Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-11-02
NEWS or TIE DAY.
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The Treasury Department has received il
formation that foreign yesseI-has made an
attempt to smuggle goods ashore on the coast
OF North Carolina, near Masonboro'. A por-
ton Of its Grew we're detected in the attempt
to land goods ia a small boat from theVessel,
and were pursued By an inspector Of customs
who was in turn attacked BY the smugglers. -
In the collision the 3smugglers boat capsized
and all of the goods aud the hands, three in
number, went TO the bottom On seeing this,
the vessel tackled out to sea- d u Oh
Within. the, last few daysthere have been
slight falls Of snow IN Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
and Minnesota aswell as at Winchester. and
Wheeling, West Virginia, and on the noun
taiiin aims in AlIegany~ county, Nd. On Wednes-
day there was quite, remarkable snow storm
for the season at Richmond and Petersburg,
sVa1sT The roofs of houses and branches Of trees
were covered for while with a white mantle
The libel fled by the U. s. District Attorney
at New Orleans against the brig VIM. Robert
.son, Captain Reed, from Havana, seized. by
the u. S: marshal for the alleged violation of
the act Of; Congress prohibiting the coolie
trade" has been withdrawn, By order. of Soil
.citor Jordan, the District Attorney having as
certained that the coolies on this vessel came
70 Louisiana Of their own free will. Il 5,:lai E
During the month of October there were
thirty-six American mercantile sea-going craft
and seven foreigners (bound to or from United
States ports reported as either totally lost or
missing. They comprise three steamers, two
ships, five .barks, eight briggs, and twenty-five
sehooners- total forty7three. Oh Id, i.ff.@@
e The Treasury Department has information
that its agents have succeeded ID breaking up u
large part of the. extensive system of drauds on
the revenue aud the result' is shown in the
sudden increase of internal revenue receipts.
They exceeded one million and a,half yesterday
The Wheeling Intelligenccr speaking of the
recect election, in West Virginia, estimates
that the Senate will stand twenty Radicals to
two Democrats and the House forty-iour
Radicals, toteleven, Democrats.
Comptroller Hurlburd has decided that Ma
.itnal banks have no right TO receive packages
Of valuable securities, plate or other things,
for safe keeping, under the power granted to
receive deposits, l5tf.5a .,.ltsIl.}..sg
The Treasury commenced to pay out yester-
day, twenty five millions dollars gold interest
on the S 90 bonds, and largacrowds visited the
Department to draw it on the regiseredbonds.
The Office OF the Southern Express Com
pany, at Jackson, Tennessee, was broken into
on Wednesday night, and the safe robbed Of
yethousand dollars and many valuable papers.
Ct Gen. Hays, Sheriff Of New Orleans, was
yesterday removed from that position by order
of Gen Mower, Shcridan's, successor, cor
being an impeachment to reconstruction"
Tuesday next, the 9TH OF November, will be
anleveptful day. = Elections will be held in Now
York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Kansas, and Maryland. 40
The latest news from South America says
that the Brazilian troops had captured Pillar,
the chief port Of Paraguay with many prison
ers and quantity of military stores.
The London papers are complaining OF the:
high price Of food in that city. Corn has risen
20 per cent in a month, and the prospect for
winter appears decidedly bad. !.
The artesian we'll in Louisville is being en-
largcd to six inches in diameter and 200 feet
in depth, which will make it the largest in the
world, ,a.s.t.. .rg ~
$. Two, men accused of murder, were taken
from the jail at Franklin, Indiana, on Thurs
day night by mob! and ,summariy hung.
Information is received; from Paris of the
death there of D, Jay Browne, for many years
commissioner ,ofagriculture. oaa .gu5
The marriage of King George, King OF
Greece, with the Princess Olga, Of, Russia, is
announced. ;,-.5G -. - ,.,=f @;tl.'.4 ii
Z Gen. Pope has ordered the Alabama: Con-
vention to assemble at Montgomery on the 9Th
instant. - b ID. ,t@sTfasz T.Ie Ei i,.sa@
Further returns from Georgia indicate the
calling of a Convention by the necessary vote.
Six deaths from yellow fever, in New Or
leans yesterday five in Mobile. L ~
M In xiiVZRGINIA NEWS! q ~. -
: Byrm's distillery and Myers 4 Brothers rec
tifying house, two of the largest whiske icy estab-