Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-17
NEWS OF THE DAP.
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ODD Fellows IN the United States Ihere VIII
be grand procession Of all the Lodges in the
city, aud those from the surrounding villages.
All the Opera House addresses will be deliver
ed, and dinners and balls 10 the evening Will
form attractive features of the celebration. In
Hampton the same ceremonies will be observ-
ed, all the Lodges forming procession, which
will be addressed by members OF the Order
from the Northern States, and grand ball 10
the evening will terminate the enjoyments and
festivities of the day.
The Savannah Republican says: Accounts
represent the condition Of things in Camden
and Bryan counties as truly alarming the
widest days of St. Domingo seem to have been
reproduced in Southern Georgia, La one
county two negroes were sentenced to death
for murder, and three others to the peniten-
tiary. A mob of colored people surrounded
the Jail, broke open the doors, and allowed The
prisoners to escape In another county men
were found hanging to trees within short
distance Of the public roads, and have been
hanging there for several days" We pre-
sumo there is some egaggeration 10 this ac-
count.
A large meeting Of colored people vas held
at Princess Anne Court House, Virgioia, on
Saturday last. The assemblage composed
about eighteen hundred persons and was called
together for the purpose of enlightenlog them
upon the political questions now engrosslng
the attention Of the nation. The meeting was
addressed BY several speakers, the sentiments
Of whose remarks were that the colored people
should strive to be honest industrious and
peaceable towards each other,
A third attempt was made Oh Saturday noon
last To effect the destruction Of the ram Merri
mae, lying sunk in the Elizabeth River, near
Craney Island. Several torpedoes, containing
over thousand pounds ofpowder, were placed
beneath the wreck by the divers, ADD when the
match was applied a terrible explosion took
place, throwing the water and fragments OF the
vessel to a great height into the air. The de
struction was not material ...... ...
On Wednesday, Mrs Matilda Moore, long
and We'll known in Charestown, Va, diod very
suddenly at The residence of Mr. John G. Wilt
shire She arrived at Mr.. WIS about half
past o'cIock, and at s OF the same afternoon,
she was corpse. Bot one week before she
had buried her eldest daughter, Mrs. Julia A.
Lucas, and when the death Summons reached
her, she was talking Of the loved one from whom
she had been separated.
The TNroo ,,,,. ,Iost ,,,. ),u ro-
ceived letter from Selma Alabama, stating
that the First National Bank of that place was
robbed on Monday night Of one hundred and
sixty thousand dollars The bank IL y dcposi
tory Of Government funds, and it is probable
that the Government will be a loser by the
robbery.
10 the u. s. Senate, yesterday, the resolution
TO ad journ this afternoon adopted some days
since Was reconaidered, and another passed
to adjourn tomorrow (Thursday.) Another
discussion took place in relation to the charac.
ter OF the Presidents appointments, when the
Senate went into executive session.
European adyices OF yesterday by the cable
say that Admiral Persano who commanded the
Italian feet at the battle at LISA and was de-
feated, has been convicted by conrtmartial Of
and dismissed the service. The
American yachts Henrietta, Vests and Fleet
wing are all at Southampton prepared to 90
TO sea
Mr.. Reyerdy johnson endeayored yesterday
To introduce in the Senate resolution second
ing and sustaining the appeal Of President
Johnson to the Liberals Of Mexico, ia behalf Of
Macmillan and his army, but it was declared
out Of order, the Senate having previously
voted to 60 into executive session. ...l
The indications are that the strike" ed.
gagged ia for the past two weeks by some Of
the carpenters of Ne9 York will soon be
brought to close. The absence Of pressure
Of work, the want OF general fund, and the
of families, will soon force Il return
to old"prlces. .... .. ....
Dispatches reserved yesterday in Washing
tou represent that the difficulties in Bogota
between President Mosqucra aud Congress
have been satisfactorily arranged and pnblic
and private affairs have resumed their former
"A Chicago dispatch says diatllsr operating
at Rock Island has been cheating the Govern
lnent to large extent, by shipping whisky to
Chicago aud other points al night and on
Sundays, during the absence of the inspector.
The steamship Great Eastern did not sail
from New FORK yesterday as advertised, on
account of the state Of the weather. She has
only one hundred and ninetyone passengers
cooked, among them Admiral 1egethott.
Secretary Stanton and General Grant were
subpenaed to appear in the Supreme
Court on the first Monday in December next,
o answer the charges preferred against them
n the: Georgia injunction bill.
Thsare was rumor current at Havana few
days ago that the steamship r. R. Cnyler had
become q CHILEAN privateer and had captured
me Spanish steamship Montezuma