Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-05-01
NEWS OF The DAP.
"7o shot7 the ve'y age and body file Times.

late Knoxville paper: Married at tho resi-
dencc Of the bride, in Greenville, Tenn, on the
10Th instant, by the Rev. s. p. Crawford MIR.
William Brown to Mrs. Mary Slower, daughter
of ex- President Johnson Mrs. Slower, it will
be remembered, shared with Mrs. Patterson
the honors Of the Executive Mansion during
the greater portion of Mr.. Johnson admins
tration. The bridegroom has been Tor nun.
Der of years prosperous merchant OF ureen-
vie."
In Montgomery, twelve miles from Cincln-
natl, terrible tragedy was enacted yesterday.
While Alonzo G. Mueller was seated at dinner
with his family, Abraham Crest, neighbor,
entered with double barreled shotgun. A
quarrel ensued with regard to family matters.
Crest fired, and Mueller fell, pierced through
the chest by the full charge. lie cannot re-
latter states, in extenuation, that Mueller Sc
duced an unmarried sister Of Crest.
"Perley' tcIegraphs from Washington that
one Of the female clerks, recently dismissed
from the Treasury Department, called there
yesterday to ascertain if the demand OF Con.
gresham that she should be renstated would
be successful. Il must know at once, said
she, "lor have received an offer of marriage,
and although | don't fancy the man, ii | can t
get reiastated / must accept"
Lewis Lane, the negro convicted OF wife
poisoning, has been executed at PIttsburg,
PENNSYLVANIA. He had been married six times,
and five OF his wives are dead, all but one hav:
ing died under suspicious circumstances, and
three of them under circumstances that were
exceedingly so. For the murder Of his sixth
he suffered death yesterday.
DR.. Blanc, one of the physicians charged with
causing the death by abortion Of the girl Car
lock, was found in his cell, in the Hudson
county New Jersey Jail, yesterday, with his
on his wrist, and long cash across his stomach.
The wounds were all made with razor.
The Post Office Department required Patrick
Fl. jones'. appointed postmaster at New York,
to give bonds to the amount Of $1,000, 000
His suretes are James B. Taylor for $500, 900,
Horace Greeley for 100000, and Samuel SIN
clair tor 100000.
On Wednesday the town CT Helena. Montana
was nearly destroyed by fire. About one huDd-
red and fifty houses, comprising about two
thirds of the town, including the theatre, bank,
post office, and other public buildings, were
destroyed.
DR.. Brown Sequard reports curious case of
dog which had just apparently died having
fresh blood passed into the carotid. The dead
animal was revived, stood on his feet, wagged
his tail, and lived over twelve hours, when he
died again.
President Grant yesterday informed Mr..
Aaron A. Sargent, of California, that he will
not visit the Pacific coast this summer, as the
distance is too great, and as he cannot Tor 80
long time absent himself from his public
duties.
The Ways and Means Committee will shortly
visit Canada for the purpose of comforting with
the authorities on the opening OF negotiations
for new reciprocity treaty, free navigation OF
the St. Lawrence, and protection OF the hsh
cries.
An attempt was made yesterday by some
armed men to break up the colored Methodist
quarterly meeting at Columbia, Texas, but
was promptly stopped by citizens. who protect
ed the ministers and congregation.
Ex-senator Wade's friends are indignant
because he did not receive an appointment as
one of the Pacific railroad commissioners. He
was urged for the place, aud his friends declare
that he had reason to expect 1t.
The premium from the sale OF gold in New
York on Thursday will add about one-third of
a million Of dollars to the amount OF currency
now on hand.
The Philadelphia Post says that there were
eight mad dogs shot in that city on Thursday
l,it H. aat A
hydrophobia.
The trial Of Mrs. Rowland, for the murder
of her husband, with a negro named Carroll
as an accessory is now going on in Cumber-
land Md.
Miss MuhIbach, the prolific novelist, writes
eight hours 4 day. Though living in handsome
style in Berlin, she has laid by little or moth
ing,
A suit is set down for early trial in Tenncs
see court to test the right Of magistrate
Il marriage to kiss the bride.
The public debt statement which will be is,
sued to-day will show decrease in the debt Of
about S3,000000.
Gen. Sicklcs will probably receive his ap-
pointment to the Spanish mission early next
week.
MIR. j. llubley Ashton yesterday rendered
his resignation as Assistant Attorney General
STRANGE OPTICAL DEFECTs.-Among tho
most successful men of business 10 our city is
a gentleman who is entirely unable to read, and
did not even know his letters until after he
was twenty-one years of age. On first being
sent to school, a boy, his teacher found it i'm
possible to make the lad distinguish between
A, and B, fogged him over and over again in
the good old style. and finally dismissed him as
stupid The boy in reality had
abilities far above mediocrity, but found he
could not learn to read; aud driven to desper-
alton by his teacher, rebelled against him, but
determining that if no scholar as far as book
learning was concerned, he would not be lett
behind in other knowledge. behaved with due
diligence and propriety in all that came with
in his power.
1t was not until he had attained his majority
that. putting On pair of spectacles from acct
dental curiosity, he discovered how the words
and letters which always before had presented
to his eyes the appearance of nothing more
than blurred, iudistinct masses of greyish
coIor looked senarate and cleor md Lnevv hov