Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-12-17
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communications from gentlemen of high official
and social position in different portions OF the
State, expressing apprehensions that comblna-
tons and conspiracies are being formed blythe
negroes to seize the lands of the white -inhabi-
tants and establish farms, hopingsthat Congre: 8
would provide a scheme Of division aud dis
tributioD, but failing that before January next.
to help themselves even though lit be at the
risk ot2bloodshed. j Gov. Humphreys warns,
therefore, the black people against lawless
violence, and notifies them that the. first out
break in insurrectjon will signalize the destTuc-
ton of their hopes and the rul OF their race
George Shorter, a. negro the leader OF the
recent negro insure ctionary movement In Bull
lock county, Alabama, has, been arrested. The
negroes Joined with the whites in his capture.
The negroes of the neighboring, plantations
collected 10! large numbers and clamored that
the prisoner should be turned over to'theBi to
be summarily dealt with. 4 They WERE: how
ever, persuaded to et-the law take its course
Shorter claims to have come from zone OF the
northwestern States, and chat he was sent by
the: Radicals Of that region to organlze'a gov,
eminent in the South. 100 ,,2, la
Advices from Hayt irepresent.tha island as
in very disturbed condition. " General Leon
Montez was Killed by the TAILOR put over him
President .Salnave. Universal discomfort
reigned in Port au, Prince, and many families
terrified with the.doihgs now going on IN Haytl,;
were emigratingto Jamaica. Six millions OF
counterfeit Hayden paper dollars were report
ed to be- il circulation 4! throughout the lslaad
A FIRE occurred yesterday at az tenement
house on q Avenue Neewy YORK, in which I l
persons lost their liges.,aSeveral OF the in-
mates were injured ileaping from the windows
Of the burning building, s. Among those who
lost their lives was a woman and her three
children. A man has been arrested suspected
Of being the incendlary. a, SIS II. .gn.lHi!a
Christian the Ninth, king Of Denmark, in
proclamation, announces to his subjects Of st.
Thomas and st. Johns, that be had resolved to
cede those islands to the u. S., and seems to re-
gard his convention to that end with the Pres
dent of the u. g., as final. But the Senate
has yet to act on the subject.
The Danish Island treaty provides for the
purchase of all three of the islands owned by
that Government for $ll, $50, 900. France,
however, has claim to ST. Croix, and it is ex-
pccted that this one cannot be got. The price
for the other two, ST. Thomas and San Juan,
is 81, SOC, 900 in gold. u 49,.
Terrible distress prevails throughout Louis
lana Reports have been received at head
quarters OF three Thousand whites and four
thousand negroes at the point OF Starvation
Gen. Hancock will ask for Congressional
appropriation for their relief Serious distur
Dances are feared.
A few days since young woman, with a
child in her arms, and a young man. her BROTH
er, were arrested in Cincinnati for stealing sun
dry eatables from cellar. On being arraigned
the woman admitted the theft, but pleaded
that they lad been driven toit by fear of actual
starvation. Il
Two children were seized and eaten by.
wolves at St. Malachie, in Canada, on Thurs
day. The mother of the children had mar
row escape from sharing the same horrible
fate The little ones were in the woods cut
ting branches from the trees for tirewocd, at
the time. %i1 tE:aI
1t is said that Congress will be called on to
appropriate $4,000, for contracts made By
MIR. Isaac Newton, late Commissioner Of the
Agricultural Departmental excess OF what
was authorized by law. His accounts are be-
ing overhauled.
The impression prevails that the Senate will
sustain Mr. Stanton in his controversy with
President johnson, although many of the
leading Radicals admit that Mr. Johnson's
communication is conclusive as to the proprie-
ty OF his action. -
/ In the Georgia State Convention an ordi
nance was introduced yesterday 10 vacate all
the State offices after the Is; Of January next,
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dinance, or by popular vote.
Walker Edmund. young merchant of Ten
nessee, while riding near Memphis on Satur-
day evening, was shot by two negroes, armed
with muskets, and mortaly wounded. No
arrests have been made - sole
Gen. Butler intends making tour through
the South. Wardwell, OF Richmond, has ex,
pressed himself as ready to receive him at the
depot with grand ovation, participated 10 by
four thousand negroes.
A dispatch from New Orleans announces the
death, in that city of M A. H. Davenport,
more generally known as ''DJlly" Davenport.
Mr. Davenport has been long avorite on the
stage. s,..s .t.t .i r. ..l,a ~. ,HtI}l,
1t is the fashion at weddings in Nevada that
all the gentlemen present kiss the bride, and
all the ladies kiss the bridegroom, after which
all the ladies and gentlemen kiss each other.
Rev IT, Fisk, we'll known Universalist
clergyman, died in Philadelphia on Saturday.
He was for many years connected with the
newspaper press. l.l@ sa4i
New gold fields have been discovered in
Minnesota They are known as the Vermilhon
gold fields. One ton Of tie quartz has been
tested and yielded eight pounds of gold.
At sheriF's sale in Alabama, yesterday,
land was sold at from five to ten cents an acre,
and railway stock at ten cents on the dollar.
Alexander S. Cox, brother of Hon. S. S.
Cox, died in Washington, yesterday, Of con-
sumption. i:tJ,s at.....:a
The Democratic Legislature Of California
has adjourned without the nomination Of a q.