Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-12-27
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In New Orlears on Christmas Day, The band
OF the thirty ninth colorcd regiment paraded
! the streets playing patriotic airs and followed
| by crowds of negroes, and this created Il slight
row In another Disturbance drunken negro
soldier who was brandishiDg long knife, was
arrested by the police and was rcScurcd by
colorcl soldiers. Cavalry patrols intertered
and tho negro soldiers were driven TO their
quarters and the citizens dispersed BY the
police \ few Slight casualties cccurrcd.--
Nothing more Sc! :ouS.
The ship Westminster, with large cargo
from Calcutta, bound for London, went ashore
On Prata Shoa!. The captain and six Of his
crew were murdered By Chinese pirates, who
boarded the vessel From Hong Kong we
learn that the American brigantinc Cuba was
captured on October 9Th, near Pedro Branca,
BY Chinese pirates. The captain Of the Cuba
was deliberately shot, and the vessel piiiagod,
! set on fire and abandoned.
Finding that as affairs now stand il Mexico
their efforts Nigh. prove abortive, in part, at
least. if they attempted the work at present.
Mr.. Campbell and General Sherman dil not
ATTEMPT to carry out the plan originally deter
mined upon, and they have simply postponed
action for Short time, under instructions
from the State Department.
\ terrible massacre is reported 10 have oc-
Cured on the 22l near Fort Phil Kearucy.-
Dreyct Colonel Fi!torman, Captain Brown and
Lieutenant trrammond, Of the 1S:h infantry,
with ninety enlisted men OF the III cavalry and
18TH infantry, were surrounded by Indians:
aii;! every officer and man killed.
On Monday night fire occurred Richmond,
Va. which consumed the Shockoe mill Of r.
j. Smythc the ice-housc OF Smythe Il Nc
GoWan, with >, 600 tons of ice two jenements
owned by John Iiernay and three others be-
longing to r. II. Allen.
The Secretary of the Interior received yes
terday telegram announcing the death, by
apopIexy, at Council Bluffs, Of General Samuel
r. Curtis one Of the commissioners appointed
to inspect Che finished work upon the Union
Pacific railroad.
The thriving village Of Newton, Worcester
county: Maryland, was the scene of a disastrous
fire on Friday evening last. Nearly all the
most valuable property in the town was de-
stroyed The total loss is estimated at fifty
Thousand COLLARS
On accorn! q the absence Of Justice Grier,
the decision 81 the Supreme Court in the test
oath eases was not delivered yesterday. lis
delivery is hot now expected before Monday,
January 18th, next.
Intelligence was received yesterday Of the
Geat;, Of Lieut. Wilson, of the Sixth L. s.
Cavalry, ard son Of Senator Wilson, Of Mass
Lieut.. Wilson died At Austin, Texas, yesterday
morning
General Grant has telagraphted TO Governor
Fletcher, that he cnuntermanded The order
Seeding tSo companies OF United States troops
10 Lexington, 30.
General Grant Is quite i'll, having been con
iacd to lis room since his return from the
West on last Saturday evening. No serious
'esults are anticipated.
The Central House was burned at San Fran
,isco on Sunday. -Four men persisted in the
lanes.
1t is rumored that the firm Of Ball, Black
I Go. in New Y ork, has failed.
GOLD
New YORK, Dec. 27.-GoId, to-day, 1873. |