Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-29
NEWS OF.THE DAY.
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Mrs, Edward A. Pollard about enc 20 Gil CT
yesterday. Ms. Pollsrdle the Malt House.
some weeks Since, and Mrs P has been unable
to ascertain where he Ia Yesterday she called
on Dr.. Moore, an intimate friend Of j. and
during the interview a difficulty occurred. re
sulting in the shooting of Moore. The5 wound
is not dangerous. Mrs, 2. refused to give
bail, and was committed to jail to await the &C
ton of the grand jury. 3s.s :
The Mexican Congress has passed a r solu,
ton authorizing the Minister Of Foreign Affairs
and Minister of the Interior TO rstain their
portfolios and Iseatsin Congress. Romero had
been appointed Minister hof the Treasury: = :
Romeroin explanation to Congress, stated that
during his mission to the q. y. he received
$50, 600 as part pay OF, salaries OF his legation.
The German reridents of Mexico expected that
Marcus Otterberg would be sent as Minister
to the o. 8. 8 .s!ss.e5 bs..1 s''-1F -
Gilbert II. Bates, OF Wisconsin, who madea
bet to carry The stars and stripes from 'Vicks-
burg to Washington unarmed and without
money, started from Vicksburg, yesterday, at
IL a. IN. An immense crowd, headed by the
Mayor and Common Council and many promii-
nent citizens, accompanied him some distance,
and babe him farewell with good wishes.
To the infinite disgust of the smaller dealers,
the leading dry goods establishment in New
York gives notice that on and after to-day it
will reduce its prices on certain tne qualities OF
goods from IL to l59per ct:,applying especially
to silks. This will compel other houses to .tol-
low its example, or do without trade alto
gether. !, . ! : . e liz III HS4Ai 4iH
Gen. Longstreet called on Gen. Hancock, in
New Orleans, the other day The latter was
entertaining some friends at the time, and in
Producing his visitor, said: Ladies and gen
tlemen, allow me to introduce to you gallant
gentleman, ito whom i am indebted for an I'm
graceful limp and whom / had the misfortune
to wing In the, same combat. 1laa si11:'s Or
- The U: S. revenue officers, in and about
Wilmington. Del, have been active within the
past lew days in seizing Illicit distilleries and
arresting the guilty parties. Five establish,
ments-one a large one-bave been seized, and
FIVE men have been arrested. Other parties
are believed to be implicated. @8iuAA 81
The police of New York on Friday, secured
ten 81, 900 bonds which were stolen on the 9th
OF July last from the Office of the Lehigh Coal
and Navigation Company, at White Haven,
Pa The bonds were found in the possession
of John Flyno, keeper Of a liquor saloon, who
was held to bail. III :r&lEHAhH
Ap old citizen, living in the suburbs of
Memphis shot HIS son, a youth aged eighteen,
yesterday, through the left breast, and infict-
ed, it is believed, mortal wound. He was
arrested and lodged in the station-h house He
refuses to- tell why he committed the act, and
there is no clue to the cause. Z =
They had very heavy snow storm in Eng
land two weeks ago, which blocked up all the
highways, considerably obstructed railway tray
ell, buried the hedges and fences, and threatened
to prove detrimental to outlying cattle and
sheep. ~ antGa7,3 II 80 y!aH eel:
= A Nova Scotia newspaper, published at
Halifax, declares that Nova Scotia will GER
tainly secede from the Canadian Dominion
the people having determined to rid themselves
of the new government at any cost. ~ -
The Douglas Linen Companys factory, at
Kapkakee, Ill, was burned Monday The
loss will reach $40, 900; partially insured The
works were to commence operations for the
first time yesterday. n !!
The State Treasurer Of Georgia was arrested
yesterday by the military authorities The
cause Of the arrest is not reported, but it was,
probably, to. compel him to produce the books
of that Department !: zG38a as8Ds>W +!
Professional tramps, who lodge at the sta,
tion.bouse in Springfield, Mass, are required,
much to their disgust, to pay for their lodging
by saving wood for two hours the next morn
ing. 90 = 6 :. - s.. =: - .:,:%x,,E
Spectators who wish to make a profit from
the starving Southern people are said to be,
buying up what: little corn there is IN the.
Southern States especially in North Carolina,
ii The election of municipal officers and coun-
cilmen, in Wheeling, West Va, yesterday, re- /
suited in favor OF the Democrats by an average
gain of five hundred over the year previous.
The President, yesterday, sent to the Senate
the nomination Of J. Ross Browne, esq, to be,
Minister to China. and Francis Price, of New.
Jersey, to be Consul General at Havana. q
tits reported from Havana, that the Captain;
General had ordered General Santa Anna to-
leave the Island. EH y i3stGj>ssI
i Rev. W. j Kellogg, in Detroit, has eloped:
with the married daughter of one of the deacons!
of his church. = - q : = =
Five and three cent notes have entirely dis
from circulation. What "a happy re
lief asa<;., s:ssst ~ ea7sas - 'a'as
White GunpoRder is now manufactured in.
France, which leaves no, trace in the gun. IT.
is highly spoken of in French military circles,
The senate,in executive session, has confirmed
the nomination of Hezekiah G. Wells as consul
at Manchester, England. l.': ~ .eH s't...
: !, Gen. Bankss bill in regard to the rights Of
Amariesn citizans ahroaa ia understood IN he
in entire accordance with the views Of the De-
par'ment of State " r. = 81 80. y,
There are now employed in the. Office Of the
Quartermaster General, Corcoran's building,
about $50 clerks, of whom about SO are femalee,
but it is thought that there will be reduction
next month on account Of the scarcity of work,
and the recent order of retrenchment: The
will continue from month to month
until tho ,farco 10 .rnducnd to ohontf100 ph;ob