Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-01-30

AS apprehension of the appearance o1eholefa
liz this country, and more particularly III the
cities, in the now erapidly approaching spring.
IS beginning to manifest itself In various quar-
tiers, we publish for the p%erusal OF those most
interested the following extract from q late
Erench journal: The Projects have IN their
nossession the instructions drawn up IN 1854,
by the Board of Health. which leave nothing
10 be desired, and which in the case OF need
are the best guide to follow. The same may,
he said of those drawn up by the Academy o.
Medicine in lS49, which are a model OF pre-
cision and c%learness.
These are: Scrupulous personal cleanliness,
warm clothing, cleanliness IN habltatIons, re-
:moval of filth Of every kind, ventilation, ord!-
zrary regimen, the usual food, provided 1t be
mot nreiudicial to health, and the absence OF
All excess. But what should above all be
stunned is the abuse of strong liquors, bad eau
de me. and especially absinthe, the abuse OF
which is at present so general.
can excellent precautlon consists IN taxing
in the morning before going. out IN the open
air. particularly when toe day IS cold, moist or
foggy. a warm and aromatic infusion, such as
]camomi]e. light tea, or still better, a little
coffee. The last, recommended by our military
doctors. was of great service In Algeria and the
Grimea. and is still so to The men employed IN
she Custom House service on the coast. ih's
.,cannnt be too highly recommends:
The approach Of the malady is Indicated
one two, even eight days beforehand. There
IS generally a arrangement Of the bodily tune
tio = more or less marked, such as a diarrhea.
hThc :remDnitory symptoms should not he neg
aected. 1t St0 I'D be treated promptly, aud
stopped, and this will cut short the 'nalady.
The New York and New Haven Railroad
41omnany have announced that, IN consequence
of the recent judgment against them by the
Sew York Court ct Appeals for 5000. eco In
favor of the holders ofstock fraudulently issued
IN 1854, by Robert Schuyler, their transfer
eoent and president Of the company, they Will
Nv off the amount by al issue Of new stock,
wb;ch IS offered at Is cents, on the dollar to
reoistered stockholders, in the proportion Of
four new shares TO every ten now held, They
have also, it is said, made arrangements TO
nav the Judgment and costs. The decision
fhys rendered is Of The highest possible lmpor-
ta.oa - The purchasers and holders Of the
shares and bonds of incorporated companies,
.satt};nc as it does with the seal Ct an appellate
er;hnnai. the question that corporations are
hornd for the fraudulent acts Ct their own
agents.
Yesterday an individual 1n the gallery Of the
>sonate Chamber amused himself by throwing
neanuts down upon the head Of Senator Viii
en- varying the amusement by muttered
e,rs.s and threats to have Jbe heart of the
Senator. He was arrested and takeu to the
Eo7rth Ward station, where he gave his name
&c Rohey,a and said he was from East Cambridge,
Wassachnsetts He gave evident Indications
IF insanity, and Senator Wilson refused to
~nnear against him, but recommended that he
% hps cent to the insane asylum, whittier he will
be taken to day
-Four youths, were hung at Nashville, Tenn,
ON Friday last, for the murder OF W. Heiter'
man. and old and respected citizen, The
criminals were, George Grab alias Graft. a ma
tive Of Chill, New York, aged Is years, James
T,rsa11oht, a native Of Augusta, Georgia, not
nnite IS years old. and Thos. Ferry. Of Iennes-
sea Of the fourth, the Nashville Dispatch
COWS. "James Knight, alias William Dean,
swss born in Georgetown, D. c., and would be
rs years of aye on the lst ofAprll next.
A few DAYS ago we published some s~pecu!a-
-4ions of an English medical journal upon the
nrobable identify Of the cattle plague with
Smallpox. The Pall-Mall Gazette OF the 9Th
instant, publishes an account OF an interesting
exnerimeut, which seems TO show that 7acc!-
nation is an actual preventive.
IT, j. stated that a bill Will soon be Introduced
IN Congress aboIishing the position CT naval Oil
cor and surveyor Of customs at the principal!
norts Of entry in the United States, 90 the
.rronnd that they are mere slnecureS: and can
Ra d;snensed with, without detriment to the
service.
The trial of Rev. FAP. Gallagher, Catholic
rr;ast Of Ro)la, Missouri, indicted for preach
$1,000 tnachinp without having taken the oath