Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-06-14
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

i he pennsylvania state Dttnoc[allC Con'
vention, which met at Harrisburg on Monday
to nominate Judge Of the. Supreme Court
tor that State, passed series OF resolutions
asserting the right Of every State Of the
Union to representation in Congress and to
prescribe the qualifications Of its own electors ;
denouncing the imposition by Congress OF negro
Suffrage as an outrage and an usurpation ; OPP
posing any amendment to the Constitution OF
Pennsylvania giving the right of suffrage to
negroes.
The annual meeting Of the Tunkers com
menced at Pipe Creek, Carroll county, Md,
pecnliarities. They wear long boards, dress
with simplicity and plainness, and the men
kiss each other when they meet. They appear
devotional and sincere. They have the repu-
tation OF being industrious, thrifty, and pros
porous in q peouniary way, most OF them being
farmers.
The State Department learns that under iu-
structions Mr.. Adams nterposed in the cases
of the Fenians convicted in Dublin, Col. Burke,
McCaferty, and Mcclure, all OF whose senten-
ces have been commuted. In the case or
McCafferty, writ OF error was, at the sugges-
ton of his counsel, sued out in behalf OF the
prisoner, at the instance and expense or the
United States.
Crop reports from all parts of the country,
especially from the South, continue good. In
the Southern States the harvest has already
commenced a letter from Charleston says
the receipts at that port will be heavy, several
millions of bushels being expected, beside
large quantities Of -four. The Southern wheat
will come forward as early as possible
Peddlers are perambulatng the State of
= vhaf hav ott,la GERM
to the oolored people They inform the latter
that the Government will in few days contis-
cate the lands Of the whites and give them to
tbs regent slaves. Certificates of land to be
entered upon are sold at prices ranging from
one to three dollars each. @ ..t-; . -..
The coroner's jury 10 the case. OF the late
boiler explosion, 10 Philadelphia, have render
ed a verdict They state that the explosion
was caused by an over pressure, caused by the
closing of the stop=valve Immediately above
the boiler thus shutting off all communication
with the safety y-vaye and pressure guage:
The Joint Committee on Ordnance, raised al
the last session OF: Congress to investigate the
condition of the Ordnance Bureau, have made la
heavy demands upon the War and Navy De-
nartments for information. They propose Ia
Investigate thoroughly the mode oi the admin
istration CT the ordnance matters. iEI.r
Adyices from the Plains state that there Il
nc prospect Of peace with this hostile Sioux
A telegram from Nebraska reports that about
twenty men have been killed within The past
week. The u S. troops arc moving, and
volunteers are arming by PERMISSION OF gen
Sherman. 80; asarE h.s.d ,5g @o# ,~73t5ia@2
"A she'll that had been taken from the lockers
of the Confederate ram Virginia, sometime;
called Merrimac, exploded at the Atlantl!
iron works.. at Norfolk, Va, on Monday, ant
made cad havoc with the roof and window
glass. e s.'''.' - = 4. '..i - ~. :.
An Arab company, entitled 'The Champion
Athletes of the World, " and composed OF the
children of the desert of Sahara, are about tt
open the French Theatre, New York. Mr.
Sidi-Et Hadj-Ali Ben Mahommed is the direc
tor. a.,s@@- 81. .a.-. ,.>lf .....s.1 .,....-
During May tie aggregate lossee in tn
United States caused by fires, each involving
loss Of at least $4,000, were, 81 l20, 600. >
This ia a smaller amount of loss than was re
ported for any month during 1867. .I's'".
On ,Monday and Tuesday the Brooklgl
pssterers worked but eight hours day, sub
nitting ut the same time TO a reduction OF q
per ct. on their wages The employers inter
posed no objection. .,.r........, ,.,,..
The Boston merchants alter endeav0rlDg tol
long time to organize a semi-Weekly stea M
ship line from that port to Europe held {
meeting yesterday and formally abandoned the
enterprise. ....
Ninetythree suits, covering claims to about
four millions OF dollars, have been commenced
at Washington by the owners OF the cOttol
captured at Savannah and sent North by Gen
Sherman. s.s...es.s,.
Chiel Justice Chase, it is said, has decided
not to regard the Stay Law Of North Carolina
RESTORATION DEMANDED. The following
appea. 5 in the advertising columns of the Ne,
Haven {Conn. Register, from which it is pre-
sumed that the missing property alluded to
somewhere in that vicinity -. .s
$500 REwARD.--Stolen from citizen @
South Carolina, during the march OF Genera
Sherman, in February, 1865, the following al
ticles,, for the return of which the above TeWar
will be promptly paid, VIZ, ,..a :,
One Silver Communion Set, consisting O. !
pieces, engraved as donation to "Scion Ere:
byterian Church of Winnsboro, 5. e.
One Silver Tea Set of 8 pieces, engraved J
f. A."
One Miniature Breastpn on Ivory. ss.&f
.Ope Ladies' Ring, engraved u. r. A. tot
Ca Single diamond. a2.s7a stgt".
The above articles did not cost collectively
over the amount Of the reward offered, but al
most earnestly desired for the associations COZ COZ
nected with them. l.@f a sg.=l, ~ =
)" Thesa articles with at least five times the
valne IN other materials of gold, silver an
;ewe1ry, &c J were taken possession OF by
soldier known as Captain Fuller, supposed !
belong to the l4th Corps, u. S. A. Thr
hundred dollars will be paid for the return
the Commrunion Set (which only cost s262
Observation-Disclosures have been lodged wi
the editor Of this paper that the money will !
paid if the articles are returned: Il ;}rls