Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-05
NEWS OF THE DAY.
90 shou1 the ve,y age and body Of the times:

A !arge%Wh0eSale ana retail nq uOfs store III
Boston was visited on Tuesday afternoon by
the Constabulary and the entire stock of goods,
q large portion Of which was wines, was seized.
No small portion of the Stock in trade was in, orr
ginal packages. y There was considerable ex-
element manifested by the byStande:s while
the seizure was being made, and the officers
engaged in the work were greeted with shoot
inss. a
We have further reports OF the damage done
in Louisiana by the overlooking of the Mlssls-
sippi. The leyee at Concordia parish, oppo-
site Natchez, has gi?en way, and the disaster
cannot be repaired until the water falls. The
crevasse below Baton Rouge cannot be stopped
because the engineer has no money 10 pay the
hands.
The authorities OF ST. Louis AZ we'll as those
of New York, are already taking precautions
against the cholera, as it is feared that epldem-
ic NAV again visit those places this summer
The police have received instruction to inspect
all private residences, with view to the ina
provement of their sanitary condition.
The total amount of money subscribed in
this country to the Ponti6cal Roman loan up
to the LIST of March is stated at So, 500, 900, Of
which amount Louisiana subscribed up to the
25th of January $780, ops; New York Sl0G,
600; Philadelphia less than $4,000, and Balti-
more not quite so much.
The joint resolution passed by Congress tor
the relief OF the destitute in the Southern and
Southwestern States, does not contain speci-
fed appropriation of one million dollars as
originally proposed, but directs that aid be
furnished from the money appropriated to the
Freedmen's Bureau.
A terrible explosion occurred at the Glover
Hill coal mines, in Chesterfield county,. near
Richmond, on Wednesday, by which twenty
five white and fifty colored miners were killed.
Yesterday the pits were burning, and as che
shafts were closed the bodies could not be re-
covered.
Congress having appropriated $4,000 to
purchase seeds TO be distributed III the South;
the commissioner Of agriculture, is now max
ing preparations to distribute them, and during
the present month large portion will be
forwarded to farmers and planters in The
South.
An agent Tor one of the Pennsylvania hor1i-
cultural nurseries reports that On his way rom
Prince Georges county, Md, by the /, =.
road, he was attacked yesterday by four negroes:
who carried him into piece Of woods and
robbed him of S4J5 and some papers OF value.
General Lee has sent his check for twenty
FIVE dollars to the Ladies' Memorial sAssocia-
ton Of Petersburg, Va. as Il contribution, 10
quote his language, in aid Of their pious work
for lha preservation and protection Of The
graves OF the Confederate dead
Our advices by the cable are to yesterday
The ne|a is unimportant The English Bud
get shows an excess over expenses for the last
year, Of two and half millions Of pounds
sterling. The Italian Ministry have rendered
their designations to the King
Chief Justice Chase has prepared and Will
soon issue 10 printed form circular stating
the qualifications required for Registers IN
Bankruptcy, which will afford Il clear idea Of
the character of gentlemen whom he viii select
for that service.
The Senate yesterday confirmed the nonIina-
ton OF ex. Governor Bradford az Surveyor OF
Customs at Baltimore Ex-senator Neamith,
of Oregon, has been nominated by the Presl-
dent as Minister to Austria in place OF Mr.
Motley.
A Convention il in session at Topeka, K all
sas, composed Of persons in favor of colored
and also Of female suffrage. Orators are to be
imported from The Eastern States TO rnlighIen
the people of Kansas on these subjects.
To get round the prohibitory law in Massa-
chusetts, they sell mincc-pies with lots" Of
brandy in then-about one drink to each
mince-pie The opposition are getting up
what they call anti brandy pies
Parties arriving in Norfolk from James City
county, Va, bring intelligence of the destruc-
ton by fire, Of large store belonging to gen
tleman named Waterman, formerly u Lieutcn-
ant in colored regiment.
A case of accidental suicide occurred at Falls
burg Mich, on the 9th ultimo. The wife Of
DR.. Walter Clark, in her husbands absence,
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died under its ifuence.
Suicide by Paris green has almost reached
the dignity Of an epidemic. The fifth case
whiting two weeks is when woman attempted
to shuttle off her mortal coil by swallowing 4
quantity of the stuff.
Samuel G. Morton, President Of the Phila-
delpaia Board of Trade, died in that city yes
terday DR.. Caspar Wistar, wcll-known
physician of PhiIade phia, also died yesterday.
The Columbus (Ga.} Sun mentions that
there are four colored schools in that city, with
an attendance of seven hundred pupils. There
are seven teachers, all females
4 Radscal State Convention Was held at
Iitte Rock, Arkansas, on Thursday last, 1T