Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-05-08
NEWS OF Fl DAP.
80 sAoo The reru age and body Of the times

government has directed the surrender Of JET
fersou Davis in obedience to the habeas corpus
issued by Judge Underwood, and also assert
that he will be tried during the present term
Of the U. S. Court in Richmond, and that
Chief Justice Chase, though not on the bench,
will be present and advise with Judge Under.
wood in the course TO be pursued. Its added
that it is expected Mr.. Davis will be brought
to Richmond this or carly next week.
Thc subject Of registration in the Southern
States was considered in cabinet session yes
terday,. and it was determined that an order
should be sent to. General Sheridan directing
him to extend the time for registering in his
district, SO as to enable the registers to get the
benefit OF the Attorney Generals opinion, and
if need be, revise their action in accordance
with that opinion before closing the registry.
John Leary, alias "Red Leary," who was
arrested in New York upon a requisltion issued
by the Governor Of Michigan, was rescued at
Albany on Monday from the officer who had
him in charge. The officer had taken him to
the Jail and was in the act of putting irons On
him, when the prisoner, aided by half a
dozen friends, made a murderous assault on
the officer, and all succeeded in escaping.
A horrible murder was perpetrated on Mon
day afternoon in New York. A man named
Owen Sullivan plunged a dirk into one Michael
Farrell, inAicting wounds which proved fatal
immediately afterwards. Deceased was a
tailor, and was working at his bench when at
tackled. The murderer Immediately fed, aud
has not yet been ovcrtaken. Jealousy is said
to have prompted the crime.
The argument in the case of Virginia vs.
West Virginia was commenced in the Supreme
Court at Washington yesterday. The question
in dispute Is the right of jurisdiction over the
counties of Jefferson and Berkeley, at present
within West Virginia, but the case also raises
the question of the status of Virginia in the
Union.
The Joint Committee OF the Old and New
School Presbyterian Churches, in session at
New York, have with great unanimity agreed
upon the terms Of a reunion Of the Church.
The terms are to be submitted to the two As
semblies of the Church one year hence, for
final action
At the time of the earthquake in Missouri
aud Kansas, April "a, an acre of ground three
miles south Of Carthage, on the Miami Canal,
sunk ten feet, showing that the shock extended
to Ohio. The ground sunk bodily, leaving a
perpendicular wall Of ten feet or more on all
sides.
A party OF thirty persons went yesterday
on board the British schooner Elk, whilst
moored in the harbor at Cleveland, Ohio, and
tore down her colors. Some Of the Fenians at
Cleveland have repudiated the act. They
deny that it was done BY any Of the brother
hood.
During IL political discussion bet ween four
gentlemen at Completion, Ga, on Wednesday
last, one of the disputants, Mr.. j. W. Camp,
shot the three other gentlemen. Two OF the
wounded men were thought to be fatally IN
jured, but the third escaped serious damage.
Under an attachment sued ont by Messrs.
J. G. Baugher L Co., Of Baltimore, 4 portion
of the stock of one of a wcll-known wholesale
and retail grocery firm in Petersburg, Va,
sufficient to cover a debt Of abont $1,000, was
seized on Saturday.
The gale which has been prevailing at the
West for several days has blown . large guam
tity of floating ice in front Of the harbor Of
Buffalo, New York. The bay is completely
blocked with ice. A large feet of vessels is
icebound outside.
e. Lewis, Esq, president of the First Nation
al Bank at York, Pa, died in that place on Sa-
turday last, at an advanced age. He COM
menced lite as a practical printer, and subse-
ouently filed several public positions of re-
sponsibility.
Among the items disbursed out of the con-
tingent fund of the State Department last year,
are nearly two thousand dollars for treaty
boxes, and nearly the anne amount for the
board of Queen Emma, of the Sandwich
Islands.
The Victoria Colonist, the oldest journal on
Vancouver's Island, British Columbia, says,
editorially, on April 50th, that nine out Of
every ten men in the colony would welcome
annexation to the United States.
During the hurricane on Sunday, the Missis-
sippi burst its banks below New Orleans, de-
stroying the telegraph line for a considera-
bic distance. The extent OF the damage is not
known.
The Washington Fire Company, OF Vii
mington, Del, arrived at Norfolk yesterday, on
their way to visit Petersburg and Richmond.
They were received aud entertained by the lire
partment in a handsome manner.
The street car question has been summary
settled in New Orleans by the Chief of Police,
who has issued an order forbidding the colored
people to interfere with any car for white per-
sons.
In Chicago some of the employees are work
ing on the old en-hoursystem, with no change
q wages, while in others they are working
,ighB hours, with twenty per cent reduction III