Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-06-24
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80 sho,o the vs,y aqe and body Of the times

were totally consumcd Some twenty other
buildings we're more OF les: injured : woman
was burned to death ill aiIdeav0rlng 70 save 'he
lives Of Others A great number o1 1ahi'leS
have been rendered homeless. The loss Is Is
timatea at about Que hundred thousand dollars
OF which about $50 900 is covered BY insurance.
Miles Foreman, the colored highwayman,
who waylail and robbed Misses Balance ana
Jarvis in Norfolk county, Va, has heen cap
tured. The ladies' were attacked on the road.
one Of them nearly drowned III ditch, and
the two robbed of seventy-five or eighty dollars
The gentlemen living in the nelghborhood OF
the scene where the robbery was committed
turned out, anil alter a short hunt ran the
hiehwayman down and secured him.
The sewing machine is likely TO have rival
in an invention recently perfected, by when
wearing apparel OF all kinds-shirt7, panta-
looms, vests, skirts, ladies' mantles, jackets,
coats, etc, etc, are both woven and seWcd at
the same time The sewing ot lie seams Is
even stronger than hand sewing, aud perfectly
smooth an even, aud the articles are woven and
sewed Of any pattern, Of wool, silk, cottun, or
any other material
1t il stated that The yarinrla Catholic bishops
that have sailed from the u. s. to Europe to
aasiat 10 celebrating al Rome the eighteen hun
drelth anniversary Of the martyrdom ol 1T.
Peter which takes place iii 4 few days, have
carried with them about $400, 900, as funds Tor
the Pope This, added to the donation from
South America, makes up the large slim 81.
nearly 81, 100000
The mail train going west on he Manchester
and Wilmington, NC, railroad, broke through
the trc:ile work near Peacock s. station on Sat
urday night, and j. d. HARRISON, oversrer ni
the hands, and 1 section MASTER, were killed -
Several others were injured. The accident was
caused by the heavy rainA. Fifty feet Of tres
tie work over Stewards creek, on the Whining
Ton and Weldon railroad, was wa&hcdaway yes
terday morning.
Marcus Oucrbonrg, who has 'mcn appointed
minister TO Mexico, was formerly resident oil
Milwaukee, Wisconsin,, where he edited 4 Ger
man republican paper and practlsed law IN
1860 He was, in 1861, appointed consul tt"
the city If Mexico By President Lincoln, and
has remained ut his post ever since, with but
one or two brief absences. He is quite a
young man.
On Friday morning last, 4 fire broke out IN
the achohol disliIIcry, Greenwich street, New
York, owned and occupied by Hoffman Il Cur
It's. The Waterman in charge OF the building
has not been lound, and it is feared that lie
pcrishcd in the flames The loss on stock and
fixtures is very heavy and is estimated at 500
900, and the damage to building III 500 900.
Bankers who hold balances against the First
National Bank Of Vicksburg have intelligence
that it has suspended. 1t is reported that the
officers Of the bank asserted that il they could
borrow 525, 900 they could meet their obIga-
tons a capitalist offered To assist them, but
on examining the condition at the institution,
refused.
ORGANIZATIONS To 1T. known by the name Of
the 'I.incoln National Temperance Aaancla.
ton, !" the plan Of organization OF winch WAS
suggested by Mai Gen. 90 Howard. are be-
ing formed among The colnred people oi lhr
District, Alexandra, and Of the entire Snnth,
Ly ltrr::nn9 III the employ Of the freedmen :
bureau
The little Yacht John T. Ford. huii ~ tari,
Charir:9 " CnlI Inr VOYAGE arroa3 Inc AT
L,,;c sal III fyoui Ealtinnrt. iii Saturday al
t,rnnnn 2he l.; the SMALLEST yrssr That ever
undertake i voyage ACROSS the Atlantic. She
arrived IN HAMPTON Roads yesterday, having
had stormy passage III the tfe:apealr bay,
pirpi1, who was tried rccantlg in the Circuit
Court ut Talbot cotnty, Nd, as Icing accasso-
ry ia the murder OF }. Edwin Roberts, at
Church Hill last gGaf, Was HING 81 fifteen man
on Thursday night, iii Queen Anne's COUNTY
This case Of lynch law has created much OK
element.
The Garinan papers anI'aIlllce iiie death OF a
man Who was 50 devoted an adtnlrtr 81 Cef-
vantas that he spent nearly the whole OF his
life and considerable fortune IN collecting
every edition Of Don Quiz0ta" which has
been published ia Europe since its first ar
pearance.
The planters Of South Carolina report that
the ncas SAINT heavy rains Of the last i've days
have materially injured the cotton crop along
the scaboall 1t is fEa ed the rains Tor The
week will seriously iniura the wheat, The rain
is general throughout Georgia and the Caro-
lin;S
Many persons believe that the Rev Elea2af
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