Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-08-04
NEWS OF THE DAI.
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SIN reply to a resolution of the House OF
Repres ,ntatiyes," says the Washington Union
! calling upon the Secretary of War for the
number of prisoners Of either side held, and
that died during the wa, be makes the follow
ing report: Number of Union prisoners
South, 260, $40 number Of Confederate prison
ers North, 200, 1000; number Of Union prison
ers died, %, SIC; number of Confederate prl-
soners dad, 26, 1876.
A letter from Rome says: Yesterday was
the festival of St. Peter, and the ceremonies
were solemnized by the Pope himself in the
basiica of the Saint. The Holy Father ofici-
ated over the Apostles tomb with the pomp
always displayed on this OCCASION and on the
two other great festivals Of the year, Easter
and Christmas. He looked very pale and thin;
his fine voice was weak.
From New Orleans we learn that the order
of General Baird declaring martial law in that
city has been revoked. Judge Abel has
charged the Grand Jury Of his court to indict
all persons engaged in the recent riot. Several
arrests have already been made, and all the
prisoners released by the military authorities
are to be re-arrestcd.
John Mitchell who is in Paris, writes to the
Dublin Nation that be has paid into the hands
Of James Stephens, c. 0. [. r., or his au-
thorized agents, over SIS, ZOO in gold, received
from Irishmen in the United States for the
benefit Of the Irish cause. Some body must
have Jared we'll out of the Fenians
Gen Sherman has given his opinion of good
things. In his speech at Cleveland he said :
II see that the Atlantic cable has been success
fully laid-that' a good thing. [ also see that
Congress has adjourned-th good thing;
and if the hot weather only keeps off, that,
too, will be good thing.
Santa Anna was arrested yesterday, at New
York, and held to bail in the sum CT thirty
thousand dollars, at the suit Of Mr. Montgom-
erv, who accuses General Santa Anna with
having maliciousy caused his Montgomery 81
arrest. The latter lays the damages at twenty
FIVE thousand dollars.
The caulkers strike in Boston has ended by
the succumbiDg of the strikers to the terms
demanded By the merchants and master work
men. The Boston Journal says: 1t never
ought to have been commenced, and this very
many Of the best workmen in the trade now
freely admit
A lady residing in indianapolis, the other
day commenced tickling her daughter, girl
fourteen years old. She continued this amuse-
ment until the girl became exhausted, and
finally, in struggling to free herself, bust
blood vessel, and finally died.
Five soldiers and civilian, late on Wednes-
day night, perpetrated most shocking muir
der in Westchester CO.: NY. The soldiers be-
onged to the First United States artillery, and
we're stationed at Fort Schuyler.
In Philadelphia yesterday an attempt was
made to kill barber named Hull, by two ne
groes, who say they were employed by his wife,
who promised them eight hundred dollars for
the jot.
Gen. Steadman absolutely declines the posi-
ton of superintendent of public printing, A
successor to the present incumbent will be APP
pointed in few days.
There have been twenty eight cases Of yellow
fever and fifty eight of smallpox at Havana
during the month Of June. as officially reported
in the Gazette.
In New York, yesterday, 5 cases of cholera,
but no deaths; in Brooklyn II cases. 6 deaths
in Philadelphia cases, deaths.