable
that il can be neutralized and killed. 10
this end the fecal discharges of cholera pa
tient should never be allowed to be thrown ln-
to water-closet or sink without first being
thoroughly disinfected These discharges are
the most fatal, and probably the only means OF
spreading the disease. .........-....-
The citizens of New Orleans who have been
represented for year past in the settle
ment of claim, for restitution, upon q certain
assessment, levied by General Butler, upon the
subscribers TO the first Rebel war loan Of fifteen
million dollars, have received decisive answer
from the War Department, withina few days,
that the claim would be audited and referred to
Congress for special appropriation.
A novel exhibition came off on Tuesday at
Suffolk Park-a repetition Of one that took
place in New York some time ago. 1t was a
race by two females each driving team Of
blooded horses, harnessed to Roman chariot.
The ladies were announced as Miss Virginia
Mason, of New York, and Miss E. T. S., Of
Philadelphia. .... ..r.:... ...
The Rochester On H Courier states that
several families in that town are making prepa-
rations to emigrate to the Holy Land this sea-
son, under the charge Of Rev. Mr.. Adams, and
will settle near Jafa, where Mr., A has already
negotiated for the land
Two new cases Of cholera occurred at New
York yesterday, but the patients it was thought
would recover The news from quarantine in
New Y ork Bay, was more serious. The cholera
is said to be rapidly increasing on board the
steamer Illinois.
Gen. Ely, Of the Freedmen's Bureau in
South Carolina, against whom charges were
preferred byGenerals Steedmen and Fullerton,
has avoided arrest and trial by court martial,
by resigning his Office and retiring from the
service.
In the libel suit pending before the U. S.
Court at Washington, Judge Olin has decided
that letters transmitted to the Departments
were privileged communications, and that the
Court had no power to compel them to be pro.
duccd
The speculation in gold has fairly broken
down, and heavy losses have been sustain
ed by those who were confident that the Euro
pcan demand would carry up the the price still
further. In this however, they were mistaken.
On Saturday last the people Of Charleston,
South Carolina, assembled at the cemetery,
two miles distant from the city, to do honor to
the, Confederate dead The ceremonies arc
SAID to have been very impressive.
The Chapel Hill IN. c. University held its
69th anniversary few days ago. The degree
of Doctor Of Laws was conferred on President
johnson, and Judge Reade, of the North
Carolina Supreme Court
1t is rumored that Maj. John II. Gee, after
a protracted trial before Military Commission,
sitting at Raleigh, North Carolina, has been
acquitted OF all the charges made against him.
Bob. Jamison, the notorious gambler, was
murdered in New Orleans on the 18th by man
named Duf6e, in gambling house. Jamison
received nine balls and six stabs.
1t is stated in the Wheeling Register, that
three negroes voted the radical ticket in Har-
rlsoncounty, at the recent election, inclusive of
the Constitutional Amendment
The St. Mary's, Maryland, Gazette states
that the Hon. Benjamin G. Harris will proba-
bly, decline to be candidate for reelection to
the next Congress.
The recent storm was very servere on the
Northern lakes, and many disasters to vessels
are reported.