Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-05-07
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The, extensive stable and. car hop5e-of the.
Fiith Street Railroad Company, situated in
the lower part Of St. Louis, together With one
hundred aud forty mules sixteen cars, and all
tha harness arsd forage; were destroyed 81 FIRE
last week The loss amounted to $4,000, on
which there was an insurance Of $50, 00O:-
Six business houses at ST. Joseph, Missouri;
were burned on Thursday night The loss
amounted 10 $4,000, cT--.-- -
4 telegram from New Orleans says that the
trocns sent to Texas are behaving very badly.
Drunken, TOMS and fights are, constantly. occur
ing al Galveston. Business is very dull at
liiatap,oras, ind the Austrian troops there are
dissatisfied The telegram also complains OF
the rottiag OF i!le cotton seed Or the Red RlTeE
rlantatio1s ITO AEz.E1
Iir. Inger6oll, OF illinois, Oh Saturday,
poured out tha yisl5 Of his 1,raoh agal:lats the
President, aid, b. his vitupeIation, proved
himself worthy successor of Gwen aoYeloy
President johnson, ''we guess, cannot be
sweyred fro,.l his patriotic course By cuch &c.
mandatory haEa1gues.2 t1Lji Il <f@
Tae Department CT State is III receipt OF
dispatc,es from the U. S. Consul 1T London,
dated april 2lst, wherein it is stated that the
cattle plague is decidedly and rapidlyo on the
decrease, and the expectation is general that 1t
Till soon wear Itself out, ind entirely disap-
pear. rar.rz-rs.r Far4as. !. i,a.a 81. s.eaH o.!5
Ii is stated in Washington that Congress
1ill soon pass bill annulfing Che present char
lei Of that city, and placing the municipal
government under the control Of ttrco COM,
xn;ss:o ones TO be appointed by the President,
by and viii, The advice ard consent of tie Sen
ate
/. very serious fire occurred at Mobile la,
on GTorGay last The number ct buildings de-
strcvcG is estimated At upwards Of forty, and
July ore hundred tenemcnts, occupied by tam
lies chiefly Of the class known IS c-eoies, anu
noted for their industry and good citizenship.
The Commissioners Treedmen's Affairs Las
reoeired Geographic dispatch from Alemnhis,
leon, dated May Sd, which states taat tho
rot III that city commenced inal afrHy between
: party Of discharged soldiers and squad CT
the city police, in which both we're at fault.
h.r. Stevens, OF Pennsylvania, nominated
Gen. Grant for the aexS presidency in bis
sreec..l on Friday. Li3says that the contest tor
the presidency is last narrowing down 70 a
choice JctTean Grant and Lee Andrew
johnson IS ignored by the Radicals.
I; is stated that {. negotiation of consldcra-
BE magnitude has Just been concluded With
The lJexicGr Ilinister at Washington, Senior
,1cr,ero, which involves the oession to certain
leading american capitalists Of nearly the en-
tire peninsula OF California
The New York Times OF Saturday says ::
.:,-esterday mo7di1g Joshua Jenkins, child CT
seven months. sol Of hrs. jenkins: Who DIED
al ci.cls?a in IJin:ty third street, aear Third
ave nue., died o: the disease ,7Aich look OF bis
motiio.;.
-Four Of tie otnel persons, Including ona
rairoc: ogGhenen, Implicated il tnc New
IIa7sa 2:2ijroad) :obbeiy Of TIC adams Ea,-
2rcas Company, ca the 9Th Of January last,
hare been arrested ard held Tor tlia!.
i. MAJ n :3'9.t>gr county, Chic, SENTENCED:
TO be hung .ror murder, resisted tie Execution
of The sentence, BIZ vas o:erpo"ercd by Eav-
ioe cE!orofocla thrown ever hin, a1G m this
way, va3 st,b9ucd and lcalaclc2. ..-...'.
Tie New Ior!, papers report conSinued
r'rangl;rg among tic Fen;a,!s il that city, and
one OF them mentions rumor ,hatin conse-
guencc o. tle failure # tne whole concern, Mr.
G'M.aEoney BIS become insane.
Ere two 1aen Tho, in january last, robbed
snd murdered CaD3. pritchaId, CT Dorchester
comfy, Nd, o. his way hone IN vessel from
Ealt:mcce, k:avc been arrested, aid one Of them
las confessed
! i7ash;nst ol lei ar 10 tie NoE York NsTs
SAYS that The State Department has received
positive Information hat the dcs detachmonts
@: Austrian troo7s lave sailed for Vera Cruz.
Pest, vac poisoned his vile noay auburn,
II. J., about three months since, anc i,7ho was
n:-icr arrest GGct the crime: committed sacie
yesterday ~ cutting his thIoas With la%of.
It is stated That President Johnson has,
within d2y CO two, sisai6ed Q purpose not to
leave Warrington during The summer for wa.
tering places or elsewhere.
The newspapers say that the cholera is on
thy nhine, and III some localitiea in Spain and
France, but not yet ;.larmingly prevalent in
either OF those places. Il"
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