Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-15
NEWS OF THE o. J.
go sko,o the ue,y age and Jody Of The times

/. Secretary Seward mas lSSutu Va
ter to the Consular agents OF the Uniteo Ol''e'
stationed at ports likely to be visited by Ten
eral Sherman's expedition to the HOLY Lana
the General and his party to their
and inGmating that any allen-
ton paid to him by foreign States Will be
gratefully appreciated by the Government.
The Secretary of the Navy has gwen orders to
supply the Quaker City the vessel i'll which
the party sas-with artillery and flags to be
used in saluting
Major field, of the Marine Corps, recently
tried by a court. martial ut the Philadelphia
Navy Yard, publishes card stating that the
case has assumed new and unexpected phase
One of the members of The court has been re,
ported for ungentlemanly behaviour while on
duty az q member Of the court, and charges
are being prepared against the judge advocate
and members Of the court for scaudalona con
duct.
A man named Ulrick, arrested at Cincinnati
on the charge OF counterfeiling grcenbacks, has
made a confession iuculpating the principals
for whom he worked as an engraver and prln-
ter. He states that he has paid "hush money
to New York detectives and Deputy MarshaS,
to the amount OF nineteen thousand SIX hum
dred dollars, besides altering stolen watches Tor
them so as to destroy their identity.
The Postotiice at York, Penn, Was broken
open ON Thursday night last, and robbed OF
/ "a I'LL Tam, G
and one hundred and fifty dollars in money.
The robbers carried the tire,proof safe into L
neighboring yard, bic" open It's doors and
made off with the entire contents OF the sale
without being discovered.
Mr. George a. Trenholm, formerly Secreta-
ry of the Confederate Treasury, together with
other members Of the Charleston IS CO. firm
Of Frazier, Trenholm 4 Co., has been sum
moned TO appear before the judiciary Commit,
tee at Washington in relation to the business
Of block AIDE running and the assets Of the llrn
remaining at the close Of the war.
The city authorities Of Savannah, Ga., have
communicated to COL Reynolds, quartcrmaster
at that place, their willingness to give tract
q, land near Laurel Grove Cemetery to be used
AS national cemetery for the intcrmcnt Of de
ceased Union soldiers
a train Of freight cars and one passenger car
ON the Portsmouth and Concord Railroad was
,hrown twenty feet down an embankncnt on
Saturday, near Gambia, New Hampshire. 1900
Several persons were severely injured, bnt none
fatally.
rr. W. H. Dalrymple, wel-knowh physl-
clan of Baltimore, died yesterday Of typhoid
fever, contracted while in the discharge Of his
professional duties hIr Timothy kerly one
Of the oldest citiZrna OF Baltimore, died on
Saturday.
The 10000 stolen from the Adaula Expires;
messenger on the steamboat Elisha Bennett,
between Pittsburgh and Greensboro on the
night of the 9Th of April haa been recovered
through the detective agency Of PinEerton, Of
Chicago.
Bitunlinous coal 10 considerable quantities.
from the Dover pits, in Goochland county, Va,
ia now taken to Petersburg, Va. There Is
great competition with the Chesterfield pitt,
and prices for both articles are expected t" be
lower
The Nlcmphis Avalanche say that there arr
10 that city fourteen gambling houses, each Of
which pays 500 monthly blackmail to the ps
lice. There are nineteen Gr0lhela Their con
tri':ution to the police is So each 4 month
The Southern Relief Commission of Eau
Francisco has telepraphed through the Bank
Of California thirty thousand dollars to the
New York Reliet Commission, for The benefit
Of the destitute people Of the South.
The Senate Committee On Agriculture de-
cided on Friday last to report against the con
tirnlation Of Colonel Capron ~ Commissioner
Of Agriculture. A stroog Western influence is
nevertheless being brought to bear in his favor.
70 day is the second anniversary Ct the death
of Abraham Lincoln The Governor OF llli-
noia has appointed the day az day OF fasting
and prayer. The columns Of the Washington
Chronicle are in mourning,
y COW stable belonging to John Miller, on
the western outskirts of ST. Louis, was burned
on Friday night last, and forty-luur COWS per-
ished in the flames. The ire Was The work OF
an ipcendary.
Near Pottsville, Pa, on Saturday night a
fire damp explosion occurred at Ashland Col
iery, by which twelve miners were killed
among them James Mather, well-known
cricket player.
The President, on Saturday, sent to the
Senate the nomination of Hon. Henry J. Ray
mond, as Minister Plenipotentiary to Austria,
and G. J. Franklin as naval officer at New
York.
The board ofnaval officers recently appointed
to examine League Island have made Il report
unanimously recommending that place as the
site for an ncIad Navy Yard.
Wendell Phillips special terror just nov is
Gen Grant. He is violently opposed to Gen.