Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-11-30
NEWS OF THE DAY.
$40 sAop herery age and body of the Times.

mlttee, arrlvedSln Washington on lhursday
morning in charge of an officer. He was al
lowed to go at large during the day on parole
He appeared before the committee yesterday,
testified, aud was subsequently released from
custody. ,'..s.sss
I, A raiu. storm setiuabout six CLOCK on Il e
night of the ,2Sth atSt Louis, and continued
uotil towards morning, when it turned to- tu-
rious snow Storm Probably six inches Of
snow fell in the mud and melted The inieI GU.
ryis below the freezing point and the, indica
tons are for clear weather The snow storm
came from the Northwest, and prevailed
throughout, West Missouri, Nebraska, snd
Kansas. aa,aG5 81 .&s.f s>1tfs.z
!, Collyer has left Baltimore for New York.
He goes 10 c Iaim the :akes.aa Ills punishment
5inthe fight With Kelley is t,ifing about the
body He dos lot feel at all hurt, and his
lett eye shows only evidence ofbeing Scratched.
He says lie will fight. no man until be fights
Baroey Aaron. g FL is confident Of, whipping
him in a fair fght--golge game he does not
fancy be desires Barney's iriendsto come.
to the scratch. gI@5ts1a trl .,rhll.
4 Weston, the pedestrian, arrived ut. Chicago
on Thursday morning, and was ,recelYeti hhya
crowd of admirers, and made5 the lionsdf the
day. Heaaccomp lished the tripflom Portland,
Maine. to Chicago Inside ofthe time SPECIFIED
in the agreement, and therefore wins the wager
F Of $4,000 minus one fifth which rheniorfeits
In consequence ofnot having. walked, one hun
bred miles in twenty four consecutive hours.
Max Klinger, the German boy. Whn4Jr recent
" murdered hi. .unclcat St, Louis : b4s made
a confession Of the deed According 10 his
satementthe murder was ptcdieditate3,i and
resulted from desire t. be rcveneed on his
uncle, who had quarrelled him. After
the confession had been made, the Germans
present were so indignant that the police had
some difficulty in restraining them from lynch
ing the murderer.
The General Assembly Of the Presbyterian
Church in. the u. S. adjourned, at Nashville
yesterday, to meet in Baltimore, on the third
Sunday in May next. The action Of the As
sembly q year ago excluding colorcd people
from the ministry has been recinded, and all
persons having the requisite Recommendations
will hereafter be admitted.
49, Maximilians estate in Europe is giving
trouble to his executors. His chateaus off,
Miramar and Lacrone are estimated at about
$1,000, 900, but instead Of yielding any profit,
they cost $50, 900 to keep them up, besides be-
ing mortgaged for $500 OOO There is some
difficulty about his debt in Trieste, which
amounts to more than 81, 200, 900.
The proper committee of the Philadelphia.
councils have adopted plan for a paid fire de-
partment of that city The proposed depart
ment will consist of eighteen steam engines
and like number of hose carriages, with
three hook and ladder trucks, the estimated ex-
pense of which would be 1924, 800 per annum.
The suit brought in Cincinnati to resist the
Couoty Treasurer's collection Of tax assessed
upon $3l 900 ofgreenhacis as 50 much capt.
tai, was decided on Tuesday against the tax.
It was held that the greenbacks were but form
of loan, and that, like all other loans of the
u. S. they are exempt from State taxation.
The Senate in executive session yesterday,
confirmed Horace Greeley as Minister to Aus
tria; General Capron as Commissioners of Agri-
culture and A. G. Hunt as Governor Of Colo
RADIO Territory. Mr.. Greeley some time since
announced that he would not accept the ro-i-
ton.
An immense body of Irishmen, numbering
about ten thousand, expressed sympathy for
the fate of Allen, O'BrIen and Larkin, the
men recently hanged at N anchester, England,
by parading 10 New York on Thursday VIII!
hcarses and symbols Of mourniug.
The coal breaker, with the machinery attached, |
belonging to the Coal Mountain Coal Company,
the stock Of which is largely held in Baltimore,
was entirely destroyed by fire last week. 1t
Was fred by an nce niiary, aud only partially |
insured
A Photographed Stati" is about to be estao
ished at Jubel on the Rcd Sea, no doubt in
view Of the British exredition to Abyssina
which will give the news from that part of the
world an unwonted degree of interest
President John<on's Message and accom
panyng reports are now in the hands of the
Government Printer. It is. supposed that the
Message and Secretary McCulloch's report
will be presented to Congress on Tuesday.
One hnn1red and fifty two emigrants arrived
at Charleston, S. G., on Wednesday, by the
Bremen bark Gauss, under the care OF the
State Emigration Board. They met with a
warm welcome
Secretary Stanton is reported saying, that
ifreinsated by Congress in the War Depart.
ment he will Immediately resign as he
has no desire to again assume the laborious
duties of that position. tx
The public debt statement for the month of
November willshow an increase of the debt,
which is mainly owing to the fact that SEC, 900,
600 was exnendad towards the navment Of In