Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-08-26

marched through the city with music, flags,
and banners, and wagons bearing looms, anVlls,
and other implements Of labor, and banners
inscribed with 'Grant and Peace, or Blair and
War" Labor must be respected ), Let
us have peace" owe are coming Johnnie
reb,' &c., &c. -.....
The City Springs square was denseiy crow
ded, and side meetings were held. Gov Wells,
Gen. W. c. Wiokham, formerly Confederate
general, and others, addressed the meeting.
Gen. Wickham said if Gen. Grant was cleo
ted the Democratic party would be broken
down, and the country would have peace. lie
said he was quite as willing to be called car
pet-bagger as Democrat, the latter party hay
ing organized all the troubles OF the country
| WASHINGTON ITEMs-Wm. Soper yesterday
Jumped from the front platform OF Seventh
street car while it Was in motion, aud Tell upon
the track. Before the horses could be stopped
the wheels passed over his back, cutting two
| severe gashes.
Mr.. VIM. Rouher. Of Prince George county.
Nd, was seriously injured last night by the
upsetting OF his wagon the coupling pole strIk-
ing him on the head and inlctlng Il severe
wound.
The committee Of The board Of fire commits,
sioners Yesterday afternoon commenced an !nVe3-
tigation of the charge Of incompetency prefer
red against Mr.. lIarcombe, the superintendent
OF the fire larm telegraph
A committee OF the Knights Trmplar hay
ing petitloned for leave OF absence from official
duties for such Tempars az desire to attend
the conclave OF the Grand Encampmcnt on the
18th proXinu, such leave has been granted.
Secretary Browning left the city yesterday for
the White Sulphur Springs, Va.
STRANGE SCENE IN A THEATRE-ln New
York some litigation has grown out Of the re-
cent trouble regarding the proprietorship Of
the drama Of Foul Play" and on Monday
evening six constablcs forced their way into the
Broadway Theatre through the stage entrance,
for the purpose OF arreSting ID. IL. liarkins,
the leading man, who was at the time perform
ing the character Of Robert tenfold. C0nsld
cradle disturbance cnsued behind the scenes on
the advent of these unexpected corners, and
they commenced firing indlscrlmlnatcly, Sc
riously wounding man and boy, the latter
very dangerously. The curtain was down and
the audience knew nothing of tic occurrence at
the time ii was proceedings except from hear
ing the pistol shots and the screams Of women.
Five of the constables we've arrested by the
police. Another gentleman took the part OF
Harkins, who had disappeared, and the play
proceeded to the end. Yesterday the five con
stables were committed to jail to await the re-
suit of the injuries they had inflicted The
wounded boy is not expected to survive.
THE issUE.-In his mastery speech at Ban
COR, Maine, last week, Mr.. George FL. Pendle-
ton declared with solemn truth that this is
"the supreme hour Of our fate" as a nation
HWe are engaged" he said, sin no scramble
for Office We are stimulated by no lust for
power. This struggle touches the life of our
confederated system. 1t will decide in the far
off future the destiny of our country. II our
opponents succeed, we shall have, first, unity
mot union), then despotism, then revolt, then
separation, and then-Whatever God in his
wrath may inhct If they fail we shall have
the Constitution obeyed, the Union maintain
ed, liberty enjoyed, prosperity Astounding,
peace everywhere, and all the glores Of our
past career will be but as the early bud com,
pared with the blooming beauties Of the full
blown flower"
THE CALABAR BEAM one Of the Paris jour-
nails asserts, has been found to be an antdotc
to strychnia. The latter destroys by spasmodic
contraction the former when taken alone par
alyzes and consequently neutralizes the action
of strychnia if given after that poison. The
Calabar is the ordeal bean used by the negroes
of Western Africa in determining the guilt or
innocence of accused individuals-a test The ef-
feet Of which is to immensely swell the criminal
lists, IS it almost invariably proves fatal, the
Individual only escaping when vomiting is pro-
duced-a rare occurrence. The most interest
If, Of al ohsr hos tb,fp IF
tracing the pupil of the eye, whereby distant
objects are apparently magnifcd and seen near
er, and it is now considerably used tor increas.
ing the power OF accommodating the eye to
distances - -.
SEARCHING THE BLACK FOREST. A cor,
respondent writing from the gambling hes Of
Weisbaden, Hamburg, and Baden. baden, says;
Every morning at sunrise there is a squad Of
men seen searching the forests that adi0in the
famous gambling resorts. They are appointed
by the Government to hunt out the bodies Of
suicides. Scarcely a morning passes that seYe-.
raj are not found. 4 short time since, at
Wiesbaden, g, young English noblenan lost his
all at the table. He blew out his brains there
and then with revolver. His body was car
ried away; the gamblers wiped off the blood
from the table with their handkerohieis, and
remarked, "Gentlemen, We will not delay the |
game" The play went on az usual The la |
dies did not taint-they were too absorbed in
the clinck Of the gold.
The disgraceful mill between Samuel Coll |
yer, and VIM. Edwards, of which we we're
called upon to give some account yesterday,
was preceded naturally enough by DrutaE
reckless and murderous row on board the steam
er Metamora, from Baltimore. as the combat |
ants and their respective adherents OF rough, |
fala ia NireiRia anrine Sapdag night Pistols