Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1861-04-05
HgWS OF THE DAY.
" 70 sAou tie Gerry age and body ottSs TINES "

q oed respectively III anu IL years. hi0n' ooio
If respectable family in New Orleans, en-
eane3 IN a quarrel at their mothers dinner
:, he on Thursday last, respecting a servant
oir!, an object of attraction TO both brothers;
End aliourniug to the front of their house,
there renewed it, when the elder brother,
Selling an iron poker attempted TO strlSe
Henri, who lodged the assault, and plunged
knife into his brothers abdomen, innlct-
ing q probably fatal wound. me contest
was continued several minutes alter the latal
blow had been given, both brothers oesper-
ately striking and stabblng at each othef.---
The younger was arrested
Within day or two, several United States
vessels have been ordered to prepare for sea
! Immediately. and the rumor is that our Gov
| ernment is about to take decisive action con-
corning the designs Of Spain against st.
Domingo. A Washington dispatch in the
New York Herald, says: 1.-The army and
navy are suddenly being put upon war
footing. and the knowing ones state that 1t
looks towards Spain, growing out of her de-
! signs upon St Domingo. Such activity IN
! both these arms Of the service has not been
visible for a long time"
! The Philadelphia mail train was thrown
! from the track thirteen miles from Pittsburg,
| on Wednesday. and one car thrown down an
| emhankment. Five passengers were Injured.
| The mails caught fire from the upset.lng OF
| a stove and several pouches were damaged
| or DESTROYED The Washington letter mail
escaped. The New York and Philadelphia
mail was slightly damaged. The way mail
! 10 slur u l.
most entirely destroyed.
Only some s., 099. 900 Of the United States
! six per cent loan is awarded. notwithStand-
ing the free bidding for it on Tuesday. The
! Secretary Of the Treasury has decided to ae-
cent no offer below 81, and as the average
was only 3d., the bulk Of the bidders go to
the wall. Whether the Secretary will resort
to the issue of Treasury notes, as author
lied by law, ior the balance, remains to be
determined.
The municipal election in Brooklyn, on
| Tuesday, resulted in the success Of the Dem
ocratc candidate for Mayor, by nearly five
thousand majority. In nearly all the NUM-
cipal elections at the North. the Republicans
have been defeated. while in the rural por-
lions of the States they still mold their own.
The reaction has commenced, but has not
yet penetrated the back country.
The Canadians are lion!zing the fugitive
negro murderer, Anderson, lately set at lib
erty there. He bias been put under a color
ed instructor, and attempted TO make an
address at Il public meeting, but forgot
what he intended to say" After proper
- IL. ,,,ri., nd
where, as he has done nothing more than
kill man, he will be made much Of.
There is no foundation for the report that
the Secretary of the Treasury has sent any
unusual instructions TO the officers of the
Customs at St. Louis respecting imports there
which came up by way oi New Orleans.-
No difficulty has occurred al ST. Luis about
Customs, goods for that port being passed
at New Orleans without any attempt to levy
duties upon them.
The Washington Star says:-"Dr. Thos
H. Fisher, Of Fauquier, was to-day finally
agreed on in the Cabinet meetingas United
States Marshal for the Eastern District Of
| Virginia. No better selection could have
been made, nor any more likely to have Civ
Ell general satisfaction to the Union party
Of the State, His commission has doubtless
beer ordered ~ be made out"
The town OF Charlotte, \. G., is greatly
excited over the alarming frequency OF fires
Since last Friday noon they have had no less
than three fires, which are believed TO have
been the work OF incendiaries. The loss,
however, is trihing Every effort will be
| md
bring them to- justice
A correspondent writing from Chicago to
the Milwaukee Democrat says The Burch
divorce case is still before the Courts on Il
motion for new trial Whatever the effect
Of the first trial may have been upon the
}ublic, it has either failed to convince Mr..
Birch of the Injustice of his demand, or has
failed to overcome his obstinacy."
The bark A Pendergrast arrived at New
Orleaus on the lst instant, from Rio on the
10th of February. The papers report that
the yellow fever was raging there. The po-
! litical news from the United and COnteder-
ate States had unsettled everything, and
great anxiety was manifested regarding the
secession troubles.
Tee Montgomery Mail Of the 10Th, in no.
tcng the lecture of Mr. Tharn, former law
partner of Mr.. Yancey, at Cincinnati, says
it has been currently reported and believed,
a twelve-Inonth past, that he is insane. We
could cite instances to prove this, but 1t Is
unnecessary.
A desperate fight occurred on the steamer
Shreveport, in the river, near St. Louis, on
Saturday last. The Captain did not want to
land in St. Louis The crew were deter
mined to do ST.. The light resulted. The
Captain shot at the mate. wounding him in
the face, and was nearly beaten to death.
The members Of the diplomatic corps in
Washington are Of the opinion that the
| Spanish government will disavow all know
ledge of, or completely in, the recent alleged
expedition to San Domingo, and will regard
it as an act entirely without the authority Of
the ap,ain-Gcneral If Cuba.
10 State Tax is to be levied in illinois for
the next two years the accumulation of the
Sinking Fund for paying off the State debt
beyond the amount falling due, and the
revenue from stock in the Central Railroad,
will deiray all the expenses Of the State Gov
| eminent.
Business in the Departments is still OBJ