Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-03-06
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

Numbers OF cO!Ored men at OrktoWn, Va,
and its vicinity being without employment and
IN state of destitution, the Freedmen S Bureau
a, Washington has directed that the surplus
nopuation be removed as lar as possible to
more distant points where they may obtain
employment. The order has created excite
m,nt among the colored people and there were
rumors that they intended to resist. TO pre-
vent any disturbance, the military authorities
at Fortress Monroe have dispatched patrols of
soldiers to be on hand to meet any such con-
tinscncy, but no serious outbreak is said to be
apprehended.
The failure Of MelIen, Ward & Co., in Bos-
ton, has given rise to various rumors The
whole loss resulting from the suspension Of this
ti:n Is said to be nearly one million OF dollars.
The First National Bank of Newtonville, Of
which Edward Carter, a member OF the suS'
pended firm, was a director, has closed its
doors, having, it Is reported, suffered TO the eE
tent of $500, 900, nearly twice the amount OF
is capital. -
The Washington correspondent Of the New
York Times states that Mrs Frances Lord
Bond has fled an application in the State De-
vartlnent at Washington for Consular APP
lniItment; that her application has been con
sidered in Cabinet meeting, and that The Ad-
ministtatlon has finally concluded TO nominate
her to the Consulate OF some British port.
The New York Southern Relief Association
have raised the sum Of forty-eisht thousand
hge hundred and nine dollars for the starving
people Of the South, and On Saturday the ship
Memphis was dispatched with thirty-tive thou,
sand bushels Of corn or food and sowing, and
nine packages OF clothing.
On Saturday night the residence Of John
Ginrochio, au Italian grocer Of Richmond,
Virginia, was robbed Of 81, 200 in currency
several hundred dollars in gold, ana number
Of valuable articles Of jeweiry, the vaiae Of the
stolen property amounting in the aggregate 10
about $4,000
Andrew Sterreit Ridgely, esq, who has for
many years filed most acccptably the position
Of one of the q. S. Commissioners Tor the
MARYLAND district, has been appointed L. s.
District Attorney Of Nd, in place OF William
Price, ESQ.,, whose nomination was rejected
hy the Senate
COL Simon Sone from Norfolk. had his
pocket picked at the depot in Petersburg, on
Friday last. His pocket book was taken, con-
tanning valuable papers, negotiable notes, and
$50 in greenbscks Two men were arrested
on suspicion. ..-
James Smith, a sailor wilo had been one OF
tie crew Of the Bremen ship Mobile, burned
in the bay recently, has been found guilty Of
arson in the City Court of Mobile, and SEN
ttnced to fifteen years imprisonment in the
pententiary '. -
Applications for passage to Liberia have been
received, by the American Colonization Society
from C42 colored persons in South Carolina
and other companies are known to be forming,
who will swell the list 10 upwards Of 200.
Some dishonest sharper from Petersburg,
having prefxed the title Of ;Reverend to his
name, has been fleeing the people of Baltl-
more, by representing himself as an agent OF
the Southern Orphan Society. a.
The report Of the Congressional committee
rf Investigation INTO the affairs Of the N. Y.
Custom House shows the rapldity and cnor-
NOUS extent to which fraud has grown.
There was recently masked ball in New
Orleans, the i'm of which consisted 10 causing
false alarm of fire to be raised, aud frightening
The ladies' almost into fits ..,s
The Reconstruction question is being warmly
discussed in Georgia, with much diversity OF
opinion, as to what is best to be done
Catholic priests in New Orleans arc opening
schools for freedmen.
The hotels in Washington are Ill crowded to
"overAoWing."