Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-05-28
4 NEWS or THE DAY.
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z The Rostmaster G eneraLhas issued an order
that fsom>the& first of Jnlynextfth espresent
mode Of paying route agents, railway postal
clerks and baggage masters in charge of mails,
will be discontinued, aud that-they shall be
paid from said date monthly, by the postmas-
ter at such terminal Office on their route as
may be designated By the Auditor Of the
Treasury for. the PostoGce Department.
1t is stated That the, Secretary Of Warha
drawn upsa,plan providing for the establish
ment Of military profsssorships:.in the colleges
of the country, by detailing competent officers
from the army to teach mill science ip each
college whose faculty will mar provision for q
military branch of education 1--we graduates OF
every class excelliDg in military scholarship to
be commissioned as officers Of the army.
The passengers on: the wrecked steamship
Santiago de Cuba allege that the conduct Of
many of the crew was shameless; that lmme,
diately after the catastrophe. they commenced
the work of plumber, and that the locks of the
passengers boxes and trunks were cut out and
their contents stolen. Charges of drunken.
ness, incompeteucy, and Of motives even more
criminal, are made against the captain.
The original cost of property destroyed by
fire during the year 1866, less the amount re-
ceivcd as insurance thereon, may be deducted q
| from the income Of that year of the person:tq
whom the loss occurred Estimated apprecia-
tions or deprecations of property are 10 no
case to be considered in ascertainlng amounts
to be taxed as income. -. .s,a.,.;.. 8
Large shipments of wheat from California
are made to New York, and further supplies
from that source are expected. The first ar
rivals of wheat at New York, from the crop OF
the present season, are expected from the
South. Wheat from Georgia, it is supposed,
will be Shipped by the first of July. '.1 :, :,
The Baltimore papers contain an annoudee-
ment of the death of Col. Robert Gamble, Of
Florida, who died in that city on the 23d inst,
at the advanced age Of eighty seven years.
He was formerly resident Of Richmond, and
was the brother in-laW Of the late VIM. Writ.
The Brazil steamship South America, sailed
from New York on Thursday, for Rio, taking
out ITO passengers, mostly from New Yorl
and Pennsylvania. who 60 out as. Immigrants
under encouragement offered by the, Brazlar
governmeut,lin grants OF land. s laar a.4a i4a.
The suit in Louisville, in which a Catholic
and az Episcopalian benevolent institution in
New York, laid claim to 100000 bequeathed
by Isaac Cromie, wealthy citizen Of Louis,
vile, was decided on the 9th, by the fund be-
ing awarded to the Catholics. q ~
"A remonstranee against the exclusion OF
colored persons from the street cars is circulat:
ing in Nashville Tennessee. Many influential
citizens have signed it. - = -
From Buffalo we learn that there is no truth
in the reports Of activity among the Fenians
there for another raid, and that everything in
Fenan circles is quiet. ,,.,.-az
Mr.. Hutchins, late a merchant OF Providence
r. has bequeathed 900 for the educa-
ton and Improvement Of the colored people al
the South. -,
Hon Reverdy johnson, it is said, will &C
company the graduating class of the Naval
Academy in their trip to Europe.