Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-01-31
NEWS DF sT72HESDAY.
Ian AZ a.e,u aaesand bodYoof the times.

and ramlttent levers With lypo-supnise u
soda alone, and in 90 case has there been 2 re- 1
turn of the fever after taking =she-remedy
reasonable 2lengthT off time U He gave 1t III
fifteen grain doses in, solution Of Water.> He
did not truss entireylto this medicine perm
cious or malignant types Of fever, - G5
nd An old French soldier WHO: served under
Napoleon in Russia and at Waterloo and VINO
came to this country il the employ ct Joseph
has Just died at Bordentown,5 leaving quite a
large fortune L: his children He 1, served rT
Joseph 10 this country as aagardener, andoco
tnued the service his own account uI1l after
the departure Of Joseph, iii ai4tss
: An informal meeting asof the Democratic
members Of Congress was held last 70
consider the proposition to, call "a National
Democratic Convention, which has been urged
byl some persons, On account ofthe paucl'y
of members present the meeting aojouroeo
till Monday night next.
A fire; in New York, last night, destroyed
properly valued at $3s 1000. The losers are
IeopoId Wagner land 9 leopold 'Swishemer'
dealers in caps, and efurs,15rand Brandegecef i
Thomas, restaurant keepers Wagnel's book
Keeper has been arrested on suspicion of firing
the premises. ioa s2~l - -, 49,. :s- - 81
4 The Fenians recently. found guilty in Toronto
were yesterday all sentenced to be hanged
March s. The majority heara the sentence ''l1t''
without apparent. emotion Several denied
beine Fenians: and stated that the testimony
given against them was false. ar 3a,.a.sa.
The New York papers record the death OF
G.. a. Davis, Esq, of the old and we'll known 10Y
firm of Davis & Brooks, OF that clty,) which
occurred Sunday night: He was the Jack
Downing, so popular during Gen. Jack IS
Administrations sill =. Or b'- l',''io s.''5 u. 49,
: A fire broke out il = Pennsylvania College,
Gettysburg, on the night of the 18th instant,
which resulted in the total destruction OF the
north building. The fire is supposed to have
been the work of an ipcendiary. 81 ,.ra
Judge Stewart, in the circuit court at Madi-
son, Wisconsin, recently decided oman appeal
of barber, fined for shaving on the Sabbath,
that it was work of necessity and not Sabbath
breaking. o,a1 q. 3:gs aiGg T. ~
f George Calvert of G. G: Parks Il Co., bank
ers in New York, who decamped in October
last with $4,000 of their money, has been
discovered in Montreal, aud $4,000 of the
money recovered stg5 1a-4 1..'.+
About 100 colored men from Salisbury,
North Carolina, passed through Washington
On Tuesday afternoon, on their way to Arkan,
sas, where they are engaged to work on cotton
plantations - 20 - .'' 49,. ......
Mr.. A. T. Stewart, of New York, has pur.
chased Rosa Bonheur's picture OF the Horse
Fair, paying for it, it is stated, $4,000 The
artist originally received $1,000 for it.
Some "apprehensions have bee" latterly
created by demonstrations in Congress and 1t
| the Northwest for the removal Of the seat Of
Government of the United States al
The correspondent Of the London Times
denies the correctness OF the report by the
Atlantic Gable, as to conversation with Pres.
ident johnson, 10 .5I .-G.a,# a...s
Rev JOHN GMcNair, D. d., a distinguished
minister in the Presbyterian church, died al
Lancaster oll aCuHuly ldSt.b' go.
Hon, Garrett Davis has been re- elected j
S. Senator from Kentucky by a very: large
and fattering vote 49,. 49,: 81. .''... ,
CONGRESS- In toe Seuate, yesterday, The
finance committee. reported adversely On the
bill to regulate the sales of gold BY. the govern
ment The post Office appropriation bill was
reported, as was also bill to establish de-
partment of education. The vote by which the
bill to punish counterfeiters was passed was
reconsidered Il was. then amended SO as tC
make the penalty not over ten years lmprlsoa-
| ment and fiDe of ST, 900, and again passed
The consideration OF the tariff bill having beer
resumed, the proposition to reduce the duty
on .bitumnous coal to fifty cents PEI ton, wa:
disagreed to-. - iii s..-.rt' ....s: ..s...
| The Senate held an. evening session, anC
passed the oil prohibiting territorial officers
from being absent more than thirty days from
| their posts, and the House bill amending thu
act Incorporating the National Soldiers and
Sailors Orphan Home. The consideration O.
| the tariff bill was again; resumed. and severa
amendments agreed to. osa ..o,Gagf. s..
A bill was; reported in the House to fix the
pay of officers Of the United States revenue
service, and also bill to establish a system Of
common schools in the District OF Columbia
After the transastion aof other business, The
House, in committee of theawhole, took up The
consular and diplomatic appropriation bill, and
struck out the appropriation tor a minister tc
Rome by yeas 81, nays As. Subsequently, an
amendment was adopted providing for consu
at Rome Mr.. Thaddeus Stevens and bis
! friends were very bitter against the Pope.
/ A number of other amendments were adopt
| ed and the bill reported to the House. The
bill making the annual appropriation for the
| West Point Academy was next taken up and
several amendments agreed to. 4, g.alaE
| How THE SoUTH IS INJURED.-It Is vel
known that there is small number Of men in
each Southern State, actuated partly by nal.
ignity towards their neighbors, but chiefly by
| desire for the spoiIs of Office which thcy can