Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-02-18
NEWS OF TIE DAY.
80 sAo;o the very age and body Of the Times.

by w lillam Ii. AlnS ~ 90, "nOl-Sa'e Stoce'H'
two years ago, as porter While thus employ
3D. on the night OF November 22d, 1866, lie
murdered Higgins the hookeeper, then sleep
ing in the same he'd, robbed the safe, and set
the building on fse, which resulted in the de-
sructon OF an entire block. The execution
was witnessed by six or eight thoHsand per
sons, Baker wrote coute ssi N scvera! weeks
ago, acknowledging the murder, the arson and
several previous robbeGes.
Sergeant Bates, carrying the u. 5. fag,
reached Montgomery. Alabama, yesterday. =
He was met by large number Of citizens and
carliayes decorated with .. s. flags. and with
a band of music Three thousand people
turned out to hear the reception speeches and
to welcome him. He was escorted to one OF
the leading hotels and is the guest OF the city
as long as he remains. All the speakers and
marshals OF the day were Confederate soldiers.
Among the memorials presented IN the Sen
ate yesterday, was one by Gov. Yates, from the
mayor and councils of Sitka, Alaska Territory,
asking for the establishment of q civil govern
ment in that Country. The petition states
that by establishing such government emil
grafton will commence, and parties Will be
stimulated to enter upon business enterprises
of different klnds.
The cholera is raging terribly in Bucnos
Ayres, there being one hundred and fifty to
one hundred and eighty victims daily. The
citizens were flying for safety from the disease.
At Villanuga two hundred and ten out or TWO
hundred and seventy labUrer5 en- the railroad
had died.
In New York last week two cases were tried
in which conductors were charged with over
crowlng street ears, and in both the judges
decided hat the directors OF the railroad and
not the conductors were liable Il is said
that Washington is a city where overcrowded
street Cars, require particular attention.
An American ship (name uuknown) was
seen burning 90 18th inst, off Sable Island,
by the steamship William Penn, which arrived
at New York on Sunday It is supposed that
her crew had taken to lhe boats aud made
for Sable Island, which was about ninety miles
distant.
1t is understood that up 10 late hour last
evening the President had received no com
munication Of any description from Gen. Sher-
man, in regard either to his nomination as
brevet general or his assignment to the com
mand OF the new Department OF the Atlantic.
Mr.. j. P. Bcnjamin, formerly Secretary Of
State in Mr. Davis's Cabinet, appeared for the
prosecution in the case Of the Queen VS. Sir
Il. E. CulIing Eardly, recently tried in Lon
don for bigamy and sentenced to eighteen
months hard labor.
A special to the Philadelphia Press states
that unofficial returns from all but fourteen
counties Of Alabama indicate that 81, 900 votes
were cast at he late election; sufficient to re-
tify he Cons and ecct State officers.
An election of D. S. Senator in place Of
Mr. Guthrie takes place in tho kentucky Le-
GESTURE to Gay. Dr. Norvin Green and Mr..
r. H. Stanton arc prominently mentioned jof
the place.
Dr.. Thomas Sim, late Of The =. s. army,
has been nominated to the Senate rs &. 8.
marshal for South Carolna.
General Grant has 'cbought the farm, near
St. Louis, wnich h. used to cultivate.
Hay brings 1925 per Ton at Virginia City,
Nevada.
The Cincinnati hotels arc not making ez-
peuses.
Surgeon G. H. Page, u. :. Navy, died in
China, in December last.
There was much excitement and activity il
the cotton market in liverpool, yesterday.
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Core Work. There should be no Idle peo-
pie among U.s. Those young men who have
been unemployed for the last two or three
years, waiting for something to turn up suit
able to their former condition in life, should go
to work. II they can find nothing else to d.
they can engage 10 farming. Three Or four
uniting their means and energies could rcnt u
piece Of land, get mule or Two. the necessary
farming implements, 20 10 work and make a
good crop. the proceeds Of wIich "uuId be
realized by the fall The fear Of failure shou ID
not restrain them any more than 1t does the re
GUAR farmer. The fear 0! W0Gk-;hat Is the
great bughear Men who fear nothing else
tremb at the thought Of having o work. Ii all
all orr able. bodied while population; now out OF
employment, would devote themselves TO agrcu,-
ture, and # our farmers would use their best
cndcavors % get all that Can be gotten out OF
black labor, when tit farming season, which
will soon open, shall come to its close in the
fall, it would be found that the productions Of
Virginia would be quadrupled The highest
duty of patriotism now is to aid in the relief
and redemption Of the Commonwealth. This
Can only be done by labor; and there is little
dt mand for labor except in the field of agrl-
culture.
In every community there are too many nom
producers. In our community, under present
circumstances, the voluntary idleness OF able
bodied persons is next akin to crime. Some
one has to support them cut OF his own labor
perhaps an infrm father, who courageou>y
prappIes with the work that his robust son
shriuks from The thousands OF able bodied
persons who are now supported by the labCrs
of others, ought to he showed into work! 1t Is
enough to tax those who work witt! the sup
port of the aged and the helpless females and
children, without taxing them tor the support
of an army of robust iders. Rich. Wing.
THE BILL OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
Judge Black has moved tor leave before the
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