Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-08-01
;VEW.S OF THE DAY.
so saoy tie very age and jo4yof The tiDlrs.

were upset. Another race waa between bfnd-
folded boatmen, 10 skiffs, from the shore 10 an
island liz ihc river One Of the contestants
ran in;o the shore mile below Oh The same
side from which he had started.
Gen. SickleS has dismissed Magistrate IaalIy,
ci Columbia, s. c., from office, for releasing
On Insufficient bail without regard Tor the nub-
lie peace, or the gravity Of the offence com
m;tted by Radcliffe and Daley, The Two men
arrested there charged with sssau'tlng and
heating j. O. Thomson. Norihern cores
pondent. and W. j. Armstrong, Of Washing
ton. The military have recartnred the ac-
cused parties
The Acting Attorney General has reo;lered
an opinion to the effect that the act OF Congress
Of 10th Jug, 1862, placed on equal pay all
officers of equal rank on the retired list OF the
navy, whether they had been retired at that
rank on the footing Of flrlougll pay only: or
had reached that rank by promotion On the re.
tired list, without enhancement Of pay to cor
respond, or in any other way, so that they hold
the rank
Etheridge and Williams the GuberuatoIlal
and Congressional candidates Of the Conserva-
tives in Tennessee, were driven out OF Jackson
in East Tennessee by . mob who would
not permit them 10 speak. A guerrilla party
charged into Purdy, McNara county, on Friday
night, but were driven out after slight Skin,
mshng by a company of State militia Dis
turbancoa are reported all over the State.
The Bishops of the Methodist Church,
South, have issued notice to their member
ship, proposing that Friday, the 10th of Au-
gust next, be observed as Il day Of fasting, hui
initiation and prayer in all the churches; and
also that the day of special fasting and prayer
be preceded by religious exercises, begun OH
the previous Sunday and continued daily until
the Sunday next,
u. S. Commissioner CLARK held Charity Bar
ton to bail on Tuesday: in The Suu u $4,000,
for rubbing the mail at Butterfly. Uswcgu
county, n. Y Mrs Barton is the vile OF the
deputy postmaster AZ hat place, aud she has
pursued the practice Ct stealing letters from
the through bags far some time She was
caught by means Ut dCcoy letters.
The London Lancet says the latest news from
the East would lead to the conclusion that the
presidential disease which has recent y prevail
ed most fatally among the Arab tribes i'll the
Valley Of the Euphraics is vcf;table pIagus.-
At first it was hoped that the malady was q
malignant remittcnt, hut the symptoms Indicate
true plague.
Chief Justice Chase paid Il visit to i'reder
lex, Md, a few days since, and whilst there
expressed the belief that Congress will be
prompt in atForling relief to the loyal men OF
Maryland, by passing the Universal Suffrage
bill, when il convencS in November.
An Omaha dispatch says the Indians are
concentrating at the base ef the Mud River
mountains, near Sweet Water. 4 private let
ter to Gen. Dodge says the Indians daily attack
trains, aud all travel from Green River 20 Fort
Saunders is stopped.
Last week the mortality OF St. II9ni9 was
not high, being only one hundred and twenty
eight, but the proportion Of dead children Nm
der five years old is appalling Of the tota!
who died ninety-fve were under that age.
Com Augustus II. Kitty, It. S. X, has
been ordered 10 the command O! HE Co:port
Nary Yard. he is 10 enter upon the discharge
OF MS duties Ii; that pori on te l5ti, al Ar;-
gust
1.-THE John +. Ford, tN~ dimnuli7o loat,
bound from Baltmorn 10 Europe. which re
Gently sailed from Halifax, has pnt beck. II
ia supposed she encountered q storm.
\ court martial has con7nn9Ci 81 Buffalo !0r
The tTiaI Of seventeen soldiers Of the Fourth
Artillery Ter para5ing with 1 Frnian orRani2a-
lion n !'eniaH uniforms
Z. II. Mccormick rncei9cs the highest prize
for his reaper and mower, and gold medals arc
awarded TO Messrs Wood and Parry. II the
Paris Exposition.
Admiral Tegethcti Of the Austrian navy,
arrived at New York last night, on his way 30
Mexico 10 enacayOr to obtain the body Of Max
imiian.
The Galveston Board Of Health has declared
that port 10 he infected with yciIaw ever.