Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-07-06
NEWS OF THE DA l.
"fo .how the pery age and body Of the TIN

A Philadelphia telegram OF Saturday to the
Pittsburg Dispatch says "A grave difficulty
in the order of knights Of Pythias, growing
out of the opposition of the Supreme Lodge OIL
the World to an organization known as the
"Conclaves of Supreme Pythian knighthood,
has eliminated in an application to the Su
preme Court by Grand Chancellor PHILIP
Lowry, Jr, to restrain John StotZar and other;
from proceeding with the work Of the Order
This application was not entertained, but 1t Wi
be brought up in another Court next week.
At Woodstock, Connecticut on the 4tb.,
grand mass meeting took place. at which Pres
ident Grant was present, and where speeches
were made by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
General B. T. Butler and Ex-Governor Hawley'
The President made but one speech during the
day, and that was but q few words 10 acknoWl
edement of the congratulations OF the people
of Plainfeld. President Grant spent yester
day at New London, Connecticut, and lett II
the evening for New York.
For three or four Congresses the heirs o
Thomas W. Harvey, deceased, have been en-
deavoring to get second extension Tor the
patent for the manufacture OF wood screws, ane
three votes have been taken, all OF which re
suited adversely to the claimants Tor the extern
sion. Nothing daunted, however, they deter
mined to "try, try again. and 90 Saturday
last they were successful, for the House passed
the bill by vote of II to as.
The Congressional executive democratic com
mittce have selected democratic committee
to act during the recess of Congress-, as fol
lows Richard Il. Merrick, chairman; Gen
Noah L. Jeffries, Gen. Denver and Thomas
NJ. Smith The committee will make active
preparations in short time for the dlStrlbu
ton of documents, &c., for the fall campaign
Officer Murphy, of Baltimore was killed by
three rowdies on Monday. the offence being
that he had interfered with their blackguardisu
OF females on the Streets They have been ar
rested and the punishment OF their crime nov
rests with the authority that has previously
been SO leDlent.
Some Of the Senators are DESTROYS of extend
ing for ct least ten days the time fixed for the
adjournment of Congress, the 18th instant
being appreheDsivc that the necessary public
business cannot be transacted BY that time; bu
the House it is thought, would not consent tt
such an extension.
The foolhar9y race from New Orleans to St.
Louis between the steamboats, Robert r. lee
and Natchez has been won by the former, which
made the run in three days eighteen hours and
fourteen minutes Large amounts OF money
changed hands on the result,
A new scheme TO defraud the revenue has
just been developed in the fifth district OF Vir
ginia. where the assessor has discovered gen
uine tobacco stamps so doctored as to be capable
OF removal from original packages and trans
ierred to second, and perhaps third.
The steamer Holsatia, which arrived at New
York yesterday, passed on the 18th Of June the
miniature steamer CITY of Ragusa, from Liver
pool, bound to New York.
The new School Board OF Cincinnati was or:
ganizcd yesterday. The officers elected are al
in favor Of using the Bible in the public schools,
and their friends are in the majority.
Negotiations for postal convention between
the United States and France have been re-
opened by the French Minister, under instruc-
tons from his Government.
Commissioner Delano has announced his in
tention of going to Kentucky in the TALL to take
part in the canvass OF that State, especially in
the Seventh congressional District.