Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-08-05
NEHS OF The DAY.
"2o sho,o the rery age and body q the Tine

surf at Coney Island on Sunday, and would
soon have accomplished his purpose had it not
been for the efforts of Sergeant Rogers in her
behalf. The young lady went in bathing with
some friends, and got separated from thcm.-
The accused, who was also in bathing, got
hold of the lady and attempted to take liberties
with her. but as she resisted aud attempted
to cry for help he showed her under the water
and held her there until she was almost insen.
sible.
A dispatch from l4eyeanworth, Kansas, says:
"At meeting recently held by the Land
League, on neutral land, speeches were made
by Sidney Clarke and Others. Resolutions
were passed unanimously denounclng James
| f. Joy and the United States Senate, and
asking Senators Ross and Pomeroy to resign
their seats, cutting loose from the Radical
party, and forming new and independent
State Central Committee Senator Pomaroy
was burned in efigy.
The exhibition OF textile fabrics in Cjncn
natl grows in magnitude and Importance. The
number Of visitors yesterday was 2O,OOO.-
Total number of entries 1884. Among the
receipts Yesterday was box Of casslmeres,
kerseys and jeans from Brigham Young 5
Deseret Mills, which was acknowledged by
| telegraph Manufacturers Of machinery from
| all parts Of the Fast have specimens on czhl-
bItion.
Major White was arraigned yesterday at
Boston charged with the wiliul murder Of q
Mrs. Hobbs as mentioned in the telcgraphic
dispatches in yesterday 5 Gazette 1t is stated
on his behalf that he had known and loved his
victim for several years; and as an evidence OF
that fact had attacked her with knife as far
back as 1861, and was thcreupon sent TO a
lunatlc asylum for six months.
Yesterday evening fire broke out in the |
S. bonded warehouse, on Lombard street
wharf, in Philadelphia, The buildings con
tanned $4,000 barrels of whiskey. The los;
may reach two and half millions of dollars
The fire was caused by the explosion OF boiler
Some lives, it is said were lost. The con
fagraiou was terrible and destructive.
A letter was received in New York on Tues
day from Coloncls Ryan and Currer, the two
fugitive Gllibusters, by Marshal Barlow, il
which he was requested TO allow them to re
turn to that city. He states that they vii
have to expect different conditions to those ex
tended to the Fort lafayette prisoners II they
undertake to come back there.
An attempt to split the Radical party 0
Maryland, 10 the interest of the Bond wing, l.
developing itself with considerable vigor il
that State. The chief mover in the matte
among the blacks, where at present 1t has TIT
most strength, is said to be coored man wht
has lately been engaged in the Walker move
ment in Virginia.
The District Attorney Of Mississippi, wh(
%, trIo hV 1,
President, is one of the leading men In th'
| Dent movement There are rumors that 9th
Gals who are neglecting their business anC
loaiing in Washington to make capital to
Dent viii also be removed.
President Grant was in New York yesterday
for the purpose OF having an interview will
Secretary Fish and L. s. District Atornev
Pie1repont relative tothc seizure OF the Spanlst
gunboata now building at that city. Both
gentlemen, however, were absent from the city
The Board Of Visitors to West Point Acad
emy recommend in their report that the Acad
envy be enlarged and the number Of pupils in
creased. They state that although the lnstltu
ton has effected much good, il does not NEE
the requirements Of the present day.
A strong effort is making in Buffalo to breai
down the coal combinations now in existence
| Last evening large meeting OF citizens wa
held and an association formed. Those who are
concerned in the coal operations were termed
robbers and pundcrcrs of the poor
Major General Thomas w. Eagan, paymas
Ter in the New York Custom House, has beer
arrested and held for examination on tho
charge Of presenting fraudulent pay'blIis.-
| General Pagan was stationed in the Lower
| Valley of Virginia about the cose-of the war.
The farm of the late James Brown, neal
Silver Hill, in Spalding's District, Prince
GEORGES comfy, Md.-l0jl acres.-has beer
sold, part thereof. for the sum Of $7j per acre
the other 90 acres at $43 per acre.
The bark John Wooster has sailed from
Boston for Coustantinople with eighty thou
sand muskets for the Turkish government. A
similar cargo for the same destination was
shipped three weeks ago.
No hopes are now entertained OF the re
covery of Bishop Duggan, of Chicago. Ills
insanity is so pronounced that the Rev. Father
McMuen is to be appointed administrator OF
| the diocese.
Four companies of San Francisco militia
have been mustered out of service for dis
obedience OF orders in refusing to march in a
| Fourth of July procession in which colored
men werc allowed to take part.
The latest returns of the election In Alabama
indicate the election OF four Radicals and one
Democratic member of Congress, with one dis
trct in doubt The vote is much smaller than
that of last year.
The report tclegraphcd all over the country
that the President had been presented with
! fifty acres of land near Long Branch Is said
to be without foundation 10 fact.
A newspaper correspondent writes that igno'
rance is the corner stone of the Mormon temple.
To describe this ignorance would be hopeless
task, But he gives some curious illustrations.
1t is stated that the Radicals at New Or
leans are very well pleased with General Long
streets appointments and with his administra-
ton OF the relationship.
Peaches OF fine quality arc retailing in Bal
timorc at % cents peck. The arrival OF yes
sells with fruit is so great that they find great
difficulty in reaching the wharf
A new freight tariff over the Union Pacific
Railroad is published in Omaha. Its rates are