Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-03-22
NEW.S or THE DAY.
80 sAoy the ve,y age and body o. the Tunes.

The Secretary of War has ordered tnat tne
Gale Of the public buildings at GiesboEo, u. U,
be suspended until further orders. Genefal
Ekin. who is in control of the property, has &C
cordinply Withdrawn his advertisements tor the
sale of the public buildings at that depot
Sales of miscellaneous stores not required tor
public service will, however, be made from time
TO time. A large sale of medicines veterinary
tools, &c.. will take place at the depot on
Thursday, the 29th instant.
Among the most important discoveries re-
Gently made by the detectives of the Treasury
Department in the counterfeiting OF the ma
tional currency is that ofthe coupons OF the ten
forty-fve hundred bonds, one payment OF when
was due on the lst instant. Persons VINO nave
invested in these bonds will be glad to learn
that the counterfeit coupons have been detec-
ted, and that all the National Banks and AS
sistant Treasures have been thoroughly posted
in regard to them.
Mr.. Latin, of New York, chairman OF the
House Committee on Printing, in report up
on the printing Of the Patent Office Report,
made an expose Of the amount OF paper used
by the United States, calculated to open the
ewes of the public He says that the Govern
ment Of the United States uses one-thlrteenth
of all the printing paper used in the United
States, and that the Government expenditure
for printing is one-twelfth of the cost OF all the
printing done in the United States.
The family of Urah Townsend, Of Tarytown,
New York, consisting Of himself, wife, land four
children were poisoned by something eaten IN
their own house The eldest daughter, aged
nineteen years, is dead, and the others are In
critical condition. One or two are unlikely to
recover. Their flesh is horribly swollen, and
they are growing weaker. Mr.. [. is justice
of tt e peace, and the deed is suspected 10 have
been done in revenge, by some unknown par
| ties.
Advices from Montgomery, Ala, dated on
| the 10th inst, received by Dr. q. w. Homer,
| Chief Medical Officer Of the Freedmen's Bu-
reau, inform him that report was IN crcnla-
ton there that the cholera had made it, APP
pearance in Mobile, Ala. although the report
was not traced to any reliable source. Mont
gomery and Mobile are both in very filthy
condition, and arc being cleansed by the militia
ry authorities.
The New York Tribune says, that the taxes
in this country are heavier than are or ever
were borne by any other thirty millions OF peo-
ple on earth Adding our State and Munich
pal to our National taxes, and they amount to
not a penny less than $50 each per annum tor
the whole American people
We observe, by reference to the New York
papers, that tue board of directors Of the insu-
rance companies Of that city, have presented to
each of the members of the Metropolitan Fire
DepaY tment of that city policy OF insurance
| in one of the protective life insurance con'pa-
MES
It is currently reported on good authority
that Clement G. Clay, the companion III I'M
prisonment of Mr.. Davis in Fortress Monroe
was on Tue day, on his parole Of honor, granted
the freedom of the grounds inside tho fortress
during the daytime.
Messrs Lelands, proprletors of the Metro
politan and Saratoga Hotel, have written So
licitiug the lease of the hotel projected in the
vicinity of the mineral springs found on the
Gettysburg battlefield.
| An advertisement in the Washington Star
informs The people of that city that for the sum
of twenty-five cents each, they can obtain adj
mission to that famous building, known as the
Old Capitol Prison!
The Freedmeu's Bureau has received reports
| within the las: few days from North Carolina.
The writer states that the freedmen are not yet
free from apprehension that their liberty will
prove but dream.
A new counterfeit on the twenty-five cent
fractional currency note was detected at the
Department on Wednesday. In colorlng and
engraving it is inferior to the genuine.
The military authorities in Salisbury North
Carolina havesuppressed the sale of the pictures
of Generals Lee jackson, and other Coufeder
ate generals.
Montgomery Slaughter hes been reelected
Mayor of Fredericksburg, and a1aajority Of the
former Council are also reelected.
1t is authoritatively denied that single case
of cholera had appeared in Havana. The
smallpox is decreasing.
TRAGIC Esd TO A LOVE AFFA1R.-A very
sad and tragic affair occurred in Roxbury, Mas
sachusetts, on Monday evening which threw
the community into the greatest excitement.
The Boston Herald says:
1t appears that Mary Ann Carney, a young
Patrick Carney, has been keeping company
with man named John Moran about 81 years
old About o'clock on Monday evening
Moran went to the house, looked overa win
dow curtain into the room where Mary was,
and raped slightly on the window to attract
her attention She recognized him and started
to the door. Moran also stepped to the door,
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