Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-04-07
NEWS OF THE DAY.
30 shoe the very age and body of the Times.

80 shop the very age and body of the Times.
The Columbus (Ga.) papers contain the par
ticulars Of the assassination OF George w.
Ashburn, late q member of the constitutional
convention. Nothing is known OF the identity
Of the parties. All that is testified to is that a
body Of men from 25 to SO in number, all dis
guised, surrounded the negro boarding-house
Where Ashburn was lodging, broke open his
door, after his refusal to open it, when. a num-
Der of shots where fired by a portion OF the
party, three of which took effect, killing HIM
instantly. None of the witnesses could identity
any of the number engaged in the TRANSACTION.
DR.. Sears, the general agent of the Peabody
fund, has reached Charleston, S. G., on his
Southern tour Of inspection. He was received
in that city with courtesy and politeness. He
was the guest of Gov. Aiken and visited the
schools Of the city in company with him. He
seems to have been very tavorably impressed
Charleston for both races, and gave additional
aid to them from the fund of which he is the
trustee.
Marshal Farlow was yesterday informed of
the murder of Capt. Benz. F.. johnson and his
mate, named Carson, by four colored men, on
Monday night week, in the Chesapeake Bay,
near Deals Island. All were engaged in an
oyster vessel, and the object of the murderers
seems to have been robbery, S., 900 being stolen
from the vessel, the name of which is not given.
In the Memphis Avalanche contempt case,
Judge Waldron, in the municipal court yester-
day, decided that he had no authority to grant
- rvr;k &C hohooc oorpY,o. tonA or1oro1 tho prIeo-
ners to be removed to Jail, but subsequently
suspended the decision for ten days, in order to
give them an opportunity to hear from tie SH-
preme Court of Tennessee.
A large crowd was gathered in Buffalo on
Saturday to witness the arrival of Weston, the
pedestrian. He accomplished the unprecedent-
ed task of walking one hundred and three miles
in twenty-three hours and fifty. eight minutes
inside of the allotted time.
A genuine Irish %jaunting car is the latest
novelty on Broadway, New York, where 1t is
employed as a public conveyance. The vehi-
Gle was manufactured in Dublin, Ireland, IS
gotten up in the finest style, and attracts much
attention.
The difficulty between the grain shippers and
the vessel men at Chicago is becoming quite
serious. Ooe hundred and one Of the principal
shippers have signed an agreement to have no
dealings with the vessel owners who will not
adopt the new bill of lading.
The reports from all parts of Illinois and
Southern Wisconsin are to the effect that the
winter wheat passed through the cold weather
successfully, and promises an immense harvest.
Spring wheat has also been sown in great abun.
dance. @n 9
Warren Jones, the porter Of the New York
Astor House, who died recently, had accumu-
lated an estate worth from $50, 5000 to $780, 600.
For thirty-three years he was never absent q
day from duty.
The steamer Sea Gull, which left Charleston
on Saturday a week ago, for Baltimore, has no
yet arrived, and fears are entertained for her
safety. lShe is now reported as below, coming
up the bay.
Gen. Meade, in Georgia, has issued orders
prohibiting the publication of infammatory and
incendiary articles, and ordering the arrest and
trial of all persons violating these orders.
One Nicholas Smith has been arrested in
Buffalo, who has confessed to have set at least
twenty incendiary fires during the winter and
spring.
Denver City papers announce that Rynder-
son, a member of the New Mexico Legislature,
who killed Chief Justice Slough in that Terri
tory last fall, has been acquitted.
1t is denied from Washington that Genera
Grant has publicly expressed himself in favor
of the conviction of President johnson.
The municipal election in Keokuk, Iowa, was
carried on yesterday by the Democrats. Last
year the Radicals carried it.
The Supreme Court adjourned yesterday un-
til the first Monday in December next. No
decision was announced in the McCardle case.
A freedman who lett Charleston, S. c., for
Liberia a few months ago, writes back the most
glowing accounts of matters and things there.
A woman in New York, the other day, com.
mitted suicide, by eating lucifer matches. The
cause was disappointed love- l ~
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