Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-05-15
NEWS OF THE d. r.
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= ICY TIC peiyauge uHu OOuyU LRottiteS.
a drying house, containing thirty thousand
bushels of grain and the machinery, was de-
stroyed by fire at Chicago yesterday. Loss
estimated at about eighty thousand dollars
Lords cotton and wooden mill at Darby, near
Philadelphia. was also destroyed bysfrey ester.
day, involving a loss OF more than three hun
dred thousand dollars. The building and its
contents were covered by insurance.sszTwo fire
men were run over by the engines and killed
hen.returning home. go
The London Daily News has a correspondent
in Crete, who writes from the slope OF Mount
Ida. The whole mcrntaiD, he writes, Is Gov.
cred with the dead bodies Of women and child
rem who there sought refuge fromFthe ravages
of.ciyil war, only to perish from exposure and
starvation. He goes on to say thatit would
be hard to exaggerate the. crueltiessof the
Turks.
A serious riot occurred at Brownsville, Ten
nessee, on Mondaylast, during the session OF a
Radical Convention there. There are %cohtlct-
ing reports concerning the origin Of the riot,
but the result Of it was that three negroes and
TIVE white men were shot, although none of
them fatally. At last accounts all was'qulet
again. aas sleg
Senator Alexander CT. Cattell, Of New Jer-
sey, has been presented by number OF citizens
of Philadelphia with a solid silver service,
valued atsS6,o00, 10 appreciation Of his servi=
ces in securing the passage through Congress
of the League Island bill. $50
The British Government has presented to
Captain Brown Of the brig j.. & W. Arm,
strong, of New Haven, Connecticut, a hand
some bioocular glass, asa token Of its appre-
citation of his generous, assistance to the ship
wrecked creWo of a British vessel.
Commissioners from Washington are in New
Orleans to inquire into the affairs of the ma
tional banks and the sub-treasury, respecting
which there is some trouble. Nothing will be
lost by the Government, however, and deposit
tors will recover every dollar.
Astorehouse at Brooklyn, New York, was
struck by lighting on Monday night and burn
ed. About, three hundred thousand dollars
worth Of saltpetre and nitrate of soda we're
stored in the building, one fourth of which, was
destroyed.
b The opinion of the Attorney General In ex-
PLANTATION Of the recent reconstruction acts OF
Congress, which isto be the basis Of the To-
s%truction Of the President to The executors of
these laws, was considered in Cabinet meeting
yesterday. q 81.
In the celebrated case of General Blair, VS.. a
Judge Of Election, the Supreme Court of Mis-
souri, has affirmed the decision of the lower
Court, that Blair was not entitled to vote un-
less he took The oath prescribed by the Con-
stitution.
j. McCrnmmill, Grand Master of the
Grand United (%colored} Order OF Odd Fellows,
died on Sunday evening, May II, at his home
in Philadelphia. The deceased, always main
tanned The highest character for responsibility.
The. boiler of Tho steamer Lansing exploded
on Monday last, between Rock Island aud Port
Byron, killing five persons and s~scalding badly
several Others. One man was. also missing
The boat took FIRE and was totally destroyed.
The State Rights Democratic majority at the
recent election in Kentucky is about forty two
thousand over the combined vote Of the Con
servatiee Democrats and Radicals, both OF
which ran opposition tickets.
The Indians in Arizona have, it is said, de-
feated a company of u. s.. troops and Killed
forty Of them. Other bands Of Indians are
raiding through the Territory, capturing mule
teams loaded with merchandise.
The ship Continent, from New Orleans tor
Havre, with 1900 bales cotton, has been aban-
doned at sea, a complete wreck. The captain
and crew were rescued and brought to Boston.
The Supreme Court of Louisiana has decl-
ded, by majority of one, that notes for negroes
sold before the war are Invalid. The decision
involves many millions of dollars.
The Chicago workinglnep have in a measure
abandoned the eight-hour movement.
France has totally abolished Imprisonment
for debt.
HORACE GREELEY AND GERRITr SMITH IN
RICHMOND dispatch from Richmond, pub
lished in the Washington Chronicle says:
Horace Greeley and Gerritt Smith, who.
had come on to sign Mr.. Davis's bail bono, are
addressing the people at the African Church
tonight. The Church was densely packed by
an audience about equally divided, and an as
semblage equally as large was gathered outside.
Governor Peirpoint was on the stand.
Mr.. Greeley explained the obstacles that
had impeded reconstruction, beginning with
the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and
coming down to President Johnson's policy.