Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-09-24
VIEWS or THE q 4 ?.
80 sho,ofhe ue,y age and body ofthe Time.

working horses IN this country. heSe animals
comprise one stallion and three mares, and are
OF large size, grent strength and beauty. and
very active movement They have just ar
rived, in charge Of groom, and are now in
Baltimore. ,s gsgss.s.
A dispatch from Galveston, says: "Ihe cpl.
demic is abating here from exhaustion OF ma
terialos The number of interments this week
was siixty-nine. The disease is desolating the
chief towns Of the interior of the State, with
er nurses have been dispatched. The Howard
Association have issued an esrnest remonstrance
against the return of unacclimated persons to
this city. shipload Of emigrants has arrived
here, but they have not been permitted to land. >
Senator Ben Wade made speech in Cincin-
natl on Saturday ght,in which he touched
mainly upon the labor question. He said the
most glorious days OF his lie were passed as a
common laborer, upon a canal, among Irish
men, His Kansas Speech he declared to. be a
forgery, and said that at some future time he.
might become judge in Israel, when he would
punish johnson for his disoyal actions. 80
The number of people thrown out of emp 10y.
ment in New Orleans, by the yellow fever, this
season, is greater than has been hitherto known
since the commercial cmbalassmens of 1851.
What the number is may he judged from the
fact that there arc said tobe6,000 applications
for places upon the police and for similar APP,
pointments ~
"A man. by the name of look, keeping IA
hotclin ,Edgerton, Mass, was. recently arrested
for selling cigar on Sunday The deputy
constable, or State spy, who sworc hcnade the
purchase, travelled two hundred and sixty miles
In order to swear to the fact, which, however,
the court did not believe, and discharged the
defendant .. t4g#&5&
Gen. Sheridan leaves Washington tomorrow
morning on his way North, and will reach Phil
adelphia about p. m., where preparations are
made by the City Council and others to give
him reception The City Council of Bati
more have adopted resolutions and appointed
committees to tender him the Inequalities Of
that city.
The statement relative to the robbery OF the
Merchants Union Express Company in New
York, is said to be incorrect. The messenger
took $4,000 from the safe car, and then sent
for the agent of the company, telling him whit
he had done, and finally returned the money.
S. B. Colby, Register of the u. s. Treasury,
died at HaverhilI. NJ H., on Saturday. Mr..
Colby was appointed Register as the successor
of L. f. Crittenden, in April, 1864 He was a
native of Vermont and prominent lawyer OF
that State. He was about fifty years of age
The Atlantic Base Ball Club of New York
was yesterday defeated in a match with the
Athletics of Philadelphia, played in the latter
city. Like many of the matches between
prominent clubs this season. the game vas
Sold, )" each club dividing the spells.
The work of retreDchment is still in progress
10 the War Department. An order has been
issued discharging between forty and fifty clerks
and messengers now employed in the branch OF
the Adjutant General Office in charge of Gen.
Brock.
4 1t was rumored yesterday that Ex-Governor
Thomas Fl. Ford will receive the appointment
of Minister Resident to Ecuador, vice ". 4.
Coggeshall, deceased. Governor Ford has for
some years past been resident of Washington.
At Wheeling, w. Va, yesterday Mcdonald
& Mitchars stables, with thirty horses, and
wagons, belonging to Adams Express Company,
and portion Of Beck s brewery, were burned.
The loss is heavy.
Advices from the city Of Mexico, dated the
7th inst, state that the remains of the Emperor
Macmillan had arrived there from Qucretaro,
and would probably be placed in the hands of
Admiral Tegethotf.
The yellow faver at the Dry Tortugas still
continues it's ravages. DR.. Smith and his son,
the wife of Major Stone, and Lieut. Orr, have
all died within few days past. Major Stone
is also lying very i'll at Key West, having been
taken there from Fort Jefferson.
A race of one mile for one thousand dollars
was run in Cincinnati on Saturday, between
two legless men, whose entire powers of loco
motion centred in their arms. The winner
made the time in IL minutes and Is seconds.
Gems. Sheridan, Hancock and Egan, and
Judge Black, called at the White House yes
terday, and had interviews with the President.
Sheridan s interview is said to have been brief
Senator Wade and Representative Spalding,
of Ohio, announce themselves in favor of
continuous session of Congress from the day
of its meeting until the 4th of March, 1859.
DR.. R. S. Southworth, son Of Mrs. e. D. E.
n Southworth, the novelist, has been APP
pointed analytical chemist, at the Columbia
Hospital for women, in Washington.
A dispatch announces the arrival at Annap-
oils yesterday of the q. S. practice ship Dale,
with crew of the Naval School cadets. All
on board are reported we'll.
The us. steamer Yucca, from Pensacola,
has arrived in Hampton Roads, with seven
cases of yellow fever on board. On the 18th |
mo ot the crew was hnried at sea