Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-01-05
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Ave 1 Yesterday evening, and the interior OF the
br; rding was entirely burnt out 1.-TWO cooied
| men :W2ereI5iniured BY the explosion OF OILS
The loss-iis estimated at $50, 900: IRE at
Racine, wisconsin,, yesterday, destroyed the
%nr;ncina] hotel, telegraph Office, Episcopal
shurch, and six or eight stores and other build
| ines, The loss is stated at 100000.
+ The subject of the distribution OF the specie,
left in the State Treasury, upon the evacuation
of Richmond, continues to be discussed III the
! neWsnaDers. The report of the Committee OF
the LEGISLATURE, on the subject, is not deemed
| satisfactory by some, and the Charlottesville
! Chronicle contends that the views OF the Com.
mittee are not correct. Probably the matter /"
will be farther ventilated In the Legislature.
! A clergyman, writing from Texas to the Post
| Office Department concerning contract for
! carrying the mails, says he contributed in 10
way to the Confederate cause, except to pray
for its success, and is in doubt Whe Their, on that
account, he can conscientiously take the test
oath; ''but, F" he ADDS, as my prayers we're
not answered, think they should not be con-
| sidered as aid and comfort given to the en-
envy.
Edwin Booth, the talented young American
tragedian, reappeared on the boards atthe " IN
ter Garden, New York, on Wednesday evening,
1 and seems to have met with most enthuslas-
tic rece ption by an immense audience. Nearly
ever paper in New York agrees IN stating that
it was one Of the most brilliant receptions ever
accorded to an actor in that city.
Applications are pouring in upon the Score
tary Of War and General Grant from volunteer
soldiers asking to be discharged the service.
alleging that they see no further use for their
services, and they are anxious to retire to civil
/ IT, n, +foI, Inv Oft no tpngrt-
! ment to abridge the military force throughout
the country as rapidly as possible, and to as
}"small compass as the eyIgencles OF the service
permit.
/ From New York, via Havana, we learn, that
another revolution has broken out IL San Do
rningo. The revolution, however. was peace
fully accom- pished Gen. Baez now appears to
be the nominal President, the practical head
of the new Government being Gen. Gulllemo,
with ex- President Cabrial occupying military
position under him.
There has been another Commandment OF
! Cape Haytien, to which place the revolution
lists, under Salnave, appear to have. returned.
They are said, however, to have been driven
cut by bombarding the town, which was serious
" damaged Some prominent insurgents. who
ta gals yyfzga and shot t. : = ''rtish Consul,
I A convention Of wool growers was held at
Columbus, Ohio, on the Cd instant. Resolu-
tons were adopted approving Of the policy Of
terminating the Canadian reciprocity treaty
declaring that the wool growers are entitled to
as much egsiatlVe protection as the manufac-
turing Interests, and recommendinga tax on
dogs.
Advices from Kansas state that the cold on
the Plains is SO intense this season that the
snow bound trains have lost nearly all their
animals, whilst many Of the teamsters have
been fatally frozen. Eleven men were picked
up along the route to Fort Dodge in a helnless
condition
! The cashier oi baok al Sheldon, Vermont,
| has disappeared, and an examination of the
! BOOKS OF the institution shows that he is a de-
tauiter to the extent Of saveuty-fve thousand
dollars. ~.
I :'ae Chicago journals report the losses Of
sonlv q: the grain sEe@'ilaErrs there within the
past 1e'9 Gays as very heavy The decline in
prices, which has producvG these suferiDgs
| has Seen going on Tor weeks.
! AS result of overtrading, it is feared there
/ will be a commercial collapse in Texas The
Pacific Mail Steamship Company is about 10
reopen communication between New Orleans
and AspinwalI
u. Is. Lamar, on trial for defraudipg the
Government in obtaining cotton, has put in q
plea denying the jurisdiction Of the court It
has been oyerlued, and trial is progressing.
Gerard Hallock, founder ard for MANY years
proprietor Of the New York Journal Of Com
merce, died on the evening of the Sd instant,
at the age Of sixty-six years.
The O'MahoDy Congress appointed COM
mittee to confer with the Feniaa Senate Re-
berts replied that he did not 1eeognize the Con-