Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-05-14
NEWS OF The DAY,
ITO shoe the very age and body ofths 7sn'S''

The present New York sensation is the Alex
ander case It will be remembered that captain
Alexander died at the house OF the Gardlners:,
in Harlem, some months since, anu iua' ha5 |
DAUGHTER. Mrs Burke, asserted that ne 1au
been poisoned and robbed by Mr.. and MIS-
Gardiner of $GO,OO0 The charge was not sus.
tanned but the matter has now come Deiore
the surrogate, and some curious facts ID regaru
to it have come to light, one OF the most pro
minent of which is statement by reiatlVe OF
Che Gardeners named Graf, that Just before
Capt. Alexanders death, Mrs. GraH Tecei'eu
$4,000 from him as present.
On Tuesday next the citizens OF Baltimore
ale to vote upon the ordinance providing ior
the endorsement Of the first mortgage bonds OF
the Lynchburg and Danvillc road to the amount
OF $3.50, 900. OF this, $l50.0oO is to be lett IN
the City Treasury as the nucleus OF sinking
fund. The road is to receive an endol sement
of 5000, 600 upon which it will have to pay
seven and a.half instead of six per Ct. the extra
one and a.halt per Ct being held by the city In
trust for it, until all the endorsed bonds are
finally redeemed.
In the Methodist Church South Conference,
held at Memphis, yesterday, the petition 10
abolish the Office of Presiding Elder was non
concurred in. A proposition to strike the
word South from the title OF the Metho'
dist Church was referred back to the
Conference. A long debate on the abolition OF
the itinerancy and the substitution of the pas
| toral system was in progress when. the Con
ference adjourned. 1t is believed largo ma.
jorty will vote for adhesion to the original sys-
TEN of 1T lncrancy.
A few days since George Hudson, the once
notorious railroad manipulation and defaulter
returned to England after long years OF gno.
mipious absence 4 banquet was immediately
arranged for him at Sunderland. Eminent
men, members OF Parliament, even peers, hast,
cucd TO tho banquet given in his honor, anu
expressed themselves proud to DC present gu
the occasion.
Society" in Philadelphia is go5sl ping it
present over suit for divorce by Mrs. Louisa
Koecker, against her husband, DR.. Leonard
r. Koecker, the Well.known dentist. The lady
is said 10 have lately fallen heir to $4,000 III
her own right The parties have been married
| twenty-four years, have lived most happily
| together until short time since, and have
three children.
General llagan, Indian Superintendent tol
the Southern SUPPLEMENTARY, calls tie atten-
ton of the Government to serious aud con
tnued outrages by indians in Texas. The
Commissioner OF Indian Affairs has directed
the agent for the several tribes there to give
these matters his special attention.
| President Grant yesterday issued u l'roclalna
| ton reyoking the eyequalur Of the Consul Of
| Portugal at Savannah, declaring that he should
not be permitted to exercise the functions OIL
the Office OF Consul, nor would he be recognized
as SUCH The cause for this action has not yet
| been made public.
The receipts and expenditures OF the Gov
| crnmcnt Tor the quarter ending March 81, 1870,
were as follows: Total receipts, $yG,314 ,00j.
II; balance 10 Treasury, December 81, 1869,
| sos, 49,, 237. lG. Total expenditures, $l0G.
| 0o5, 0o9. II; balance 10 Treasury March 81
| 1870, Sis, ,2l3.7G.
A dispatch from Fort Scott says that, lew
! DAYS ago, seven men, either Texans or strag
| cr;nc outlaws from tho Indian Territory, came
| to tie town of Ladore, and committed mos
diabolical outrage upon two young girls. They
were pursued and captured by the citizens and
six OF them Immediately hung.
The reports Of concentration of Fenians il
Minnesota, received yesterday, seem to be tc
some extent confirmed. One of their first oh
jects appears to he to place force at Fort VIII
liam to oppose the landing OF the Canadian
! expedition.
The resignation Of District Attorney Pierre
pont, OF New York, was sent TO the President
| on Wednesday, to take effect June Ist. Bad
| health and professional engagements are the
reasons assigned for retiring.
A Philadelphia picture broker has been con.
victed of obtaining money under false pre-
fences, for selling paintings purporting to be
by az eminent artist whereas they were actually
the work OF amateurs.
Senator Revcls (colored) lcctured TO mixed
audience at Cooper Institute, New York. Wed
ncsday night on the Tendency of Our Age
and the Spirit OF Caste" The hall was about
one.third iulI.
The President Of the Union Pacific Railroad
in San Francisco, says that if the Sl,O00,00O
| subsidy is voted that the whole shall be spent
among white men, meaning that he will exclude
the Chinese.
The Supreme Court OF Pennsylvania at Har.
risburg yesterday had under consideration the
case of DR.. Schoeppe, which was postponed, cut
the Court iutimated an opinion adverse to the
petitioner.
The Italian Minister, Count Louis Cont,
was yesterday presented to the President of the
United States ct the White House, where the
usual formal ci7ilitics were exchanged quite
! gracefully.
At New York yesterday the German citizens
| celebrated the Baden revolution Of lS4S by 4
pic. MIC Addresses were made by Senator
| Schurz, Gen. Sigel and others.
The monitor Terror, now in Hampton Roads,
will in few days sail for the West India sta
ton. Quite number of u. S. naval vessels
are moving in that direction.
Gen. Longstrect has been appointed Adju-
tant Gen. Of Louisiana by the Radical Governor
of that State.
A rebellion has broken out in the province oil
Entire Rios in the Argentine Republic.
FOTING BY BALLOT.--The general election