Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-31
NEWS OF THE DA r
$50 sho,o the very age and body of the Times.

fisheries of New England, held In Boston, on
Tuesday, adopted resolutions declaring that
return to the governmental policy Of fostering
and protecting the fishing interests, IS lnlreta-
tive, and asking for more general application
Of the drawback duty on salt Delegates to
represent the fishing interest in Washington
were appointed.
Last night Mr.. Benjamin r. Beech, OF BROOK
Ign, went to the residence Of Miss Annie era
ham, to whom, it appears, he has been tor
considerable time attached, and In her presence
shot himself through the head with a revolver,
having first addressed some observations to
Miss Graham, showing that he was actuatoo
by jealously MIR. Beech cannot recover
The South Carolina Convention yesterday
elected the police sent to the Convention on the
pretence OF Keeping order, ard appointed
committee to wait upon Gen. Candy IN relation
to the subject. Gen. Candy has Instructed Il the
State Treasurer to provide funds TO meet the
expenses Of the Convention
An exciting incident occurred in front OF st.
Louis yesterday. Whilst some two or three
hundred railroad passengers were crossing the
river ON the ice, it broke loose and commenced
hnatng down the river The ice fortunately
coreed against steamer, and the people were
saved.
From Georgia We learn that Governor Jen-
kins has notified the newl y appointed Military
Governor Of that State, and the other military
State officers, that he is about to file bill in
the Supreme Court to prohibit them from using
money belonging TO the State of Georgia.
The differences between the rival bridge
companies of st. Louis and Illinois havcbeen
amicably settled, and the energies and resour:-
res Of both companies will be concentrated, and
the bridge built across the Mississippi at St.
Louis in the shortest time possible ~. =
Another fire in Chicago on Thursday, de-
stroyed block of frame buildings. One wo-
man persisted and twelve families were made
homeless. The weather is excessively & cold
Loss $50, 1000. 1t is feared that it IS tho work
incendiarles. . Il = H%l3 al $
The Pittsburg and Connellsqille Railroad diff
ficulty has heen finally settled by the action OF
the Pennsylvania Legislature. The road is to
he commenced within six months and finished
in three years. .t2 1.
The steamship Arago, with 800 passengers,
from Aspinwal for New Y ork, has put in at
Savannah with one engine disabled. Tho pas
sengers are all well and will proceed soon
Agriculture has assumed new phase in Ne
braska. The farmers are all planting forests,
which will bless future generations If not the
present one. a5.ss
In the Georgia Convention resolution was
introduced yesterday, asking Congress to loan
the planters thirty millions of dollars on mort
gage. t;.1<
There is "a rumor" afoat to the effect that
the President has determined to veto the bill
suspending the further contraction of the cur
rency. - -r9s,.I sga.i.g 49,: u.
Mr. Jefferson Davis, and his wife, are at
Jackson, Miss. and have been kindly and courto-
ously received there. I. g,s1. t ~.
Brigham Young has pronounced an edct
against tea and coffee The prohibition is uni
versal, as far as the Mormons are concerned.
Yesterday was observed in Alabama, in ac
cordancc with the recommendation of tho State
Convention, as a day of fasting aud prayer:
Tho steamer Niagara, of the Richmond line,
was seized yesterday ut Philadelphia fer al
legged frauds on the revenue ,3ysi1,a1a
The receipts of the Atlantic cable, tits said,
are now upwards Of 81, 300 day, " =
CoURT DAY IN AUGUSTA. was a regular
old fashioned one on Monday. The streets were
crowded with the 'Yeomanry," as demagogucs
used to call our country folks, when they want
cd their votes. We don't want them, and
couldn' t get them if VIC did, therefore VIC in
tend to tell the truth No crowd like tho one
Of Monday has ever been seen in Staunton.---
We heard the "oldest inhabitant" say so, con-
fdentially, to his blossom crony,' the next
'oldest." They, the crowd, numbering about
1000, went to the Court and tried to look like
they understood all that was said. The
Court looked ditto, but we ''ddn' see it, =
It is singular infatuation that leads the
"Yoomanry' to bore themselves this way, and
can only be accounted for by supposlng they
have shrewd idea that it looks respectable
and business like to be ''at Court, and it Is
good excuse to the women folks for coming
to town and having .'good time. " Auction
GERS yelled themselves hoarse over old wagons
diseased horses, furniture, &C., and amused
the crowd wonderfully. We noticed ''Yeo4
ma" or two who looked at every wagon critir
cally, shook their heads wisely, muddicd their
boots scientifically, and then gravely bid f0e
dollars for $50 wagon. We didn't know
which to be most struck with; their owl-like
appearance Of wisdom, or the general acQui-
escencc of the crowd in their decision. 70 be
short, we heard a once noted temperance man,
and leader in the church, say, he saw men
drunk he never saw before and more money
than he had Seen since the war. Physically
speaking, no finer body Of men can be produced
on ''Court Day. than the ~ eomanry'' Of
Augusta, and, take them on "a trade, !" il you
don't think they are mentally equal to anybody.
Only few got very drunk the many moder-
ately so; just enough to say they we're "sick
from eating those d-n town dinners, y as an
excuse, when they get home Many paid us
and many subscribed. God bless themi We
STANTON Valley Vagmian.
ANOTHER SPECIMEN. In the Virginia Con
vention, on Wednesday, in the debate on Tax
alton, Parr, of Nansemond, said he was in ia