Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-11-16
NEWS OF THE DAY.
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The political conference OF the representatives
OF the late Union Reform party IN South Car
DINA. held in Columbia, on Friday night, dc
teruined unanimously to abide bS the recog-
milton of the civil and political equality OF the
negroes, to protect the colored men who voted
with the Reform party, TO welcome all colored
men who desired to enter the Conservative
ranks, to expose frauds at the late elections,
to bring the offenders to justice, and to use
every exertion in diseountenanclng violence and
preserving good order and peace.
A correspondent of tho New York Tribune.
who writes with the air OF having been behind
the scenes, publishes in that paper an account
of the liaisons Of the late Emperor OF the
French. He comments 90 the weak attempts
OF Napoleon to initiate tho voluptuous mag
piGcence OF the reign oil Louis the fifteenth,
and saws that when his mistresses were driven
from the public view the Empertr maintained
them in secret.
It is reported that the Pennsylvania Central
railroad has determined TO build road from
Deerfield, on the Little Miami railroad via
Lebanon and Centreville, to Dayton. This
road besides passing through the celebrated
limestone fields of Centrerille would give fbo
Pennsylvania Central direct road to Dayton,
and would afford them an opportunity or open
ing grand through line to Chicago via Day
ton, Union and Logansport.
Tho Commissioner OF Indian Affairs reports
the Indian situation on the whole as favorable,
as the majority OF the official reports forwarded
represent the condition OF the Indians to DO
more peaceablc than for years The single eX
cepton is In Arizona, where raids are OF ire
uuent occurrence by the Apaches. The COM
missioner warmly endorses the present peace
policy.
1t may not be generally known that Gen. de
Paladines, the hero Of the recent French VIC
tory, was strong Bonapartist when the pre-
sent war broke out. lie was for long, while
entrusted with the command OF the depart
ment containing Metz. It was not until the
loss of Orleans, that the victor OF CouImlers
was placed in command Of the Army or the
Loire.
The court martial on the colored Cadet at
the West Point Military Academy found him
guilty of striking another Cadet, and sentenced
him to an increased guard duty as punishment.
When the sentence came to be revised at WGsn
ington it was disapproved by Secretary Bel
knap as insufficient, and Smith was ordered to
be released from arrest.
There is report that the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company, and other wealthy
patrons Of the Valley railroad, have an agent
10 Monroe county who is examining route
for the extension of that road down the valleys
of Potts and Indian creeks, thence on through
TazeEell to Cumberland Gap, continuing to
Memphis. Tennessee.
A cable despatch from London to the Treas,
urcr of the Great Western Railroad says all
the bonds put on the London market by that
company to raise funds to build an cir line
from Buffalo to Glencoe have been subscribed
This will cause the expenditure OF $5,O(U,00O
in Ontario county, N. Y, within the next lew
months.
MIR. w. Oshander. messenger of the Peo-
pies Bank, of New York, yesterday had his
pocket picked OF seven gold certificates,
payable at various banks, amounting to S4g5,-
45l. and promissory notes for $780,, The
notes were stolen from his breast pocket by
parties who crushed against him IN the street.
Yesterday young man named Dallas Lord,
of Randolph, Mass, charged himself with hav-
ing murdered the late Benjamin Nathan, or
New York. 1c was arrested, and afterwards
proved to be swindIer, who, without any res
SOD, had accused himself of the murder.
Gen. Sherman, in his forthcoming annual
report, will, it is understood, advise important
notifications of the law TO reduce the army
The practical enforcement OF this law, 1t ls
claimed, is working great hardship among
some Of the best officers Of the service.
The trial of the Baton Rouge prisoners com.
menced at New Orleans yesterday. The PIC.
ayune SAYS it is asserted that nine tenths OF
these prisoners are we'll known quiet aud re-
spccab!n citzans, who we're in no way connect
ed with the riot.
a great demonstration OF sympathy for the
Pope was made in Cork, Ireland, last night
An immense public meeting was held: which
was presided over by the Bishop OF Cork, and
addressed by the members of Parliament from
the District
Mr.. John Jay, the American Minister at
Vienna, Austria, cave an entertainment last
night in honor OF General Sheridan and party,
at which among other distinguished guests
Baron Won Deust and Count Andrassy were
present.
The st. Crispio Association of shoe makers
in Massachusetts, have adopted the following
resolution: "There shall hereafter be no more
strikes in tho Crispin organization" "A sensl-
bic determination.
The steamer AIgoma has been out on Lake
Superior for twenty days without having been
seen or beard Of. 1t is feared she has gone
down with all on board-nearly one hundred
persons
Tiffany & Co.'S new jewelry store in Nov
York has been opened. 1t is a most mag
nifcent establishment, five stories high. 1t is
the most extensive jswelry depot in tho u. S.
Mr.. L. W. Ferry, Of Michigan, has the arg.
est majority eleven thousand-Iece ivcd by
any candidate Tor Repreaentive in the latc cleo
lions.
La the Baltimore City Council last evening
an ordinance was passed by both Branches in
creasing the compensation of members from
so per day to SIS per day.
Rumors of the discovery of dangerous gov
eminent counterfeit prevail Severa! noted Dc.
tectives are in conference with the Secretary
of the Treasury.
Congressman Jenckes, of Rhode Island it.
is intmated, will be made commissioner OF pa
tents. He has been chairman of tho House
committee on patents for many years.
Fernando Wood denies the statement that