Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-07-31
NEWS OF THE D.i I.
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murder in the first degree on the evidence o.
the little daughter Of the murdered couple
On his way 10 the Jail determined effort was
made hy the excited crowd to hang him, cut
he was rescued from their hands by the police
| The Mobile Register Of July y says we
learn that Gov. Patton has returned from
! Washington, and during his absence has sue
| ceeded in satisfactory arrangement 1or the
| extension of the State debt and renewal OF me
SIS. 900 bonds OF last year, maturing tins
month. We learn, also, that the Attorney
| General has readerd decision exemptng me
issue Of State bonds from taxation
Judge Jones, late Associate Justice OF The
! Supreme Court of Louisiana, charged, together
with his brother, DIR. Jones, with the murder
of c. ". Staufer in Natchitoches, last month,
died of cholera last Sunday night in New Or
| leans, having been removed from prison to q
private house on account OF his illness. Ills
brother died in prison Of the same disease a
few days before.
The business men Of Norfolk have lately
been greatly exercised over an order, SAID to
have been issued by Gen. SicSles, prohibiting
the expectation of corn from the State OF North
Carolina. in view OF the great depletion IN the
supplies Of that cereal. 1t now appears that
no such order has ever been issued by General
| Sickles
4 dispatch from Columbia, s. e., says that
on the nigh, Of the 2Sth, an assault was na'ie
in that place On w. }. Armstrong, representa-
! tive of the Radical Congressional Committee,
and j. Q. Thompson, correspondent O! the
New York Times, by two drunken meo, who
| were Immediately arrested.
Benjamin NJ. Hodges, died at his residence
in Baltimore on Saturday last, at the advanced
age of o. Mr. Hodges was at one time large
| ly engaged in the shipment OF tobacco TO Eu,
rope, and for many years was tho principal OK
! porter OF the article from Baltimore 10 lloland.
Father Damorkea, Il Catholic: pri:S at =.
! Nlary's Mission, died OIL Thursday night at
! Ellsworth, where be had been attending
cholera patients. He had been among the
! Pottawatoe Indians for twenty-sevcn years,
and was much respected throughout Kansas.
The Buffalo Courier says that during The
ride over the Central Railroad Of it's officials,
! the other day, the train was taken l!om Ham
burg to Buffalo, ten miles, in eight minutes:
| or at the rate of seeenty-fiVe miles an ho'~-
| the fastest tune in American raiitoadlng
! In Baltimore, yesterday, 4 man named Geo.
| Harlan, Stabboi his wife with hue hntchcE-
| knife, and then drew the knife across his own
throat, from whic;. he died almost instantIy -
The wolnao is supposed to lie mor!aliy wnun.!
Ell. The cause was dome tic inlelici!y.
Gov Peass, Sheridan's appointeo, ~ Hnv-
! rrnor Of Texas has been twice elected! Gov
! ernor Of Tie State is lawyer Of ennence, and
! 4 thorough ami consistent tinion man during
! the war lie was recommended )y jack
! Hamilton, ''fnI,ucry of Texas
4 meeting If the Protestant Episcopal N!cr-
zeal Association vas held ii New York Gil
! Monday, Al which ii was agreed hal ie con
'lnc ni Rev Stephen H. Tying, .jr, in preach
ing in MrhnliS Church in New Brunswick,
was no; irregular IS charged.
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