Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-05-05
NEWS or TIE DAY.
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3 A duel wasfought yesterday near Mount De-
sales Content near Baltimore between Count
De LethwiD, of the Prussian Legation, and
Gen. A. Gallatin Lawrence, of Rhode Island.
Baron Knsserow, also Of the Prussian hega-
ton, was second Of the former, and I'D Sll-
dell, of New York, of the latter. One shot
only was fred, the Count shooting high at the
word d Ger. Lawrence, from some cause, did
not FIRE Satisfactory explanations then ensued,
and the parties returned Immediate y to; Wash
ingten Thc difficulty is said to have originated
at d party in Washing ton, where Gen. Law
renee, acting under asrnisapp rehension, resented
a remark Of the Count. /
shanty belonging TO Patrick Laughlin}
about 4 quarter Of mile east of the Erie rail
road depotiat Great Bend, Pa, caught fire on
Sa, .rday hight. -Laughlin and his wife were
away from home, and the house was ID charge
Of young girl, sixteen years, OF age with SIX
children of LaughliDs, who were asleep when!
the fire broke out. The girl, Immediately upon.
Weakening, went to the rescue OF the Children
and succeeded In saving two of them return
ing to get the 90thers, She was suffocated, and
the four remaining children persisted with her.
s In the Methodist General Conference on
Saturday, after further debate, upon the mo-
ton TO put upon the lists the Washington and
Delaware Conferences, composed wholly of col
ored people, the whole matter was laid on the
table until the bishops make their reports as to
what they have done in organizing these mis-
sion conferences, and the bishops were request
ed to make their report as early as possible.
Rev. Stephen Fl. Tying, jjr., preached in New
York on Sunday, on the historical precedents
OF the interchange Of pulpits with non Epis-
copal ministers. He argued that The custom
of prohibiting the interchange of pulpits was
an innovation and calculated not only to de-
prive the Episcopal Church of the sympathy
of other Protestant churches, but even to de.
stroy its unity. 800. l545lge
Mr.. Belmont has written a letter to the Con-
gressional Democratic Executive Committee
announcing that it would be impossible to get
the National Executive Committee together in
time to change Che day for the assembling OF
the National Democratic Convention. The
day and place originally gnated-the 4th OF
July, at New York---Will therefore have to con-
tinue. saA
The Pay Department Investigating Commit
tee, Mir. W, S. Lincoln, Chairman, which re.
sumed its sessions on Saturday, have obtained
possession of a number of. the checks and ac-
companying vouchers formed by the famous
Loewenthal, andyr with them an exceedingly
available clue to the irregularities praciced by
some of the tsubordinate officers Of the Depart
ment rI@3liAl oitszs
DR.. Edward Gottheil, commissioner to the
Paris Exposition from Louisiana, has arrived
from Europe, having in charge the history Of
the Caesars, by Napoleon, which was presented
by the Emperorto the city of New Orleans. =
The volumes are now on exhibition at the
State Department. and will be taken to New
.Orleans in few days. l51IsaH
| SamueltR. Van Campeh,, who was at one
time president Of the First National Bank Of
IEImira, N. Y, and also president of the Croton
National Bank Of, New York, has been arraign-
ed before T. s. Commissioner Osborne,ln New
York, on the charge of having embeZzled $50,
600 belonging to the first and 100000 belong
ing to the last named institution. 6@e #5c
General Candy has issued an order announc
ing the result Of the election in South Carolina
as ratitying the Constitution, and convening
the Legislature on the 18th instant. All per.
wishes of their employers arc to be maintained
as objects Of charity by a levy Of additional
poor tax. 2-G raiE Gao}
For some time past the Portland and kenne.
bee Railroad Company has been missing large
quantities Of copper and brass, and yesterday
five persons, charged with committing these
larcencies. were arrested The amount stolen
is large 1t is understood that the proof against
the arrested parties is indisputable.
The rtualistic contest in England wakes
warmer, and questions Of candlesticks and in
,cense are giving place to questions of doctrine.
An application has just been made in the
Court of Queens Bench to oblige the Bishop
Of London to proceed against the Rev.. d. W.
Bennett, vicar of Frome, for heresy.
The management.of the Ohio and Mississip.
,pi Railroad have determined to change the
gauge Of the road from the broad TO the mar
row gauge, In order to bring it into close con-
nection with the majority of Eastern roads,
The change will be completed by the lst of next
December. e.iie p
The Charleston Courier learns that ali the
rice plantations on the Santee river are under
water to depth Of from five to seven feet
This quantity of water, however, is regarded as
but the beginning of serious overflow. The
present mark is considered within three feet Of
theh ighest ever known.
Rev. Dr.. PunshoD, an English clergyman, it
is reported, has emigrated to the United States
for the purpose of marrying his deceased wife s
sister, " no also leaves England to become his
wife. After he has become naturalized in this
country and has married the lady, it is asserted
he Willreturn to England.
3 In the sudden death, last week, in Boston,
of William II. Seavey, who for many years had
presided with the greatest ability, as principal
of the Girls High and Normal School Of that
city, the cause Of education has lost one of its
very ablest servants.
Naphegyi, who was arrested in New York
the other day to answer. charge of obtaining
a large sum of money from firm in that city