Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-07-22
VIEWS or THE D.A Y.
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It is current Y rumored, says the Trey tN'
" Wing, that Mr. John f. Pnllen, OF the
Old firm of Pnllen, Virgil 4 Co., expressmeh'
mas proved to be defauter to the amount OF
$4,000 in the National Eypres- Company.
Captain E. Fl. Virgil, Of Troy, who ia Super.
iGtendent OF the National Express Company
Was the Chairman Of the Committee who DIS
covered the defalcato
The President, on Saturday, among other
nominations sent into the Senate those oil Hor-
ace Greeley as Minister to Austria John A.
McClernard as Minister 10 Mexico; 4. y.
LOOMS as Minister to Hayti, and Horace Cap
ron as Commissioner Of Agriculture, all OF
which were referred to Committees, and, con
sequently, went over until next session.
Rio Janeiro correspondence Is dated June
IS. The Paraguay and Parana rivers had
ovelAowed and inundated the allied camps,
compelling withdrawal to higher lands. The
Brazilian Parliament was still in session. Prep
arstions were being made for the reception OF
Alfred, the Duke OF Edinburg who was ex-
pocted on his way to Japan.
Gen. Sherman has been officially notified
that Congress declines to authorize the organl-
ization OF volunteer regiments for the purpose
of fighting the Indians Sherman states that
in his whole command from the British pos
sessions to Texas he has tut three regiments
of regulars He says the recent rumors OF trou-
bes on the plains are wholly false OF are largely
exaggerated.
The Chinese Government has addressed a
dispatch to the foreign ministers, complaining
that certain Europeans are in the habit OF sup
plying the insurgents with arms. The Coy
eminent also requests that more care be exer-
cised by the forei On consll'S, SO that passports
be not issued to persons Of doubtful character.
Paul Bagey, not o0g ago, addrcsseda letter
to the Governor Of Canada requesting him to
induce Jefferson Davis to apply to President
Johnson for pardon, but his excellency formal
ly declined the request, hot deelning it consiS-
tent with his duty to interfere in any way IN
Mr. Davis affairs.
A Washington dispatch states that The 'ju-
dietary Committee have decided that, mas
much as the impeachment testimony has not
been presented TO Congress, it cannot be pub
lished outstanding the action Of the House
directing its publication.
A dispatch to one OF the northern papers
states THAT the demands OF the British Gov
ernment for indemnify for losses FROM the de
filnct Confederacy are based on the theory Of
the absolute conquest OF the Southern States.
Gen. Curtin official report on the Frank
lin Tenn. liot asserts that the attack upon
the Colored League was preconcerted, and that
The city authorities voluntarily delivered the
city to mob violence.
The high range OF Governments has lately
broue ht large supply Of these securities to
the New York market, and the continued ac-
emulation Of gold ia his Bank OF England en-
courages the disposition to ship bonds.
The Austrian ship Giuseppe, which arrived
at New York on Saturday from Antwerp, had
seventeen deaths among her passengers. and
several cases Of sickness on her arrival. She
was sent to the lower quarantine
Sig vessels ara nowzloading At Richlnond
Va, with tobacco for European port; two ot
them arr for London, two Tor LIVERPOOL one
for Bremen and one for Bordeaux. 4 vessel
IL also loading with -four for Brazil.
Some seyen deaths from cholera occurred in
Memphis on Friday The disease il STEADILY
increasing, though SO far it had not assumed
an epidemic form It's ravages are confined
almost exclusively TO colored people.
4 letter from iIcrSchel Y. johnson, candi
date Tor the Vice Presidency on tie Douglas
ticket, to the citizens Of Atlanta, in which he
opposes Military Reconstruction, appears in
the Atlanta papers.
The Tories in the British House Of Lords
support the Derby Reform bill. Saturday was
observed as holiday on the London stock ex-
change.
The Hong Kong (China) newspapers de-
nounce the cooley trade AS practice'l by the
Portuguese.