Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-05-25
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A mass meeting was held at the, Seventh
Baptist Church, Rev. ID. 5Fuller's,i IN Balti
more, yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of
securing aid for the colored Baptist Churches.
A very large audience was present. Rev. Frank
lin Wilson stated the purpose Of the meeting,
and said that In order to cooperate with the
now on footto aid the colored Bap.@
lists, the Board ofrTrustees- Of the Maryland
Union Baptist Association ad purchased q
church, as house OF worship, tor the colored
people. Rev sDr. j: Z. NJ. Curry, Of, AL Ia
bama,: delivered an eloquent address, dwelling
chiefly on the religious obligations which. the
church was under to people OF allA faces and
colgFs. "A collection was then taken up,
amounting to over $4,000.
IA very subtle and terribly fatal disease is
now raging among the cattle in some portions
of Illinois. Over one hundred head have tai,
len victims to it within the past few days. 1t
usually kills in few hours. No premonltory
warnings are given, and, although all the skill
in possession of ordinary practitioners has been
brought to bear upon it, it yields to no remedy
or treatment, and is fatal in every instance.
The Irish laborers in the West Rutland,
Vermont, marble quarries, struck for higher
wages and the proprietors got FIVE hundred
Frcnchmen from Canada to work the quarrles
causing much il-feeing among the Irish, who
theaten destruction to the place. gf
Messrs. France aud Smith having disobeyed
the Injunction recently served against their lot
terry in Cincinnati, the court ordered their bus
mess broken up 1They have ceased drawing
in Kentucky, and all concerned are under ar
rest.
An arrival at San Francisco brings further
accounts Of the recent volcanic, eruptions and
earthquakes at Honolulu. . The earthquakes
whole island was still moved with slight vibra-
tons. rs- AM l..r,gyr~-gs n.y. 1ny r.
The eighty fifth annual Convention Of the
Protestant Episcopal Church in Maryland will
assemble in Baltimore on Wednesday. The
question of the division of the diocese will no
doubt engage the attention of the Convention.
The Grand Jury Of Albany, N. Y, have
found an Indictment against Mark M. Lewis,
charged on the complaint Of E. NJ. K. Glenn,
member of the Assembly. with attempting brl-
berry on the Erie Railroad bill. I>>
The impeachment managers have made fur
tber demands on the Western Union Telegraph
office for private dispatches, but. the company
declined giving Them uzless compelled to DO
SO by due course of law. .@L.a .gos g.T9s9a D." .
The birthday of Stephen Girard was re
membered and celebrated last week, at the
College bearing his name, 10 Philadelphia,
with fitting and appropriate public ceremonies
and observances. .-,, ~: ..,..a ,.....4 -..,.i
A destructive hailstorm at San Antonio, Oh
the 10th inst, lasted half an hour, and destroy,
ed houses, crops, fruits and gardens to the ex-
tent of half million. Several lives are re-
| ported lost. a".4 "-'
It is rumored that Minister Burlingam will
visit Havana to report on the trade with China,
and the treatment of coolies. It is feared his
report will have the effect of curtailing the
cooe trade.
A fire broke out 10 the Office of the Neptune
Steamship Line, on one of the piers at New
York, yesterday, and destroyed the propeller
Oceanus and other property to the value OF
| $500, 900.
The sinking of four acres of ground on a
farm in Hamilton county, Florida, to depth
of fifty feet below the surface of the surround
ing land is reported. The hollow filled with
water. :..1E "-s h.
A full draft Of plan for the reunion of the
Presbyterian Church has been submitted to
the two General Assemblies of the Church now
in session at Albany and Harrisburg.
Some soldiers of the Eleventh Kansas regi-
| ment to which Senator Ross belonged, have
burned that gentleman in effgy.
The Oregon wheat crops will be very large,
but fears are expressed about the possibility Of
harvesting. ~
The schooner Grow was captured in Puget
Sound and the crew murdered by the Hydas
Indians
MIR. Sumner is to file an elaborate argument
to- day in favor of the conviction of the Presl-
dent.
General Candy has postponed the municipal
elections in South Carolina
St. Charles Catholic Church at Woonsocket,
R. T., was burned last Friday night.
Gen. Sheridan has returned to Fort Leaven-
worth from the West.
A DANDr.-Tbe days of dandyism are gone
for ever When King Brummel was deposed