Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-08-22
NEWS or THE DAY.
"1o shoao the gerry age and body Of the times

| possession Of the Office. Colonel Thomas ac-
1uiesced. He has abandoned his intention ct
appealing to The court, and asked until the lst
of September to settle his accounts and close
the books Of the Custom House: This Mr.
Johnston complied With, and tie interview
ended. On the lst Of next month Mr.. Thomas
will, therefore, yield possession fthc Custom
House.
A dispatch from Fortress Monroe says, that
the question as to the state Of Mr.. Davis s
health appears to remain in about the same
doubtful position as ever. Assistant Surgeon
General Crane lately arrived from Washington
D. G., and had private and very long inter
view with the prisoner Of course, the result
of his interview, and the conclusion he drew
therefrom, are not known, and will be made
directly to the proper authorities at Washing
ton. &C..
The Secretary Of the Treasury has received
information that the Assistant Treasurer at
Philadelphia has received the sum OF $50,oOO
from the First National Bank Of Philadelphia,
the amount realized from the forgery commit
cd by w. Ringgod Cooper few weeks since
Adams Express Company having previously
paid over the proceeds Of another OF Cooper S
forgcries, amounting to $4,000, the Govern
mcnt will sustain no loss from his operations
The steamer Shenandoah, recently sold IN
Liverpool by the United States consul realized
the sum Of eli ,S44 1Cs. l0d. sterling, which
was deposited in the banking house of Barring
Bros subject to the order of the Secretary OF
the Treasury. The money was drawn by the
Secretary on the Goth instant, and will be de-
posted in the Treasury as proceeds OF captured
property.
correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette
gives some interesting statements of the corn
crop of this country, and by some tabular
statistics shows that the average increase OF
this crop is about five pei cent per annum. ln
1910 the crop was 81, 53l 1915 bus heels in
1850, 500, Gil ,104; in 1860, S30,45l:707, and
the estimated crop for 1866 is l,039, 100000.
A meeting of the Republican National Ex-
ccutive Committee, appointed at the Baltimore
Convention June 17th,. 1864, is called for the
Sd Of September at Philadelphia, to GUST Mr..
Raymond from his position as q member
George B. Center, Of Ohio, a member OF the
committee, refused to sign the call, giving as Il
reason. that he now fully endorses the President
/ A telegram from LeavcnWorth, Kansas, re-
ports that the military force on the plains is
insufficient 10. cope With the hostile Indians. =
The troops have fought the Indians four times.
Several trains have been attacked, and quite q
number Of the escort killed-the women and
children being carried off into captivity.
The Mr. Kelly mentioned as being chosen
Superintendent of the National Express Com
pany in Fredericksburg, in the place Of Mr..
Fcklin, resigned is understood to be General
Kelly, an officer Of the Federal army during
the war, and once Il prisoner in Southern hands
The Governor General OF the Island Of Cuba,
in view of the fact that cholera has made its
appearance at New York, Philadelphia and
other places, has ordered that all vessels enter
ing the ports Of Cuba from the United States
shall be subjected to quarantine
The Houston Telegraph states important
facts in regard to the prosperity Of Texas
Nearly as much land is planted in cotton this
year as ever before; and the cotton, up to this
time, is as promising as it ever VAS at this
| season.
Hon. \. H. Stephens on his return from
PHILADELPHIA arrived at Norfolk in the Bati-
| more boat on Sunday morning, en- route for
Georgia. His health is very bad, and fears
arc entertained that he will not long survive.
The President has ordered that VIM. S.
Smith, recommended by the delegates from In
diana to the Philadelphia Convention, be APP
pointed pension agent at Fort Wayne, Indiana,
vice S. D, Baylis, a strong radical removed.
A late letter from Macon, Georgia, gives
most encouraging accounts Of the cotton crop
in Georgia, and from 100000 to 100000 bales,
we are assured, may be relied upon in the
State.
Mayor Monroe, of New Orleans, is again in
| the full exercise Of all his functions, with no
actual interference on the part Of the military
authorities.