Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-07-24
VIEWS OF THE .DA !
$40 sao,o the very age and body of the times.

month ago, Mr. Rufus Lord, the victim
in the celebrated Lord bond robbery, received
from an unknown source $l,4OO,O0O OF the
bonds that had been stolen. 1t has now been
ascertained that they were sent to h'm through
the finn of James C. King & Sons from the
London Bankers. Barring Brothers who re-
ceived them from London lawyer, who i'll his
turn had received them from the guilty party
Who that party is remains at present secret
with the English lawyer.
The Indianola (Texas) Bulletla reports the
yellow fever on the increase there. There are
sick inmates ia almost every house ln town:
The Bulletin makes an appeal for assistance
money and hospital supplies. The fever has
also broken out at Lavacca, Texas The bull
etiu reports much suffering 1t gays many
families are destitute and without protection.
The Nashville Dispatch says that large guam
titles of Cincinnati whskey are being shipped
to Robertson county, Kentucky, which is famed
for its good whiskey from thence it is re-
shipped to all parts Of the country, North and
South, as fine, prime Old Robertson county
whiskey, and is as eagerly sought Tor as the
genuine article, and brings as good price.
4 man in Trenton recently invested dollar
in what 4 correspondent in New York assured
him were excellent counterfeits on the national
banks. They passed so well, that, determined to
make fortune, he invested sixty dollars with
the same correspondent for another supply OF
bogus bills, but has not since heard from him.
From st. Louis we learn that 4 band OF one
hundred and fifty Sioux Iadians attacked 4
part of the Rhee tlioe above Fort Stephenson,
killing three Of The tribe and ran OFT twenty
five ponies. The same night they stanneded
number Of Government horses, and wounded
one soldier at Fort Stephenson.
John ". Matthews, the agent Of the United
States Express Company at Weston, Missouri,
absconded last week with from eight 10 ten
thousand dollars belonging to the company.
Matthews was member Of the firm OF Mat
thews & Co., grocers which made an assign
ment about month ago.
The Board of Literature Of the Statn Of
North Carolina are prepared 70 sell, Ior The
benefit of the common schools about Que MD
lion ana half acres of the public swamp lands
Of the State Some Of these lands are very
desirable I. portion OF them have been
drained.
The cholera is raging badly at Forts Earker
and HAYES. Fifteen new eases are reported at
Fort Harker on Saturday, aud and seventeen
deaths. Seven cases occurred in one family ar
Silina, and three deaths.
Ashiwarat, one Of the japanese students at
Monson, Mass, committed suicide, by hang
ing, on Saturday evening. Mental depression,
amounting to almost insanity, was the cause Of
the act
It is said that the estimate of the Treasury
Department for the support Of the United
States army in the Southern States durlng the
present YEAR is fron $35 600. 0Q0 to $40,
100000.
Accounts from the entire State Of Louisiana
and parts of Mississippi and Alabama and
Northeastern Texas complain Of too much rain
and the cotton worm is appearing.
Smallpox prevails to serious extent il
Chicago. In districts where il prevails thu
most placards are hung along the streets, warn
ing persons Of the danger.
The cholera is decreasing in Memphis. Ac
counts from Arkansas represent the disease
prevailing on the plantations in the vicinity 0
Pine Bluff.
The great fre$hct OIL The Upper Mississippi
exceeds any other calamity Of the kind w'ncl
has happened since 1850.
The census Of the Cherokee nation amounts
only to -, l5G, Il falling off Of 10000 since th'
last enumeration.
,)uarez is announced as Il candidate iur II
election to the Presidency in Mexico
Gases of cholera and yellow fever continue t
be reported i'll New Orleans.
A destructive fire occurred IN Buffalo, New
York, yesterday.
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