Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-05-14
NEWS OF The D4 Y.
"7o shoi7 the tern age and body oFthe Ttms''.

forthcoming EoumeAica COuhcli 40 DeceWuet'
which will be the endeavor Of the Pope, as the
head of the Catholic Church to persuade the
different nations OF Europe to disarm their
presen, enormous and costly armies and fleets
and submit their differences to arbitration.
At Pittston, Pa, yesterday, l,600 laborers
who were employed in the niues at that point,
and some BY the Pennsylvania Goa Company,
suspended work. By the explosion OF lire
damp Yesterday at the Mount Pleasant mine
five men and one boy were badly burned. One
OF the men, Charles SHUTTER, will probably die.
10 calliog the attention OF the Spanish Min
ister at Washington to tie proclamation re-
Gently issued by Gen. Valmaseds, commander
of one Of the Departments OF Cuba, Secretary
Fish informed him that if the Spanish author
tiles kept on in this way, they would get the
whole civilized world against them.
In the suit of Warning King against the
U. s. Telegraph Company for damages tor
failure to transmit messages from Pittsburg to
New York, ordering purchases OF petroleum,
the defendants claimed that the failure arose
| from circumstances beyond their control. The
jury awarded $4,000.
1t has been decided 10 the Supreme Count OF
New York that travellers must withdraw their
baggage from the keeping of railroad compa-
MES upon arrival; that the companies are uh'
der no obligations to store the baggage, and are
not liable for its loss if mot removed within a
reasonable time.
Judge Pearson, OF the Pennsylvania Court
of Common Pleas, has decided, ia the cases OF
the Lackawanna and Western Railroad Com
| pany and the Lackawanna and BoomsDurg
Railroad Company, that property protected by
| Pennsylvauia, although owned IN New ork,
is subject to State taxation.
The steamship Mexico, without cargo or
combustible matter on board, took fire at the
wharf at New Orleans last night and burned
until she sunk Undoubted incendiarism. The
fire inspector reports the vessel recently sold
it is rumored, to Cubans.
Connecticut has joined the list OF States
| which have ratified the Fifteenth Constitu-
tjonal Amendment The State Senate adopted
| it about week since, and yesterday the House
| of Delegates concurred by vote OF l26 to lO4
| In each house the vote was strictly party one.
The Acting Commissioner Of Internal Reve-
nue. at Washington decides that the spirit ii
not the letter, of the law, is violated by every
| person, other than Collector OF Internal Rev
enue, who sells, or Offers Tor sale, tobacco or
| cigar revenue stamps.
The Adiutant General OF the Grand Army
the Republic" asecret lcague), now in session
at Cincinnati, reports that there are in the
| United States thirty. seven departments OF that
organization, and two thousand and fifty posts.
Com. Henry A. Adams, who was stationed
pnt, bot
1881 and 1884, died in Philadelphia on Tues
dav. He has been in the service since 1914.
Several crevasses are reported both above
| and below New Orleans which threaten much
danger. Attempts have been made, so tar In
vain, to stop two of the worst below the city.
The steamer Juniata. OF the Philadelphia
and Havana line, has been seized at PhiIadel-
phia By the Government authorities on the
charge Of smuggling. .,,..- -.
A Baggage Agents Assurance CcrpaDy
was formed at Philadelphia yesterday, similar
in its character to the Conductors Assurance
Company lately organized.
Operations were commenced ct ST. Lonls
Yesterday for the construction Of the great
bridge which is 10 connec. Illinois with Mis-.
souri,.
The Government invites proposals Tor the
purchase of eight iron clads, now rottlng away
at League Island and the Washington Navy
Yard.
The President has appointed ex-senator b.
+. Wade. of Ohio q Government director
of the Pacific railway, vice Webster.
A child five years of age died in New York
on Wednesday from drinking whskey inadver-
III, in, &c oh hv father
A dispatch from Sacramento, Cal. announ
ces the arrival Of a train OF Springfield cars,
which were the first to cross the Continent.
The President has decided to recall Mr.. +.
Joy Morris, now U. S. Minister to Turkey.
"REMINISCENCES. The following is an extract
of a letter from Sheperdstown, West Va,
published in the Rockingham Register:
Some pleasing and touching "reminiscences Of
the past are centered about this place, few OF
the most prominent and interesting among
which | will give James Rumsey, the man
who first propelled boat by steam, lived here,
and, as ia often the case With the ingenious and
persevcring benefactors of our race, he was
laughed at aud rdlcued beyond measure. His
boat was called the flying boat" in derision,
and he vas dubbed crazy Rumsey ~ Mrs.
Ann Baker, the mother III law OF Gov. elmer
was passenger on the boat. This was in l1S6.
A kind gentleman who lives near this place,
Mr. James Knot, took me out 70 see some OF
the celebrated localities around this ancient
village, and among them | saw the spot where
poor, prosecuted Rumsey lived. The site of
his humble log dwelling is now occupied BY
nice brick residence, and the old stone jul"
near by it which was long used as Jail, was
standing up to last year; only the foundations
are now to be seen. Mr.. Knot, who, BY the
way, is acquainted with some of our citizens Of
merit and worth in Rockingham, and who
speaks very highly OF the up Valley people,
took me out one mile beyond the limits of the
town to the Morgan Springs, place around
which some OF the most sacred memories 0four
revolutionary period cling. When Capt. Stin
SON company was formed here, in June, l7715,
to 20 to the relief of Massachusetts, the men
all met at this spring, and there pledgei one
another to meet so years hence, should any be
then living and, strangely touching as the
narrative is, yet It's true that, after passing
through the eight years of war with thinned
ranks, and veteran SCARED bodies, and then the
long interval OF peace and separation, two OF
TN at same comDaDy actually did meet there on