Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-12-29
NE us OF TIE DAP.
10 shoe the very age and body Of the times.

Phillip Dorsheiner of Buffalo, while ReVe-
nue Collector of the Buffalo District, levied on
contraband whiskey to the value Of about SIX
hundred thousand dollars. The Secretary OF
the Treasury compromised the affair with the
owners, Sturges & Co., on their payment OF
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, lncud'
ing fine of twenty-five thousand dollars, one
halt of The latter going to Dorshelmers as ne
informer. Dorsheimer, however, claims that
one-helf of the value of the couhsc Gated article,
amounting to about three hundred thousand
dollars, is due to him under the law, and the
case is now before the Court Of Claims at
Washington .aat. .a.
The payment of ten millions OF interest IN
gold on the lst of January, and sales by lndl-
vdusls who. anticipate further fall, serve to
weaken the gold market But the chief cause
of the decline may be foundin the lightlmpor-
tatious, the amonnt of which will not be IN
creased for some time The customs demand
for the week past was one million and fifty
eight thousand dollars, and the California
steamers brought nearly 4 million and halt.
In anticipation of the trial of Surratt in the
District of Columbia Mr.. Williams, Of Penn
sylvania, will report to the House Of Represen-
tatiyes, from the Judiciary Committee, his
bill relating to the selection of jurors in the
District The proposed bill takes from the
Marshal the power Of selecting jurors, and
vests it in the Court.
The President has Withdrawn the exeQuatur
of Gerhard Jansen, consul Of Oilenburg at
New I FORK, he having refused to appear in the
Supreme Court OF New York to answer in
suit pending against him and others, on the
plea that he is consular officer Of Oldenburg.
The officials Of the Treasury Department
have just succeeded in ctfecting the capture OF
the plate Of one of the most dangerous and
successful counterlcitS that has been palmed
upon the public since the first issue of the ma
tonal paper currency. The note IS very fine
imitation Of the ty-dollar legal tender note.
The torcibie release of Captain Craig, the
agent of the Freedmen's Bureau at Seguin,
Texas, by Federal military detachment, has
caused great excitement among the people of
that region, who regard the act as a triumph
Of the military over the civil authorities.
The Prussian war cost S42, 900, 900, to pay
which the conqucror has levied upon his enc
mics $50, 200, 900, giving a clear gain Of ST.,
200, 900, earned by the needle in a few
weeks. and this independent of the territory
and other property acquired.
The steamer Fashion, plying between Vicks-
burg and New Orleans, and one Of the finest
boats on the Mississippi River, has been de-
stroyed by fire. Sixty lives were lost. The
cargo, consisting of 1900 bales of cotton, was
total loss. ..... .-....
The storm on Thursday in the interior Of the
State New York was the most severe one since
1885. Twenty inches of snow fell at Albany
and twenty four inches at Troy, and railroad
communication was entirely suspended
The President has issued a Proclamation to
the effect thar French vessels entering the ports
of the y. s. shall be subjected to no higher
,es Of day 90 tonnage than vessels of the
T. In the ports thereof.
he reported massacre Of troops near Fort
Phillip Krarney, in Dacotah Territory, has
wen c'ntirned by official advices. It is said
that The fort itself was captured BY the Indians,
most probably by treachery.
Michael Crowly, found guilty at Sweotshure,
Canada, on Thursday, Of being concerned in
the Fenian raid, has been sentenced TO be hung
with the other convicted prisoners on the 18th
Of February next
The Paris correspondent of the London Times
announces that there is great activity at Toulon
in preparing the vessels which are to take the
Frcnch troops away from Mexico.
Hiram Potter Jr., OF New York, yesterday
was awarded contract for furnishing the Gov
crnment with one hundred and twenty-slx
cavalry and twelve artillery horses, AZ the quar-
termastcr's depot in Baltimore.
al the securities stolen from Dir. Dayard's
Office, in Philadelphia, on Thursday last, have
been recovered, with the exception Of the
Government coupon bonds.
Important meetings Of land owners are being
held in various counties in Ireland, to devise
measures of defence against the Fenians, whom
they still dread.
twenty-five buildings were destroyed BY fire
at Warrensburg Missouri, on Thursday last.
resulting in loss of two hundred thousand
dollars
Three persons died Of the cholera at Ciucin-
natti on Monday last, from eating diseased pork.
Two others are reported to be Ill from the same
cause.
Governor Army, Of Kansas, has issued a
proclamation prohibiting the sending Of arms
and ammunition to New Mexico.
General Francis P. Blair, Jr., has been ap-
pointed Government Commissioner Of the
Union Pacific Railroad.
The Congressional Excursionists leave New
Orleans to day on their return to Washington.