Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-10-30
NEWS or THE DAY.
"Io s1so,o the very age and body Of the times


Yesterday evening fire, in Baltimore,
broke ont in large warehouse, on Baltimore
street. occupied by Fairbanks scales ware
house, and by Marston & Brothers, china store.
During the progress of the fire the ccrnice tell,
badly lnjuring three iremen, who were on the
ladders. Two of them, it is thought, will Gle.
The loss by the fire is quite heavy The stock
III MessrS. Turnbulrs carpet store, adjoining,
was damaged
The bears in New Hampshire have become
very bold this fall, and they plumber the larm-
ers' orchards with impunity. One OF them
was lately discovered in a tree shaking off the
apples, while two of his companions, on the
ground, were deliberately gathering them up.
Fourteen of them were lately killed at Albany,
aud one at Canary Village, near the town
house.
There is great dissatisfaction existing among
the soldiers Of the two battalions Of the 18th
United States infantry stationed in Washing
ton. There have recently been number OF
changes in the officers of the regiment, which
seems to be the principal cause OF the 1eellng
among the lnen. -Four months pay Will be due
the regiment On the lst proxlmo
James Stephens has appointed ten proml-
ncnt Fenians as a committee OF organization
for Missouri, who are to have supreme control
of the Brotherhood of the State, amp are au
thorized to establish circles and commission
officers in the interest of Ireland, and to collect
money and war materials for the use Of the
Irish Republic.
i noted thief has just been sentenced to five
;:ears in the pcnitentiary Of Wisconsin, whose
criminal career is remarkable. Though only
twenty-seven years old, he has had passed upon
him sentences for crimes committed in France,
England Canada and America, amounting in
the aggregate to tifty-six years Of confinement.
There is much excitement at the North
about the sentence of two of the Eenian prison
ers. In Buffalo, yesterday there was public
meeting, threats made, and the British Govern
ment denounced. The general impression is,
that no executions will take place: notwth
standing the sentence passed.
The family Of General Dix sailed for Eng land
in the steamship Arago on Saturday, to remain
there until joined by the general, who expects
soon 10 receive final instructions and take his
departure for France. He may be able to Lave
BY the mid lie Of next month.
\ dispatch from Galveston, Texas, says
An ex-Confederate Postmaster General
publishes long lette, referring to former one.
n IS very strongly in favor Of granting negroes
suffrage and all other rights, the same a, white
men, and says any man unwilling to 90 this is a
demagOgur.
Governor Humphreys, Of Mississippi, in
view Of the precarious condition Of Mr.. Davis 5
health, recommends the Legislature appoint
| one or more commissioners to proceed to
Washington, and confer with the President
with view 10 the release of Davis on parole
or BAIL
Ga the Dry Tortugas, the most acsoate and
barren island almost known, there anguish in
imprisonment several hundred State prisoners.
Sent thither by military commissions ribu
nails that have been denounced as unknown to
and unwarraotcd by law.
Archbishop LYNCH Of S. c., preached at
Fortress Monroe last Sunday lie visited the
family of Mr. Davis, with whom he had been
acquainted for many years.