Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-27
NEWS or THE DAY.
go saoe.the vssy age aad5ody Of TEE Times.

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T Providence railroad which left New ORR at 5
Eo,clock Sunday evening, was within about halt
mile Of Mansfield station, the rear portion OF
tba train in which were a number of passen-
oers was thrown from the track by broken
rail. The engine, baggage, and sleeping cars
nassed the defective rail in safety, and those 90
that portion Of the train knew nothing of-the
| accident till they arrived at Mansfield station,
and upon going back it was discovered that the
two passenger cars had been thro an: from the
track, one OF them lying at the bottom OF the
dump. Fortunately no one was < killed. a though
several were seriously injured.
A communication from Col. Willard, OF
Cen Canby's staff, and in charge Of the bureau
Of civil affairs at Charleston, S. c., has teen
received in New York by private parties 1t
saws. in effect that crime in North and South
Carolina Is no greater than the courts are abe
to attend to, and that life and property are as
secure as in the Northern States; aud that
there are no indications of truth in the reports
that a war of races IS approaching 10 those
States.
No clue to the erpetrators of the huge rob-
berry at Petroleum. Center, Pennsylvania, has
vet been obtained, and some Of the detectives
consider the case nearly hopeless. Mr. Ben
neboH's income is said to be 100000 month
TIE unopened safe contained $500, 900. While
plunderng the house onelot the robbers ad d,
dres: ed Mr.. Bennehoff as follows: You IL
never spend the money yourself, you old mlser,
80 we're going to spend it for you sE 4sJ
Senator Pattersonis bill providing that all
general and special agents Of the depa' tments
shall be appointed by the President, by and
With the advice of the Senate will probably
fail to tecome law II has been discovered
that it would If passed, give to the President
control of very5powerful class Of officers who
now do. not get their appointment from the
Executive. This discovery has induced repub-
lican members Of. Congress to oppose the bill.
i Within the few days past there have been
considerable operations in real estate, both in
New York and Brooklyn! The property con-
sisted mostly Of small dwelling houses, remote
from the great centres of business and .popula-
ton. Prices range from $4,000 to $4,000,
which are rather lower, the auctioneers say,
than the same houses and lots were held at
this time last year. r -
The new japanese upe,recently arrived IN
New York, is said to perform more remarkable
feats than any of its predecessors One Of the
tricks consists in balancing boy on the limb OF
tree held in the air, by first resting its base
on a bird cage, the cage on q stool, and the
latter in a tub with long handles, and all sus'
tanned by the feet Of one of the men.
1.-THE Grand Charity Ball. given under the
auspices of Mr.. Gilmore, Of Boston, came off
on Tuesday evening at Pixies Opera House,
Chicago. The affair was the most brilliant
ever given in the West. Itis Immediately
added, that the managers of this Grand Char
| ity Ball are indebt to the amount of 81 900. ]
AS striking illustration Of the scarcity Of
empIoymen:in New York at the present time,
it may be mentioned that the superintendent Of
the Five Points House Of Industry gives notice
| that be is ready to furnish employers with la
| borcrs-as many as they want-who Will work
| ill next spring merely tor their board
Prot Sccchi, an eminent astronomer in
Rome AMI formerly, director of the observatory
of Georgetown, D. c., announces, as the result
| of recent careful experiments in an Alpine gla-
cier that the trus cJlor Of fresh wa er is a blue
mixed with violet, which grows darker as the
thickness traversed by the light increases. il
| The wooden manufacturers in Massachusetts,,
according to the Springfield Republican, are ex-
pecting fair spring trade as pretty much all
the imported goods arc usedup, and they con-
| slider that importatiops must nearly cease as
| long as our present low prices in Woolens con-
| tinue. '"2.' ~" $50 - .
They have cold weather in Minnesota. In
an exposed position, the thermometer at ST..
Paul, on Sunday and Monday mornings last,
indicated A degrees below zero, the coldest
weather experienced there since 1861 at
| Madison, Wisconsin, it was Is degrees below.
Rev. George w Brush, OF the Central Ohio
Conference, committed suicide by hanging
himself yesterday From the evidence before
the coroner's jury it appears that he had been
| contemplating the act for several days He is
| supposed to have been insane
| Mrs Mary Harry has recovered $2,700 dam
| ages from the Central Railroad Company of
| New Jersey, for. the loss of her husband, who
was run over and killed Oh that road in No
| ve,nber last, near Bergen. The amount of
damages claimed was $4,000. ,gl,<f nrl,
Early on Saturday morning Chas. Edwards
was attacked by thieves In the street., in Phia
delphia He,Wls b.aten with billy and stab
bed through the lungs. He will probably die
| One Of the assasslns was arrested, and has been
identified by Edwards. siaaR 49, 5''! ss.aa
Robert J.. Walker has written long letter
which will soon be published, giving history
of the annexation of territory to the United
States, and ia favor of the purchase of the
siau-American possessions and the Danish
West India Islands. :, attl 1,'h -s
English manufacturers profess to be- relieved
from their chief burden OF solicitude in regard
to the cotton supply, and to feel more conf
dence that hencetorth there will be no disas
trous fluctuations in the market comparable to
those OF the last few years. tao% aan "2a
At Havana on the Goth, religious ceremonies
took place at the Cathedral 7e Deum1 was
sung in thanksgiving for the disappearance Of
the cholera from the island. "a All vessels leav
ing the island will be granted clean bills of
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