Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-12-27
NEWS OFaTHE DAP.
To shoe the ve,y age and body of the Times.

Inc interior Is greatly VI Iue iuCIeaSo, oaA Via
there is much restitution among the poorer
classes of the population A revolution mas
broken out In the Department OF YucataD, ana
is assuming large proportions. Santa Anna,
who was at Havana at the last advlces,, mas
been proclaimed Dictator, the insurgents being
in possession of the fort and town OF Slsal:
The Mexican Government had dispatched
troops and artillery from Vera Cruz to Yucatan'
The q. s. troops at Alaska, sent there to-
take possession of that Territory, are in most
destitute condition, no preparations having
been made for their reception, and the pros
pect is that they will be frozen to death or
manned for life before supplies can reach them.
Gen. Grant and Gen. Sherman had consul,
tation few days ago on the subject. General
Grant stated that he had had nothing to 40
with the affair, that the President had order
ed the troops there, and that he had no au-
thority to act ~
The blacks in Montgomery, Alabama, were
out in force on Christmas Day, contrary to the
municipal regulations and military orders, with
guns, pistols, &C., and in full uniform. NO
effort was made to suppress the demonstration
In the afternoon several thousand negroes were
harangued in incendiary language by Barber
Brainard, and other prominent Radicals,
Late in the afternoon, Barber and Bralnard
were arrested by the military authorities.
The steamer Raleigh, from New York for
New Orleans, was burned on the 24th instant
twenty miles off the coast of S. G. Eighteen
of the passengers and crew were brought IN by
q tug next morning. Thirteen lives are sup
posed to have been lost, including Captain
Marshman. More are missing, and when last
seen were in boat or clinging to pieces OF the
wreck. Thirteen more have been saved.
On Christmas morning lad entered the
Office of the Superintendent Of Police, in New
York, and left parcel, which he said had
been given him to deliver by a gentleman at
the Astor House. The parcel contained checks
on the Bank of the State of New 7 ork, tor
three million six hundred and eighty-three
thousand four hundred and thirty-hve dollars,
the amount stolen from the bank messenger
recently in Wall street.
The hands on the Chicago and Eastern h.
r., at Richmond, Indiana, ''struck' last week,
and caused slight interruption for day or
two. They were paid, and every one of them
discharged, new hands obtained IN their places,
and everything made straight again. The
strikers are applying to be allowed to come
back again, but the company will not employ
them. oI lisa.
Gen. Ord, it appears, has the editor OF the
Lake Village (Arkansas) Press in confinement.
The Vicksburg Times says that he has been
imrrisoned for more than three months on
charges preferred by Il provost marshal, who,
at last accounts, was himself on trial before an
Arkansas court for obtaining money on lalse
pretences.
The consolidation of express companies Is to
take effect on the lst Of January. The net
earnings are to be consolidated, and % per ct.
given to the Adams, 2G4 each to the Mer-
chants Union and American, and IS to the
United States. In the small towns the offices
will also be consolidated A common tariff
will be established.
The people of Montreal, Canada. have been
for some time passed rendered uneasy by
rumors of a Fenian uprising on Christmas
Day. It was reported that one OF their schemes
was to blow up the Cathedral. Troops were
accordingly kept in readiness to move when
called upon; but the day passed of quietly
Conrad Wenchel, aged fifteen, and belong
ing to Baltimore, was found dead, on all ice
pond, near Fort Wayne, Ind, on Tuesday
He had been skating, and it is supposed that
he broke in the ice, and alter getting out was
too much exhausted to get off, and chilled to
death.
A man named John Mcnamara, residing
on the Falls road, near Baltimore, beat his
wife in the most shocking manner Christmas
day, from the effects of which the unfortunate
woman died in short time. The murderer
was committed to jail to await the action OF
the authorities of Baltimore county.
The Forrest divorce case is still in the courts
at New York. Judge Jones, of the Superior
Court, on Tuesday, delivered decision at the
instance of Mr.. Forests former wife, the sub
stance Of which is that the alimony must be
paid The total amount now due is said to be
about 100000.
Gen. T. w. Sweeny, ex Gtneralissimo Of all
the armies of the Irish Republic, who was
tried by court-martial and suspended from
rank and pay for six months, has had his SEN
tence RENTED by order of the President, and
has been ordered to report to Gen. Pope tor
duty.
Another grand Pacific railroad excursion is
on the tapis, for the benefit of the New York
Wall street bankers and brokers principally.
The intention is to 60 the whole length OF the
road, and as near the Rocky Mountains as
possible.
There have been discharges recently at the
Philadelphia Navy Yard, in all but the engi-
neers' department. The number discharged
foot up to about eight hundred, leaving a
thousand names OF mechanics and laborers on
the pay rolls.
The European steamships are rapid drain
ing the country Of gold The steamship Ras-
STA, which left New York, on the 25th, took
out, in specie, $685. Ats. The steamship
Union, which left yesterday took out above
a million dollars in specie.
Snow had fallen in such abundance in some
provinces Of Spain that the railroads we're
blocked up. At Valencia the cold was so
severe that it was expected the rivers would be