Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-03-07
NEWS OF TILE DAY
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a terrible riot occurred at Ward s. Island,
New Y ork, on Thursday, between hedestitnte
German and Irish emigrants sent thither, to
the number Of several hundred, by the Com
missioners of Emigration to await the result
of efforts to procure employment for them. A
fight between two men Of, either nationality led
to general disturbance, In tha course OF which
the combatants hurled all manner OF missiles
at each order, and fought with knives, nipple
nlents of labor, and every kind of weapon that
couldbe procured. A detachment of police
men, armed with reyolveIs, was sent over from
the city, and succeeded in quelling the distur:
zbance after vigorous charge, In the course OF
which several rioters were shot. In the course
of the day thirty emigrants were more or less
injured Sixty were arrested.
Considerable difficulty has been experienced
recently by the Revenue Collectors in Claiborne
county, Tennessee, and recently the llllclt,
whiskey distilers seized the Collector and his
assistants and compelled them to pay heaVy
sum to obtain their release. On Monday
another disturbance occurred, resulting In fhe
killing of three men and the wounding OF a
H..
the assistance Of the revenue officer - 80 Al;
It is confidently asserted that the Central
Pacific railroad has purchased the San Jose
Southern Pacific, Western Pacific Valley and s !.
Sacramento railroads, the transfer, OF the San
Jose and Southern Pacific to be made within
two years. : The purchase of the latter road
gives the Central company the entire control OF
all railroads in California, having previously
obtained possession Of the Sacramento Valley
and Sacramento roads. 80 :, -; 80 :; 49,
Dispatches from Montana announce that the
-Blackfeet Indians have renewed their depreda-
tions upon the settlers and emigrants- on the
Fort Benton road. One man has been Killed,
a woman aud her children carried off, and a
large number Of horses captured by them. lit
it also reported that large number OF. Indians
are assembled about Fort Laramie, and are
conducting themselves In. a. threatening man
ner. = -. .,.,
In the Louisiana Convention black man Of
ferred resolution ordering Mr.. Jefferson .Da-
Wis to leave the State. One the members
denounced it as s"'barbarism to order Great
dstrust prevails in New Orleans in consequence
Of Grants recent orders reinstating bitter bad
cals in Office.
Brigadier General Burns, military Mayor
pro tenn. Of Charleston, has been superseded by
Colonel Coggswell, Of the 5th infantry. How
strangely it sounds in this country to hear OF
Generals and Colonels being appointed, by mil
itary authority, to municipal civil Offices.
Two of the men arrested in Montgomery,
Ala, ten days ago, for burglary and an attempt
to blow open safe in a banking house, have
been convicted Theyare thieves from New
York, and gang of them are operating
in the Southern cities.
The Supreme Court yesterday postponed
further argument in the McCardle case, on ae
count of the absence Of Chief Justice Chase.
Other cases were postponed for the same rea-
son. Due notice will be given to counsel when
the argument is to be renewed. 80
Late Alaska advices represent the officers
and troops well. The Indians arc peaceable.
Timber for building barracks at Sitka had ar
rived, and the work of building would com
menco when the weather moderated
A railroad train was thrown from the track
on the Pan Handle Railroad, West Virginia,
yesterday, and two men killed. The,train was
rendered q totalWreck.
Julia Dean Hayne the actress, died sudden
ly in New York, Tuesday, at the residence Of
her father in-law. She was in the thirty
seventh year of heragc.
In the Mississippi Convention one Meriman
was expelled yesterday by his fellow Radicals.
Ball Hughes, the sculptor, died yesterday in
Boston. .taEr aIH +