Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-12-16
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about forty badly injured by The explosion, and
twenty adjacent houses destroyed. Nearly all
the London journals have editorla articles on
the subject The entire press seems to be OF
the opinion I" that the time Tor, lenity towards
the Fenians has passed. - The Times IS par
ticularly decided in its remarks, and CLOSES
long article with the following words: Let
there be no more c,emency for Fcnianlsm,
which is mixture Of treason and assasslna-
ton" Rumors are current that Col. Kelly,
the Fenian prisoner who was rescued at Man
chester, is in England. /"
Dispatches have been received, which go to
show that the English captives iD the hands OF
the Abyssnian King are alive and we'll In
the meantime measures are being taken to Sc
cure their rescue A large force OF Egyptians,
consisting of four thousand fighting men, have
Joined the English expedition at Nla~sowah; =
The expedition has advanced considerable
distance. into Abyssinia, and the troops were
suffering from scarcity Of water.
In the British Court Of Admiralty, Prolcan's
plea in the case of the Alexandra was admit
ted A commission is to be issued for procur
ing evidence in the u. S.
d The general conference on the Roman question
has been abandoned, leading European Gov
ernments having finally declined to take part
The great powers have addrc ssed a note to
the Sublime Porte, asking that the navigation
| OF the Dardancllcs Lc made free to the shipping
of all nations.
The public funeral ceremonies in honor OF
Allen, Gould, and Larkn, which were to have
been held in many Of the principal cities III
England and Ireland, were prevented by the
authorities in every place where the attempt
| was made to carry them out. Much lndlgna-
ton was shown by the crowds In some Install
ces, but no violence was committed. in Lon
don regular troops to the number Of SIX thou
sand men in all were kept under arms all day,
to assist the police in maintaining order and
SURPRISING any Fcnian demonstration In
IIiyerpoola all drinking places within the limits OF
the city were closed by. orders Of the magls
tra'e s, and the whole police force was on duty
Soldiers were. held in readiness at their bar
racks, the volunteer armores are all guarded,
and vessels Of war were watching the docks. An
| attempt was made to form funeral procession,
but it failed. r..
1t is thought that the Fenians will Cease all
active attempts against law and order, in con
sequence of the universal Indignation caused by
the disastrous attempt on Clerkcnwell jail
Large rewards are offered by the Government
fer the discovery and arrest OF the guilty par
ties.
Advices from Rio JaDero, state that the
Paraguayan forces, under command OF Prcsl-
dent Lopez, had assumed active offensive ope-
rations. Their first movement was a complete
SUCCESS. They altaked the Brazilian camp and
carried it by Storm taking fifteen hundred
prisoners AMI several pieces Of artillery. The
Brazilians defended their camp with great ob-
stinacy, and lost nearly four thousand killed,
wounded, and prisoners.
a deputation from the English Bible Society
had an audience with Napoleon on Saturday, and
presented him with a copy OF the Bible. The
Emperor made brief address, in which he de-
cared it Was his first rule to protect all reIl-
gions.
TIE ARMY REGISTER for this year isjust out,
and will be laid before Congress this week. 1t
bears date August /, 1867. The regular army
st that time consisted of general, lieutenant
general FIVE major generals, 10 brigadier gen
erals, So colonies, 1913 lieutenant colonies, o9l
majors, 1928 other commissioned officers Of
various grades, and 1905 enlisted men:
making the caire strength OF the regular army
54,G4I. The major generals, according to rank,
arc HalIeck, Meade, Sheridan, Thomas, and
Hancock ;lhe ten brigader generals according
to rank, ure Mcdowell, Cooke Pore, Hooker,
Schofeld, Howard, Terry, Ord, Candy, and
Rousseau Besides these there are bllsadier
generals as follows. Rawins, chief OF staff
Thomas. Adjutant General Holt Judge Ad
vocate Meigs, Quartcrmaster General; Eaton,
Commissary GeLe1al Barnes, Surgeon Gener-
al Brce, Paymaster General; Humphreys,
Chief Engineer; and Dyer, Chief Of Ordnance.
Colonel r. B. Marcy is the ranking Inspector
General, and Colonel A. J. Myer, Chief Signal
Officer There are 20 officers in the Adjutant
Generals Department.; 90 in the Subsistence
Department; G5 in the Pay Department, and
222 in the Medical Department, besides hospl-
| tai stewards
The army il organized with ten regiments of
cavalry, five of artillery, and foriy-Eve Of IN
fantry.
1t is sad by the Fredericksburg Herald,
| that onc-half Of those collected at Bowling
Green, Caroline county, on Court Day. were
''lazy, lettering, negroes, who in these times,
when labor is so scarce, would have been much
better engaged in shocking corn, than in drink
ing mean whiskey!'
Destructive incendiary fires occurred in North
ampton and Boston, Mass. yesterday.