Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-12-06
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Another terrible HURRICANE has. devastated
the West Indies, destroying a large amount of
shipping. The Navy Department yesterday
received intelligence that the %. S. Steamer
De Soto and Monongahela had been LOST:
Private information received from Havana,
states that the iargetzportion=ao the officers
and crew OF the De SotoWwereesaved, while a
portion of those of the .Mononeahela were also
rescued The De Soto was a large. side wheel
steamer, ! 900 tonsI3 used during the war as o
transport, and recently reftted at the Phlla.
delphia4N Navy ard and 5orderedfo the North
Atlantic squadron. dtThis esselwascommand-
ed by Com. Charles, S. Boggs, OF New York.
The aMonongahela was d screw sloop-Ot.War,
built for the navy, and was 1878 toDs. She
was, commanded By. Com. S. B. Bissell, Whose
family reside in Georgetown,) and was, also one
of the vessels attached to the North Atlantic
squadron. l. "E&@'#@7 hE&it"2 o.
Mexican dates, from the. interior to the 2lst
Of November, say that by a decree of President
Juarez, every citizen istto be held FIVE years
in the military~service. A part Of the regl-
ment, formerly serving the Empress Car'otta,
have mutined,3 killing ColoneliSanehes, one OF
the military commission that sentenced Maxi
milan. ? At the latest-dates Congress was as!
ssmbling. .l:9 5rT.- 800 ,s4asz M ya;E-
The statement OF the public debt, which vii
be issued from the Treasury Department to
morrow, will show an increase 9ot eight or ten
millions of dollars. This increase is caused by
the large amount. of coin 1885, ,0O0) which
was taken from the vaults on the lst OF Nov
to pay the interest on the five twenty bonds
which became due on that. date.I a III 4
The sale of the interest of the us. in the
Dismal Swamp Canal, which has been adver'
tised to take place at the! Treasury Department
on the 9th Of December, has been postponed
By the Secretary until the second OF j anuary
next. The stock TO be sold consists OF 300
shares, constituting nearly one. hall OF the
whole capital stock Of the canal. ,jsa.s
It;has been a subject Of remark that an un-
usual number of lobby members ofthe feminine
gender have made their appearance in Wash:
iDgton this winter. Some Of them are old
hands at the business, (not in years but in ex-
perience,) while others are just making then
debut.
The. bank examiners from the various States,
appointed under the currency act, are In con
| s%ultation with the comptroller Of the currency,
| comparing notes aud making suggestions tol
the more efficient working Of the bureau.
The Georgia Conservative Convention met
at Macon, yesterday. It was one of the
largest bodies that ever assembled in tina
State. Nearly all the counties we're represent
ed. Hon. B. H. Hill was elected president.
The announcement that General Grant has
recommended the passage Of a law that the
Superintendent of the West Point Military
Academy should take rank ds a major general
is contradicted. ss3Ea =: an
At'sugar wedding" is the latest invention
and for it, the West IS responsible. 1t occurs
thirty days after marriage, or the end OF the
honey noon.
The proposition to divide Texas into two or
more States, by act of Congress, does not meet
with general favor among congressman, and i
is not believed the proposed bill can pass the
House. =. 1r ~ .a.
At Cincinnati yesterday, in the case Of the
U. S. vs.. Chafee & Co., whiskey d~istilIers, for
alleged fraud, the jury returned a verdict OF
1858, 600 for the government.
Active canvassing of congressman to deter
mine what will be the vote on impeachment,
to-day, discloses fifty seven members Of the
House for it.
A terrific boiler explosion took place at Fall
River, Mass, yesterday by which the Globe
Print Works we're destroyed.
The people at St. Thomas voted in favor of
American annexation. The English mail sta
ton at St. Thomas has been changed to ia
maica. - at..;
During a recent revival at Washington Street
NJ E. Church, Petersburg, 80 members we're
added to the Church. q
Mrs. Lincoln's wardrobe has been, as the
public will be glad. to learn, Withdrawn from
sale. r..r...,
Denver has been made th capital Of Colorado.
WASHINGTON CITY--The Philadelphia
North American of yesterday, says:
'''The late returns of a census of the District
of Columbia, taken in behalf of educational
interests, show more general prosperity at the
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