Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-12-09
NEWS OF THE DAN.
''7o Aor the re,y age and Indy Of the Tim

The National Board Of Trade at its session
yesterday at St. Louis INDUCED i'll a long discus
sion relative to Congress being memorialized t
construct national railroad to San Diego ant
San Francisco Mr.. Bonner, of ST. Louis, sug
gested the novel idea that should the road b(
constructed by the Government, that indvid
uals be permitted to use the tracks in the same
manner as canals are used. that is, ndividual
| to own and run their own trains aud pay ton
mage on their freight The resolution was in
definitely postponed.
At Columbia, S. c., yesterday, in the ku
Klux trial four Of the prisoners pleaded guilt.
to the charge Of conspiring to deprive citizens
of the right to vote. They reserved the RICH
of reading afldavits in mitigation Of their pun
ishncnt. MIR. Stanbcry raised the point: Can
a prisoner be tried for an offence committed il
March, under charged April 81, und the ku
Klux law passed April 20. Other points vii
| be made to-day for ccrtifcaton to the Su
! prcmc Court.
The n. Y. Post says there is whispered
rumor in New York that after the departure
of Alexis from that city the diplomatic repre-
Sentatves Of torcl ign countries at that port vii
| address communication to the Committee O
Reception, in which they will speak their col
cctive minds in regard to the ''snubting'
they have persistently rccci we'd since the arriva
Of the royal visitor.
In the trial Of Mrs Wharton yesterday, DR.
| Williams was examined in regard to the cffec
of various posonS, and testified as to bis con
viction that Gen. ketchum was poisoned BY
tartar cmctc. DR.. Chew was examined as t
| his opinion regarding the death of Gen. ket
chum, and gave it that it was the result o
! artificial causes.
| The New York members OF and sympathizer
with the International Society were to have ;
demonstration of sympathy with the Commun
recent execution of Rossel by the French Gov
erumeut, but the police authorities have pro
hibited its taking place on that day.
The Grand Duke met with cordial recep
ton yesterday in Boston The citizens turned
out to do honor to their guest, but while thu
| procession was passing through one Of tho
streets, pair of horses attached to one of the
baroucheS ran away and created the widest
CONSERVATION. Fortunately no person was ser
ously injured.
Some evil-disposcd persons, on THURSDAY
night, the 30th ult, destroyed the gates ant
fencing at the house occupied by the Priest:
of St. Mary's (Catholic) Church, and also OIL
the two adjoining farms, belonging to Mrs
Eliza G.. Graham and Captain Levin Gardiner
in Prince Georges county, Nd.
The Grand jury of Philadelphia yesterday
reported that the business of the City Treasury
was completely suspended. There was no one
with authority either to pay or receive money,
and large sums were accommodating in the hands
of the Chiefs of the Departments greatly in ex,
cess of their bonds.
The Argyle Rooms, in London, famous
place of entertainment, aud well-known re.
sort Of American visitors, was totally DESTROYED
by fire yesterday. 4 number of adjacent build
ings were burned to the ground
The rolling mill of Mcknight Co., at Birm-
ingham, near Pittsburg, took fire yesterday,
and the entire mill, with the Office, &C., was
consumed Loss $4,000: fully insured