Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-07-18
NEWS or THE DAY.
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During the war Gen. Clary, Deputy Quar-
termaster General, occupied the house Of loyal
citizen in Memphis, Mr., Duval, then residing
at Philadelphia, as quarters. Since then Duva]
instituted suit for rent, and recovered the
| amount claimed. On the sheriff attempting
to carry out the orders of the court Clary
brought in guard and ordered them to put
him out or kill him. On Saturday, as Clary
was leaving on furlough, the Judge ordered the
sheriff to arrest him, but he evaded the posse
by engaging passage on one boat and leaving
on another, taking an armed guard with him
The report telegraphed from Leavenworth,
few days since, that the commissioners sent
to Fort Laramie to effect treaty with the ln-
dians had failed to do so, isncorrect. The
Indians further South, are dissatisfied and
disconnected, because the provisions of the
treaty made with them in October last have
not been fulfilled. The Indian Department is
unable to comply with the stipulations, as no
funds have yet been appropriated for that pur-
pose.
The bark Keoka, which left San Francisco
ten days ago ostensihly for the Colorado River,
after getting outside took on board one hundred
and torty-seven disbanded California volunteers,
armed with rifles and bowie knives. and amply
supplied with ammunition and money. They
were commanded by Captain }. B. Urney, who
has commission as Brigadier General in the
Liberal army of Mexico, and their destination
was Sonora
Judge Bryan, in the T. S. Circuit Court, in
Charleston has decided that the existence Of
peace and President Johnson's proclamation
Of April ., declaring the suppression of the in-
surrection, revoke President Lincoln's procla-
nation of 1862 and that every citizen is euti-
tied to the benefits of the writ ofhaheas corpus
We lately published the good luck Of Mrs.
Walker, Of Hartford, Conn, wlo fell heir to
$780, coo, 900, left her by relative in En-
gaod A similar case has come to light on
Long Island, n Y A poor Teuton named
Soak: he's been left 81 500, 900 BY relative in
Germany.
The Memoirs OF the Confederate War;" by
Colonel Heros Won Brock, chief of staff for
General J. E. B. Stuart, which have had a
run through several numbers of BIackwood' S
Magazine, are concluded in the last issue
(June) of that periodical.
Professor Ferdinand Engel, for nearly ten
years connected With the j. S. Coast Survey,
died on the 18th inst, at fremont, N. Y. where
he has lately been residing. AS far as descrip-
tive geometry is concerned, he was considered
to have no superior.
1t is ascertained that steam is not near so
good disinfectant as others already is use,
and its employment for this purpose In dwell
Ing houses cannot by any means be recon-
mended.
The details of the arrest Of citizen Of Fred
ericksburg under Gen. Grants recent orderwi
be found in another column. Thus bad be-
gins" and, we fear, worse remains behind. !"
gsJay Cooke, the well-known banker, returns
an income for 1865 Of 1925, 0O0 His tax will
be over 100000. He resides in Cheltenhan,
Montgomery county, Pennsylvania.
A revolution broke out at Gonaives, Hayti,
July 9TH, and spread through the adjoining
Territory All communication is cut off be-
tween the North and the capital
A severe storm of wind, rain, and hail, pass
ed over a portion Of Spotsylvana county, Oh
Monday last Serious injury was done to the
corn and oats.
Lower Canning, in Nova Scotia, was burned
on Saturday night Over fifty stores and
dwellings, were destroyed.
A brick building in Philadelphia over two
hundred feet long was demolished by lightning
| on Saturday.