Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-06-25
Miscellaneous Items.

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Ex-Mayor Munroe, of New Orleans, who ar
rived at Havana lately with a number Of men
TO carry on thesbuSness of loading and unload
iug vessels.in that harbor, has been prevented
iIom engaging In such occupation on account OF
the severity, OF the Spanish laws, which permit
only discharged seamen of the naVy to act as
stevedores. ,37o.sd lg.iajl.z9
Col. Frank Moore, the, e,cditcr Of the, Rebel
lion Record, has been appointed, under the
resolution OF Gen. logan, to collect and pre-
pare for preservation in the national archives
the proceedings in. the different cities on the
occasion OF the recent ceremonies in the deco
ration of the graves of the soldiers Of the
Unioo Another: job, 80 - -. s.',o ~
The ex-Confederate General Forrest is going
to the New York Fourth Of July Convention as
q delegate In the course of recent conVersa
ton he is reported to have said that it will not
be any more curious to see him IL. the Demo-
cratic: Convention than 1t was, to 4 sea Joe
Brown Of Georgia, in the, Radical ConVention.
AS soon as, the tax Bill is disposed Of the
House Committee on Foreign Affairs will cali
up the bill making an appropriation for the
purchase Of Alaska, and an effort will be made
by minority Of the committee, who are oppo-
sed to such appropriation, to POSTPONE the
wholesubject uptl the xtsession of Congress:
Gen. A. s. Hartwell has been appointed as;
sociate justice of the Supreme Court Of the
Sandwich Islands, an appointment which
makes thebody wholly American in it nom ber-
ship American influence maintains predoml.
nance at Hawaii A number Of the Kings
council are Americans = rl.-.t.
The coupons ON the Union Pacific Railroad
Comapny's bonds, and on the Central Pacific
Railroad Com paDy s bonds, due July i, 1868,
will be paid on aud after the Goth instant, In
gold coin, free of government tax and without
charge, by VIM. Fisher & Sons, Baltimore.
HI. Smith, the famous "Hod Annis, y who
managed to escape punishment for his share in
tho Lord bond robbery at New Y York a year or
two since, has just been sentenced to fourteen
years Imprisonment at Cornwall, Canada for
the robbery of safe at that place last April.
The Senate has agreed with the President in
the suspension and removal OF Anderson, col.
Iector, and Patt erson, assessor of internalreven
ue in Virginia. These men were some days
ago sentenced by Chief Justice Chase for vio
lation of the revenue law.
1t is stated that Caleb Gushing Is engaged
in most lucrative practice of his profession IN
Washington.. He was sixty eight years old on
the 18th of January last, and is perhaps the
freshest and most youthful man OF his age IN
America. fat.,7 It.gg a.. a san
On the 9th Of May the body Of Senator
McDougall was buried, a great concourse at.
tending, in the Lone Mountain Cemetery, at
San Francisco, within few yards Of the place
of seputure of his predecessors In the Senate,
Baker and Broderick. q .g5a, G5Go!h
The president of the administrative council
Of Western Siberia has just published the re-
port which he forwards every year to ST. Peters.
burg. It estimates at $4,000 the number OF
convicts baaished every year to'Siberia. 4. J..
Miss Margaret; G. McIlvaine, the eldest
daughter Z of the Rev Bishop ;Mellvaine,
of Ohio, was married at Cincinnati, a few days
since, to Mr. Josiah Messer, prominent mer-
chant of London, England. Z,
Mr. Edward Mcpherson, Clerk Of the House
of Representatives has received the appoint
ment Of American editor, for the present year,
of the Almanac de Gotha. An important sp-
poiDtment, truly ;.I ~ .ra ..8~31 -gailyb -
Itis reported that MIR. Bancroft has sign flied
his intention of being present IN Worms at the
celebration of the Reformation and unvellIng
of the statue of Luther. -.
Thhe New York Real Estate Record notices
that, for the first time in SIX years there IS a
large number Of vacant houses in that city and
Brooklyn. ~ ~g.sr.r ii Ji4d Gaa5 .al q ta!E 9.
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln and her little son
Taddie'' will sail for Europe in short time,
for the purpose of staying with some friends in
Scotland 4gg 8 y -J>: 30 .! ls@5ei I'll. ~ 's.
The United States Practice Fleet having on
board the midshipmen from the Naval 4 cad
emy at Annapolis sailed from West Point on
Monday. >,.4 gt +
Six freedmen spoke at democratic meet,
ing at Terry, Mississippi, recently, against the
Radical policy. ~ aaa ;.Ha'. NJ ,-'.@. 20 {
DR.. Charles T: Thornton, a grandson Of Gen.
Harrison, ex- President, has committed suicide.
VIRGINIA, to wit In the County Court
of Fairfax county, June rules, 1865 h. II.