Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-02-05
, NEWS OF THE DAY.
"4e ,hoo the very age and body of the 1'"e'

Immense excitement was occasioned yestcr-
dsy in Buffalo, N. Y, at the statement inauc
that D. S. Bennett, member OF Congress rs, lr nan
that district, had obtained O.ooQ or S9oUoo
from banks on receipts from the EicVa'ihs
Association for grain stored in his elevator ID;
longing to said association, and then privately
selling and moving said grain from tho pu''u
ing He is charged with paying insurance on
such grain for months when there was no sucn
Grain there The statement OF these transac
tons caused Mr.. Benefits speedy return from
Washington to settle with the ASSOCIATION anu
banks.
riot occurred at Brookville, Miss, on tie
Cd between blacks and whites, growing out OF
the woupdinp by youth named Farmer OF
HACK man who assailed him, which at one time
Threatened To involve the whole section III
loodshed and strife. The blacks, who were
armed, tOrcbly took Farmer from the cousta-
bile and threatened to kill him and burn the
town. A messenger wan dispatched to Colnm,
bus for assistance Fifty armed men returned
Oh the train, who arrested seventy-tlve blacks;
The others fed. At last accounts quiet had
been restored.
The most intense cycltem ent prevails IN
Clark county Indiana, in consequences oil the
discovery OF gold on Big creek, bout twenty
miles from Tcrrc IlauIc. \ lately returned
Californian, miner OF eighteen years expert
rnce, has been for some days prospecting III
the ravines along the creek, aud in every hand
lu of earth be has found gold in paying quaint.
ties. The people Of that section are wild with
the gold mania, aud are leaving all other bus
ness TO search Tor the precious metal
MIR. Cullom' BILL which was introduced into
HbI,rs Ha
proposes to deal with the Mormoans severely
and with such rs are guilty OF conoubInage'
higamy or pulyyamy, as criminals, subject 10 i
fine for each offender not exceeding thousand
dollars, and TO inpr isOnmcnt in the penlten'
,iary not exceeding five years and the u. -
Marshal is to have power to call upon the u.
S. army to cntoice the law.
There is a halt in the matter Of presentation
of credentials Of tho Haytien Minister. VINO
is in power, and vino shall be accredited as
Minister TO Hayti arc questions to be- consld
cred by the Secretary Of State. Mr. Folsom
has the showing which should give him prt1na
facie accredeuce. But the unstable condition
OF affairs in HayIi suggests to the AdmlniStra
| ton deliberatiou,
An analysis by Prof Johnson, OF Yale Col
| lcgc, of sixteen different kinds Of fertilizers,
| some of which are sold as high as SGj ton,
shows that very large proportion OF them arc
worthless. One specimen, selling at 50
| tom was shown to he really worth, as 1ertllil'
zer, not more than 50. 80.
Lieut.. COL Walter 3. Pease, Capt. 18th u.
S. Infantry, tried hy court martial Tor conduct
unbeco,nng an officer" and sentenced to be
dismissed the service, has received Il mitigation
Of the sentence by order Of the President, tt
suspension from rank and pay for six months.
The Senate, in Executive session on Thurs
day, confirmed large number of nominations
of officers of the Navy and Marine Corps, Gus
] toms and Internal Revenue officers. Postulast
| crs, &c. The President yesterday TRANSMITTED
several appointments.
A number of the Southern Senators are urg
ing the appointment of Thos: j. Durant, o
Louisiana, Tor the vacancy upon tho United
States Supreme Court Bench, caused by the
| rejection OF MIR. lioar.
| George Tresemcter, his wife and Two child
rem, while floating down the Mississippi, neal
Louisville, Wednesday night, on raIt. were
upset during the "a le, and all were downed cx
cept one child.
! Prince Arthur leaves New York for Boston
to. day and will attend the Peabody funeral
whicL will be ended at the town OF Peabody
on Tuesday.
The Chinese treaty Was received yesterday
morning by Secretary Fish from Minister Bur
| lingame, with the Official seal OF the Empire
the ratification having been duly exchanged.
| Joshua Jones and Lewis Carpenter, convic
ted OF rape, were hanged at New Castle, Della
| ware, yesterday.
4 project is on foot to establish direct steam
communication with Kingston, Jamaica, and
New York.
NOBLE CHARITY Incidents like the follows
ing exert marvcously healing power Oh the
warm Southern heart \ writer from Nash.
vile, Tenn, to one OF the N. Y. papers says:
.'rhe Confederate orphans. sixty in number,
from their Home in Ciarksville, were brought
here on Tuesday last. to give concert IN aid
Of their home, the institution being entirely
Deepen lent upon private charity. at the rail.
road depot they we're met by the federal post
bands, in full uniform, which preceded them
into the city, playing sWeetly and mourniully,
therefore most appropriately, commanding the
admiration and constraining The enthusiastic
applause of thousands. This practical lac!
federal post officers attending the concert in the
evening, in full uniform, where hnnors given
were responded to by tears OF sympathy shed
ami contributions bestowed has preached the
Union with decided power in all this quarter,
and been accepted as an earnest OF peace and
gond will to come
New ROMAN CATHOLIC DIoCEsEs. The
Buffalo Express announces the creation OF new
Doccses and the appointment Of new Bishops
ia the Romau Catholic Church as follows:
1.-The seventeenth OF March next will be Il
great day among the Roman Catholics Of
Western New York. Services Of conservation
will be held at st. .josephs Cathedral in this
city, when the following named gentlemen will
be elevated to the dignity of Bishop: Rev
VIM. Gleason. the present ADM nistrator OF the
Diocese of Buffalo, will be consecrated Bishop
OF the Syracuse Diocese Rev. j. Lima. G. NJ,
D. d., OF Niagara Falls. will be cousecrateI
Bishop of the Diocese OF Rome. New York
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