Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-11-07
NEWS OFIHE DAY.
"7o shoe the very age and body ofMe Times. .


of distinction now in San Francisco or in that
vicinity. Some of them are sons of Princes,
and all have been men of mark in their own
country. The reactionary party is temporarily
IN power 10 Japan, and these refugees being
Tycoon men, that is, adherents OF the late Iy-
coon, their heads are not safe at home.
The case of the Rev. Charles Eagan, the
Catholic priest who was indicted for librlling
Col. D. II. Buell., Commander of the u. S.
Kennebec Arsenal, has been settled in Court;
Mr.. Eagan saying that he wrote the letter upon
information which at the time he believed to
be correct, but that he had become satisfied
that he had been misinformed
Rev. James Gibbons. late of Baltimore, on
Sunday last, entered upon his duties as the
Catholic Bishop of North Carolina, at Will
mington, in the presence Of a very large audi
ence. Archbishop Spalding, of Baltimore, de-
llvered m impressive discourse on the occasion.
Two thousand stand of arms which cost the
State of Florida $50, 900, with lot Of amunl-
ton, were seized on Thursday night whilst in
transit by railroad from Jacksonville to Ialla-
hassee The seizure was committed by per
sons unknown.
Gov. Reed, of Florida, was yesterday I'M
peached by the Legislature OF that State,
charged with high crimes and misdemeanors;;
What offences he is alleged to have committed
are not stated in the dispatches.
The confessor of Macmillan has arrived in
Mexico, bringing diamond crosses and other
presents from the Emperor Of Austria to Mex
ioO for the lawyers who defended the late En-
peror. U2
The Committee on Contested Elections OF
the next Congress will have abundance OF work.
At least twenty defeated aspirants for Congress
have already signiGed their intention to con-
test.
The superintendent Of one OF the most I'M
portant Government works in New England,
writes to Washington in regard to the working
of the eight hour law. He says, 1t Is hum
bug.
The Chairman of the Iowa State Republican
Committee teegraphs that Grants majority in
that State will not be less than $1,000. The
suffrage amendment is adopted by So 900 ma
jority. 55 io
Private adyices from Yokohama, Japan,
show that our new Minister to China j. Ross
Browne, received quite an ovation on his arrl-
val In the new steamer Japan.
Gov. Crawford, of Kansas, has resigned to
accept the command of regiment of cavalry
raised by the State for service against the
Indians
A St. Paul, Minnesota, dispatch of yestcr-
day says that the majority in that State in ia
vor of negro suffrage is 5000.
Mr.. Colfax passed through Reading,
Pennsylvania, yesterday evening, on his way to
| New York.
The general opinion at Raleigh, N. c., is
that the State has given majority OF 5000 iOl
Grant.
The official vote of Philadelphia gives Re
publican majority OF 5,S12.
WHIRLwIND AND WATERsPoUT IN WYo-
MING.-On Saturday, Sept. 10th, as party
travelling from Sweet-water to Green River
were encamped for noon on Big Sandy, hail
storm, accompanied by severe Winds which re,
suited In a whirlwind, was observed The storm
! arose in the northwest, and its first Fremont
ton was furious wind. In few minutes a
| whirlwind was seen approaching, when the
| party abandoned their wagons and took to the
hills for security. La moment after the force
of the storm struck, and hailstones in sizes
from a partridge's to hens egg commenced
falling in endless quantities; The whirlwnd,
as it swept across the river Big Sandy, lett the
bed of the stream dry for distance of three or
four hundred yards up and down the bed of the
river. The waterspOut which had thus been
formed then spread as it assembled until the
whole heavens were darkened by the expand
ing spray, which seemed at length to lose itself
among the clouds The spectacle is described
as one of most terrible grandure. Men, woman,
and children fed to the adjacent hills for pro-
lection; while the horses and mules flew, as it
were, hither and thither in bewidering man
ner, until the force of this outburst OF nature s
anger had passed. One hailstone Of average
size measured five inches in circumference.
This storm was the most wonderful as we'll as
the most terrifying which any of the party, all
old travellers in the mountains, had ever seen.
- CheyenneS Leader.
JAMES RIVER & KANAwHA CANAL.-The