Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-01-23
NEWS OF THE d. 7.
''7o show the ve,y age and body Of the times.

''1o shov the ve,y age and bodyof the times
4 mysterious movement on the part OF the
Fenians of New Orleans is reported by tee-
graph from that city The organization styled
''The knights of Arabia is also active there.
Head Centre McCIeary has ordered all able
bodied Fenians to reporttor duty Immediately.
A suspicious vessel was preparing for sea at
Mobile
Gen. Haynes has reported the occurrence OF a
we'll authenticated case of spontaneous combus-
ton at Waterviet Arsenal, resulting from the
spreading of sawdust-iDstead of sand, as was
ordered-on some linseed oil which had leaked
from barrel The sawdust thus mixed with
oil ignited spontaneously in twelve hours.
No United States Senator has yet been
elected by the Legislature of Ky. Mr.. Gar
ret Davis has withdrawn as a candidate. Sena-
tor Howe has been reelected to the u. S.
Senate from Wisconsin; and Gov. Morton has
been elected to the u. S. Senate from Indiana.
A meeting to celebrate the passage Of the SUIT
frage act for the District of Columbia was held at
the Cooper Institute in New York last night.
Addresses were delivered by Edmund Gilbert,
Revs S. Garnett, Cheever, and others, The
attendance was small.
N. P. Willis, the poet and essayist, died on
Sunday last, his sixtieth birthday, at ldlswild,
his residence on the Hudson river, where be
has for some years lived in retirement, the
victim of consum ption, which was the cause Of
his death
The custom house receipts, at Galveston, for
the week are the largest ever known at that
port. amounting to So, 500, nearly three ffths
as much as New Orleans, and about one third
as much as for the year 1860.
Lieut.. Egbert Alcott who killed private
King, of the U. s. infantry, near Fortress
Monroe, some time since, has been put under
arrest to await the action of the military au-
thorities in Washington.
John r. Thompson lec5ured in Louisville,
KY, on the 18th instant. His subject, John
Bull at Home" The journal says 'the lee
ture was thoroughly charming -brimful of tact
as well as talent
James B. Freeman, an officer OF internal
revenue, in New York, and a man named
Miller have been arrested on charge of levyipg
backmail on keeper Of feed store.
A severe gale swept over Mobile on Saturday
night, during which the steamer Ocean Wave,
in Mobile Bay, broke from her moorugs and
struck srag and sunk.
To the Nevada Legislature yesterday, the
House appointed committee to investigate
the alleged charges Of corruption during the
Senatorial contest.
Thomas Carney convicted Of Fenianism,
has been sentenced to be hung on the 18th of
March. George j. Matthews has been dis
charged.
The troubles with the freedmen in S. O.,
opposite Savannah, have been ended They
are to contract for work, or to leave the plan
tations.
Two old ladies, named Kinsley and Camp,
bell, aged GO and 70 years, were murdered in
their house at Young's Corner, Maine, last
night.
The Senate of Maryland yesterday declared
Alfred Spates, Senator from Allegany county,
in place of Dr. Ohr The vote stood IA to 6.
The resolution instructing Senator Doolittle
to resign, has finally passed the Wisconsin
Legislature by a strict party vote.
The New York papers Teport several marine
disasters from the late gale, and the arrival Of
vessels with the crews frost bitten
1t is stated that General Grant and family
will leave for Europe in April next, and will
visit the Paris Exhibition.
Another disastrous fire occurred at Vicks-
burg, yesterday. Loss, said to be three quar-
ters of million.
A dispatch from Fort Laramie reports fur
Their Indian depredations.
Destructive fires occurred in New Orleans
and Mobile yesterday.
JAMES MARsHALL.-We regret to hear
that this gentleman declines re election to the
House Of Delegates from this county. We
understand that his declination is influenced
oy report that be will meet with opposition
Tor his seat in the councils of the State. We
nave heard of no such report and cannot be-
ieve in its truth We therefore earnestly call
Upon the public to give expression to their
wishes on the subject, as re know of 10 one
whose legal ability and purity of character is a
'urer guarantee, to the extent OF bis influence,