Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-07-05
NEWS or THE D4 7.
10 sbop Jle ce1y qgs and body Of the Times.

as the confidence game Mr.. Carey was met
at the Continental Hotel by man Of agreeable
manners, who made himself acquainted with
Mr. c. business and his place of residence.
and then pretended to be from Virginia Also
He won the confidence of the stranger and PRO-
posed walk On the way they met a pre-
tended creditor Of the confidence man, and pay
nent for bill of goods was requested. Conf
dence man No. ! wanted just 800 to make up
the requisite amount. Carey handed it over,
and the counterfeit creditor and debtor soon
found means to get out of the way before the
fraud was discovered y
The city of Matamoras, capitulated on the
23d to the commissioners appointed by Gen.
Caravajal, Gen. Meiia, with the Imperial
troops, embarking between the hours of three
and four P. NJ. under the protection of the y.
S. flag. The most liberal terms were granted
to the Imperialists The city was given up
without bloodshed, pillage, or plumber, and Is
now under the command Of General Jose de la
Garcia There was no violation of the neu-
tralty laws Escobedo with his forces, said 10
number three thousand men, entered Alata-
moras al about o'clock on June "a.
General Scott, commandment of South Caro-
lima, has issued stringent orders in consequence
of the increase of theft, yagran"y, and drunk
enness among freedmen. 1t says the total dis
regard among the freedmen to keep their con-
tracts must RESULT is restitution and starvation,
unless sooner checked He therefore orders
that all men and women who neglect their la
bors be arrested and made to work on the pub
lie roads Those convicted of non capital
crimes are to be imprisoned and compelled to
labor as con7icts on the island from sun rise to
sun set.
The New York Herald states that a new hat
for ladies ana misses, named the Gladiateur,
has just been introduced in that city. 1t is
made of brown or dark colored silk, OF the
gypsy style, elegantly trimmed and adorned in
front across the forehead with a rich bronze
figure Of the famous French horse Gladiator,
with his rider on his back. at the moment of
making one of his noble stretches in winning
race. A long and rich feather starting near
the horse head, on the right side, falls grace
fully to the back streaming over the leaf.
1t is reported from Washington that General
Magru6er, now in Maxico, desires to return to
the T. S. if the Government will consent and
guarantee that he shall be free from arrest
General Magruder declares, it is alleged: that
the Imperial Government has gone TO destruc-
ton: that it has 10 money, and that the Amer
leans, (Gen. Price and others, who are there,
are compelled to look out for some other place
to 60 to, as there is no hope of their being able
to do anything in Mexico.
The Newark, New Jersey, Advertiser signif-
icantly announces that General Fitzpatrick, re-
Gently appointed Minister to Chill, is expected
home soon to attend to his personal affairs,
which he was forced to leave last winter in
some disorder. The Advertiser says he has
leave Of absence, but intimates that it is posi-
bic he will remain, as there is some talk of
nominating him for Congress.
The will Of the late General Cass has been
flied in the probate office at Detroit, Mich. All
the property, real and personal, is divided
equally among his four surviving children,
Lewis Cass, jr., Mrs Mary S. Ledyard, lisa
bella Van Limberg and Matilda Ledyard, ex-
cepting certain specified legacies to former and
the late personal attendants and confidential
business agents.
From New Orleans we learn that much
trouble is anticipated in Louisiana from the
conflicting provisions Of the State Labor laws
and the Civil Rights BILL Bishop Wilmer has
accepted his election, and majority Of the
Dioceses endorse his acceptance with their ap-
prova. He is to be consccrated speedily by
Bishop Hopkins, of Vermont.
\ man in Nottingham, n H., has invented
an alarm to be applied to banks, jails and other
places that ought to be made secure The
gratings and connections Of the doors and win
dows are made hollow, and filled with condens-
ed air, which by its escape on breaking Or saw
ing the rod, must give the alarm without fail.
Some of New England manufacturing COM
panes have declared dividends of only forty
and fortyfve per cent. for the year past. The
Chicopee has declared the latter and the Pa
cifc Mills twenty per cent. for six months
What poor sufferers these are to van: highe.
duties?
Upon consultation with Gov. Or, General
Sickles has disapprovcd the issue of rations to
white people ip South Carolina On the ground
of exaggerated reports, and the danger of pro-
noting idencss.
Some two hundred Spaniards, formerly re-
siding in the South American States but tari-
ven cut Of them in consequence of the veg
with Spain, arc reported to have reached Pan
anna.
During the month Of June the marine losses
by fire: wreck ana collision, of the United
States shipping, amounted to oS vessels, val
ued at 81 10000