Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-12-31
VIEWS OF TIE DA 7.
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Advices from Santiago dc Cuba, dated the
22d instant, state that on the 18th 300 lnsui-
gents, including forty negresses armed with
cutlasses, sacked and burnt Socapa, fishing
village five miles from that city, opposite Moro
Fortress, at the mouth Of the harbOr. They
forced small detachment Of defenders to re-
treat and killed nine persons, including two
women, and then decamped, taking everything
from the village. Moro Castle fired twice at
the party, but Intellectually. AS there were no
boats to carry troops over, those which were
sent to interrupt the rebels arrived too Late
Ga entering they found the corpses OF the
victims. partly baked and in horrible condl-
ton. The rebel General Cespedos was IN the
jurisdiction Of Santiago.
During the past week q large number OF
shopkccpcrs and butchers IN Baltimore have
teen swindIed by new method OF rascaIlty.-
The party who has perpetrated the cheat lsa
man who rushes into store or up to the stan
OF butcher, and after making his purchase
hands to the dealer package, representing TO
be either twenty five cents In nlekes, or one
dollar in five cent pieces, and in every instance
be has managed 10 escape before the package
can be opened. When opened, instead OF the
package being money it is found to be piece
Of iron, with grooves around it so arranged
that when covered with paper it has the tee
of pennies rolled up.
In consequence of the demise Of Mrs. Bclk-
nap, consort of General Belknap, Secretary OF
War, the reception at the Executive Mansion,
which had been appointed for the second day
Off January next, will not take place. Owing to
the death Of Mrs. Belknap, there will be no
reception on Monday next at tho residence OF
any member of the Cabinet, The Department
of State has notified each OF The Foreign Min
listers that no reception will take place at the
Executive Hlansion on Monday, for the reason
above stated. The Vice President has, in
CONSEQUENCE of the death of Mrs. Belknap,
withdrawn the notice of the New Years re-
ception at his residence.
Ga the night Of the 10th, James Bryan,
| noted desperate, was shot and killed near
Nashville, Arkansas, by James NJ. Norwood.
Bryan had been employed by Norwood and
discharged for intemperance, and sworc be
would Kill Norwood and his wife. He made
several attempts to carry out the threat. That
night he tried to enter the house with pistol,
when Nor wood fred with shot gun, killing
him. Norwood surrendered himself, and was
discharged.
A colored woman named Biggs, a messenger
in the cancelling room of the United States
Treasury, was arrested yesterday morning on a
charge Of stealing package of $50 Cancelled
fractional currency notes. from the caucelhng
table. She passed the money to another color
ed woman who endeavored to have it redeem
ed at the redemption counter, when the theft
was discovered and Bigps and her companlo on
taken into custody and carried before the
Police Court for examination.
On Monday last, when tho thermo metrc was
but few degrees above zero, MIR. IT, A. Pearrc,
of umberland, Md, whilst experimenting the
gathering of ice for bis own use, from the river
opposite Perry's Rocks, made misstcp into the
hole from which they were getting ice, and
completely disappeared in the cold waters be-
meath. On rising to the surface the Judge
was rescued from his perous situation.
The Commission of Engineer officers of the
army who have Just returned from an inspcc
ton of the sea coast and harbor defences OF
the principal nations of Europe make report
of what they saw. England and Russia, are
a hfn5 ct d the SSb Hs SRS uRS S a aRa
Russia, especially, has shown herself very
progressive 10 the matter.
Charles Il. Ell, station keeper, James Lyttie,
stage driver and Tourney a. Cook we're muir
dcred on Christmas Eve at Mission Camp
stage station, near Tucson, Arizona, and Miss
Reed was shot, but not killed. by party OF
Sonorians. whc p!undcrcd the place murdered
a tcamstcr on the road, and escaped over the
border into Mexico.
a Acknowledgement at Rocky Point, ". Va,
on last Sunday between Mr.. w. ii. H.
Camp and Nlr. Smith, in which some FL
teen or twenty persons, the respective friends
of the pueiists, became involved, several Of
whom were badly injured aud one seriously,
il not dangerously.
4 difficulty occurred at the White Sui
phur Springs ". Va, Oil Sunday night,
the 25th inst. between 4 barber an another
while engaged in q game of cards the re-
suit Of which was the inficlOn OF a severe
wound in the left arm Of the barber with
an axe ia the hands OF his fellow gamester.
A brig has arrived at Santiago bringing
report that the fIibuster steamer Hornet
passed in Aqua on the lSh instant, followed
three hours later by British steamer. 1t is
rumortd in Havana that the Hornet had
entered the bay OF Nipe and landed the expo
dition.
Gen. Mortimer D. Leggett, OF Evansville,
Ohio has accepted the appointment OF Com
missioner Of Patents, rendered him by the
President. The nomination will be sent to the
Senate next week.
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