Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-09-17
NEWS OF THE DAT.
TO shoao the very age and body ofthe Times,

A new and dangerous counterfeit on tie So
note, National currency, has lately made It's
appearance. Ia the sentence at the top OF the
note This secured by bonds the letters b
and sty' are too far apart and the 20 in
bonds is under the ~, but the ''b'' in the
same words is Immediately under the ~ in
the genuine. At the left OF the note the lett
arm of Columbus is scarcely visible, but in the
genuine it is very distinct.
Rev. Jas. Gibbons, now officiating IN the
Roman Catholic Cathedral parish, Baltimore
has been confirmed, by the Head Of the Church
at Rome, Bishop of the Diocese of North
Carolina, end will probably have his episcopal
mansion in Raleigh. He will be consccrated
by Archbishop Spalding when that gentleman
returns from Europe, which will be at the lat
ter end Of October.
In anticipation that the yellow fever, now
raging in the South, may reach the city of
Mobile and cause an Abandonment of that
place by the Government officials, Gen. Spin
ner, u S. treasurer. has thought best to with
draw all Government funds deposited there,
and deposit them in some city further north.
Advices from Mexico are to the goth ult.-
Considerable canvassing and excitement tol-
lowed the command by President Juarez for
general election. Factions were active. Presi.
dent Juarez is in favor of amending the Next
can constitution 50 as to make it like that of the
United States.
Gen. Griffin, who was in command of the
Fifth Military District temporarily, having
died with yellow fever at Galveston, the COM
mand of the District falls upon the next officer
10 rank, Gen. Joseph A. Mower, who will be
in command until the arrival Of Gen Hancock.
Tue dwelling house of Jarvis Keene, at East
Abingdon, Mass, was burned last night. Mr.
Keene' two daughters, his only children, aged
10 and 81 years, were burned to death. Mr..
Keene is in New Orleans, and his wife and
| daughters were alone In the house.
One of the crew of the steamer Europe was
lost overheard on her last trip from HaVre, two
days out An entertainment was subsequently
arranged for the benefit of the mans family,
at which Madame Ristoli gave dramatic read
ings and Madame Lagrange sang.
A man named John White, of St. John, N.
B., and two boys, who have committed mum
Der of robbcries lately in Portland, and even as
far east as Bangor, have been arrested. A
considerable portion Of the stolen property has
| been recovered.
The cholera has disappeared from Governor s
Island, N Y, there having been no case OF the
disease for the last ten days. 10 all thirty one
privates mostly recruits, have been attacked
Of whom fourteen died
The proprietor of the Chestnut-street Thea
tire, in Philadelphia, has given the Young
| Mems Christian Association of that city per-
mission to use that building for series Of re
| lgous meetings.
The yellow fever is rapidly spreading through
out Texas A large number Of Government
| officials and officers Of the army and navy have
died. Aid is urgently appealed for.
Judge Bryan, oil the U. s. District Court,
| sitting at Greenvillc, S. c., directed the names
| OF colored men, as we'll as other citizens, to be
put upon the jury lists.
| Theresa Wiermon was murdered yesterday,
at Yonkers N. Y. by Frederick Schrafhausen,
who subsequently, committed suicide Cause,
disappointed affection.
The deaths from yellow fever in New Or
leans On Saturday and Sunday are officially re-
ported to have been one hundred and three.
Gen. Grant will be unable to attend the GER
| emonies at Antietam, owing to the pressure of
o;o1 9,t go r. &c cold
The late Gen. Grihin's order, removing the
Judges of the Supreme Court of Texas has
| been revoked.