Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-27
NEWS or THE DAY.
so sAo,o the ve,y age and body Of Tie fin,ss .

mutually agreeable. The conversation was on
general subjects, OH old congressional reminis-
cences, on army topics, aud on the probabilities
of the impending wal in Europe. They parted
as they met, with mutual expressions OF polite
ness and good will
Quite an excitement was occasioned 10 the
Treasury Department on Wednesday evening,
owing to the loss in the printing bureau OF
sheet of paper upon which 81 900 bond was
to be printed The sheet is of no value, as it
had not been printed, but as each operator is
held responsible for the amount Of money to
be represented by each bond when printed the
loss was OF some Importance Although dill
gent search has been made it has not yet been
discovered.
The Boston Advertiser says that the portrait
Of Queen Vicotria, which is to be presented 10
Mr. George Peabody at Washington, will be
exhibited in Baltimore, Philadelphia, New
York and Boston, and one-haf Of the proceeds
of the exhibition will he devoted to the South
en Relief fund, and the remaining halt will be
divided among the local charities Of the several
cities
Cunningham, the State Treasurer of Ar kan
sas, has been dismissed, being Incompetent TO
hold office under the Congressional acts. Col.
Page, Quartermaser, has been appointed in
his place Several other State officers are
likely TO be dismissed for the same reason.
The argument in the Georgia and Mississippi
pi Injunction case was commenced in the SUI
preme Court yesterday by Attorney General
StanbeFsy, who was followed by MIR. O'Connor,
of New York The further argument Of the
case was postponed until Friday next.
A lady named Mrs Witmeyer was accident
ally killed in Philadelphia yesterday bya pistol
fired by man named Ermi at a rabid dog that
had run up an alley alongside of her house.
Ermi gave himself up to await an examination.
Capt. J. M. Brook, Professor at the Y. NJ.
Institute, has been presented with beautiful
gold medal by the King Of Prussia, as a testi-
monial of the appreciation Of the distinguished
donor, of his high scientific attainmcnts.
Captain Este, commanding at Memphis, yes
terday allowed the ceremony Of strewing the
graves of the Confederate dead buried there 10
be carried out, notwithstanding his previous
order forbiddug it,
Archbishop Spaulding, OF Baltimore, is con-
vaescent, and expects to be able to leave for
Rome within two weeks Bishop McGill, Of
Richmond, is also going to Rome.
The distierics are now so closely watched
that Commissioner Rollins feels certain that
very little "contraband whiSkcy' is now being
put in the market.
Charles B. Douglass, youngest soil Of Fred.
Douglass, the famous colored lecturer, has been
appointed to first class clerk ship III the Freed
men Bureau.
Yesterday was observed by the Odd Fellows
throug hont the country as day If thanks
giving.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY, In the Senate. on
Thursday, number Of bills OF 10 general
interest," were acted on.
In the House Of Delegates, Il bill was passed
authorizing the exchange Of the States stock
in railroads fur State bonds, making an cxcep-
ton in favor Of those roads which, by laws
already passed, are authorized t. make !his
exchange with the State.
Mr.. Daniel W. Lewis, from Fairfax, having
applied for his per diem. during The late re
cess, the case was referred to the COMMITTEE
on House Expenses, aud that Committee re;
ported in favor Of paying the per diem, and
against the ruling of the speaker III relation to
the matter The report was agreed to--so
that the per diem is declared legal The ac-
ton of the Legislature, in regard to this subject
is most severely denounced In many papers in
the State, and has caused much dissatisfaction.
A FRIEND OF CoLoRED PEOPLE
Rev" Lewis Robertson, (colored) haiing
from Pennsylvania, who has been operating
with the colored people in this county and
Caroline for the last year, preacliihs and pro-
fessedly lending, trading, aud selling them
horses has been brought to grief by his long
continuance in the way OF the transgrcssOr.
Early in the spring he offered to hire for a
long period horse to Bro. Dick, Tor which
he received SO cash No horse came. Dick
became unpOrtunae and was about placing
the matter under white control. The Rev.
Lewis thereupon borrowed Il horse in another
part of his parish and bringing it 10 BRO
Dick" announced that he had gotten him
horse at last Robertson continued on down
to Caroline, where be preached, and stole
another horse, and was vending ms way BACK
TO Spotsylvania, doubtless for the purpose OF
giving him TO Bro Dick, and returning the
borrowed horse, but the parties from whom he
had stolen in Caroline pursued, and captured
Robertson and the stolen animal. The men
took r. in charge, on foot, but as they were
passing thick underground, he rolled over
into it, and afected his escape. - fredericksburg
Herald.
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. The following
is an extract from the journal of the late Coun
Gil of Bishops Of the M. &. Church, South
ION Tuesday, April l6, the Book Editor
at the request of the Bishops, joined them in
gathering, verifying, and casting up the votes
of the Annual Conferences on the two ques-
tions-Change of Name and Lay-representa-
tion-submitted by the late General Conference.
"Whereupon itappeared that returns had
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