Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-04
NEWS OF THE DAP.
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To shoe thevey age and body OF the ioaes'
MI. RobertJ. Walker has written q letter
advocating the acquisition Of the islsndof st.
Thomas by our Government.
The Governors annual message, sent to the
Maryland Legislature yesterday, is lucid -ex-
hibit of the condition OF the State. y
Porto Rico was visited by an earthquake
again on the goth Of December. The shocks
were slight and caused little alarm among the
inhabitants. 8,,g i.lg
Senator Guthrie, OF Kentucky, who has'been
unable, from sickness, to attend .in the Senate
for some time past, 1t Is now expecteo' VIII
shortly resume his seat in that body,
l.. @. Hopkins & Co., dry goods dealers IN
Cincinnati, failed yesterday. The liabilities Of
the firm are set down at one million OF dollars
due,principaly to Eastern houses = 49,. ss.,s
It is reported that the rebellion in Yucatan
was set on foot by Santa Anna, who furnished
Col Vilafana with money and men. 1t is also
reported that he endeavored to interest several
French officers in the scheme, but they refused
to enter into it. -, =
Official reports from Crete received BY the
Greek Legation at Washington, report that
battle was fought between the Cretans and the
Turks on the 25th and Goth OF November, IN
which the Turks were defeated and Obliged to
retire, with severe loss.
A cable dispatch, received in New York
says that La Liberte of December 3Oth says
1.-The Austrian Government has received a
dispatch from the Consul General in Alexand
ria, informing it of the suspension OF the Eng.
lish expedition in consequence OF the release
bv King Theodore of the white British cap.
tives he held y
Gov. Flanders, of Louisiana, having resign
ed his Guberuatorial Office, Gen. Hancock
has appointed Mr. Joshua Baker to fill the
vacancy thus created. Gen. Hancock has also
directed Gen. Buchanan to take command OF
The sub District of Louisiana, and to act as
Assistant Commissioner Of the freedmen
Bureau, vice Gen. Mower, relieved of those
duties.
The heaviest fog lay on the water in New
York harbor yesterday morning, that was ever
known. 1t seriously interfered with the ship
ping. The ferry boats ran With difficulty. "A
collision occurred on the East river between a
nrODetlcf anu uatuS uuhoo"of ~
which the latter wa, sunk and one man drown,
ed. On the Hudson river the tug Gator sunk
lighter, but her crew we're rescued.
The steamer Highland Light, Capt DUNCAN,
left Baltimore yesterday, for Annapolis and
Miles River, with plumber of passengers on
board, and when about one mile north of the
Seven Foot Knoll, her steam chimney sudden
ly collapsed, enveloping all those who unfor-
tunately happened to be in the vicinity of the
boiler or on the lower between deck, in dense
cloud of steam. MIR. John Clark the chief
engineer, was slightly scalded, and ten coored
persons, four passengers and six belonging to
the boat, were more or less scalded, one OF
whom has since died, and several others are
not expected to recover.
A painful sensation was created among the
boarders at the Wetmore House, New York,
on Thursday morning, by the suicide of lady,
Mrs j. Priest, who had been employed for a
few days past as the cashier of the establish
ment. A bottle, partly filled with laudanum,
and some opium lying by her side told the
story. The lady was from New Orleans, and
had but recently come to New York. Several
letters were found in her trunk, from which it
would appear that she had been for some time
separated from her husband, and had come to
New York to procure the means Of livelihood.