Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-03-11
NEWS OF TIE D1 I.
$50 sAoao the. rc1y age and body Of the Time

The Nevada Legislature adjourned on the
Sth inst, sine die at midnight. Before it adj
iourned, the Lieut. Gov. said the Legislature
had done no credit to themselves or the State.
No revenue bill had been passed, and the
State was so utterly without credit, that credit
had been refused it for one hundred pounds OF
flour for the State prison, which was without
a days provisions, and that he would turn the
prisoners loose to seek living for themselves.
The closing scenes were disgracetul
A dispatch from Fortress Monroe states that
on Thursday three Of the most prominent met
chants of New York city, Swiss importers, on
general tour Of observation to the Southern
States, spent the afternoon III al interview
with MI Davis. They were PLEASANTLY lie.
ceived by Mr.. and Mrs. Davis. The converse
ton which ensued, Oh various commercial sub
iects, was prolonged for several hours One OF
Mr.. Dayis's counsel visited him on Saturday.
on business
A crazy Second Adventist in lteikiner
county, New York, has for ten years been
feeding blk OK Tor feast when Christ should
appear He has starved his other stock, and
spent nearly all li$ property III purchasing
food for that OK; the OK few days since died
of surfcit, the owner having but two days
before refused n thousand dollars for the
animal.
Clement Darlington, prominent young man
Of twenty five years Of aye, son Of Dr. ". ".
Carrinrton, Of Halifax conntT, Va, was burn
ed 10 death al his home in that county a few
in chair in his night clothca, with hi back
turned 10 the fire, when The flame, caught his
garments, and So,n envclopcd him.
Cen Mansfield, Adiutant General Of In
diana. ia his report to the Legislature Oh the
condition Of the State militia, says II consists
at present Of nh jor general, lieutenant general,
uuartcrmaster general, and no privates, and he
recommends the passage ola militia law that
will add some privates to The force.
The Senate, on Saturday, passed joint re-
solution appropriating one million OF dollars
for the relief of the destitute people "r The
South and Southwest, of all classes, to be ex
pended under the superintendent Of the Com
missioner of the Frcedmcns Bureau, in sup
plies of goods.
The President has sent to the Senate the
nomination Of John Quincy Adams as Naval
Officer of the port of Bottom; also, that Of
Svdcnham f. Ancona as Naval Officer Of the
port Of Philadelphia and the names of large
number of assessors and postmasicrS at the
West.
The Senate Of Maryland on Saturday reject
ed the bill, which had passed the House of Dele
gates, to call State convention to form new
constitution. The vote was yeas lj nays T.
Not a two thirds vote as required \ motion
to reconsider the question is pending.
Nineteen steamships sailed from New York
on Saturday for European, West Indian, Cen
trail American, and coastwIsc ports, carrying
one thousand passengers and $I7S,0UO in
specie. The Nicaragua Steamship took four
hundred United States troops.
Mrs. Harriet Becchcr Stowe and her brother:
Charles Bccchcr, sailed from New York, on
Tuesday, en- route to Florida, in which State
Capt. Frederick B. Stowe ownS ANA is cuI'-
waiting farm. They expect to remain some
six months
Edward o Bricn, switch-tcndcr on the New
Jersey railroad, has been convicted of man
slaughter, fined 5000, and sentenced to three
months Imprisonment, for negligence in causing
an accident by which two passcn%Grs were killed
last summer.
The Senate on Saturday rel cctad the nom'
nation Of II. S. Sanford as Envoy Extraord
nary and Minister PIenipotenliary at Brussels,
Belgium, and also the nomination Of eX Scna-
tor Cowm as Minister to Vienna.
The Fepian excitement in New York is said
to be undated. Numerous donations have
been accepted. 4 meeting Of the Irish Amcr-
can officers was held at Masonic Hall on Satnr-
day night.
The son Of wealthy gentleman Of Taunton,
Mass, absconLcd recently alter borrowing $685.,
900. lie was found in New York city on
Thursday aud returned 10 his home in charge
Of Il sheriff.
T. W. Trayor, ] prominent citizen Of Peters
burg, was drowned there yesterday IN crossing
the Apponatnx The new railroad bridge
there has been washed away by the flood in the
river.
\ letter from Berlin mentions the serious
illness Of Mr.. Wright. the d. 8. minister to
Prussia. He is said to be much swollen from
dropsy, and his recovery is consilered doubtful.
The President on Saturday sent to the Gen.
ate the name Of Hon. George G. Bates, of
vice Caleb Lyon, recently removed
The machine shop Of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad at Cumberland, was destroyed by
fire on Friday night last. Loss 1000, in
Guiding ST. 900 worth OF machinery.
A. II. Ice, the ASCENDING treasury clerk,