Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-08-14
NEWS OF THE DAY.
"7o sAo,y the re,y age and body OF the t'"1es'

| renewed his resignation, which was to-day &C
| ceptcd No successor has been appointed, but
there is good reason for BELIEVING that General
John L. Swift, formerly adjutant general in
Louisiana under General Banks's rule in that
State, will succeed Mr.. Reyes. Gen. Swift Is
staunch supporter Of the Presidents policy,
and has been doing good service upon the
stump for some weeks.
The second penary council Of the Catholic
Church in the United States will convene at
Baltimore on the first Sunday in October
The Archbishop of Baltimore will preside
The Bishop Of Newark, in announcing the
council to his clergy, says there are q large
number ofimportant practical questions affect
ing the discipline Of the Church, and its greater
efficiency, some Of them growing out OF the
present condition of things, which need to be
determined and enforced.
John Tabor has caused decided sensation
at New Orleans by starting the New Orleans
Herald, small five cent daily paper the only
paper in that city that is sold for less than ten
cents copy. The other newspapers refused
to allow the Herald, or any other paper that Is
sold at less than ten cents, to have the Assocl-
ated Press dispatches, the newsboys refuse to
sell the paper on the street, and the first num-
Der was published without paying subscriber
or advertiser.
An ordinance of the city Of Pittsburg, Penn
sylvania, prohibiting the erection Of Iron. clad
buildings" has been declared null and void q
test case, the Council having no legal authority
to pass it. It was claimed on the trial that
such buildings were no more dangerous, IN res
pect to fire, to neighboring property than Or
binary brick buildings, and that the city was
authorized by the State law to forbid the cree
ton of wooden buildings alone.
The Falls OF St. Anthony are perceptibly
changing by the breaking away Of helimestone
ledge, which rccede ut the rate Of about ten feet
a year The owners of the water power have
decided to check this process by the erection of
inclined aprons, which will break the force Of
the water and conduct it away from the quick
sands which in many places underlle the rock.
4 severe drought has seriously injured the
crops in Georgia In Middle Florida cotton is
hourishing but corn has been greatly damaged
by dry weather In Mississippi complaint is
made Of short cotton crop and a scarcity Of
corn. There is likely to be much suffering in
some localities on account Of the failure of the
latter crop.
A lunar map, six feet in diameter, has been
constructed under the auspices of the British
Astronomical Association. BY means Of
large and accurate telescope photographs of
the moon were obtained that were so perfect
that they could be enlarged to diameter of
three feet. From these the map was copied.
4 lady, named Miss Mary Armstrong; who
was stolen when six years old, in 1915, from
her relatives in New York, has been restored
to them after long and patient search. No
particulars are given to the public as to who
carried her away, or where the last twenty
years had been spent.
A St. Louis miss Of fourteen eloped with
young Italian the other day, and cheated a
minister into marrying them by placing a slip
of paper with eighteen written on it in her
shoe, and when questioned as to her age, say
ing she was over eighteen. a wicked lawyer
taught her the trick
The armed band Of negro guerillas in Prince
George county continue their depredations.
Last Friday they made raid upon the
house of Mr. Jas Blake, fired upon it with
muskets, but decamped upon the appearance
Of some othe. negroes employed by Mr.. Blake
J. B. Cunningham, white man, charged
with obtaining money under false pretences,
was tried before Albemare County Court last
week, and being found guilty, was sentenced
to twenty days imprisonment in the county
jail, and thirty stripes on his bare back
A New York Reporter, describing the dress
Of lady at ball, says: "Shc wore an ex-
quisitc hyphalutin on her head, while her
train was composed of transparent fol-de-rol,
and her petticoat of cambambuli founced with
Brussels tGree-ply Of A No. J."
A number Of persons were in attendance at
the marriage of DR.. Marabe, in Sampson
CO., n. c., during the week past, aud on the
day following the majority of those present were
taken SICK all alike, and several nave since died.
Newton Champion, an OK, assistant engineer
in the Navy, was arrested in Philadelphia yes
terday, charged with killing Mary Karney, Of
Mount Holly, N. j., in bagnio in that city:
an account of which we published on Saturday.
The Macon Journal and Messenger says:
1--WE arc informed that there is very general
excitement among the freedmen In favor of
going to Liberia, and that an expedition upon
very large scale is in process Of celebration.
Two new Protestant Episcopal bishops have
recently been elected viz: Rev. DR.. Hunting
ton, Of Massachusetts, Bishop Of Maine, and
and Rev. w. E. Armitage, Of Detroit, Assis-
tant Bishop Of Wisconsin.
The Raleigh Sentinel says that the entire