Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-10-26
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that the Acting Captain General has piomul-
gated an order prohibiting all meetings OF any
secret society. The Masonic fraternity has II
creasing greatly in Cuba Of late years, and the
illumination is aimed chiefly at that order. The.
widow of General Miramon has arrived in Hav,e
ana. Lucunza, one of Macmillan Minister'S
who has been executed, buried and en- balmed
by the newspapers is alive and well in Havana.
The appointment of the new Captain Ten
eral, Lersundi, gives satisfaction Barbadoes
has been visited by an unusually severe ram
storm, doing much damage. Santa Anna was
expected at Havana.
The condition of the Western National
banks, us shown by the abstracts compiled from
their quarterly reports, received at the Office OF
the Comptroller Of the Currency, is up to the
required standard and this is a lso the case IN
regard to the National banks 10 all other sec
tons O! the country.
The storm which recently did so much dam
age on the shores of The Gulf also swept along
the line of the Rio Grande and caused serious
injury to the towns of Brazos, Santiago and
Brownsville, in Texas, and also to the village
Of Bagdad and the city of Matamoras.
Counterfeit ftty-dolar compound interest
notes, issued under the act Of February, 1862,
have lately made their appearance, !for the sec
ond time, and five have been redeemed at the
Treasury Department These counterfeits are
-. fb,,o
Browniow was elected Senator from Iennes
see yesterday by a majority Of twenty Jour on
Joint ballot. Congressman elect Stokes was his
principal competitor. Mr.. Maynard withdrew
on the second ballot.
The Legislature OF 'rennr>stc has enacted Il
law max ing it punishable for common carriers
to make discrimination on account Of race "r
color, This places the blacks on an equality
with the whites 90 Tennessee railroads, &c
Returns from The election in West Virginia
show light vote and Democratic gains. The
result in the State is not yet known.
Juarez, the newly elected President of Mex
leo, has granted to Mr. K. Lasere the right to
construct railroad to the Pacific across the
isthmus Of Tehusntepec
TRIAL OF JEFFERSON DAVIS The following
letter has been addressed by Chief Justice
Chase to Judge Underwood, in relation to the
trial Of Jefferson Davis:
WASHINGTON October %, 1861.
DEAR JUDGE UNDERWooD On reflection,
[ think it best that you advise the District
Afto Nv at ] will oir
holding court at Richmond on the 18th Of
November, if any important business is to be
transacted Mr.. Chandler, | think, should
notify the counsel for Jefferson Davis Of this,
in order that he may appear and take his trial,
if he sees ft As his bail was taken for his
appearance on the fourth Wednesday of No
vember, he is not, it is true, bound to appear
earlier: but as it will be impossible for me to
be present. except during the first week of the
term, commencing on the fourth Wednesday,
because of the term of the Supreme Court
commencing on the following Monday, it may
be that Mr.. Davis and his counsel will prefer
the trial to take place at the earliest period.
1t is understood that they wish that the Chief
Justice may be present.
Yours, very truly, S. ?. CHASE
70 Hon. j. G. Underwood, District Judge
FOREIGN NEws-Floreuce dispatches OF
yesterday state that Garabaldi, disregardlng
the prohibition Of the Italian Government,
was pushing forward to the frontier and had
arrived at town only twenty five miles from
Rome The latest advises from Rome admit
that the insurgents had not all left the Papal
States but claim that the Papal troops are un-
iformlysuccessfuli in their encounterswith them.
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ceivcd cordial AID popular reception in
Paris. Intelligence from China reports that a
great battle had been fought between the En-
mer was defeated Pekin was supposed to be
in danger of capture by the rebels
PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY MD-A disease
called chicken cholera is making sad work
among the poultry in this neighborhood One
gentleman has lost so chickens of favorite breeds
within short time, and the balance of his flock
are dying at the rate of five or six day.
S. B. Hancc esq. as Trustee, sold the farm
Of the late Rd j. Scott, near Groom, in this
county, to Dr. II. K. Osborn, for Sc, 900. 1t
contained 3l33 acres
His Honor Judge Berry fled his opinion in
this cause on Monday, the 18th instant, de-
Gliding the case against the Trustees of Mckcfl-
drie Chapel and in favor of the defendant,
MIR Jeremiah Iownshend, dismissiug the bill
and dissolving the injunction. -Ndrzboro'
Gazette
The STAY LAW.-We are enabled to an
noupce authoritatively, says the Petersburg
Index, that there is no truth in the dispatch
which came from Richmond on Saturday night,
announcing decision of the Court of
Appeals against the constitutionality Of the
Stay Law. So far from it's being true, there
has been no argument before the Court on the
question, and not even a motion in relation to
it has been made.
VOTES "BY Proxy. In King George
county, in the Hampstead District the COM
missioners of the election allowed two black
men to vote by proxy 10 the credit of the