Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-06-24
NEWS OF THE DAY.
40 ,ho,o the rery age and body Of The Times.

The cholera h2s broken out with yrea! Sifa-
lcule in Gambia, Africa, deiying the most SIg'
oGou4 efforts OF the authorities 10 restrain 1t.
The total deaths ~ to the l9th ot May were
Que hundred and ninety; OF these none were
Europeans The disease scems ID II. al tue
,,oet violent character: three or four hourS are
reported t. be the longest attack Whi'e many
drop dead after ~ many MINUTES.
The experiment OF tea culture is to be made
in California, hy those acquainted with the
business, on scale to fully test Its practicable
ity Agents of japanese colony have pur-
chased lands in the foot hills OF Eld0rado coun.
ty, which the japanese think is we'll adapted
Tor silk and tea culture.
Recently in the L. s. Circuit Court Al Ra
leigh, North Carolina, Evans Turner, was
found guilty oil Illicit distilling, and sentenced
to pay 81. 900 fine aud to be imprisoned tor
six months. Mr. Turner had been warned OF
the consequences by revenue officials, but per
sisted ip his course.
By the reduction in the Office expenses, clcra
hire, &C., OF Assessors and Collectors OF Inter
nal Revenue amounting in each district to
about, 81 900, which has lately been made by
Commissioner Delano 4 saving of nearly ST.
900, 900 per annum will be made by the Gov
ernment
\ Flenchuan Al NalchitochCS, la, Intends
to raise porpics this year on several acres oil
ground aud to make opium lie says that an
acre OF peoples will make fifty pounds OF opium;
worth fifteen TO twenty dollars pound, and
that the cost oi manufacturing Is less than lour
dollars & pound.
A Steam Plow Experiment in New Jersey
lately was entirely successful. 10 view Of the
scarcity and changed condition of labor IN the
South, the probabilities are that eventually
farmers having large tracts OF land to cultivate
there will trturate the soil with plows driven
ty steam.
The Pennsylvania Radicals, yesterday. noml-
mated Gov John W. Geary and Judge VII
Hams of the Supreme Court, Tor re election.
The Radical State Convention OF Ohio, also
nominated Governor Hayes, Lieut.. Gov. Ice
and Judge Day for reelection.
The Pennsylvania coal miners are returning
to their work, having lost considerably by the
strike" Some other strikers in Northern
cities. lave had to succumb to old prices, aud
| even lower rates; and glad to be taken back, at
! that.
Tue newspaper. are after Gen. Dix, our late
Minister at Paris, Tor the over etluslveuess OF
his speech az the banquet given on the eve o!
his departure from Paris. The Genera, was
quite exuberart in his euloey upon the Empe-
ror aud Empress.
The iewelry store OF William 4 }, d. Mayo,
in Chicago, was robbed yesterday of case of
/ diamond rings, tifty.six IN number The rings
were in show case, and were not missed until
| the hour Of closing Ore thousand dnavS rc-
ward is offered
The Agricultural Department a Wa hing
t5n has issued its reports for the months ~
May and June The return show high Az,
erago condition oi wheat, and indicate rood
prospect Of an abundant crop.
The Cubans recently arrested al New ork
we're brought before Commissioner Osborn,
| yesterday, Who ordered their release. IheY
were aftrrwsrd ra0rested by The | :. Mar
| shall under new Indictment
| \ Convention Of the citizens Of West Ten.
re %. North Alabama, Mississippi all N
kansas have called a meeting 10 take mea-
sure7 Ia secure the Introduction 0t tnlncsa cmi-
| grants
! columlt!ee Of ottce!s OF the National EauL7
of the country representing fifteen States
met at New York yesterday to take action for
periectng the banking law
Tie Spanish Minister has been intorined that
although The Government and people Of this
country sympathi2e wit, the tnhau>, the \"n'
tra,ity laws will be enforced.
The New \ orL Tribune notes a. = -lsn OF
tie time. that importers are shipping back to
Europe portion g! the fancy goods 30 protuse-
ly poured in upon us for months past
Cen u, IT, Hutttriield was, Yesterday ap
pointed Assistant Treasurer Of tho u. :. At
New York, in place ot MIR. Van i'yck, re-
signed
William f.. McMulleu, OF Maryland, Cap
| tainS CLERK on the steamer Illinois, did at
New York yesterday, Of yellow lever.
Some farmers in Tennessee are cultivating
the tea plant and are confident they will be
successful.
Rev. DIR. Greenleat pastor OF Emanuel
Church, Brooklyn, was touad dead in his study
Monday evening.