Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-09-10
NEWS OF TIE DAI.
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Advices from Cardenas, Cuba, depict the
condition Of the American residents in that TO-
cality in respondent terms. 1t seems that the
| u. 5. consul at that port left there IN ouy
last, ard since his departure the affairs OF tue
| consulate have been transacted by : uo .to
whose sympathies are said to DC win "a.
| Spanish. The result is that the Cnoan Pa.iioss
and American merchants, as well as al o'ne'
classes of residents who do NOT support tiio "a
| ;stino Snani-b rule on the island, are subjected
70 ronv ann0vances, OF which they will soon
make due complaint to the State department.
The great storm on Long Island Sound and
| the New England coast continued yesterday,
and caused an immense amount Of damage, at
tended with the loss of several lives. The city
OF Providence was inundated by the waters Of
the Sound, number of buildings were washed
away, and others were blown down by the gale.
Many vessels were beached, and the coastwise
navigation is entirely suspended. At all points
along the coast sailing vessels are reported
ashore, and on the coast of Maine the entire
crew OF fishing schooner were drowned.
A dispatch from Hayes City says large
party, consisting of Ohio excursionists, Lord
Waltenpark and Lord Puget, English noble
men, Generals Stursis and Custar, and several
other officers Of the 7th Cavalry, with seven
ladies, left Gustav emp yesterday morning
on buffalo hunt. In five hours the party
killed forty buffaloes, the Englishmen each
killing two. A wager had been made by these
gentlemen with friend at homo that they
would kill at least one buffalo. The party will
remain out three or four days.
At the same time that the Avondalc horror
occurred on Monday, something similar, though
on smaller scale, was happening in Missouri.
A colliery at Warrensburg in that State caught
| fire while fifteen men were below the ground.
Seven escaped by the shaft in a bodily burned
| condition, while the others were held prisoners
| in the burning mine until the flames were cx-
| tiuguished They were also badly burned, but
it is thought that but one case will have fatal
result.
The contractor tor the erection OF the rail-
| road bridge over the Missouri river, which is
intended to connect the Missouri and Iowa
| railroads directly with the Union Pacific rail-
| locality that he will not be allowed to employ
| Cinnamon for that purpose He has, never
theless, made contracts in San Francisco to OBJ
tain Chinese laborers, and intends to bring
them to Omaha very soon.
|
of the Avondale disaster is made little less
hideous than was at first supposed, by the dis
covery that instead Of two hundred and three
men but one hundred and eight were imprison-
ed and suffered horrible death IN the burning
colliery. The closing agony OF the death OF
these men will never be known.
| An important case, Involving the validity OF
| marriage between a white man and an Indian
woman, has been before the Montreal courts.
| The case derives additional interest from the
| fact that 100000 depend upon the issue,
and by the decision Of the court the children OF
| the ludian woman will come into possession OF
this comfortable inheritance.
The losses by fire throughout the United
States during the month Of August, just pass
ed, amounted to S6,43S,O This is start.
ling statement. The loss is nearly double that
of August 1865, and much exceeds the total Of
any month during the past or present year.
Kentucky promises that ere long our bellies
shall not have to send to India for cashmere
shawls. The Angora goat is now successfully
| bred in this country and Of the three thousand
Or four thousand wool bearing goats OF the best
| breeds, Kentucky claims the largest share.
Mr.. Bcnnison, favorable specimen OF tao
muscular young Englishman OF this period,
lately reached Blazing Star, New Jersey, in a
small craft somethething between kayacS
and canoe, in which he proposes padding
| himself to New Orleans and Texas.
\ rutGan drove up to house in Pniladel.
phia yesterday afternoon, went in and attemp.
| ted to murder Mr.. Marshall, who lived there,
| by beating her with whip. Her husband com,
tl,n Lon, rnn ont
| drove away.
Warrants have been issued by the Coroner
in New York against Gotthod Papc, druggist,
| and his clerk, for causing the death OF an in
| FAINT by carelessneSs in putting up prescrip-
ton. Papc has fed, but the clerk has been
arrested,