Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-09-12
NEWS OF THE DA ?.
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P. Banks, Gov. Curtin, r. G. Winthrop, Amos
Lawrence, Judge Curtis and others Of like dis
tinction, urging the re-opening OF the case upon
evidence which peace has developed, and which
it was not possible to obtain during the war
Gen. POrter's appeal to the Presidents pc
ition for justice upon such grounds as Wonld
in any court obtain new trial
An Omaha dispatch says that a battalion OF
four hundred soldiers arrived there on Sunday,
en- route to the Plains Before leaving they en-
tered the American Transfer Company g ware
house, drove out the watchmen, stove in the
heads of the whiskey and wine barrels, and got
very drunk. They also destroyed quantity of
canned fruit and oysters The subordinate
officers are said to have been as bad as the men.
The Colonel had no control over them
Secretary McCulloch yesterday issued Cir
cular in which he says that "'the notice Of the
18th July last, to the holders of the bonds of
the State of Missouri, which were abStracted in
the year 1860, from the Department Of the In
terror, has been and is hereby extended so as
to embrace the distracted bonds Of the States of
North Carolina and Tennessee
John q. Rogers, the former paying teller of
the National Mechanics Bank of Baltimore,
who, on the 10th of May last was sentenced, in
the U. s. District Court, to be imprisoned five
years in the City Jail, for making a false entry
inthe books of the bank, was yesterday released,
having teen pardoncd by the President.
The New York Commercial understands that
several fatal cases Of cholera have occurred
among the troops on Governors Island, and
that the disease prevails to an alarming extent,
and that communication with the city has been
interdicted A second case in the city is also
reported as having occurred in west Thirty
1inth street.
By the death OF Gov. Helm the Office of
Governor OF Kentucky devolves upon John W.
Stevenson, the Lieut. Gov until the next gen
era election He is a native Of Virginia, but
for many years resident Of Kentucky, which
State he formerly represented in Congress.
Information was yesterday morning received
at the Navy Department Of the arrival Of the
d. S. steamer Susquehanna at. Fortress Mon
roe. The Suseuehanna is the flagship Of the
North Atlantic squadron, and bears the flag of
Rear Admiral Palmer.
A serious riot occurred on Monday night last
in the suburbs of Quebec Canada, between a
party OF soldiers and citizens respectively, 10
which quite number of persons were more or
less badly wounded. .....--
1t is rumored now, says the Star, that Gen
Grant will shortly issue an order abollshing
Lincoln Depot, in the eastern section Of Wash
ington, and the Clothing Depot at Armory
Square, there being no use for them
Edwin Booth has been received in Baltimore
with audiences overwhelming in numbers. -
Last night many hundreds we're turned away,
unable to get into the theatre. Ga Monday
and Tuesday next he appears as Hamlet.
Boston and Roxbury, in Masss chu$clts have
been consolidated - Boston increa.es its
population $4,000, by the consolidation. and is
said to be nov, in numbers, the fourth city in
the United States
Atlantic cable dispatches Of yesterday say
that the cholera is raging fearfuly il the island
of Malta Dispatches received in Paris report
that Garibaldi will depart forthwith for the
Roman frontier. ..
Secretary Seward and the Captain General
of Cuba yesterday exchanged congratulatory
dispatches regarding the opening Of telegraphic
communication between the United States and
Cuba
Gen. Phil. Sheridan arrived at Leavenworth
yesterday, and was received at the depot by a
clined public dinner rendered him by the cit
liens.
w. B. A. Cozzens, who was convicted by the
Doubleday commission Of defrauding the gov
eminent out Of some $500, 200, has made aprll-
cation for pardon and remission Of fine.
The Cincinnati papers state that the reports
from the interior there concerning the condition
of the corn crop continue to be very dscourag-
ing.
During the past two weeks there has been
committed, in Chautauque county, n. Y, 1;
plumber of robberies.
The yellow fever deaths in New Orleans, for
the twenty-four hours ending at six O'Clock
yesterday, were sixty-seven.
Gov. Helm, of Kentucky, who recently died,
was buried at Elizabethtown on Tuesday, with
civil and masonic honors.
The Petersburg Index recalls the fact that
the trial of Jefferson Davis is assigned for No.
vember. 1.-=-
The yellow fever still continues its ravages at
Galveston 1t has also appeared at La Grange,
Brennan and other points in Texas.
Three colored men were elected to Office by the
New Orleans City Council yesterday
The health of Thaddeus Stevens, says The
Philadelphia Press, is visibly improving
The gold premium is advancing in New
York, and has already reached forty. FIVE.