Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-06-14
NEWS, or THE DAY.
"7o s7o,o tterery age and body of the Times

District Court at Montgomery, Alabama, has
been indicted for treason, at that place, Tor ac-
ceptipg the office Of Judge Of the Confederate
District Court and holding the same during
the war Mr.. George W. Gayle, who IS
charged with offering in the Selma Dispatch,
reward of one million Of dollars for the assassi-
nation of President Lincoln, Secretary Seward
and Vice President ohnson, was also brought
before the Court at Montgomery, under al IN
dictment for treason Both parties pleaded
not guilty, and were released on giving bail IN
the sum Of fifteen thousand dollars. -,,...s,
Commodore John Randolph Tucker, late OF
the Confederate navy, has received the appoint
ment CT the supreme command of the Peruvian
navy with the title of Admiral, and he depart
ed on the lst instant from New York for Peru.
Admiral Tucker was, by arrangement with the
Peruvian Government permitted to take with
him his staff of officers, and was accompanied
in his departure by Capt. D. P. McCorkle, OF
this State, and Lieutenant Butt, of Norfolk
Capt. McCorkle is to take command Of one OF
the vessels, and Lieut.. Butt is TO be flag lieu
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tenant to the Admiral.
II would seem that the surest and shortest
path to paradise, nowadays, leads directly
through the Sixth Commandment, and that
the most potent key to heaven is OF the form
OF a murderer sknife. About all Of our modern
culprits who are brought to the gallows delight
the souls Of the attendant clergymen and they
leave behind them an odor of sanc.ity as much
more powerful than that Of ordinary saints as
the musk of the perfumer is more powerful
than the scent Of the daisy. a.r..G
A consolidation of the three great telegraphic
companies, the Americana the UNITED
States, and the western Unon," has just
been effected, with join capital Of $50, 100000.
This gigantic concern will now control every
wire in the Union, with the exception Of the
single route between Washington and New
York. 1t has some 1000 Offices, and the
monopoly of the right Of way over every raul
road lirlc in the United States.
?. O'Day head centre Of Buffalo, applied to
General Barry fer the return Of armsand NUM-
tious of war seized there. O'Day claimed the
arms as his private property. Tic says he had
made advances on them as an auctioneer and
commission merchant. General Barry replied
that ne is only the custodian Of the arms and
that he seized them by order OF superior
officers. ...-.
The Getty PASTOR Of the City OF Brothcrly
Love, has been cmbezzlng funds belonging to
b,J b,,t no
drugging and outraging Of two innocent girls
ty Rev. --, Chaplain 18th Illinois Folun-
teers, which has just come to light, is the most
Infamous piece of clerical vllany yct discov-
cred ...
Postmasters have been instructed to observe
the following rules: THE mails Of the I. S.
must not be delivered at any post office or other
place where there is not regularly appointed
postmaster, duly commissioned, or other au-
thorized agent, duly appointed and sworn, ac-
cordipg to law, to receive them" .j.t...~.
A great part Of the town Of Margaluoz,
Porto Rico, was burnt, May Goth. An Amer
lean man-of-war sent 80 men ashore to assist in
extingliishing the flames. The loss has not
been ascesta;ded James 9. Gallagher; y. 5.
Consul at Ponce, died on the 2Sth, in an apo
pletic fit.
At a meeting of the directors Of the i5alti-
more and Ohio railroad, the resignation of
William Prescott Smith as master Of transport
tation was accepted, to take effect on the 1st OF
July. Mr. John L. Wilson, the present mas
ter of the road was chosen master of transpor-
tation. ...,...s.. ...l...
The Emperor Napoleon is said recently to
have declared TO the British Minister, who So
iicted his mediation in favor of peace that he
"can no longer assume the responsibility of
events Clearly not. But, nevertheless, he
can, in a great measure, control the movements
Of conflicting parties. .
Gems. Stcedman and Fullerton, recommend
that the Sea Island lands in S. c., given to the
negroes by General Sherman order, be return
ed to their owners, provided they pay the freed
men for all Improvements that the latter have
made while in possession of the property.
The steamers Persia and Marathon sailed for
Europe, taking upwards OF three and a half
millions OF dollars IN gold. Among the plssen
gers in the former is COL Sanford, president
American Telegraph Company.
The passenger depot and wood shed adjoin-
ing, belonging to the Vermont and Massachu-
sets Railroad Company, at South Ashburn-
ham, Mass, was entirely consumed by fire yes
terday- .......
Hon. Moses f. Odell, naval officer Of New
York, and late member of Congress from
Brooklyn, died Yesterday The deceased was
connected with the custom house for many
years.
The congregation Of the Old School Presby-
terrain Church in Baltimore, corner of Franklin
and Cathedral streets, fully endorse the views
and actions Of their pastor, Rev. Dr. Bullock
The President yesterday nominated to the
Sano4o C,o,- T1or Sp,ith how Of bn