Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-02-16
NEWS THE DAY.
80 shoao the very age and body Of the times

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Cant. OIney, ofsfhe steamer Washington
Irving, vas arrested in New York, on Thurs
day, on requisition from Gov Pierroint, OF
Virginia, charged with having run his vessel
out to sea from Norfolk, in July last, when
she had been seized for debt. A writ Of habeas
corpus was. served upon the Sheriff, who had
charge Of the Captain, just as they we're about
departing for Norfolk, and the prisoner Will be
brought before the Supreme Court Of New
York oAfE3 i = gg.: ,af.#fsie - 5.'@ = ~
At a wedding in Raleigh, N. G., few even
ings since, the invited guests, after the cere-
mony were requested to pay ten dollars eaca
to the bride, who was in such INDECENT clrcum-
stances that she had not the means to complete
her wardrobe. Each person present promptly
responded, aud the sum raised amounted to
about five hundred dollars :
Accounts of serious destruction Of property
in the West by freshets are comingln" a
bridge on the Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
was swept away on Wednesday. night the
Illinois Railway bridge at Galena, vas destroy
ed, and at Dubuque, Aurora, and elsewhere IN
that section of the country, the damage is con-
siderable. 9 a .a ,*as.J If H. 3.
A brief paragraph has lately run the rounds
of the press stating in effect that fortune Of
$3.50, 900 was awaiting Dir. Patterson, or his
heirs, ot.Mobile. 2 The full history of the case,
the discovery Of the heir in Chicago, and the
previous experience of that person.. afford
material for frst.cla romance! @'j .'"'i
|. A banquet was given to the members OF the
River Convention, at ST. Louis, on "Wednesday
night, at which Gen jeff Thompson, the ex-
Confederate General madea speech, and as
sisted in singing the 'Star-SpaD gled Banner. "
The heavy body Of ice on the Susquehanna,
passed off yesterday afternoon, doing but little
damage. yFhs dam and locks of the Susque-
hanna Canal have sustained no damage as Tar
as can be ascertained. The river isinow falling.
Capt. Joshua Hewitt, of Mount Olive, st.
Mary's county, Md, was shotat three times
on Saturday night last, by some persons lying
in ambush One bullet passed through his
whiskers, and ertthmugh his coat. -. -
An accident on the Hannibal and ST.. Joseph
(Missouri) Railroad on Wednesday night,
caused by the breaking Of a wheel, resulted III
the death of one passenger and the Wounding
of fourteen others more or less seriously. = .
Miss Mary Harris, who shot her seduccr,
Burroughs, in the Treasury Building, two
years ago, and who was discharged by the find
ing of the jury, has just been committed to an
insane asylum. j.: -.#a ...a..
The Kansas Legislature has adopted an
amendment striking out the words white
and "mae' from the Constitution OF that
State, and making intelligence the sole basis
of suffrage e., ...@
The population of Texas at the beginning Of
the war was between 600, 900 and 100000. 1t
is now at least 100000. Population is flowing
into it from every part Of the civilized world.
4 terrible tornado swept across belt OF
country about seventy five miles above Vicks-
burg, on the lst instant, doing great: damage.
We have the accounts OF reported recent
great earthquake iu-Oregon, renewed. The
earthquake" was contradicted i few days ago.
A tenement house, in Cincinnati, combining
dozen families, Was destroyed by fire yester-
day One woman was burned to death. ~
MIR. Morrill,, of Vermont, has been called
home by the illness Of his mother.