Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-05-25
NEWS or The DAl.
10 shoe the rery age and body Of the Times.

10 WptC me tefy age ana OOH4 " Wt I"t'>-
o. Saturday night an armed band Of dis
guised men stopped the train from Lor'sv lie
to Memphis and attempted to murder Internal
Revenue Officer Holm, who had prisoner on
board, arrested for running an Illicit dIstlllery
An assistant Of lIohn's Jumped from the
train, was fired on, aad seen to fall. MIR. Hohn
fired in, the Fang and killed one OF them
The other porred volley into the tram, but
fortuna ly injured no one, aud the tram was
Immediately put in motion. The band is sup
posed to teloag to gang engaged IN Illicit
distilIeries, extending through East tennessee
and Mississippi.
The steamship Mississippi, which left Rio
Janeiro on the I'D Of April for New York, ran
ashore at Martinique under tull head OF
steam. She v probably be total loss. All
hands We're saved by the assistance OF French
war steamer. The cargo consisted OF nearly
| 600 bags OF coffee, together with sundIy
Brazilian products, in all valued at $500, 900 In
gold. The cargo was inSr"ed but there was
no INSURANCE on the vessel
A dispatch from Scranton, Pa, says: AN
anonymous notice threatening death to any
miner who descended the shaft to work was
found posted on the Oxford mine. y wild
and most unreasonable panic rapidly spread
| among the miners. La all but iour mines the
men refused to work Everybody has been
taken 10y surprise by this change OF front, and
nothing can be predicted as to the ultimate
result.
The week lust opened is anniversary week in
Boston. The regular anniversary meetings OF
the unitarans and the lnivcrsalists and some
of the Evangelical denominations, will be hcld'
and also meetings Of the Labor Reform Lea
que, the New England Woman Suffrage As
sociation, the New England Anti Slavery SO
ciety, the Free Religionists, and the New
England Woman Club.
Several letter boxes in the Boston Post
Office were found broken open yesterday and
robbed OF their contents. Among them the
Suffolk Bank missed letter containing checks
amounting TO $4,000, which were subse-
quently found in a cellar way and returned to
the bank. Young boys arc suspected Is the
perpetrators.
Rev. Horace Strinslellow, rector OF st.
paurS Church, indianapolis, has resigned that
charge. and will remove to Montgomery, Ala,
a large ana more Important field OF duty. Mr..
Strinsiellow was for 4 number OF years rector
of St Andrews Protestant Episcopal Church
in Baltimore.
A number Of gentlemen interested IN Ma
tonal banks had an audience TIL the Secretary
Of the Trea ,ury on Saturday They enleavOr'
cd to convince him that 1t would be inexpc.
dent to reduce the number OF l.. s. National
bank repositories in the various cities OF the
Union.
1t Is rumoreI that Czartoryski, descendant
of the famous patriot of Poland, is to be APP
pointed Governor of Galicia, This is looked
upon as an anti Russian demonstration on the
| part Of the Austrian Government.
The new. Congress authorized the pay ment
| of Mr.. Harvey, the late Minister to Portugal,
his salary SO long and shamefully withheld. -
| His account has been audited and paid, in the
sum CT So, 900 IN gold.
The Navy Department continues the reduc
ton Of the number of its vessels, and expects
before the summer is ended to dispose OF all OF
| the supernumerary war vessels and transports
now owned BY the Government.
A sudden and violent thunderstorm swept
over Charleston on Saturday evening, damag
| ing property to great extent and capslzlnp
a boat in the harbor by which Mrs, Douglass
and two children were drowned
Yesterday the members of the Old aud New
School Presbyterian Assemblies, now in session
at New York, joined together 10 prayer, the
Moderators of both being present, and sitting
side by side.
At Carlisle Pa, juiJ was cmpanelled yes
terday for the trial of DR.. Paul Schoappe, a
physician Of that town, who is charged with
the poisoning Of Miss Steineckc, of Baltimore.
Letter from Clarke County.