Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-08-24

and banking institutions throughout tie couii-
try, of the robberies, giving numbers OF notes,
names Of banks, etc. lie also gave full
statement Of the matter IN his report to Con
eress, dated December 9, 1867 Wash. Erp'
Foreign News.
The second international race between the
the American yacht Sappho and the English
Yachts Condor, Cunard, Cambria, and Aline,
has been postponed until Tuesday, tomorrow.
The proprietor of the Paris l4anterDe, the
editor OF which was recently sentenced to pay
fine Of len thousand francs, tor violation OF
the press law, yesterday attempted to re-
sumo the publication OF that paper. The 20
lice, however, were notified, and the entire cdl'
ton was seized before it lett the office OF the
printer.
The dispatch announcing the attempted as
sassination of Queen Victoria in Switzerland,
by a person supposed to belong to the Fenian
organization, was received through the regular
news channel, The Foreign Office, however,
has received no advices OF the affair beyond
that contained in the telegram in.question.
The case Of the ship Liebig has been brought
under the notice Of the Pussian Government.
During her voyage from Hamburg to New
York, some months ago, violent type OF
cholera broke out among the passengers aboard,
caused, it was alleged, by the criminal conduct
of the owner, by furnishing insufficient food
and shelter The Government will take active
measures to prevent a repetition OF such hor-
rors in future.
Dispatches from Constantinople report that
Admiral Farragut still remains in that city.
He had an interview with the Russian Ambas
sador, and subsequently, in company with the
Russian Ambassador, visited the Turkish
Minister.
The Paris Patria advises that the disputes
between the U. S. and Great Britain, concern
ing the Alabama claims, be referred to arbitra
ton Of one Of the great powers, as the only
mode Of arriving at definite and final settle
ment. ..'.s
The Russian Government is in receipt OF
later dispatches from Bokhara. The Emir had
signifed his willingness to accept the terms Of
peace offered by the Gar, with the exception,
however, Of the duty of building notifications.
FAUoUIER COUNTY Fox's "Great
Run" farm was sold on the 10th inst, at pub
lie sale by Messrs. Spilman and Shackelford,
Commissioners, to the colored devisees under
his will, they bidding about ST. per acre for
the same.
VIM. Fl. Gaines, esq.,, purchased this week,
farm 2G0 acres, lying IN Culpeper CO., from
Milton Mcdonald, paying $40 an acre for it.
The gayety of Warrenton IS now at its height.
Large numbers of visitors, particularly among
the young, are giving life and animation to its
social cpioyments. Several large and brilliant
parties at private residences have lately con-
tributcd to the general disposition to pleasure.
Brevet Capt W. Y. Richards, of this post,
has been promoted to 1st Lieutenant, and as.
signed to Camp Grant, Richmond, as Regi-
mental Quartermaster. He has been relieved
by Brevet Lieut. COL Geo. NJ. Love, of the
same regiment. = IFurentcn Mdcr.
How TO LOSE MONEY. Buy stocks one day
with q margin which is swallowed up the next.
City and country, we are told, are full of lame
ducks. If their experience is single one, it
may be made profitable at almost any price
NeG York. Express. s-. T,5.E
In the present apparent tendency 10 com
,nercial and financial crisis, and Of course to
speculation by operators in large way 10 Wall
street.-the boiling, seething cauldron Of dea
perate diabolism in such matters-we urgently
implore the comparatively ill-informed, short.
sighted, and unsophisticated monetary opera
tors of our own and other cities, to keep hands
off from New York imbrogos and occult COM
binations in fraud and falsehood. Asa general
thing, the lesson of the entire past is for pro-
vinca cities to keep out of the whirlpool of
Wall street.-Ndt. Int 5@..~' -....
Dried fruit will be much insdemand at the
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