Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-10-03
NEWS or THE DAP.
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3 company OF cavalry, under orders from Ten.
Cooper, demanded Of Mayor Brown the posses-
sion of the Mayors Office archives Of the city.
Mayor Brown submitted to military force, and
Col Alden, the new Mayor, was put in posses
sion. A large crowd had collected in the public
square, aud cheers were given Tor Brown as
he left the Office. There were no signs OF
hot shown.
A member of the National Radical Exetu-
tive Committee says that correspondence has
taken place between many Of the different
members Of the committee relative tothe place
for holding the next national convention.
Chicago, Indianapolis, and Cincinnati were
the most prominent places suggested ltseems
probable that Chicago will be fixed upon a. the
place for holding the convention.
Intelligence received at the Treasury Depart
ment in Washington shows that the Collector
of the Fifth District in Pennsylvania and his
deputies were driven away by. a large body of
men from an attempted investigation of certain
whskey distilleries. The Department on Tues
day called upon the United States Marshal in
Philadelphia to assist the collector with an
armed posse.
Some days ago Mr.. Defrees the Public
Printer, began the printing of the impeach-
ment evidence, but yesterday he stopped, and
no more of the evidence will be put into print
until Congress meets This course was taken
for the reason that it was considered unsafe to
put the matter iu print. There were too many
leaks by which it was feared it would be made
public.
The branch mint at Charlotte n. G., is soon
to be put into full operation, Tor assaying pur-
poses only. 1t is represented that working
operations have been recommended in mines
which were neglected during the late war, and
that the receipts of gold at this mint are on
the increase, not only from localities in North
Carolina, but from contiguous States.
Gen. Candy, in South Carolina, has issued
orders prohibiting provost courts from exercls-
ing jurisdiction in any case involving the title
to land, or in any case where the claim ex
ceeds three hundred dollars. He has also
signfed his intention to modify Gen. Sickles
orde. closing bar-rooms throughout the Second
District
Gen. Grant, says dispatch to the New Y ork
Herald is still hacking away at the superfu-
Gus expenses Of the War Department, and the
CONSERVATION created in the department by one
of his curtailing orders is only equalled by the
trepidation caused by others which are believed
to be impending. .:...
Philadelphia papers say that it has been as
certained that the destruction to glass alone
in that city by the hale storm on the 25th ulti-
mo amounts to the large sum Of $3.50, 900.
There was more glass broken than could be re-
placed by all the stores and factories in the city
The Navy Department will incorporate linz
tied number Of engineers into the regular ser
vice. Persons who have served not less than
two years during the war eau make application
for examination. stating their uge and forward
ing letters of recommendation,
Senior Romero, the Mexican Minister, was
the recipient of grand dinner, given by the
citizens of New York, last night. Letters were
received from Gen. Grant, Thad. Stevens, and
others, who were unable to attend. Much
enthusiasm and good feeling prevailed
The report that only i few OF the officers anu
crew were saved from the wreck Of the u. S.
steamer Sacramento turns out to have been CT
roneous Later intelli gence received at Wash
ington saIes that every soul on board was
saved.
News from Hayti by the Cuban cable, states
that the position of Salnave was daily becou-
ing worse. Commerce was paralyzel and cur
rency had fallen SO low that forty Hayien
dollars sold for only one Spanish.
The safe of the Merchants Union Express,
at Brownsville, Nebraska, was robbed on Tues
day night Of about SIS, 900. No clue TO the
robbers. One package of s., 400 was dropped
by the robbers and recovered.
Returns from twelve parishes Of Louisiana,
including the city, show j total vote OF twenty
eight thousand six hundred and eightyt two,
being a majority Oh tic registered vote Of SIX
teen hundred and eighteen.
IS Cox, of New York, spoke at Columbus,
Ohio on Monday, in opposition to the pay
ment Of the National debt in greenbacks, and
was followed by Vallandieham on the opposite
side of the question.
Seven U. s. vessels were offered at auction
at the Brooklyn NavyY ard on Monday. Among
them was The old receiving ship North Carolina
which, was sold for $4,000 A few of the
vessels were withdrawn
General Sterling Price, of Missouri, who
died in st. Louis on Sunday last in the fifty
ninth year of his age, was born in Prince Ed
ward county, Virginia, on the l4th Of Septem-
Der, 1909.
Mrs. Betsy Pettengill Eastman, of Salisbury,
supposed to have been the oldest person in
New Hampshire, died in the above town on
Monday morning, in the one hundred and fifth
year of her age.