Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-02-18
NEWS or THE DA Y.
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attorneys for the State Of Texas, have. CON-
menced suit 10 the Supreme Court Of the
United States against Whits, Chiles, Harden
berg and others, holders of about 100000
worth of five Per cent Texas indemnity bonds,
to enjoin the collection and recover the said
bonds. The allegation in the brief is that
these bonds were improperly obtained from the
Military Board in the State of Texas, during
the late war, contrary to law, and against the
statutes Of the Federal Government, and the
consideration also for the said bonds having
wholly failed
The railroad war, as it is Familiarity called, Is
approaching crisis in the Maryland leglsa
ture. On Friday night, President Garrett, Of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and Thomas
G.. Pratt, representing the Baltimore and TO
tomac Road, argued the questions involved be-
fore the Senate and many members of the
House of Delegates for over three hours
| President Garrett presented his views in sup
port of the protest which the Baltimore AND
Ohio Road have made against the claim OF the
Bal imorc and Potomac road to build a roao
from Baltimore to Washington. -
The case of Captain George Omay, who raj
away from the Sheriff of Norfolk, Va, with
his vessel, was up on Friday, in the Supreme
Court Chambers of New York, the writ Of ha-
beas corpus having been returnable at 10 a. u
A return was made to the writ, and the requl
sitou of Governor Pierpont, of Virginia, OF
Governor Fenton was produced in Court. =
Counsel for the prisoner took the ground thai
Virginia is not State of the Union, and hence
Governor Picrpoint's requisitlon amounted tt
nothing s- ".i =. ..t.'j2
On Friday last, Wendell Phillips issued 4 new
manifesto 10 the Radical party: In regard &c
the future treatment Of the Southern States nc
declares that military supervision OF them
under Congressional SUI crintendence Is the best
plan and for this purpose prefers the Stevens
| BILL But this he assumes is not sufficient ion
the purpose The first step Indispensable
and preliminary to all others is, he says &c
remove the Rebel who is now encamped at Tho
White House "a. .....s. H.. ...5 .
Wednesday evening, three or tourruillan'
went to the house Of a farmer, named Her
rington, in Rensselaer, county, New York, tn1
the purpose of robbiug him Of large anlonn
Of money he was known to have. GA entering
the house the villains tied and gagged Mr.
| Harrington, and his wife, and h.utalIy usec
them. They then searched the premises, bu
only succeeded in finding FIVE dollars, will
which they decamped. '.
Great excitement pre-, allied at New York OF
Saturday last among the Irish population, IL
consequence Of the news Of the Fenian nsur
| rection in Cork and Kerry counties. The greer
flag was displayed from the window OF the Ne
nan headquarters. Certain mysterious move
| ments are said to have been made BY he Ec
mans at Boston, u number OF Fenian officer:
having left suddenly for some unknown desti
| nation .... i. .l4 .s.... 3D.. ......o. -. F.,
In letter addressed by NJ. Levielrier TO Sil
John Hersche, and published by the Pari!
Moniteur, the French astronomer states hi!
views concerning the swarms of falling star:
that he predicts will visit us on or about tho
10th Of August, which, he says, move in al
orbit perpendicular to that OF our planet, while
those Of the month of November move in Q
direction contrary to that of the earth. .aa-
The House Committee Of Ways and Means
have agreed to fix the tariff on coal AT fifty cts.
ton-a reduction of one dollar from the rate
fixed by the Senate bl-and also reduced the
tariff on salt from thirty to twenty-five cents,
and from twenty four to sixteen cents. .
A Mr. Parrish, of philadelphia has pctl-
toned the House Of Representatives, asking
it's Intervention in case Of alleged violation OF
personal agreement between himself and the
Emperor Napoleon. Nj. Parrish estimates bis
damages at fifteen millions Of francs
Thomas I. Bowie, cx-Congressman from
Maryland, says y Washington dispatch, has
pleaded in court that three notes Of one thous-
and dollars each, on which he was sued, were
for gambling debts, and has gained his case.
The Arago, which sailed from New Iork on
Saturday, took $500, 900 in specie, and tie City
of Baltimore $4,000. ..-~.
| The New York Stock Exchange has given
80, 900 for the relief Of the destitute people OF
the South .au;.:@ ..........-
Belle Boyd, came as a passenger on the Mo
ravian, which arrived Yesterday, at Port land
This has been the warmcst wintcr experienced
at Havana for number of years.
CHARGE oFFALsE PRETENCE On Saturday
Col. Perkins, commanding The 10Th reg
ment CT y. S. colored troops, which was mus
tered out Of service on Friday, was arrested anc
brought before Justice Dryden, charged upor
the affidavit Of Mr.. James E. Trott with having
obtained from him under false prctcnces The
sum Of $500 At the hearing Mr.. Trott stated
that early in the week he obtained permission tc
expose his goods for sale to the soldiers OF thl,
regiment, who were encamped on Federal Hill
that after he had gone to great expense II
making his arrangements and after having re-
moved his goods there, he was informed by