Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-07
Is ! NEWS OF THE DA \.
"7o shou tie very age and body ofthe 7n'f' !;

writer declares tnat tue newspaper
indicating serious alarm On The part O. inc
MormonS relative 10 the proposed la" OF =, Soh'
gress to prohibit poiygamy arc not true; nr'E'
ham Young and his leading apostles, hlShnfs'
etc., are exercised as Il the future OF lhcir
| institution, -but the'masses OF the Mormohs arc
| scarcely aware OF the thrtatcnet danger =,
Rrioham Young processes to feel that the bill
| will fail. He argues that Congress mas 40 "u
| thority to cuacs such law.
The Pottsvic Miners Journal OF Friday
saws I'VE learn that the suspension among
| the miners is not general in all the regions
| Work is partially going on in Columbia and
| Lehigh counties, and with the companies
above We arc assured by the leaders III the
movement here on the part Of the miners, that
the object Of suspension is not to put up the
price OF coal, but Simply to establish an eqult-
able basis for 1870, upon which to commerce
work this spring.
The rear building Of the New York State
Inebriatc Asylum at Binghampton, caught fire
| on Friday night and was entirely destroyed.
The burned part included the dining room,
kitchen, laundry, and fifteen or twenty patients
rooms, and the gymnasium. The loss Will &c
very heavy. 1t is estimated at SIS, 900. In.
surcd for $25 900. TIE main building is still
standing, and the patients provided Tor Inc
management will continue operations.
| In the Baltimore Conference Of the NJ. f..
| Church, in session at Frederick. on Saturday,
it was announced that the majority for Lay
| Delegation Was 946. The committees report
upon the statement regarding the Book Con-
! Germ investigation, made by DR., Lanahan, ex.
oneracd that gentleman from any blame IN
| the matter, and resolutions Of sympathy with
| him were adopted aud his character passed.
Alexander Keno, sentenced for twenty years
| to the State Prison, in New York, ter ou!rag-
ing q child, has received 4 pardon from Gov
aruor Hoffman, through the excrtlcns o.! the
Russian Minister. Gu condition that he leaves
| the country 81 once His father Is, it seems,
an officer in the Russian army. and member
OF the personal Staff Of the Gar.
La view OF the rapidly increasing Importance
OF our commercial interests in the countries
bordering upon or adj accnt to the Mediterranean
of Secretary Fish, has determined to rcVoIu.
tonZ: orr Consul system in these regions
and fill the positions with Il better qualified
set OF men than the present incumbcntS.
The insurgents in the Canadian Red Rivci
country have asserted their power by attack
ing and driving off force OF English and hall
breeds that had been mustered to drive them
| from Fort Garry. The leaders OF the attacking
| party were CAPTURED, and one ui them condemn
! ed to be shot.
a long statement concerning the cx
| pendturcs of The several counties Of Maryland,
and how I comnitcn OF the Legislature Pre-.
pose to "check the cxlraragancHS ana lrrcgu-
| arities that have in too many Instances been
committed during the past year. lspu5ilShed'
The New York World publishes an absurd
storv from its Paris correspondent, to the elect
| that the Emperor Napoleon died under thu
kuie Of hiS physician in September last, ant
that another individual, bearing a striking re
semhlance to him, has been 'upnearing Tor
him OIL public occasions. Al! stuff
The police in Havana, arrested on Saturday
night, fifty. one members OF the Masonic irutcr
nifty who were holding mourning services at
their lodge. The arrests were made Tor viola
ton of the law prohibiting assemblies without
permission OF the authorities Several !orciar.
| ers present were not molGsted.
| Governor Stevenson, of Kentucky. refuse:
to accept the resignation OF Mr.. Golladay,
member Of Congress from that State, who is
charged with the sale cadetships.
MUHDERERs LYNcuED IN Brunswick. Cur
| readers doubtless remember the fiendish mur-
der Ct Mrs Ba$s@t Rawiing~. in brunswick,
during the Iattcc part OF January. On the
night Of court day, while her husband was All
sent she WAS shoe through the window Of her
chamber, while nursing her infant, AID instant
Iy killed. \ blac;; woman had recently beeu
discharged from th;, employment Of the tami
y, aud suspicion fastened upon her husband
as the perpctraIor OF the terrible crime, though
the murderer had made his escape unseen.
such cold biooded murder Of lady so we'll
known aud highly respected, naturally caused
much icc!ln g III he county, and every effort
was made to arrest TIE guilty partic+. Harri-
son Hammock Tie husband Of thu. discharged
black woman. was subsequently caught, and
with him the woman's brother, nameJ Wyche
The latter confessed the deed and declared
that he was hired to do it by Hammock. lie
gave the !ul details OF the shooting.
Tie murdercrs were lodged in the jail at
LawrcncviIlc for Trial, where they remained
uuti Monday last, court day. At a late hour
OF that night, We are informed. the Jail was
forced by unknown persons--ail disguiSed-an
they were shot i'll their cells. They were left
for dead, though on the following day both
were still found to be alive The murderer
Wyche has since died, and the probability is
that Hammock will die also. There is not tn C
least suspicion, We hear who the attaching
parties were, nor is it even known whether
they were white or c)Orcl. Petersburg LuticC.
4 REMGNIsCENCE.- twenty five years
ago gentleman Of New Ior: ca,uc to Norfolk
on business. lie was an officer of the govern
ment, through whose hands passed enormous
sums, for the proper disbursal OF which he gave
ample security. As largc amounts were always
in his hands, for which there was no imo.cdiate
employment, like many of tic officials OF the
country, he considered that rs the government
could not lose, he had 4 right to use the money
for his own benefit.
In conversation with the Navy Agent u! this
city he stated this fact and asked him What he
did with the money subject to his order. The
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