Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-01

we iearn from the journal Ot commerce
that Sergeant Berney, the officer who distin.
guished himself by breaking up the bogus
concerns 10 Connecticut and New Hamp-
shire, has been on tour Of observation and
consultation 10 those States where lotteries
are legallz' d under existing charters. The
Journal Ut Commerce says:-"Some OF the
lotteries are conducted on gigantic scale.
One of then expends about 5000, 900 yearly
IN advertising and other expenses, draws
over 600 schemes, and issues tickets to the
amount OF 10000 600 yearly"
A man named John Halpin has been found
guilty and condemned to years service in
the Ohio pententisry for having stolen aud
killed heifer belonging to II. j. Reed. 1t
turns out that MIR. Reeds heifer was neither
stolen nor killed, for day or two ago it
came home alive and hearty, thus proving
that poor Halpin had Teen wrongiuliy con-
demnsd. Fortunately, ne had not been son.
teuced so new tria! was granted to him,
upon which the Indictment was quashed and
the man released.
Thomas q. L,rkin, one Of the oldest Of the
pioneer citizens of California; mau OF
great wealth, and distinguished for many ex.
cellent traits of characterized 90 the 9th
ultimo after brief illness, at bis house 10
san Francisco, 10 the 57th year Of bis age.
Deceased emigratet to California as early a.
1882, and vas appointed United States Con-
sui, to reside in Monterey. in 1914 He was
married in 1888. and his cbiliren are the first
of American parebtage, pa.ernal and mater
nal, born 10 California.
A negro woman, known as "Black Cooky,"
a native of Africa, who was freed from sls
very some years since, and has been living
Cor some years past in small log cabin near
Dixon, IN Illinois, was burned to death on
Friday last. While she was in spssm her
hut took fire, and she persisted In the flames.
She was one hundred and t,renty years Of
age the oldest person ~ tue State, and
probably as old person as can be found i'll
the United States.
The young Eoglishmen, Lords Grosvenor,
Cavendsb and others, four in number, who
went up to Red River on buffalo bunting
expedition, some months since, are weather
bound at the Rcd River settlements. They
are anxious u get out OF the scrupe 10 which
the ardor OF their inexperienced youth has
entangled them, but will have to wait until
snow falls IN sufficient depth to make the road
practicable, when they are coming down on
dog trains.
For the last four years, says the Ottawa,
Illinois, Free Trader, man calling himself
Dr.. Ashkenaz, Hungarian physician, and
claiming to have been surgeon in the pa
,riot army in 1913, hss been living in that
CITY. lie had been getting along prosper
ously until few days since, when womau
made her appearance 10 the place, and
claimed to be bis lawful wife. She had fol.
lowed bis tracks, tor twenty years, over Eu-
rope anu America, and At last, caught him !!
The two murderers, James Mccormick
and Thos Muroe, who were sentenced to be
hung at Haverstraw, New York, on the
10Th of December for murder, and who es-
capped from the Rockland county jail some
80 weeks since. have been recaptured near
Newcastle, Westchester county. and taken
back TO the Rocklsnd county Jail. The sen.
tence of the law will DO executed on the
above day, in the yard Of the Court House
at Haverstraw, in Rockland county.
The Honolulu Commercial Advertiser Of
October It'll, contains letter from the Rev.
Ii. Bingham, missionary at Apian, Kings
NIL Group, giving an account OF battle
which took place on that Island On the 18th
Of February. An army Of saeages, IN one
hundred canoes, came over from Tarawar
Knox island. and the Aplans went forth to
,oeet them, Oh the fats, at low water. rbe
kings of both ISLANDS and many OF the sava-
yes were killed
The late meeting of the New York State
Temporal ce Society at Albany, did not dis
close g very encouraging condition of AFFAIRS
L. was admitted that drunkenness was in-
creasing ia the State. The establishment OF
an asylum for inebriates was regarded with
favor, and the society reprobated the whole
licen.e system. a reorganization OF the
Temperance societies Of tie State was ALSO
urged.
The Scotchmcn in the mountainous and
rugged sicinity of Newturg. on the Balti-
more and ONO Railroad, are making prepa-
ratiors to celebrate the birth day of Robert
Burns, on the 25tb day OF January. The
settlement IL composed almost exclusively OF
intelligent Scotch people, and tho anuiVerss-
~ of their own poets bith day. is always q
great occasion With them, a sort OF Fourth OF
July.
MIR. Charles Cist estimates the population
of Cincinnati at nearly $50 600. "a general
impression exists that the city has lost ground
for some years past, especially aimee the
recent commercial and financial disasters
The statement of our population 10 1895
conclus,ge!y shows that up to that date we
maintained at least our usual progress.
the boys, Nick Trauieiu and Antoine, the
apprentices to the St. Louis barber, have
been conv icted OF the murder Of Hugh Dow
new, with a recommendation for mercy
They strangled the poor fellow one night
while be nus seated in the chair and under
going the process Of shampoonlng
The proposition Of DR.. Thomas Ii. Buck
Ter to fill up the Baltimore B,sin and docks
to lire continuous With Jones Pals, to ley
81 Federal Hill, and to extsud oil The inter-
seeing streets over the new gIound thub
reclaimed from the harbor. ii not success,
is az least q sensation, 10 Baltimore.
Notwithstanding the stern Lesson recently
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