Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-03-30
NEWS OF THE DA 7.
"1o sAoD the ve1y age and body Of the Times.

Mr.. De Bow, in the March number Of his
! Review, gives notice that he vii! soon publish
a work entitled, 1.-THE Southern Confederacy;;"
being an exposition Of the arguments and
doctrines relied upon by the Southern leaders
to establish seperate government, and show
ing the gradual formation Of opinion in the
Southern people leading to that event.
The Washington correspondent Of the Phil
| adephia Ledger states that despite the charges
of disloyaIty and other offences against the
newly elected mayor Of New Orleans, the case
has been declared settled il bis favor, by Gen.
| Candy, who issued an order placing the muni-
cipal affairs of the city in the hands of the
officials elected by the people.
Several banks at Titusville Oil City and
Franklin, in the oil region Of Pennsylvania.
have failed Their failure has caused quite an
excitement among the Philadelphia oil compa
MES, many of whom had their funds deposited
in those banks. It is thought the ''oi! bubble"
as bubble has burst-and that hereafter the
business will not be one of mere speculation.
The Egyptian Government has published an
| announcement Jill IluCC JUL
made an infant" and that none OF his debts
contracted without the written consent Of his
guardian will be paid This infant is about
forty years old, it was he who last summer
lost twenty thousand dollars a day at cards at
the Imperial Club, Paris
The will of Jared Sparks was on Tuesday
presented for probate at the East Cambridge
Court His property is valued at about $50:
900. There are no public requests with this
exception: His Historical manuscript papers,
bound in volumes" are given to his son tenn
porarily, and ultimately to the library Of Har-
ward College.
The efforts of Governor Peirpoint to revive
military organizations by the formation OF
volunteer companies in the various c2unt!eS,
of Va, met with no encouragement, as his
message to the General Assembly disclosed,
In fact, the attempts made by tho adjutant:
appointed by the Governor were simply abor-
tive.
The military and medical anthoYiIio, at For
trcss Monroe are dcvising means TO improve the
sanitary condition Of the negroes and other i'll
nabitants of the Peninsula. S'mali-p has
been Introduced there by the negro troops re-
turning from Texas, but measures have been
taken to prevent its extension.
The expected approach of cE";:Ia to this
country during the summer has induced
General Terry, commanding tilc department
of Virginia, to take precautions for safety by
obtaining strict quarantine Of vessels from
the West Indies and elsewhere.
The Sanitary Board Of Norfolk is actively
engaged in cleaning the city and adopting meas
ures to prevent the cholera during the coming
summer. An effort has been made to employ
the prisoners in the hard labor prison in cleans
ing the streets.
The poor folks Of New York arc in another
ouandary. They do not know what to 10 with
the old straw from their beds. The police say
they must not burn it in the streets, nor throw
it in the vacant lots, nor yet will the ash-lnan
take it away.
Fine plantations at the South arc offered at
so low rates that the temptation to take them.
regardless of all contingencies, has proved in a
great many cases resist!ess to Northern men,
who are carrying them on under prospects of
great success.
Rev. Mr. CULVER, Of Chicago, writes ia the
independent to stir up Congregational minis
ters to devote more attention to politics. lie
thinks they neglect this part of their duty.
CULVER is, as great Joker as his namesakc
Leruel.
According to the Bangor Wing, member
of the Penobscott bar claims in motion for
new trial, That the verdict was against law
and the weight Of evidence, and that the jury
were unduly influenced by the great personal
beauty Of the female plaintiff.
4 drunken negro at Murfreesboro, Tenn. ran
against little girl the other day, and angcred
because she was in his way deliberately drewa
revolver and blew out her brains. He is in
custody and will be hanged.
4 negro in Paris, Kentucky, who had out
ragged white child ten years old and afterward
murdered her, was yesterday taken by the
citizens from jail aud hanged His body still
remains suspended.
Eight boats laden with coal were lost at Cairo
on Tuesday last by a collision between the tow
boat Hercules and the monitor Tippecanoc.
The latter was also badly damaged.
The New York Tribune declares that the
veto message renders it absolutely necessary
that the blacks should be protected by giving
them the right Of suffrage.
The resignation Of Gen. John NJ. Palmer:
commanding the Department Of Kentucky
rendered some time ago; has been accepted by
| President Johnson.
Col. Mosby during his visit to Baltimore,
last week, was formerly waited on by Ferian
Delegation of that city, and offered high
position in their organization.
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