Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-08-29
NEWS OF THE DAY.
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s. johnson, colored man, is in jail at Dan
vile, Ky, on the charge Of arson. The ru-
NOR was circulated last night that the ku-klux
were coming to take him out, and soon one
hundred colored men arrived and stationed
themselves around the jail Towards morning
false alarm was sounded of the approach Of
the Ku-klux, and the blacks rushed into the
street, firing some hundreds Of shots, and
vounding few Of themselves. The town was
in state of great excitement.
\ Cumberland ND paper states that an
original patent has been exhibited in that city
Of late, showing that in 1855 the Commonwealth
# PENNSYLVANIA sold to Christian Fike for
s3q. so, a tract Of land embracing 29l acres in
Somerset county Of that State. In 1871 one
half that land was sold for $4,000 1t lies on
Castleman river, and covers the largest vein of
coal in all that region.
A violent gale from the northwest visited
Boston and vicinity Oh Sunday night, with
drenching rain. In Arlington the steeples OF
the Unitarian and Orthodox churches were
| blown down Several buildings were partially
demolished and fruit and other trees prostrat
ed. The damage is estimated at 600 to
SJU, UUi. Nalueu, INClelI' 'heu'oie' oN
Newton also suffered.
The appointment Of Count Luigi Corti to be
one of the Commissioners, under the Treaty OF
Washington, for the adjudication Of claims OF
| British aud American citizens other than the
Alabama claims, completes the Board which
is to meet at Washington The other mem
bers of the Commission, Russell Quincy, NJ.
F., and Judge Frazer, Of Indiana, were APP
pointed some time since
Notwithstanding the published statement to
the contrary, there is authority for saying that
Mr. Catacazy, the present Russian minister n
Washington, will speedily be recalled. The u.
=. s. government has made i formal request that
change be made in this mission, and from
assurances already received, it is believed that
Mr. Cutacazy will soon be ordered home.
The New York journals do not much relish
the revival of direct trade between Chicago and
LIVERPOOL. That a propeller loaded with dry
goods, which sailed from Liverpool, July Nth,
arrived by the St. Lawrence in the harbor OF
| Chicago on the DIST instant, or IN twenty-tlree
days, makes IN impression.
The number of passports issued to persons
going abroad this year is far in excess OF any
previous one. They have this season averaged
thirty per day, but applications arc beginning to
| fall off considerably. Large numbers OF our
German residents have left the country this
simmer to pay visit to the 'Fatherland.
An examination Of the population tables just
issued from the census Office shows that there
are Chinese resident in twenty-tour States, and
seven out OF the eight organized Territories.
The entire Chinese population is about $4,000,
of whom all but about 900 are found IN the
Pacific States and mining Territories.
\ notorious abortionist at New York yester-
day was charged with numbering young girl,
mutilatng and packing her body in 4 trunk
and attempting to ship it from that city. The
people Intellectually attempted to lynch the
| scoundrel, who denies all knowledge of the out.
| rage.
DISPATCHES from Charleston, S. e., say that
not over dozen people are sick there with the
yellow fever, and the apprehension Of an cpl
de1nc is gradually subsiding. Another dis
patch SAYS that it is proposed to close the Gus
tom House for thirty days, or until the disease
has subsidized.
An Orange parade took place yesterday in
| Newark, accompanied with music, banners and
regalia. Large crowds were on the streets, but
not hiss or q grOan was heard. nor was the
slightest attempt made to create disturbance
or interfere with the procession.
New Hampshire is not the first Or only State
in which laws providing for compulsory educa-
ton have been passed. Next month, an act to
that effect goes into operation in Michigan. In
Texas, similar Legislation Is soon to be put in
force
Thirty masked aud disguised blacks rode
| into Commerce, Miss, on Thursday last, and
remained over Thursday and Friday, but be-
yond threats, had committed no violence at last
accounts.
The Charleston Is. c. News. 18th inst. says:
There is no doubt, in spite of the late disas-
ters the long cotton crop Of 1871 will be larger
than that Of 1870.
At the grand ball at Long Branch yesterday,
Major Gaul and Captain Watson Of the Mas
sachusetts (colored) volunteer militia: sought,
but were refused, admittance.
Some Of the newspapers are protesting
against the practice ofsetting up little children
| like puppets in triumphal cars in professions
| Il a. a.