Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-02-06
NEWS OF THE DAP.
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leans, was feUOPeu lTOu OluCe NY Oeu. DiOmei,
charges Of malfeasance being preferred against
him. Gen. Hancock directs that the military
investigation shall be stopped, and that the
District Attorney take cognizance Of the mat
ter and act 10 accordance with law. The same
order appoints Arthur Gastenet,s Recorder OF
the District Court, be having. previously been
declared ineligible by the Supreme Court OF
Louisiana at the time OF his election. " Z !
Patsy Reardon, who killed the boy McCann)
in prize fight in Illinois short time since, was
tried in Belleville, I'll, on Tuesday, and SEN
fenced to one months Imprisonment in the
county Jail. His companions under eighteen
years were sentenced to one week s confinement
in the same place The lightuess OF the pun
ishment is said to be in consequence of the be-
lief that McCann's death resulted more from
over excitement than from the serVerlty OF the
blows administered. .i@ai"72 -
One Of the most severe and terrific storms
ever known in Newfoundland has been exper-
fenced during the last two or three days. On
the third fearful gale prevailed, driving the
falling snow furiously before it. 1t is reported
that thirty persons persisted from cold and in
the snow. Mr.. Mckay, superintendent Of the
Newfoundland Telegraph Line, nearly persisted
near Hearts Content. cEtlf.
The case, in the Memphis Criminal Court,
against the editors of the Memphis Avalanche,
was concluded on Tuesday. NJ. c. Galloway
aud VIM. H. Plea, two of the editors, were
sentenced to pay fines of 5000 and $50 each,
and be imprisoned in the county Jail seventy
days, and thereafter untilthey answer the In
terrogatories they refused to answer.
The New Orleans Picayune of the 3lst ult.
says 1.-THE cold weather, which fingered so
long in regions futher north, has come at last,
and come with vengeance. Many persons
this morning, on attempting to perform their
additions, were astonished to find solid ice in
their ewers and pitchers, instead OF the water
left in them at night: -
I The negotiations between the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company and the North Ger
man Lloyd Steamship Company have reached
a successful issue, and the foreign company
having had two large steamships built in the
Clyde, Announce the early opening of trade
over this new route. The first steamer will
leave Bremen tor B Altimore about the first of
March,. 2~e za tgag : -s ;ss
The Radical Convention of the State Of New
York adjourned yesterday. The Convention
declared its preference for Grant for President
and Gov Fenton for Vice President, and in
structed its delegates to vote for both of them
In the Chicago Convention.
A man named Tom Malone was shot and
mortally wounded, last Friday, in the Crimi-
nal Court room, in Memphis during the ex-
animation of some witnesses in murder case.
Some say tnat he shot himself; others, that he
was shot by another person,
Joseph Bloom Gail, assistant teller of the
u. S. depository Of Louisville, was arrested
yesterday for embezzliug Government money
to the amount Of $4,000. He made a written
statement acknowledging his guilt and stating
that he had spent the money.
An explosion occurred at the tin work at
Frankstown station, Pittsburg, yesterday, by
which one man was killed and another serious
y injured. The building was partially de-
stroyed. 49,.
A Radical State Convention was held last
week, at Little Rock, Arkansas, to nominate
State officers. Among the nominees is Col. f.
j. L. White, formerly al Loudoun county. Va,
as Secretary of State.
Will Watson, colored man we'll known In
Prince Georges County Md, died on Wednes-
day last, at the very advanced age of one hun
dred and ten years. He always maintained an
upright character.
Marshall & Co., have sold the Marlboro
House, 10 Marlboro, Prince Georges County
Nd, to John H. Hardesty, esq, of Piscataway
District 1t will be opened in few weeks.