Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-24
.NFWSsOF THE DIT T,
III, shoso the ve,y age and body oftAe TINES.

rs 10 render It suitable Tor the occupation ol
the Surgeon Generals department, AID is now
open Tor business.
London has an Everlasting Club. The
fire never goes out, the wine always flows, and:
the table is always set.
a party of New York gentlemen heve leased
the Rari,an and Delaware Bay Railroad Tor a
term Of thirty years, and will at once add new
boats and rolling stock to make this a hrst-
class competing line as against the Camden and
Amboy Railroad. III U.
General John Ely, Assistant supeEluten
dent of the Freedmen's Bureau in Kentucky,
in anticipation Of q visitation OF cholera, has
issued ascircular to the freedmen of Louisville,
directing them to place their dwellings IN good
sanitary condition, and the unemployed freed
men to seek healthy homes and employment IN
the country.
An affray occurred gu race course at
Augusta, Georgia GA Monday, in which TWO
men were shot dead III aa
General Sckles has ordered the military
commanders in North and South Carolina TO
exercise supervision over the magistrates and
Sherifs, and where necessary TO assume COM
mand Of the police.
Mr.. A. NJ. Gwiu, brother Of Senator OWN,
OF California, was recently drowned III the
Mississippi river.
New York yesterday voted for delegates to
State Constitutional Convention. Party lines
were not strictly observed, and but small vote
was polled. The republicans elected the State
or general ticket
In the case Of Thomas r. Rich against Gen.
John f. Wool, for false arrest and imprlsoa-
ment, in the T. S. District Court, at Balti-
more, tl.e jury yesterday brought ia verdict
for the plaintiff, but assessed The damages at
only one cent. The Court decided that each
party must pay his own costs. 4 similar
verdict was rendered in the ,se OF \, IL.
Evans against General Wool,
Accounts from Rio Janciro state that the
cholera has brokcn out in virulent form IN the
Southern province of Rio Grande, S. 4. BE-
tween the 9th ard 18th of March, one hundred
and forty-three deaths occurred in the little
capital Of Rio Grande de Sui.
Some excitement waa occasIoued at R'ch-
mond yesterday on account Of a colorcd man
attempting to ride in one OF The street cara.
The man was arrested.
The Old Bowery Theatre, New York, was
sud yesterday for cue hundred and six thou
sand dollars.
The Comm issioners to Washington from
the Tycoon Of Japan, arrived iii New
York On Monday, and are stopplns at The
Metropolitan Hotel The Commissioners, who
are subjects OF rank at home, are accompanied
by suite, including secretary, interpreter and
servants
Lynn, Massachusetts is the headquarters Of
the shoe trade in this country. The tax
assessed for business done there during the
month OF March vas s31 ,S49 81, which shows
a larger business han was ever done before in
one month.
The funeral o! the late Bishop Timon, at
Buffalo, 4. Y, was attended by thousands. -
The procession consisting Of Bishops, clergy
and various societies, passed through the
principal streets to the Roman Catholic
Cathedral, where the grand requiem masa was
celebrated. The music was most solemn and
touching. Thousands Of citizens hHed the
streets through which the procession passed.
Bishop Ken1rck, of St Louis, preached the
funeral sermon.
Nj. l. f. Hedges, resident Of Glrart, in
Illinois, was robbed Of SIS, ATS on Friday night
last, while en- the cars between Chicago and
Springfield.
The Postothce at Marietta, Pennsylvania,
was entered and robbed on Monday night last
This is the fifth Postohice robbery that has &C.
CURED in Pennsylvania within the past two
weeks.
The loss Of internal revenue to the Govern
ment in consequence Of the foods in Louisiana
and the damage Done there to the cotton and
sugar crops, it is estimated will be from eight
to ten millions OF dollars.
In England they are transferring tue ritual
istc excitement from the chancel and altar to
the courtroom The Bishop Of London has
signed 'letters Of request to DIR. Washington,
the Dean Of the Court Of Arches charging
Rev. A. Fl. Mackonockie, incumbent OF st.
Adams, Hoborn, London, with four offences
connected with this sutjec,.
4 top has been invented in Palis, called the
prolific top; it is set spinning by thread and
needle. AS soon az it is fairly in motion
half-dozen small tops come out Of lt-how ?
that is the INVENTOR secret-aud begin to spin
around it like satellites Of Jupiter, and after
some time he top reabsorbs them.
While from the Northwest We hear of The
fall of two or three inches Of snow, we have
accounts of q severe thunder storm which
passed over Philadelphia and New York on
Monday afternoon. .....
Vacancies II Offices, occurring during the
session of the Senate, which were not filled by
combinations, will remain vacant until the
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