Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-02-01
NEfsW.g or TIE DAY.
$40 sho,o tAersry age and body Of the times.

Miss, died at his residence in Washington
Square, New. York, on Wednesday. lie died
from an attack Of paralysis, at the ripe age OF
eighty years. The New York Express says:
He was before the war the richest planter on
the Mississippi, and2the war swept away, OF
course, all his slave property, as well as all
his other investments South, except the bare
land
A citizen Of New York, who has his Office
in Wall street, asissued aconhdental circular
to the national. banks proposing to come to
Washington and lobby for them it they Will
contribute at the rate Of one dollar IN each
thousand of their circulation for his expenses
If all the banks could be persuaded to join IN
such an arrangement it would yield him the
snug little sum Of three hundred Thousand
dollars. dg .a.* laaa sssa...s...agj
The present number of the Sisters OF Chail'
ty in the United States is 95l, being net IN
crease ofthirty during the past year. They
have founded four new establishments during
the same period, and they have now under their
charge twenty. two hospitals, .thiry-two orphan
asylums, forty-nine parochial schools, four
houses Of charity, and one academy-maklng a
total Of los establishments. .l. s,.....-n
a Yesterday Judge Alexander, in the Circuit
Court of Baltimore, granted an injunction
against the Mayor and City Council and the
Register Of Baltimore city, restraining them
from expanding or contracting to expcnd the
$4,000 lately voted by the city council TO test
the authority of;the Legislature i'll altering the
charter Of the city. H.. ...aa...
In the case Of Col. Montgomery, Gov
Fletcber's commander Of militia and who was
charged with committing gross outrages under
cover of the authority so vested 10 him, Judge
Kaekel, Of tile u. S, District Court for Mis-
souri,, has decided that the Civil Rights Bill
applies to negroes only, and that white men
have no redress s.. :. tgo. ~ BIO iii 3D..
A document has been published by author
ty of the Catholic Bishop OF Quebec, giving,
at great length, the particulars OF a miraculous
cure effected last New Years day, and the
authenticity Of which is certified BY Dr. La
chaine.l The scene of tie miracle was the
Convent; opposite Quebec. ...
"A letter from an officer OF the steamer Swo-
tara who writes from Lisbon, says that Surratt la
veay reticent, speaking only in answer to ques-
tons, and then in monosyNables. He is still
clad in the Zoaave uniform. He seems TO be
in good health, and is entirely self possessed.
A bill has passed the Massachusetts House
of Representatives allowing The rate OF interest
to be fixed at seven per CT by special contract,
but where no agreement is made the legal rate
of interestto remain at six per cent. 81 r>
The ice on the Delaware river is 50 thick and
compact that people were crossing it at Chester,
sixteen miles below Philadelphia, and thous-
ands of persons were skating and slrighing on
the ice opposite Philadelphia. =. -.-a-
The negro, Bradley, who it is alleged has
been inciling the colored people about Savan,
nah TO resistance OF the laws, was arrested
yesterday by the United States authorities.
The City Council Of Philadelphia has passed
a resolution to invite Congress to visit that
city, and personally inspect League Island, the
site proposed for a nayy yard. ,aarea@ ."a.3 3d..
The House Of Delegates Of Alabama has
passed bill to establish a system Of public
schools for whites and blacks, but making the
schools separate. ~. .j ~.
The value of the estate of the late Edward
Mott Robinson, Of. New Bedford, Mass, is
sworn at four, and Il half millions. 81 ~. ~.
e, Mr.. Burton, ., S. Minister at Bogota, is 10
receive an apology for offensive language used
by one of the Presidents generals. eo"@
West India adYices state that the cholera is
decreasing at 81. Thomas but the smallpox
and yellow fever are raging. 49, . IL -, .
General Sheridan and Colonel Crosby, OF his
staff, are coming Oh to Washington.
CONGRESS. the Senate, yesterday, re-
solution was adopted calling on the President