Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-07-01
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The Austrian steam sloop of-war arrived at
Southwest Pass below New Orleans yesterday.
and landed photographic dispatch tor the Aus
trian Government. Her national ensign was
draped in deep mourning. The reticence Of her
officers is regarded as significant. They, how
ever, report that Mexico was captured on the
goth by the Liberals, though particulars had
not reached Vera Cruz at the time OF sailing.
The Mexican schooner Atlas also arrived at the
mouth OF the Mississippi yesterday, having on
board twenty exiled Mexical Imperlalis;s. who
had been peremptorily bauished.
VIM E. CleaYer. recently granted new
trial and released on bail by Judge Fisher
latter conviction of manslaught:rin causing the
death OF young girl, fourteen years old, by
outraging her, returned to Washington on
Saturday from Baltimore, where be had been
in the service of the prosecution, procuring
new testimony against Surratt. Clesver, 1t
will be recollected, testified a lew days ago as
to his interviews with Sanford Couover aud
the Hon. +" Mr.. Ashley; also to seeing Snrratt
in Washington April l4th, 1868.
Vim. P King md Abram Owens were exc
cuted at Franklin, Kentucky, on Friday morn
ing for the murder Of one f. King, brother
OF one Of the executed men When being CON
veyed to the galows most extraordinary spec
tacle presented itself in the shape OF process
sion, headed by a brass band, aud this barba-
rous exhibition was rendered more revolving by
the condemned men being formally introduced
to the spectators and indulging 10 long
speeches.
The investigation into the reported robbery
of the steamer f. ". Brooks at St. Louis, Of
S., 900, has disclosed the fact that the owOers,
Henry A. Eluffner and ". X Ritter, and her
captain, J. 4 johnson, had entered into a
conspiracy to rob and burn the boat and de-
fraud the insurance companies. All the crinl-
mails have been arrested. and &c. $50 of the
stolen money recovered. johnson and Hitter
have confessed their connection with the affair.
The Secretary of War has authorized the
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fifty thousand cartridges from Leavenworth
arsenal to the Union Pacific Railroad Compa
ny, Kansas Branch, to enable their engineers
and working parties to protect themselves
against the Indian attacks. The company
have already received five hundred Spencer
rifles for the same purpose,
The jury in the Joshua Higgins will Gaze, in
7ol7ing considerable amount Of money, aud
removed from Prince Georges county, Nd: to
Anne Arundle, and which has been on trial
there for the past week, came into court carly
on Saturday, having retired some two days
since, with verdict il favor of the caveatees,
thereby sustaining the will.
At Somerville, New Jersey, On Saturday,
Jake Van Arsdale killed little son of Andrew
Beard. The boy went 10 Van Arsdale's room
to cali him to breakfast, when it is charged he
Jumped out of the bed; seized the child. and
cut his throat from ear to ear. Van 4r5dae
tried hard to escape, but was overtaken and
lodged in the county jail.
At the silver wedding Of Joseph II, Pardee
and wife, OF Fast Haven, recently, one Of the
gifts was beautiful loaf or cake, iii the frost
ing Of which were neatly embedded twenty
five silver half dollars.