Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-07-20
NEWSMO F&FHE DAY.
''1o sAoa0 the very age and body Of tile Times

ITO Shoa0 the very age and Oody OF the 1I7aeS
At the second meeting Of the creditors Of ia.
cob Barker, the New Orleans bankrupt banker
the assignee reported that..claims have been
proved against tie estate by some two hundred
and seventy-fvc different creditors, represent
ing aggregate Indebtedness of about 1855 1000.
He reports for present distribution among cred
itors SIS, 1000, or three and one half per ct. aad
the whole amount likely to accrue to creditors,
from first to last, will be from thirty. five to
thirty eight per ct.
The prominent feature on the stand at the
Democratic ratification meeting in New Or
leans on Saturday night, was a number of
Catholic clergymen and two coored represen-
tatives of colored Democratic clubs A large
| number of colored men were in the procession.
The principal streets of the city were bright
as day with illumination.
Judge Sutherland, Of the New York Su-
preme Court yesterday set aside, with costs,
the enormous judgment of 81, 100000 recently
obtained by Ross, Steele g. Co., contractors,
against the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company,
for an alleged claim Of S25, 900, = ...;..a.
Later accounts from Millican, Texas, report
that the disturbance is not yet at an end. The
negroes sent defiant replies to the orders from
the civil officials aud agents OF the freedmen S
Bureau to disperse. But small squad Of sol
diers were on the spot -l-.--l.J
During thunder storm at Chicago on Sat
urday, building was struck by lightning.
Three persons were in the building at the time;
two were instantly killed, and the third so Sc
riously injured that he is not expected to live.
The third party movement seems to have
fzzled out Several Of the leaders who were
supposed to be interested in it have abandoned
it and written letters informing their followers
that the thing is inexpedient and unWlse.
James A. Bayard. one of the Senators from
Delaware, sailed from New York for Europe
on Wednesday. he goes there especially tc
consult renowned surgeon in relation to a par
tial loss of his hearing. "'12r,E t....:
Mr.. Rowland has been appointed Lieuten.
ant Governor of Ontario, and S. A: Wilmott,
Lieutenant Governor "of New Brunswick.
These appointments have been confirmed By
Queen Victoria. @:~.s " s 49, ...i ..'
Four cars belonging to an emigrant train 60
ing West were thrown from the track near Al
toona, Pa, yesterday. A number OF passen
gers were more less Injured. !: >s..-2 -
Three men were attacked by Indians neal
Nebraska City on the 18th inst, and one was
killed and the other two wounded. Three lndl
ans were killed in the fight. +. s1%&.,.'
The members of the Louisiana Legislature
have ousted the white Democratic delegate
from De Soto parish, and put in his place {
negro Radical. ,sz I.5.o ..a.a 81 as4 Dr..
The planeing mill Of Goldey & COIN and
some twelve or fourteen other buildings in the
| town of Camden, n. j., were destroyed by lire
on Saturday night. ~
Advices from Port su-P Prince to the 18th inst
| report that President Salnave had proclaimed
himself Emperor, and wasfortifyipg the cap
| ital. tt%2 .y;.@s E4.t99Qsas ",a"+
Two men, in boat in attempting to eros
| the Niagara river, last week, above the Falls
| were swept over the rapids and lost.
There was heavy thunder. storm in Phila
delphia, yesterday. The first rain for fourteen
days. = ..,E;., f".,..... .,. .....
The Tax bill was presented to the Presiden
on Friday. Heis said to object to some of it
provisions, but will not veto 1t.
In Tennessee, the colored people are said t.
be Aocking to Nashville in fear OF the H
Klux. a,u ~. .a.oas sg5G.: 9..y
| VIM. Gustman, negro, confined for rape
was taken from the franklin, Tenn, Jail Oh
Saturday and shot, by mob. -
A man out West shot himself dead to tre
himself from rheumatism. The cure is called
O remarkable one. -
/ Crops in Canada arc suffering from the ef
fects of the drought.
| -Four murderous, shooting affrays occurred il
Memphis last week.
! = Hon. John Bell, of Tennessee, is paralyzed
ba& Il. ~ GoId. Il-@I
New YORK, July 2O;-Go1d to-day l434.