Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-06-18
NEWS or THE DAY.
$40 sho70 The ve,y age and body ofMe Times. "

"1o sloy the ve,y age and body ofde Times "
The four steamers from New York on Sat
urday, for Europe, took out 81 0S7 900 in gold,
which, added to the shipment Of "Wednesday
last, makes the total export for the week up
wards Of IS, 800, 600; previously reported $780,.
119, 353--naking the total expectation since
January lst $l4 $40, 3j3, the chief amount of
which was sent out since the 7th May last, to
meet the demand occasioncd by the London
and Liverpool panics. .....
The officers Of the Petroleum Bank at Titus
vile, Crawford county, and the Venango Bank
ofFranklin Vcnango county, Pa, have employed
counselin Harrisburg for the purpose bringing
suit against cx. Auditor General Isaac llcnker,
and through him against the State of Penn
sylvania, for the recovery Of 4 million and a
quarter of United States securities deposi ted
with the Auditor General as security fora
circulating medium OF those banks.
The subject Of rcconstructing the lcvee5 on
the Mississippi River is engaging the favorable
attention Of Congress. Messrs. }. Z. Field
and j. \. Strother, who had been sent to
Washington to represent the interests Of the
State of Mississippi in this matter, state that
nearly $500, 900 acres OF land, Of inexhaustiblc
fertility, will be reclaimed by this work.
Tie Committee on Ways and Means, in scs-
sion at Washington, on Saturday, agreed in
their revision Of the tariff to adopt specific in
stead Of advalorem duties on many OF the
leading articles. On the wool question they
have agreed to a compromise between the wool
growers and manufacturers.
The County Commissioners Of Montgomery
county, Maryland, have refused to levy money
to pay the bills Of the Registers otvotors for that
county, on the ground that the act authorizing
their appointment does not state how or by
whom they shall be paid
The real Asiatic cholera has made disappear
ance in Schenectady, % miles north of Troy
and three victims have already been claimed
By the pestilence. ....
Mn. DAVIS PRISON LIFE.-Therc has just
been published in N. Y. a curious and interest
ing work, entitled ''Prison Life of Jefferson Da-
Wis; embracing details and incidents in his
captivity, particulars concerning bis health and
habits, together with many conversations on
topics of great public interest. BY Brcvet
Lieut. COL John j. Craven, NJ. d., late sur
gcon United States volunteers, and physician
Of the prisoner during his confinement IN For
cember 18th, 1865" The book is filled with
memoranda, which cannot but excite attention
far and wide, and though, doubtless, clap trap
and malevolent remark will be resorted TO, in a
partisan spirit, to break the force of many OF
the facts yet it will be difficult to overcome the
impression which they must make upon the
instinct of a common humanity and ordinary
sense of JUSTICE Bait Sun.
The account given by DR.. Craven Of the
scene in the prison when Mr.. Davis was manacled
of his passionate struggles to resent the indig
nity-and of many other incidents, are almost
too painful for perusal. These things will be
perused with amazemcnt all over Europe and
America. The details of the conversations Of
Mr.. Davis on men and things his estimate of
the character Of leading men on both sides
his opinion as to military and political events,
&C., will be read with great interest. The book
will create 4 sensation everywhere, and VIC may
hereafter refer to it more at large, and give OK
tracts from its pages.
AID TO MEXICo.-In the House of Repre-
sentatives on Saturday, Mr.. Stevens gave
notice Of his intention to offer the following:
Resolved That the committee on foreign
affairs be Instructed to inquire into the proprle
ty of loaning to the republic Of Mexico, on
proper security, $50, 100000 to enable said re-
public to prevent the overthrow of its govern
ment and the establishment of monarchi-
cal government on the continent of North
America
He addressed the House in favor Of the
proposition, and remarked that $20,000,OO0
could be easily advanced by us on the mort
gage Of lower California, Sonora, Sinaiola or
chihuahua, which would makeit perfectly safe.
He contcnded that France could justly take no
exception. If it should provoke war with
Maximiliap, ne supposed no one would be
much alarmed. 1t would give the great re-
public an opportunity to vindicate her honor,
which has become dim under the Nlicawber
policy Of our foreign secretary. By indicating
that honor we should increase and consolidate
the strength Of the nation. He trusted that
our able committee on foreign affairs will soon
take some decisive steps on this most import
ant question.