Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-08-18
NEWS or TIE DAY.
TO III slsoso.tte rery age and body OF Tines.

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robbers obtained entrance to store IN the
rear of the bank, and bored a hole through the
wall, which let them into a. passage way ad-
iourning the bank, where they removed the
brick-work of the vault, and thus gained ac-
cess to small safe, which they blew openswith
powder, and secured all the money, bonds and
other valuable deposits contained therein
The bank itself loses about three thousand dol
lars, as far as ascertained but the entire loss
is not yet.known, owing to the absence. from
the city of depositors, who are the principal
losers. The detective have some clue to the
thieves, and are in pursuit Of them. IL.
The President, in consequence of the shoot
ing afray Of the negro zouaves in Washington
on Thursday, has, it is said reiterated has or
der for the disbandment CT the militia IN the
District. The order was given to General
Grant last November, but he has not obeyed It,,
and the President has notified the Secretary OF
War of the fact. instructions will accordingly
be given immediately to General Candy: Seven
of the Zouaves were arrested on Saturday and
required to give bail ID 5000 to answer. -
The Hon. George II. Pendleton, 10 writing
of the Presidential election, says the great bat
tle-feld is In the Northwest, and his services
will be given in the States ofIndiana, Illinois
and Ohio. These: three States cast one-thlrd'
Of the electoral vote t5V required tor the
choice of d President f149). The Republicans
heretofore have had large majority of, voters
in each Of them, $500" 1ys...5 r.
Yesterdays session of. the Tennessee ,Radi.
cal Convention was devoted mainly to the.
question Of the propriety of nominating candi-
dates for Congressman at large, and it was de,
termined by decisive majority to nominate.
The choice Of the Convention fell. upon Gen.
JohnsB., Rodgers, of Middle Tennessee, and
IT. A. Hamilton, of Memphis, ID .os..t. 20 20
- The Washington Express OF yesterday says
it was currently reported in diplomatic cir.
cles that the French Minister has received in-
timatioons from home that war between France
and Prussia is threatening. Baron Gerolt is
also said Ito have, expressed serious appre-
tensions on the same subject. n These are
all "reports. 90. -'.ii: 1-;'' '~- '.!E y
:. The Chinese Embassy are still at Niagara
Falls, Mr.. Burlingame has gone to Chicago
to visit his father. The rest of the Embassy
visited Buffalo on Saturday and were met by a
deputation;, cordially welcomed and shown
around the city. Sun Tajen, while at iona:
wanda peering around a rlckety old wharf, fell
through into. deep WateE,s.He was rescued.
howeVer.o.,@s,& ~ @Na,> VuEs: -sioJ 1~t
Alfred Ismenger, member OF the Marion Hose,
ofPhiladelphia, yesterday while painting the
tower of the hose house inGreene street, below
Sixth, was precipitated from the fourth story
to the, ground. HIS head and left shoulder
were much injured, but his injuries are prin7
cipafly internal, - His brother who was also on
the ladder, fell, but received but slight injuries
- Six water spouts were observed about ten
o'clock A. NJ. Sunday, August 9th, in lake
Erie, offthe .haEbor Of Cleveland. six miles
west, and several miles from shore ;Nmoving in
an easterly direction On the It'll instant, two
or three were also observed off the coast of
't.s.BrookWood.n"' a few miles east of the city,
Mich COWS in the vicinity of Newport, Ken
lucky, are going blind. Not less than. fifty Of
them have entirely lost their sight, and it is
accounted for by tie fact that during the warm
weather they would, stand in. the water, and
that the reflection of the. sun on the water at
fected their sight to such an extent as to cause
it to be ultimately lost. }',5.', .
800 All the vagrant boys in Cincinnati are daily
seen running around the streets, each arr med
with a lasso or long rope, IN search Of stray
dogs They receive so much a head for the CT
nincscapt ured. A New York paper comment,
ing on the fact, says it is a bad syste m
and encourages boys to be cruel. 81. t.} -
Gov. Scott, of South Carolina, reports
that he cannot procure the loan authorized by
the Legislature. He has been offered only
$25, 900 on sixty days time, and the bonds to
ho faJ cooc 70 Ma f.tro to
idential election .',s- 80 -. ..-. -.,>
Secretary Browning has decided that an;
indefinite postponement" by the Senate Of
billwhich had passed the House was not q
final disposition Of the matter by Congress, but
only postponement of it until che next ses.
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A special Washington dispatch in the New
York Herald says that the President has called
upon Gen. Grant for information regarding
the execution OF an order issued some months
since to disband the volunteer armed militia
organizations Of the District Of Columbia. 49,.
At Gainesville, Illinois, the other day,
drunken man struck Gen. Grant in the lace
with his hat. 7 He. probably knew not what
he was about, but soon learned what was going
on, for he was knocked down and kicked of.
the platform. = . q
J. Q. Brigham, who made desperate at
temp TO commit suicide in Washington, on Sat
urday last, by stabbing himself repeatedly
about the region of the heart, lies in a very
critical condition, although some hopes are en-
tertained of his recovery. al
A Treasury warrant for one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, in favor of Geneal Michler,
Superintendent of Public Buildings in Wash
ington, for the improvement Of streets and
avenues, was paid at the Treasury yesterday
Somebody who saw Gen. Grant at St. Louis
experimenting the loading of a couple of
wagons with trunks to 60 out into the country,
where his family were to spend the summer,
reports him as saying: II have moved an
army, and have moved.a family, and Of the
two it is easier to move an army" W 81