Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-12-21

Burroughs her former lover; lin Washing ton,
and was Afterwards acquitted on the ground Of
insanity, is from the. report Of Dr. Nichols to
the Association of Medical Superintendents
of American Institutions for the Insane now
an innate of the Insane Asylum, and although
improved in health, exhibits at intervals, and
under certain circumstances, marks of tempo.
rary insanity. - = . Z s. Z 7 - J : !.
The NY Herald tells its readers that tits easy
to toresee the results of the violence and folly
of Congress, in forcing upon the countrya poll
cy entirely foreign to our institutions, and in
conhic: with all our ideas of freedom, justice
and generosity" Whether this, as the Her
aid noo says, vii unite the people of the coun-
try upon The Conservative candidate for Pre>i
dent, remains to he seer We hope for the
Information is d. sired Of Geo. " Fairfax,
(or his heirs, who became owner some twenty
years ago of a large tract Of COW valuable land,
then in Bath .(now Highland c,unty) Va,
which has teens sold for taxes. and the pur-
chaser isiabaut to perfect his title, unle.s the
owner or his heirs come forward. GO. W.
Fairfax resided in Frederick county for several
years Address j. NJ. Sicy, at Monterey,
Highland county, Va;
We think that the new Christmas story, by
Dickens and Wilkie Collins, bears more Of the
marks of the latter than the former writer.
These literary partnerships seldom succeed
Beaumont and Fletcher were exceptions to the
general lule-but they lived 10 the good old
times" The Christmas story, however, of
which We speak, has some we'll drawn charac-
tefs, and good descriptions.
The Washington Chronicle is perfectly { flu
rious''' at the. President for sending in tie
Message to CONGRESS about Gen. Hancock. 1t
considers the NJ Usage as an outrage III on
Congress, upon Gen. Grant, and ev.rybo ~
else and its tone 'taunting and defiant. -
Impeash him A ''tauntins and defiant .
tone, would make capital charge We sub
NIT the case to Ashley
As the President did not send to Congress,
yesterday, before its adjournment, his message
vatoing the bill striking out the word white"
from the laws Of the District Of Columbia, the
bill fails to become a law, the ten days allowed
to consider bill, not having expired until to-
day. Congress will pass the bill again, no
doubt, as soon as it re-assembles
The Richmond Examiner contains letter
from an English farmer, who writes to it to
learn If he can buy farm large enough to
provide him with reasonable living" in
Virginia, for five hundred pounds The Exam
iner says he can, and so can any number of his
countrymen who may feel the desire t. settle
in that State.
Sharpers, at the North, are practising new
mode ofswindliug, by collecting express chars 8
on goods, which it is pretended are to be drliv-
cred, but which, of course, never come to
hand Numbers of persons, have recently
been victimised in this manner
The u. s. Supreme Court has decided that
deposits 10 savings bank, invested in q. S.
bonds, are subject to local taxation. The case
in which the decision was made was that Of the
State Of Connecticut against the Hartford Saw
ing Society. 4>a:
The trustees of Emory College, Oxford, Ga,
have unanimously rendered the presidency OF
that Institution to the Rev. Leroy NJ. Lee, D.
D., Of Richmond but it is not knowu that
DR.. Lee will accept the situation. y,
Capt. Lerigo, and the crew Of the steamship
Sappho, from Wilmington, N. G.. for New
York, abandoned at sea, on the 10Th irs'.,
have arrived at Norfolk. When last seen the
steamship had turned over on her side.
"A new toy makes It's appearance in Paris
every year, and has a great run. The toy now
in vogue is a breach loading gun of the Chase
pot pattern. Whether it discharges bullets or
sugar plums is not stated.
The retail dry goods business in New York,
is very lively at this time, but there is almost a
complete stand. still among the jobbers. Prices
Of goods generally, are without material
change. 2:ig aaa
The precautions which the British Govern
ment, is taking to guard against Fcnian out
breaks, as represented by the cable dispatches,
indicate serious fears of trouble e2
It is said that tie Grant meeting at Fauiel
Hall in Boston, was not very successful one,
in any respect.
The Anti-SIayery Standard declares that
1.-THE Radical party is falling to pieces" We
hope so.
Congress adjourned yesterday, to meet again
on the 9Th of January. ..
Mr.. John W. Reyes, formerly editor of the