Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-02-07
NEWS or THE DAY.
.s7o sho,0 the re,y ageand bodyof the times. .

An CnteualnHellc Aoi tno DShSh1 ~ S
widows and orphans of Rome, Ga, was
given in that city few days since, and a
tableau occurred in the performance in which
Confederate flag was displayed The agent
OF inc Frecdmen's Bureau put stop to the
exhibition, and shortly after, a t,detachment OF
the 10th i. S. Regulars arrived, and arreSt-
ed five young gentlemen who took part IN
the tableau. The prisoners were taken 10
Atlanta and confined in the military barracks
by order of Gen Thomas. commanding the
department..
Gen Howard, upon the representation OF ' al
cntine Dell, of the Fort Smith (Ark. Ezra, has
issued an order donating one thousand dollars to
colony of freedmen, about forty miles south
of Fort Smith, to aid them in purchasing seeds
end implements This amount is appropriate
el from fund sent from England and placed
at the disposal Of the Freedmen's Bureau icl
that purpose. 49,,
The Baptist Church, Odd Fellow $ Hall, and
J. Harris extensive shoe mandatory, III
Marbchcad, Mass. was burned on Friday night.
Mr.. Harris's loss, Sl55, 900; insured $65, 900.
The works Of the Carey Oil Company WITH
several adjacent buildings, in Chelsea, Mass,
and a large stock OF oil were DESTROYED by nre'
Loss $40, 900.
Some lholans, "A n Sd" SeScia' " y, pap az
tized by immersion at st. Joseph, Mo, hole
being cut in The ice Tor that purpose, thought
that the ceremony was 10 make tncui soou'
brought their sgua"S' CUT ano't'cl nole III 'no
ice near by ana gave tne'il> oo0A''s'' ''0'-
Wlthstanuins their renlohStFances' cD
4 terrible hurricane On Inc is' u ''o' VA ,
swept over Ouacnlt s anu ! LUG ''i"'"
causing &rcaV HesCl uev'o" 'NU -0'" -,
telegran ito,n o.NotI''' az =,
ofcahlns up VI 'ic ~ i'as "a 'Soo. oa' ~ ~
you u ptoiG,.S oi' '''0 uppoi "''-
VI lue On'o N'S0', .-... ,.,
Inc Deil"ate laouse VI ''o!esS''', ''''IV'U
the CONSTITUTIONAL aineilunie,i' Yesterday ~ .
vote OF 10 10 D. lne Oil Allowing t'S'0's -
TESTIFY and making Vhc "a'u'e VI Uneil pu.,'''i-
hicnt 1oE crime lne same do '''aV l'ii''tou ~
whites Was also oeleateo' al.n.a..a
In I'VE" i;oIA'on Aucsu4S' oo'"'I,r '"I''o ''"''
one clock' inc once OF l1co'l,l'u W" 'oio''''
on al street, was entclcu oy 'ufS'',S ",''
roooeo Oh slVo'o0o III u o. rNc- '"c'''y o'''tS'
lhe detectives nave some nope % securing INC
gull'y parties.
~ u O. oil,ccT III VIC Nof'n il''S 'l1''0 III
INC haioS Vi MI o'to''c 'ii''''DI' VI '''
from re0nsy'Ya'''a' 10 De r''u'e'I 10 1t" ~
lul o~uc'' very S'''"'ote t'NS' '' NJ p''''' y
OF Jefferson DAVIS
AZ TIC adlonfhco "iee'ls Oh VIC l'e''''''a''c
members OIL Congress- hclo on MONDAY "'sn''
TO coiiSluer '1c piopoSi''oh ior oa'ii'E' i ~
uonai democratic ConVenI'on' inc lH'lec' It.
cciveo us qule'ns'
Inc SENATE yesterday rtluSoo |" .co''i'i Ill
the nomination oil William " ales rs Survey
or OF Customs Tor the port OF Baltimore and
Customs Tor the port Of Philadelphia.
The committee appointed by the Secretary
of the Treasury is engaged in investigating an
alleged robbery or embezzcmeut OF public Sc
cur;tios "a some ,mount IN tho Trc,.rrg De-
,..,,-. - -
parlhiche.
The Bavaran Prince, whose family has cn-
loved the postal monopoly Of Germany for
tbrco bno,3roa rcors has d;snosod or tho RIGHT
~. N" 11,' d. ;,l;o.
70 ,''c oo'e'n'Dc"t u 'SS'a W '"'' '''''''o''
thalerS. #~..." ....s.
Official dispatches received at the War Dc
srtr,ont yf..c thai The ra,ort that ii(tv men
have bcen killed bv ChevenDc Indians hc7ond
Fort Wallace j. I'll false
Com tIhor!cs Stewart has Ecco seventy
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