Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-04-06
NEWS OF THE DAY.
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A corporal named Henderson, attached to
the garrison at Columbia, sc, who was tried
by court-martial and found guilty of striking
Col. Guenthcr, while on duty, has been sen.
fenced to be. reduced to the ranks, :drummed
out of camp, to have bis head shaved, to for
felt all pay, and to be imprisoned for three
years at hard labor in Fort Macon and during
the term OF his imprisonment to wear q ball
and chain.
A special dispatch from Atlanta, Ca, says
Judge Irwin absolutely declines being a candi-
date for Governor. Gen. Gordon has been re-
commended for Governor by a majority of the
Central Democratic Executive Committee
General Meade decides Gordon is ineligible.
Gordon was a Major General in the Confeder-
ate army.
A remarkably sudden change in. the weather
occurred in New York on Saturday night, with
a severe snow-squall about midnight, and yes
terday the city had a very wintry appearance,
snow covering the roofs and streets. The Their
mometer, at eleven O'Clock last night, stood at
26 degrees. 80
To-day is the last of the present term of the
Supreme Court, when it will adjourn until the
first Monday in December next. The Court
will announce to-day all the decisions made at
this term not hitherto promulgated, except in
the McCardle case.
Mr.. Forrest has been forty-nine years on the
stage; a great part Of that time he was the
acknowledged monarch of it, so that no blame
can attach to him for failing now. He is sixty
seven or sixSy-eight years ED, and is racked
with rheumatism. -@
A destructive fire occurred at Franklin, Ten
nessee, on Saturday night. Some twelve build
ings on and adjoining the public square burned,
including three stores. Loss estimated at
$50, 900 no insurance.
Super intendent Kennedy, of New York, on
Friday issued an order directing the police
throughout the city to seize all the copies of
the Illustrated Police News found on the news
stands in their precincts.
The latest alarm in regard to diet is the al
legged discovery of a minute insect in brown
sugar. 1t is said to abound in almost all coarse
sugars, and to su Insist on their impurities.
The spring boat-race between the Universe
ties of Cambridge and Oxford, England, was
won by the latter, whose crew accomplished the
four miles in twenty minutes.
Mr.. Bancroft, our Minister at Berlin, has
been empowered to negotiate a treaty of COM
MERGE and navigation with the North German
Confederation.
The sharp change OF temperature on Satur-
day night, which has carried US almost back to
winter, preceded in the northwestern States a
heavy snow storm.
Advices received in Paris from La Plata
state that the situation of the Paragusyans is
moi as desperate as Brazilian accounts represent.
It is stated to be doubtful if the Democrats
of Tennessee will enter the coming Presidential
campaign.
An American vessei, freighted with naptha
petroleum? p was burned to the waters edge,
at her wharf, at Antwerp, on Saturday morning.
Boatmen on the Chesapeake and Ohio canal
are not to be permitted to unload the boats
while in the locks.
Strawberries have become more abundant in
The New Orleans market, ano for this reason
prices have tumbled down some twenty per ct.
DR.. Robert c.. Howell, a distinguished Bap-
list divine, died yesterday, az his residence in
Nashville, aged slxty-seven years.
Prof. VIM. Smythe, of Bowdoin College, a
distinguished mathematical scholar, died sud-
denly on Saturday, at Brunswick, Me.
Nearly three inches Of snow fell at Chicago
on Friday night last.
State elections are to be held to-day in Con-
%necticut, Michigan, and Florida.