Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-12-03
NEWS OF THE DAY.
so sAoto the yeryage andbody Of the Times. ;

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bile and Great Northern railroad, with Cas-
tello's circus and menagerie on board, ran off
the track near Martins Mills. Six cars were
precipitated down a forty feet embankment--s
three platform and two stock cars. The. cages
OF the animals were upon the platform cars,
and were smashed up. A lion, three bears,
two tigers, a hyena, and shippopatamus were
turned loose and produced great excitement
One of the bears getting hold of "a beautiful
American deer made short work of her. After
great difficulty all the animals were secured,
with the exception. Of the hyena, who showed
fight; she was finally knocked s%enseless by a
blow from q heavy piece OF wood and thrown
into a cage. Lewis Burrows, attached to the
circus department, was killed, and four others
were severely wounded. 49,.
J The British West India mail steamship re-
ports that violent shocks of earthquake have
been experienced at ST. Thomas, st. Croix'
Tortola, Peters Island, and Little Saba. The
shocks occurred within the period from 2
O'Clock In the afternoon of the 18th to the 18th
ultimo. Many lives and vessels have been
lost. There was also a volcanic eruption, The
sea was raised fifty feet over the land, and in
its retrocesssion swept off the people with i'm
mense losses Of human lie and merchandise.
Little Saba is divided bynwater in consequence
of the fury, with which the waves were thrown
up. The American schooner lid Pigeon was
sunk by a hurricane. adt 4o|-s4 g. SIX
The Austrian steam trigate Nevara, with the
remains of Macmillan, has arrived at Havana.
She is coaling and!taking in provisions. Vice
Admiral Tegethof accompanied the. remains.
The Mexican Government granted an. escort of
one hundred mounted troops, who accompanied
the cortege as far as Vera Cruz. { On arriving
iu the latter city the remains were placed in
the cathedral, where an immense multitude
visited them. There was no solemn perform
ances of public ceremonies, bnt "simplyia cele-
bration of a requiem mass:ot The remains are
in a good state, Of preservation. 1'1'.S'1
The four unfortunate Misses Morgan, who
were burnt to death by the dreadful accident
on the railroad, near Cincinnati, on Thursday
morning last, were ladies Of education, refine
ment, goodness, and responsibility, and, as we
see it stated, daughters Of the late Ben
iamin Morgan, ESQ.,, formerly of the firm OF
Price g. Morgan, merchants in Philadelphia,
and afterwards President Of the Bank of Lou
isiapa, at New Orleans, and interested 10 large
sugar estates,
The British ship Consult, at!Tybee Roads,
took fire at II p. No.. on the night of the lst
inst, aud through the exertions of the crew the
fire was kept under until next morning, when two
tugs with engines from Savannah went down,
but tailed. to subdues the flames. She was run
aground and scuttled to save her cargo. The
Ship will be a total loss, and is not insured
she had a cargo of 2,S25 bales of Upland and
T o holoo n Gao Tslopd oottop Uhjch ia insured
in Liverpool.
The Senate judiciary Committee has still
under consideration the case of Ex-Governor
Philip Frank Thomas, Senator elect from Ma
ryland. Mr.. Thomas appeared before the
committee himself, and answered the charge
made against him, that while MIR. Cobb was
Secretary of the Treasury he conspired with
him to depreciate the Government securities,
He denied the charge and offered proof to sub
s~tantiate the same.
In his testimony before the Impeachment
Committee Mr.. Ashley said he had never had
in his possession legal evidence which he be-
lieved would implicate Mr., Johnson in the assas.
~sination of President Lincoln. He had received
statements of parties here and there, but did
not deem them sufficiently strong to warrant
him in presenting it before the committee, as
he did not regard them as sufficient fer con-
viction of the criminal before a jury.
Horace Greeley publishes a card declaring
that he has not been officially notified of his
appointment to the Austrian Mission and is
not therefore at liberty to accept or decline, but
that be does not intend leaving this country
pending the Presidential election, and suggests
that it is q waste of stationery to apply to him
for the post of Secretary of Legation.
The U. S. Circuit Court of Mississippi, in
the case of Col. McCardle, an editor, who was
arrested by the military for d%enouncing Gen.
Ord, impeding reconstruction and other mat.
tiers, has decided that his arrest was legal, and
ordered him to be returned to the custody OF
the military authorities. The case will be
taken to the Supreme Court Of the United
States. Eg...a F.a .
1t is stated that Mr.: Frank H. Alfriend, of
Richmond, Va, is preparing for publication
during the winter ''The Life of Jefferson
Davis" This will undoubtedly be avery in
t~eresting compilation OF the biography OF one
who has borne so cons picu JUS a part 10 the
history of the country. The author was for
merly editor of the Southern Literary Mes
senger.
The Reconstruction Committee ia under
stood to have held a meeting on Saturday
evening last, at which, W. learn, it was strenu-
ously urged that still more stringent legislation
was necessary before the admission Of the
Southern States. Thaddeus Stevens, chair
man of the committee, was present.
Edmund Cooper has been appointed Acting
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and Gen.
Jeffries has been appointed Acting Register Of
the Treasury, to fill vacancies-uDder authority
Of the act of Congress Of 1895, The cbarac-
ter of these appointments has heretofore been
enormously stated. .l.- @H .r'.# a.
The negro who committed the outrage on
Mrs. Baker, of Princeton, Indiana, was caught
the same night, and made full confession of
the crime. He was then seized by a mob and
stabbed, shot, and beaten till be was dead, and
his body dragged through the streets.
An over-issue of l6,0OO shares OF, the Alonzo