Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-05-31
ALEXANDRIA. GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER
NEWS OFzTHE DAY,@
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4 The o. S. District Court OF South Carolina
yesterday granted an injunction against Tie
members of the firm OF Fraser. Trenholm K
Co. resident in Charleston, charging them
with a violation of the laws Of the IT, S. Ivy
block ade-running during the war, and restrain
ing them from disposing of their real estate.
There is considerable sensation in the New
Lebanon Shaker family on account of the mar.
riage Of two Of their members, Daniel Harding
and Martha Jane Cline, the former twenty
three years old and the latter nineteen. They
had never spoken together. before marriage,
but had carried on atcorrespondence.
A paragraph published yesterday stated that
one Julius eDegmire had embezzled at Erie,
Penn, $4,000 worth of internal revenue
stamps, and also that the culpsit had at the
same time been clerk in the Internal Revenue
Bureau. No such person has at any time been
employed in that Office.
Governor Wells Of Louisiana, appointed a
colored man, Charles J. Courcclla, belonging
to one of the oldest free colored families there,
member of the police board 10 place OF
Judge Durigneaud, resigned. General Sheri-
dan approved Of the appointment.
Dispatches from Fort Kearney represent
that the Indian war on the Plains has fairly
begun, and that buildings are burned, stock
stolen and settlers murdered daily. The mill
tary were rapidly moving towards the scene OF
the reported outrages.
The Presbyterian General Assembly (Old
SchooD on Wednesday, adopted the majority
report on the subject of reunion with the New
School branch Of the Church The report re-
fers the subject to the Churches themselves for
consideration.
In the Maryland Diocesan Convention Of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, yesterday, q reso-
luton was adopted providing Tor the division
of the diocese, and the erection Of the Eastern
shore into separate Episcopal See.
Mr.. Jefferson Davis arrived at Toronto yes
terday, and left in the afternoon for Niagara
Falls. He was cheered by Il large crowd at
Toronto at which place Mr.. J. NJ. Mason, and
General Early are staying
| On Monday last the 9th inst a promising
youth named Lewis Simms, son of Mark l.
simms, esq, Of Charles county, Md met his
death by being run over by an OK Cart, at
CHAPEL Point.
Bishop Wood, of the diocese (Cathollc) of
Philadelphia, has just sailed for Europe. Pre-
vious to his departure he sent check for $500
to the Southern Relief Famine Fund Of that
city. ~,
William FL Laughley: a -four merchant OF
Galopolis, Ohio, with large business connec-
tons in Cincinnati, made an assignment yes
terday. Liabilities over s500,0O0.
Mr.. Farnswortb, the weIl-known Illinois
Congressman, adds another to the number Of
political radical missionaries sent into the
South.
Only four thousand white voters have been
registered 10 the Second Congressional district
of Louisiana, against fourteen thousand coloTed
voters.
A reign of terror is said to exist i'll franklin
county, Tennessee. The cause is attributed to
Brow nlow's militia.
The inauguration of the Clay statue ut
Louisville. KY, took place yesterday.