Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-05-18
is the record Of some of the

Loudoun, 1911, 65S.
Prince William, ,O67, I224.
Culpeper, l,072, GIL.
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Stafford, ssssst .iaTr s.. 4, 95Les9 100
Shenandoah, 90 St sE2,726, 49,
K Clarke, 8ftN IA Ja Sol, So 262.
Z Westmoreland, q Y 702 49, 499.
Albemarle,, ..af 81 s.. 1855. 1921.
Rockingham, z 50 ,743, 1854
s In many Of the counties the proportion of
colored people is much greater than above
& mentioned. sa5 ~ Ssti' 5s%'5I93 IS
- Mr. u NJ Bolts has written letter. giving
his reasons for becoming a surety for Mr.. Da-
which are: that it would have atharmo-
! nising effect that there was no excuse ior
further delay and detention, aud that Mr. D.
was entitled to his liberation on bail-that as
he MIR. B. had beer imprisoned for a time
when Mr.. Davis was in authority at Richmond
he (Mr. B. wished to show his magnanimity5
--aDd lastly, because he, wished to.show that
he aud his friends wge actuated by high
sense Of public duty, and not by personal
q, resentment, Yindicti9eness or malgnitY. He
q says that Mr. Davis thanked him for his course
on the occasion, aud his reasons when they
were given: He concludes by saying, that he
3 IS IS proud Of having done what eii.3did, and
would do tower again, and again., and again,
under the same circumst ances. !" -, @.li -5is
$ Mr., Johno Minor Bolts. foreman of the
Grand Jury Of; the Circuit Court at Richmond,
4 requested Judge Underwood to discharge the
z Jury on Thursday, as no further business de-
mandad their, attention. Judge Underwood
replied that though anxious to relieve them,
the question Of the immense frauds on the in
terna revenue in the Richmond district re-
quired their most serious consideration. "He
almost feared the: extensive and disreputable
evasion Of The Government taxes going on there
would form an obstacle in the way of their nd
mission to the Union.
5ss The Justices ;of" the. Supreme Court, who
were equally divided on the motion to amend
3 the Mississippi bill, are Chase, Wayne, Mel
son, Clifford Swain, Miller, Davis and Field
These compose The Court, with. the, excep-5
s ton of Judge GrierS who left Washington
before the meeting AS both the Georgia
and Mississippi injunction cases have been
dismissed, the :subpoenas issued against Gen.
erals Grant, Pope, and Ord and Secretary
. Stanton now fail, of course to be- o. effect.
.. "a dispatch from Lisbon, yesterday anuoun-
ssees the arrival there of vessel from Rio ia
nero with news that the President Of Paraguay
has accepted the profered mediation of the
Governmental the U.s.. Brazil and: her al
lies had not accepted, and it., was considered
doubtfulit they would do so at all Atlatest
adVices there was no further fighting between
the contending armies. att .s@ sEts.
Ii The Supreme Court during the. term Just
closed disposed of two hundred cases sleaving
two hundred and fifty on. the docket. All the
: admiralty cases argued were decided. tits a
matter of comment that the Court recognized
Texas asa State in the Union by allowing an
injunction to restrain the payment of certain
bonds, alleged to have been fraudulently OBJ
tanned during the war, from that State s
4 1t is said now that the President will accept
the invitation extended to him by the Masonic
fraternity of Boston, TO be present at I heir
coming celebration, and will accompany the, !
atwo Commanderies of knights Templar from
Washington, "A revenue cutter will be placed
at. theirsdisposal by the Treasury Department.
J The Richmond w hig speaking Of he.report
that when Mr.. Bolts name, as one of the
signers to the bail bond for Mr.. Davis was
called, there were Kisses, says: we happened
to be in a situation to observe that the only !
distinct hiss came from one Of Underwoods
colored jurors. = a.ti
A Washington letter in the Charleston
Courier states that Congress qo,U meet in July;
and that matters connected with the public
finances claim immediate attention The ap-
preparations are large and the revenue falling
of, and will probably, Still further diminish.
Gen Sheridan has issued an order in New
Orleans, prohibiting the carrying of firearms |
by any persons except those who are authorized
10 do so, Offenders against this order are
made subject to trial by a military commission.
The New York Times says that there are as
many people nthe North in favor of repudiat-
Ing tie national debt as there are in favor Of
con6scating hesestates of Southern property
holders y s : as IS s., t.5, 9a
ssaid that George Bancroft, the histo-
ran, was yesterday appointed Minister to Ber-
lin, vice Dir. Wright deceased. j