Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-09-21
NEWS OF THE DAP.
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Vanderbilt collided on the night Of the l9th,.
near Roundout, ION the Hudson river, the Van
derbilt striking the Richmond on the stalboard
side, cutting through her hull and causing the
Richmond to sink in about fifty minutes. The
passengers, about 40, were all saved, as were
also the crew of the steamer. The Richmond
had a small cargo, principally Of butter and
cheese, the loss. on which will be small. BIZ
forts will be at once made to raise sher. The
Vanderbilt returned much injured. The scare
on board the Richmond was frightful, the pas
seneers believing the vessel was about to sink.
g Col. E. Bucks, an overseer for Mr.. Lancas-
ter, of Camp Pickens, Georgia, had difficulty
with the colored people on the place. which
resulted in shooting u negro In the thigh
Next day, Sunday, two armed negroes went to
the house and demanded satisfaction. Several
shotswere exchanged One negro was killed,
and the other wounded Mr.. L. was badly
wounded, and had his horse killed Lancaster
and Mr.. Nugaser lefton Monday for St Marys.
An armed band OF thirty negroes seized them.
Nugascr escaped by swimming the river, but
Lancaster was left in the hands OF the negroes.
tits feared they have killed him
In the New York General sessions yesterday
John w. Livingston, who was indicted with a
number of aliases, pleaded guilty to forgery,
having obtained SIS, 900 on the llth Of July
at the National City Bank on check purport-
ing to have been signed Bye. Vanderbilt. The
prisoner fed to Illinois, where he purchased a
farm He was brought back a few days since.
The Crutchfeld House, of Chattanooga, was
entirely destroyed by fire last evening. The
fire was occasioned by the breaking Of num-
Der of kerosene lamps which the waiter was
handling in the oil room But little property
was saved. There we're several narrow escapes,
but no lives were lost Loss $l5O,000. In
sured for $4,000
An Omaha special says that John W. Smith
has just returned from Fort Phil Kearney, and
that be charges Judge Kinney, special Indian
agent at Fort Kearney, with gross injustice and
frauds in his dealings with the Iowa Indians,
compelling them to remain in the Sioux couu
try against their will, for the purpose OF sccur,
ing trade.
The steamboat Chipola, Oh the Chattahoo-
che river, bound for Columbus, Georgia, explod
ed her boiler on the afternoon of the 18th inst.
Six persons, two whites and four colored all
employees Of the boat--were killed Only one
body was recovered. The passengers are safe.
The boat is total loss
The Raleigh Register, edited by Daniel f.
Goodloe the recognized organ Of the Reputli-
can party Of N c., denounces the recent Rad
ical convention in bitter and scathing terms,
and communicates Holden and his coadju-
tors The party is regarded as hopelessly d.
Vided #&t
man named Edward Williams was arrest
ed in Ocean county, New Jersey, on Saturday
last, on charge Of counterfeiting. A search
among his papers disclosed the fact that he had
served as Confederate spy during the war.
General Mower. commanding 10 Louisiana,
has issued an order requiring Contederates who
return from abroad into that department to
give their parole.
Dr. Blackburn has left Toronto for New Or
leans He is among those pardoned by Presi-
dent Johnson's recent amnesty proclamation.
General Pope has ordered the election in
Georgia to commence on October the 2qth,
and to continue for three successive days.
The deaths by yellow fever at New Orleans
for the twenty-four hours preceding six O'Clock
yesterday morning, We're sixty.slx.
There are reports of trouble at the Stoning-
ton Bank Of Connecticut, and the cashier is
said to be missing.
WASHINGTON ITEMS. Col James L. Ed
wards, an old and respected resident Of the
First Ward, died on Thursday, at the advanced
age Of eighty-two years DR.. R. Fl. Speake, q
physician, well-known and highly appreciated,
died at his residence yesterday morning. at the
age Of sixty-four years Mr.. Richard Wimsatt,
well-known resident of the Seventh Ward
died suddenly yesterday morning at his resi-
dence, at the age ofsHty-nine.
A colored girl, Adelia Johnson, in the en-
ploy of Mr.. John Walters, who was terribly
burned on Thursday afternoon by the explosion
Of a can of kerosene oil, fingered in great mise
ry until yesterday morning, when she died
The business on the canal continues quite
active. The arrivals of boats since our last re-
port were twenty, with the usual average of
coal The departures were twelve, for different
points in Maryland.
It is announced that Sam Colyer and Bar
ney Aaron, the lightweight pugilists, will have
another contest on the Potomac in October.
The first instalment of the stakes has already
been put up, The fight will be for the cham
piooship OF American light weights and $4,000.
James Sedwith, who has acted in the capa
city OF night clerk and Waterman at Willard
Hotel for a number OF years, was detected in
the act Of rebbiug the cigar case of Mr.. Rouse,
1uh;ch is In the front norri1Ior Of the hnildinn