Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-05-25
NEWS OFTHE DAf.
70 sho,o the s,ay age and body ofthe tfn,ss.

" 10 shol0 the a'e'y age ana O0uy 0ltHe tHHPS. :
The ship Whampoa from Callao, guano, re-
Gently arrived in Hampton Roads, sailed yes
terday morning for New York, having been
ordered there by her consignees. The Captain
Of this vessel was subjected to q severe fine at
the Norfolk Custom House when he entered,
on account of not having manifests of bis, car
co. us required by law. He paid the ine under
protest, and plead ignorance as the occasion
OF the neglect " - -.
i information has been received that Judge
Watrous, United States District Judge Tor the
district of Texas, has decided that the order OF
Gen. Griffin, requiring jurors to take the lron-
clad oath, is illegal and unauthorized anu 'l'a'
the Federal and State laws regulating the .qual-
ifcations of the jurors should govern praactlce
in the courts. ~
Z The Mcclure House 10 Wheeingis now light
ed With pstroleo- calcium gas, which gives q
most soft and brilliant light. This gas Is the
invention of DR.. J. Fl. Connolly, OF that city,
who has sold the right to the Petroleum Cal
cium Gas Light Company, who are now putting
ND works for it manufacture, and selling terri
torial rights.
Gen. Mower, at New Orleans, has issued an
order declaring that all vessels are liable and
will be held responsible for wages due freedmen
for labor performed in loading or unloading yes
sells, whether the labor is performed under the
immediate supervision of the officers OF the
vessels, or Of contractor employed by them
Havana dates to 18th instant represent the
financial situation there as bad as ever. Sew
etal firms have suspended. Private property,
such as horses, coaches, &c, was being very
generally put up at auction, and the richer
elias 5es were leaving the island in large mum
bers
A call will shortly be issued converting a
grand national Fenian Council. The Council
will be strictly secret, but will be participated
in by representatives of all the factions OF he
nianism, who, it is said, for once, are determined
to be united 10 the cause of Irish liberation.
Gen. MIC. NIeigs, Quartermaster General,
has been granted q leave Of absence for six
months from June S, on account OF i'll health,
with permission to leave the United States
Gen. Meigs will visit Europe for the purpose
of restoring his health.
The judiciary Committee Of the House OF
Representatives is expected to next week COM
neuce an investigation into the affairs in Mary
land Hon. Frank Thomas will have charge
of the subject, and a number Of witnesses nre
said to have been already summoned.
Mrs. Case, the mother of the boy who was
executed at Cincinnati few days ago for COM
plicity in the murder of an old man, died at
Troy, N. Y, Thursday Of shame, and grief at
the ignominious fate of her son.
The Radical party Of Louisiana have adopt
ed platform in favor Of rebuilding the levees
with national aid, the abolition Of the cotton
terests of the State.
Cart. Henry French of the u. s. navy, died
at his residence yesterday in East Boston. =
During the war Capt. French commanded the
sloop Of war Phebe and STEAMER lbatross, in
the Gulf of Mexico.
John Nj. Parkman, the deiauting President
of the First National Bank Of Selma, Ala,
confined in the Cababas Jail, escaped yesterday,
plunged into the river, and was drowned.
The grand annual festival of the Turner'S
Union of North America will commence IN
Baltimore on. the 10th Of June, and continue
four days.
The failure of the New Orleans Bank OF
Commerce, Jacob Barker, president, is now
considered very bad one
By collision Of railroad trains at Wh'tby,
Canada yesterday, five passengers were killed
and several others injured
1t is now said that Judge Pierrepont, OF NE"
York, has been called on to assist the prosecu-
ton in the trial of Surratt
A violent gale of wind in St. Mary $ county,
Nd. on Monday night, did much damage to
the growing wheat in that county.
President johnson on Thursday teleeraphed
to Gen. Thomas to come to Washington
DEPARTURE OF ECCLEsIAsTICs FOR RoME.-
The New York Herald of yesterday says:
A number of Catholic Ecclesiastics departed
yesterday in the steamer New York, for Rome,
to attend the assembly Of the prelates OF the
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