Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-08-12
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Gov. Woith having brought to the notice
Of Gen. Sickles that the jury lists III North
Carolina cannot be revised in accordance with
one of his general orders before the fall term OIL
the Court, Gen Sickles has directed suspen-
sion of the order for the present, and the cases
before the Courts at the next term will, there
fore, be tried under the old regime.
The jurors in the Surratt case report that if,
under The charge of the court, they could have
been permitted to find the prisoner guilty as
an accessory to the plot to abduct Mr.. Lincoln,
they would have found verdict Of guilty in
thirty minutes.
The laying OF the corner stone OF the new
Catholic monastery in Baltimore, under the
auspices of the order Of the Passioniss, took
place yesterday afternoon, in the presence of
from three to five thousand persons.
The newspapers give the ages and place OF
birth OF the jnrymen who tried Snrrat. Two
of them--Robert Ball, and Columbus Aleyan.
der, were born in Alexandria county, Va.
Corn has fallen in Texas from two dollar. to
seeenty-fve cents u bushel. One paper even
reports that new corn can be engaged at
twenty-five cents bushel.
Mayor Horton, of Mobile, was arrested on
Saturday, under the Civil Rights law, for pun
ishing co!ored man who had lost his leg IN
the Union service
Several members of the Chicago Board oi
Trade have been arrested for gambling in grain,
under recent law Of Illinois making short
sales gambling.
Gen. Custer is at Fort Riley under arrest, by
order Of Gen. Hancock, and is just recover
ing from disease which looked like cholera.
Letters from different quarters Of Asia give
dreadful accounts of the ravages of the cholera,
especially among the travelling caravans.
Ira Aldridge, the celebrated African TRACE
dian, is dead His death occurred while he
was on professional tour in Poland.
1t is reported in Washington that Maximll-
ian's body has been surrendered to the Prus-
sian Minister in Mexico.
An order has been issued by Governor
Brownlow ior the mastering ont Of nearly all
the Tennessee militia.
Mr.. Gilmore, Postmaster at Chicago, was
drowned on Saturday.
Military and Civil Authority in Virginia.
A case recently came up before the Circuit
Court 10 Norfolk, involving the ownership OF u
horse, which man named Mallory had pur-
chased from the Government at public auction.
Some time afterwards L man named Bell
claimed the horse rs his property, on the
ground that it had been stolen from him, and
obtained Judgment in his favor in the Circuit
Court. Mallory appealed to the military
authorities and refused to. give the horse UP
The case went the usual rounds, and the
Sheriff Of Norfolk has received the following
official order, which sets aside the decision OF
the civil courts in MI such cases
HG'Rs. FIRST MILITARY DISTRICT
STATE OF VIRGINIA,
RICHMOND, August &, 1857.
Extract.
SpsciK Orders No. l0l Il. Ia the OF
Clinton G. Bell VS. Daniel Mallory, tried before
the Circuit Court of the city OF Norfolk, the
Judgment of the said Court, and all the pro-
rcedings based thereon Or relating thereto, are
hereby set aside. The validity Of the title
given by The civil authorities to property ac'
quired by the operation OF war, cannot be 1ueS-
toned.
Ry command Of Major Genera! SchoheId.
5. T. CHAPLIN, a. A. q.
Another case of this kind is also progressing
Some time since man named KONG. accused
of stealing cotton deposited with the firm of +.
n. Whitehurst & Co., who, before 4 prellm-
nary examination before Mayor Ludlow, was
sent on for trial The case coming before the
Corporation Courr, KONG was discharged, and
he then brought suit against WhtehnrSt K
Go. to recover the value OF the cotton delivered
to them, and judgment was given III hls favor
The defendants then being refused an appllca-
ton for new trial, applied to the military
authorities, and the witnesses IN the case are
now being examined before MAJOR I.enming-
ION, Judge Advocate of Military Commission
sitting in Norfolk. The result has not yet
been reached. ....s
FoRElGN Ews.-European news by the
Atlantic cable reports that the War between
Russia and Boktala has terminated, and 4
treaty of peace has been concluded. Later AZ
counts from the scene Of the recent railway ac-
cident at Bray Head, Ireland, indicate that the
first accounts received were greatly exagger.-
ated. Only three coaches were participated
into the sea. -Four persons were killed out
right, though there were many dangerously
Injured. Nearly everybody on the train was
killed or injured The cholera is raging with
considerable violence at Palermo, 10 Sicily. A
Turkish Admiral recently forcibly took dis
patch from servant Of the United States Min
ister Resident in Turkey, Edward Joy Morris.
MIR. Morris has demanded redress for the ont
rage. Eighty persons are reported to have
been killed or injured during great tire at
Bordeaux. Negotiations between Austria and
Italy tor the settlement Of the boundaries OF
the two countries have been suspended. ADM
raj Farragut was received with great honors by
the Prussians at Stetten, and has started for
St petarshurr Turkey denies thot tho Gre