Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-07-03
GENERAL NEWS.

GENERAL NEWS.
The George Appold was seized IN Norfolk
:rss before starting for Boston by an oyster in
apector, for an alleged violation of the oyster
laws of Virginia. The steamer was released on
ne agent, Mr.. Patten, giving bonds to the
stnount of $4,000. The attorney general Of Vir-
ginia has given bis opinion to the agents Of the
lies of steamers running from Norfon THAT
lie oyster regulations are intended for coastng
-essels, schooners, &C., trading in the waters
0" Virginia, and not common carriers of freight,
such as the Boston, New York, Philadelphia,
md other lines OF steamers.
34ndsley, the clergyman at Medina who
::hipped his child to death because he would
cot say his prayers, and who was released On
:en thousand dollars bail, immediately upon
being set at liberty, went to the house Of his
orother-inlaw to stay, but was not allowed to
10 50, the bother-;n law fearing that his house
'Jould be torn down by an excited mob, and the
miserable man has again taken up his quarters
4 the Jail at Albion, this time voluntarily, but
-eallv to escape summary punishment at the
lands of an infuriated aud ndignat public.
Some of the professional burglars have adop-
ed a new method Of obtaining information in
:egard to desirable places for Operations
During business hours, when householders are
cbsent, men call at their residences, and, rep
.escnting themselves to be internal revenue
officers, make minute inquiries Of the servants
eoout their masters occupations, habits, silver
slate, furniture, &C., which information is ia
zen advantage of by burglars.
The Manchester (Engand) Guardian records
:" terrible explosion Of fire damp in the Vic
:oria pit Of the Dukipfeld Colliery Company,
about 0 clock on the morning CT the 18th inst,
by which thirty seven persons lost their lives
End thirty were wounded. The cause of the
explosion is not positively known, as the per-
son charged with the duty of examining the
pit previous to the descent of the men is among
>he killed
The Chicago Tribune, in noticing the disas-
,2ous results of strike in that city, says: ''If
any other power than workingmen's pretec-
1--WE union, had discharged from employment
5he three hundred stone cutters of Chica 60,
rho since the 5th of June have lost 81 200 per
day, or about S23, 900 in all, the police of Chi
3ago would be hardly able to protect the dis
chargers from the fury Of the discharged. y
The New York revenue agent, Mr. Lewis,
les discovered that q large number Of wealthy
capitalists have invested money in the manu-
:3acture Of illicit whiskey, owing to the vast
g. ~ fro,,, tbo fNbo1, have
employed parties to act as the nominal propr-
,tors of their establishments in order to shield
themselves from the consequences Of prose-
cution for defrauding the revenue.
Jared Ingersol, Of Philadelphia, has pleaded
guilty of purloining books from the Mercantile
library Of that city He further admitted
nat he had robbed other lbrarias The books
,s.hen were sold for waste paper. The librarian,
who detected him putting the books under his
3oat, testiGes that during the last seven years
ever $4,000 worth of books had been lost in
his manner.
1t is stated that no more swill milk is pro-
tnced in New York This is owing to the
St.ingent regulations against herding animals
= " uOlC Ihdii OiiS Soh uldS ACpV O1 SoSA
OF of ground, except by special permission. A
similar rule is also to be carried out in Brook
svn.
/ Boston merchant, representing one of the
largest and most influential houses in the coun-
,ry, is out in the Boston Post against the pro-
posed tariff, and suggests public meeting to
ceprecate the new rates, and to repudiate the
'hole schedule as unjust, arbitrary and inju-
iols.
Jas. w. Dunsan, late of the Confederate
my, recently tried by military commission
8 Savannah, Ca, has been sentenced to be
5cafned at hard labor for fifteen years, at Fort
;ulasEi, Ga, for murder in violation Of the
.Gy7S Of war"
Che grand jury at Canandaigua, N. Y, has
o:2sented indictments against the Fenian pri
Soaers arrested at Buffalo and Malone. The
:aSes will be postponed to the next term, and
lie prisoners released on bail
rlrs. Heegie, Of Ithaca, n. Y, who was
-,tlcted two years since for the murder of her
laughter, by poisoning, was convicted on Fri
a&y OF murder In the first degree
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