Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-07-03
NEWS or THE DAY.
"7o shoao the gerry age and body of the Times,

| Last w edneSday AFTERNOON Il Hulpei VI idi'o
men stopped at Alma, Iowa. a small town on
the Mississippi river, and having drank much
whiskey, demanded more. The saloon keep
ers refused to give them any, and in their rage
the raitsmen proceeded to the task of demollsh-
Ling every drinking establishment in tho place
Thev then attacked the stores and private resi-
dences, and robbed, and beat the inmates. The
Sheriff and his deputy tried to restore order, but
some of the raftsmen drew their rcvoivers and
shot him and his companion dead, and then
| fired promiscuously into the crowd, dangerous
" Younding number of Others The Ger
man citizens at last constituted themselves IN
| TO q vigilance committed, and proceeded to clean
out the invaders. .,'4..; l'..- =
The provisions of the Peabody Educational
Fund do not extend to Maryland, Kentucky,
Missouri and Texas Attention has thus far
been given only to the largest towns and cities.
| In these it was found that only about onc-third
| of the white children, generally from the veal
| thier families, arc attending schools; about
! two-thirds Of the colored children were in some
| way provided with the means OF education and
we're actually at schools. s.@.-.
Gov. Brownlow, of Tennessee, it is reported
has decided to call special session Of the Leg
| islature of that State, to inquire into the re-
cent extraordinary proceedings by which the
payment of the July interest on the State debt
| has been prevented.
The Senate Judiciary Committee have de-
termincd to postpone the consideration Of Mr..
Evarts' nomination until the report of the I'M
| parchment Managers has been made public.
| Sixteen failures arc reported to have occur
| red within week at Omaha, and double the
| number in addition likely to take place before
| the end Of summer.
Humbugs arc inextinguishable. Train is
| perennial and now Colorado Jcwett has reap
pearcd in petition to Congress in favor of the
Alaska purchase
1t is reported that Gov. Swami will appoint
William Pinckney White to be u. S. Senator
| from Maryland, in the place Of Mr.. Rcverdy
johnson. go 81 s..s ..4.t ......-'-
| Senator Hendricks pronounccs untrue the
dispatch from N ew York, that he had written a
| letter to the Indiana delegation withdrawing
| his name. - 81. p" ...
Rucl, the poisoner, was executed at St llya-
cinthe, Canada, yesterday and died without
making a confession. -. ''.. -. 49,. =
The North Carolina and Louisiana Legisla-
lures have adopted the "Fourteenth Constitn-
| tiOnal Amendment.
A fond mother in Cincinnati broke her arm
while spanking disobcdicnt infant the other
day. 80 IL. -sN .a.i ."...s 4 .l.a +!
REPORTED PROCLAMATION. OF AMNESTY. =
The Washington correspondent of the Balti-
more Sun says: . ..4 ....s ..',.. !.
'There appears to be no longer any reason to
doubt that the President will issue on Saturday,
July 18th, a proclamation Of general amnesty 10
the participants in the late rebellion, includ-
ing all the classes excepted in the proclamation
of August last. The amnesty OF course, will not
affect Jefferson Davis and other participants
now under Indictment before the courts, but
will embrace long list Of generals and high
officers in the late Confederate army officers of
the navy, civil officers Of the Confederate gov
eminent, active participants in the war OF former
rank in the army and navy of the S. members
Of the u. S. Congress previous to the war,
and indeed ali classes excepted in the previous
proclamation, as stated above, excepting only
those under indictments before the courts
The North British Review for June has just
been issued by the Leonard Scott Publishing
Company, New York, and completes their
series of publications for the quarter just closed.
OF the eight articles in the present number,
those on the History of Writing, on Sleep,
and on Louis X Of France, saint Louis,
will be acceptable to all classes OF readers. The
| first named article gives an account OF fac
SMILES of national manuscripts tclypublished
| by authority in England, and is full of antigua
| rian information, and the paper on Louis ~,
is one of marked biographical and historical
| interest Other articles are-MistraPs Mrcio
! Ca review, with many extracts, OF very pleas
ing Provencal poeml, The Crook Idyllic Poets,
Memoirs of Baron Bunsen, Schools and Uni
| versities, Churches and Crecds.
INTEREST ON STATE DEBT-Thc following
is said, in letters from Richmond, to be the
| plan Of Gen. Stoneman, in reference to the
payment Of the interest on the State debt:
| ''Ho will require the various corporatcd com
panes OF the State, such as railroads, canals,
| &C., in which the State has interest, to pay
forthwith their dues, and this, with 5000, 900
already in Treasury, he supposes will well nigh
pay the July interest. For the remainder he
| will REQUIRE the State government to negotiate
a loan with New York capitalists, which, as
district commander, will be officially endorsed
by him. Thus he expects, probably by the lst
CT August, to pay off the $3.50, 900, interest
due July lst. The loan will be had, he alleges,
without making any increase OF the State ln-
debtcdness. Many ascribc the on-payment of
the interest to the expense of the late Consti
tutional Convention, which, being only $40
600, it will be seen was not the primary cause.
The calculations to pay interest were based
upon the estimated receipts from arrearages of
taxes, amounting to $3.50, 900, and IN income
from the license taxes due in May of upwards
Of 100000, which calculations have proven
erroneous. These resources may yet come in
to the aid of General Stoncman and help him
through with his laudable scheme to protect
the credit of the State"
John Minor Bolts is reported to be quite i'll
/ at his homo, Culpcper, Va.