Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-06-04
NEWS or TIE DAY.
80 shoe the roy age and body ofhe Times.

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present in New York. Brooklyn and vicinity.
In Brook Ign, within a mile of the city hall,
there are row over thousand houses Tor
sale or to let This state of things is in
| consequence Of the high rents o; the past
five years, which have driven people from the
city into the country Suburban towns have been
growing rapidly at the expense OF New ok
and Brooklyn.
The proposed execution OF the colorad pris-
oncrS, Baker and Thomas, which was to have
taken place at Halifax, n. c., last Friday, was
deferred until to. day, June 4th, in consequence
OF a respite granted by the Governor OF that
state. The respite came at the last moment,
while the prisoners We're on the platform OF
| the gallowS, and the correspondence which Sc
cured 1t was conducted entirely by telegraph,
| Gov. Holden being in Baltimore al the time.
The recent reported massacre of Swedcs IN
| Kansas Is perhaps the most revolving affair Of
| the kind on record. The bodies and limbs oil
the victims were mutiated in the most Grndlsi
| manner, their ears anl scalps were cut of, and
| the heart, al some wcta cut ont aEl "boiltd
| ior medicine. N0 Official account ol these
atIoyitics, has been received, aad 1t A. hoped
| the statement are exaggerated
| \ ", funston patch state that lntrlc9t
81 ruuea there have information al the ar
| rilal III Cull ot m expedition from South
| cIn Ior, III the Tinted States, with men and
| ammunition, III all at the insurgents. Havana
| ii ratchc~ rcrn:t that the Spanish "vo!un
tc,r> have now iull control OF the l.iand, and
oIr really the governing power. q
Last evening the Second Hrauch Of the
Batimor, City Counc,l, passed the ordinance
| larm the First Branch authorizing the raisnc
OF one million Of dollars by the plclging or ny
| polhccaion OF the stock held by the city in the
| i. Il q. Railroad Company, the proceeds to
be applied to the completion OF the Western
| Nlarylan Railroad.
The committee appointed to destroy the old
| plates upon which the currency was printed,
| having completed the inventory, will sec to
| the melting Of the metal to-day. Preparations
| have teen made at the M ! yard in Washing
| ton Tor melting the whole twelve tons at once
| By III ding them into two lots aud putting
| them into two large furnaces.
A Richmoud(N iunk dealer has purchased
| at a government sale OF condemned United
States articles the old family carriage OF Jelfer-
| son Davis, uScd by himself and family during
his presidency OF the Confederate States. 1hl,
| carriage is to be shipped to Boston IN time Ion
| exhibition at the peace festival, which will
| open on the l0ih oil June.
The National Brewers Association, two
days in session at Newark, adjourned ycstcr
| day, alter passing resolutions looking to tho
| taxation of beer rs necessary of &c instead
| of Il Injury, and all honorable opposition tC
| 'puritanlcal temperance men, who may set
| themselves UP ior place and power.
The Cumberland Cn Ian says that coal
shipments from that res ion still continue to be
very heavy, and they would be greater yet
were it not for the scarcity of cars. The ship
meutS up to the date "wednesday, p Instant
are III 900 tons in excess of those mp to the
same period last week
James Cocy has been appointed postmaster
at San Francisco in place of Holland Smith,
| suspended The bonds of this Office are $500,
600, The largest OF any Office in the United
States The next largest is New York city,
the bond there being $250,00
John N. Nlafiit, commander OF the late Con
iedcratc prvateer Florida, has instituted legal
| proceedings AT st. Paul, Minnesota, to recover
some s 900 worth Of property conii.clted III
| the United States District Court three years
ago.
The Charleston papers announce the death
OF Dr, James Moultrie, ior many years probes
sor OF physiology in the South Carolina hledi-
cal College, and one of the most learned ply
Sicans in the United States.
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| isle, Pa, for some days on the charge OF p0iS-
oning Miss Stinngcke, OF Baltimore, was yes
| to-day convicted Of murder in the first de-
gree. A motion for a new trial was entered.
| The iniluX oi Norwcgians continues to be
enormous, and it is said that at least two hun
| lrcd thousand will arrive within the next
eighteen months. Their destination - inyari
| ably the Northwest.
The Colorado Register gives IN interesting
acc1uat oi :, acw drill, working by steam, with
| which 1t IL proposed To bore :, hole through
| hard rurt. not less than cirht hundred feet
deep.
| Nineteen bodies 81 drowned seanen arc
| reported To have been washed ashore at Cari
too, in the Calf OF st lawrence, from the
wrecks OF the Margaret aud SreiuS
| The Now York Chamber Of Commences yes
teri:.y adopted Il rtsolu, III having IN view lie
| ostahllshmt mt OF greater privileges Tor Amen
cau i'korGien and navIgat0rS IN taaadiai. WI
| t"Is.
| .IoLu VI. Briggs, Que OF a livery stable firm
| in New Work, was arrested yesterday charged
! with hiring u mtn to burn the fra : cSiah
| lShmrnt, winch act was accomplished las fall.
There was a tornado at Cumberland, Md.
| last Monday afternoon, which did much Iama@o
The snrc 81 tie kpi,copai Church was blown
down.
The L. s. has paid the bill OF $G0,0oO con
traetcd by Secretary Seward for Atlantic cable
dispatches relative to the purchase of Alaska.
la view of the coming Of George Peabody to
the United States, il is suggested to give him
grand pubic demonstration of welcome.
The President has appointed Rev. NJ. &.
Britain, of the Baltimore Conference of the
Nj. f. Church, chaplain In the navy.
Two boys in fancy county, Mo-, were recent
ly torn to pieces by panther, which they en-
countercd in the woods.
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