Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-11-17
NEWS or THE DA 7.
"Io sko,o the pery age and Jody OF the 1nass.


cation ON both sides, and is proclaimed. The
additional articles were signed last June, the
fourth one of which provides that all the ne
groes or others necessary witnesses exoepted)
who NAV be on board either an American or
| British detained vessel, for the purpose OF te
ing consigned to slavery, shall be handed over
| by the commander OF the capturing ship to the
| nearest British authority
At wedding the other day in the West,
net Skye terrier belonging to the bride slipped
uuobserved into the church after the party.
| He remained very quiet till the end OF the ser
vice, bnt on the post ceremonial kiss being ad
ministered, it entered into his doggish brain
that his mistress was suffering an injury, so he
| attacked the unfortunate groom. Banks,
yelps, screams, explosives. Tableau.
Two of the cases of the State Of NJ aryand vs..
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
are assigned for trial in the Superior Court Of
| Baltimore city to day. These actions are
| brought by the State to compel The Railroad
corporation TO pay over to the State the one
| fifth tax on passengers collected by the Con-
pany from passengers travelling over Its Wash
ington Branch.
William Carroll, convict IN the Ohio penl-
Tertiary, under sentence Tor life, has just beeu
convicted of manslaughter, for killing fellow
prisoner. The court is in doubt what sentence
! 70 pronounce A man in Arkansas is con
demped TO be hanged, but all the carpenters
| ia the ncighborhood refuse to build the scat
fold.
\ mikman in Massachusetts, was surprised,
on the morning after election, by the payment
| of small bill held by him against one CT his
that her husband had got Two dollars for bis
vote and she wished there was an election eve
ry week.
In Baltimore, yesterday morning the extern
sive window glass factory of Baker Brothers,
was partially destroyed by fire. They will at
once repair damages. Fardy T. WoodalI, ship
chambers, Carmine, painter, and others, whose
property adjoined the g'ass works, were also
sufferers By the fire.
Mr., Macy eipl,, who was appointed last win
ter u, $. Minister to Turkey, is on bis way
home to resign his position. He returns, it is
said, on account of i'll health. Mr.. Morris,
who has represented the Government SO long
at Constantinople, will remain there Tor the
present
Miss Rose Poe, the sister Of Edgar Allan
| Poe, has been wandering from place to place
for sometime, entirely destitute. She is now
in Richmond willing and anxious to obtain q
| living BY the labor OF her hands as house.
keeper, &c. She is about GO years old.
The New York Sun chronicles the arrival
| there OF Bishop Pauius, of the Oriental Church.
for the purpose OF establishing Greek chapel
in that city. There arc many Greek and Rus
sian merchants in New York, it is said, who
will be served BY this Church.
Inquiries having been made at the Revenue
Department as to the tax on gas, 1t Is apnouDc,
| ed that section ninety. four OF the act OF 1864
remains in force, the article being taxed as q
| manufacture.
The North German steamship Berlin arrived
at Baltimore yesterday, from Bremerhaven on
the 20th uit., having one hundred and eighty
| six passengers and a valuable cargo OF mer.
chardise.
A pond containing an acre and a hall OF ra-
vine land has been used for trout-breeding near
Nashua, N. H., since 1867. The first supply
of ova Was brought from a distance OF 400
miles, and produced more than ninety per CT.
VIM. Hume Blake, one of the most distin.
| guished jurists OF Canada, died yesterday. Mr..
| Bake occupied for number of years the posi-.
ton of Professor of Law in the University OF
Toronto.
The WASHINGTON dispatch announcing that
Congressman Jenckes is az "appIlcant Tor
the position of Commissioner OF Patents Is
uniouuded.
The ''oonfesson' CT the folIew in Boston
that he was the murderer of Benjamin Nathan,
| il seems was only device to get free ride
IRON the city named TO New York.
John g. England Jr. thorough Radical
was yesterday appointed Postmaster at Rock.
vile, Md, in place of John I. Bevans, re-
| moved.
Farusworln' i majority 10 the Twenty-nlnth
Congressional District of Illinois is 1881. The
eighth illinois cavalry, then, to our great re-
greet, still Furnishes"
The first question asked of each prominent
| Radical in Washington now s. Have you de-
cned the mission to England -
Mrs. Gen. Williams (late Mrs. Stephen A.
Douglas) is reported to have fallen heir to con-
siderable property in Scotland.
| The Baltimore City Council has appointed a
committee to extend cordial welcome to MIR.
| Thomas Winans, on his return from Europe.
WASHINGTON ITEMS. There is. Il rumor
that the Washington and Georgetown Railway
| Company have concluded to use the wood pave
ments.
Some rascal attempted, on Tuesday last, to
set fire to ! strip Of woods across the Eastern
Branch of the Potomac. The flames were
luckily eztinguished before making much
Roadway.
The Marketmen's Protective Union is the
name of new association of the marketmen
| Just organized The object is TO secure pro
lection from the New Market house Company's
cxac.ions. A committee was appointed to ask
| tho mayor 10 remove Hatton, the coored mar.
! ket master.
| A bill will lie brought before the next session
of Congress to pave Pennsylvania avenue with
wood from Fifteenth street to Georgetown.
Mr. William Calhoun, one OF the oldest
residents of Georgetown and veteran OF the
war OF 1912, died at the residence of his SOD,
w. Fl. Calhoun, last evening, in the 77th
year Of his age.
Mr. Tonlmin A. Poe, we'll known resident
OF Georgetown died at his residence there yes.
terday, after painful illness.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS AND EXPENDI-
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