Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-02-04
NEWS OF THE DAY.
$40 shoe the yery age and body of the lan'es.

& Lutte an eXclIemeuI PAo
nal Court at Memphis yesterday, whilst a case
was on trial, in consequence ofthe, entrance OF
sonad Of soldiers, led by an officer, who pro-
ceeded to station the men aboutt the court room.
Several Attorneys protested against this mill
tary interference, and Duncan McRse lett the
Court, declaring he would never practice 10 II.
under such circumstances The teellng nnany
so great that General Granger ordered
the troops to.te withdrawn. The Court then
adjourned. .sE.t .l.tEESg
Anew York, correspondent says:1-HIhe
Radical friends Of Gen. Grant are making ar
rangements for a grand meeting in Union
Sur..,e ca the ed of this month, to warm up
the public in favor OF the Generals claim Ior
the Presidency. Members OF Congress by the
dozen are engaged to speak, and the meeClpS
is designed 10 be the formal opening OF tue
campaign. sjaei 752l,,
j, Gen: Kit Carson, whose name is celebrated
in Western history, has arrived in Washing
ton o from Colorado, and yesterday paid his re-
spects to Secretary Browning and the Commls-
& me OF Indian Affairs. Gen. Carson Is aci
commanded by Kamache, a prominent ,cheif OF
the Utah Nation, aud their visit IN washing
ton has reference to treaty relations With the
Government. ..aHt1i
We hear of cases of suffering in some OF the
shoe towns in in Massachusetts, where the Hush
times of the war has tcongregatcd a large pop!u-
lation dependent upon the, prosperity OF chat
business for support. In some cases beneVo-
lent persons have made distributions OF soup to
those in greatest need. - ;r-
x Mr.. G. J.. Vallandigham prints in the Day
ton Ledger an article. on the late election IN the
Eight Ohio District, in which he predicts a
Democratic deieat.in IN the Presidential contest
by at least twelve thousand majority, as well as
the defeat of Pendleton's claims to the: PfesA7
dental nomination. & & q ~. ~ la -.
A verdict has been rendered in the Circuit
Court at Nashville, Tennessee for $4,000
damages against the Nashville Railroad Com
p I, nv and in favor Of Margaret Burke, whose
husband, while lying on the track In a state OF
intoxication, was run over and killed.
Secretary Seward, in reply, to resolutions OF
Congress asking for information on numerous
subjects. saws that it is impossible to furnish
the desired information until a further appro-
priation is made to pay for extra clerk hire.
Wines made by grinding ~raisins and tama,
rinds, and adding sugars, but no spirits, the
Commissioner. of Internal Revenue says may
be regarded as wine from fruit, and is there
fore exempt from taxation: 20. :@i's
. Detroit is announced to be the largest iur
market in this country, and the number OF
skins sold in that city is immense. They are
mostly obtained by trappers In northern Mich
iean, Indiana and Ohio. Many of them are
ohinnad diract to London. .i ''
The marine loases Of American vessels by
fire, wreck collision, and other disasters at Sea
during January last, amounted to 43 vessels
valued at So, 439, 700. OF these vessels were
steamers, S ships, 7 barks, 9 brigs, Is schooners
and l sloop. ~. e. :
The famous English race horse Peppers
Ghost arrived in New York on Sunday, in the
steamship Erin, from Liverpool, The animal
bore the voyage we'll, and is reported in excel
lent condition.
Dickens, it is reported, has sent $1,000 to
Mrs. GLENN, the mother-in-law of Edgar A..
Poe, who is an inmats of charitable institution
in Baltimore, and has been for years in ex-
treme|y INDECENT circumstances. ~
A sleeping car was burned on the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy Railroad yesterday, but
fortunately nc, lives were lost. The fire was
occasioned by the explosion OF a Kerosene
lamp. as
Yesterday, in Alabama, the Constitution
was submitted TO the people. The polls will
be kept open four days. The Louisiana Con-
vention expects to adjourn SINE die on Saturday.
Eighteen prisoners escaped from jail at st Jo-
seph, Missouri, On Saturday last. During the
melee the brother of the Sheriff was killed and
one of the prisoners severely wounded. le.
The steamer Sheridan, loaded with groceries,
was burned at Evansville, Indiana, on Sunday
morning. Most of the freight had been dis
charged when the fire took place.
A committee of Mr.. Pendleton' friends has
been established in Washington, to urge his
nomination as the Democratic candidate for the
Presidency. s4. 49," 1n2
Col. N. A. WiseweIl, of New York city, was
yesterday nominatedto the Senate by the Presl-
dent, as COMMISSIONS of internal Revenue,
vice Rollins. .2s#
G. G.. Richards, one of the extreme Radical
delegates in the Georgia Convention, was shot
and dangerously wounded on Sunday night ny
a Radical politician of Atlanta. ".ss go.
Tie First Branch of the Baltimore City
Council yesterday adopted resolutions inviting
President johnson to visit Baltimore.
Another illicit still was yesterday seized by
Gen Ross, Revenue Assessor for the Third
District Of Maryland. .5' =.
The Anti Contraction bill is now law, ten
days during which the President must either
sign or.veto a bill, having expired yesterday.
1t. was rumored in Washington yesterday
that Gen. Meade had ordered the arrest Of
Gov. jenkins, of Georgia. n
Mr.. Charles Francis Adams resignation as
Minister to Great Britain is said to have been
received at, the State Department.
President johnson will in a few days make
a arrangement of the Military, Departments.
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