Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-08-15
NEWS OF THE DAY.
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In the indictments found against Mrs.
Wharton, one charges her with the murder "t
Gen. Kctchum on the 2Sth day June. and the
other charges her with attempting t" poison
Mr. Eugene Van Ness ut various times between
the 10Th and 18th day Of June The indicl.
mcnt for murder. charges her with admins
tering the poison in dose Of yellow Jasmine,
in some tea and in Il glass of Lemonade The
Indictment in the case of Mr.. Van Ness allcuc<
that she attempted to poison him oil the 18th,
Goth, oath aud 18th days of June, by admins
terinu the poison in beef. tea and milk punch.
Meara, who WIS lynchc'l recently at Omarga,
Illinois, for whipping his son t" death, is dis
covered to have committed other crimes >carcc
" less atrDcious Some years ago IL boy ;,dnI'-
ted by him mysteriousy Disappeared, AMI there
is no doubt now that he WAS murdered. Still
later. another lad working for the same man
was unaccountably missing and the daughter Of
Meara now states that her father killed him
with an axe.
The recovery Of the money stolen AT the late
robbery Of Adams Express Company safe in
St, Louis is curious revelation Of the way in
which the employees of the Company are brl.
bed TO become conicdrrGtcS with professional
thieves. and give the latter the facilities for
committing the crime.
A telegram from Columbus Ohio, SAYS that
Mrs. R. r. Colbum will be arrested ON the
charge of poisoning Mr.. Butfenbarger, but will
| be immediately admitted to bail until Alondaiy
next when preliminary eXamlnatlon WILL
commence. This arrangement was nlittc be-
tween the counsel OF both parties Yesterday
The inspection and stamping at coal carts OF
the city retail dealers. according to the vet ct
the Legislature, began in Philadelphia yo>tcr'
dav. iIenceinrth all coal carts arc to be OF the
capacity ola long ton 2.2+o pounds. Those OF
Il smaller size are not to be used in the trade.
]. G.. Bancroft Davis will he appointed agent
or attorney of the United Stalc:. under the
British Treaty. to aid in the prosecution Of tn,
American claims at Geneva Other counsel
are also to be employed.
By the explosion Of Il steamboat boiler neal
Mavvil!e, New York, yesterday, five persons
were killed and Il number serious y injured. -
The cause of the explosion Is not stated.
KLEproMANIAcs.-- The instances of official
corruption in the Southern States, under tn,
present regime, have become 81 numerous that
il begins to look as if the whole political found
alton there WAS honcycombcd with ra>calty. II
some States the Administration seems To HAY,
srnured every ncighl,orhonl for Kclptonlanlac>.
treat and small and chuckcd them into office
| As one instance among many, take the follow
| ;nr glorious record of Government Othclal>
male and female in the First Congressional dis
trct IF t,corgir, a~ We find it in Il late issue Dt
,he Savannah Daily Advertiser. Let 1t bt
horne in mind that few Of the guilty official.
down there have been brought to justice anc
that. bv its neglect to prosecute, the Govern
mcnt not only fosters the mania for hlchng
but breeds discomfort among the people who
are obliged to stand the fleeing - Washing
ton HruM
First on the list We have ext. S. Marsha
W. G.. Dickson. who walked off the victim Of
$l1 900. His brother John vanished at the
same time. leaving al>r Il large circle Of inter
ested friends and creditors.
Next we have the elegant Waddcll, Revenue
Assessor, and his brother at Thomasvlle, As
sistant Assessor Both Of these parties while
they did not owe the Government for any bal
ances were so heavily indebted to the world a
large in various ways. that their names vii
never fade from the memory OF those who foot
ed the bills Following these gentlemen, como
in triple order the three postmasters at Thomas
vile, all of whom were defaulters about T5Wl
each. These are very small fry and We pas
them by Arriving at Naldosta We find thai
the colorcd postmaster there is S400 behind IL
his accounts We pass on and bring up against
the huge proportions Of Fatty Harris, who once
lorded or Elrled it over our post office. Fatty
is set down in Government books, we are told
for balance Of $23 GOO. and yet this does not
deter him from manipulating the State road
In fact his importance has Increased since that
postal experience At No. Ii, \. and q. T.
r., the postmistress captured all the available
property belonging to Uncle Sam, and III ont
short night gathered up her tent like the Arab:
and silently got up and got! She was one O
YOUR good old souls, and believed in doing moth
ing in half way manner.
Our present excitement Is, as everybody
knows, Wellman and Robb, to the tune O
Sl1 900.
One poor devil, A. E. Porter, Assistant a.
SCISSOR in Camden county, was sent to the penn
Tertiary, but has since been released.
Holcombe, the Assistant Marshal in Byral
county, will shortly come to trial for maltasance
as reported. =,
Last, but not least, we have Collector Gould
who withdrew, to coin Il polite word, witt
S59, 900. His was ten-strikc, but he tallct
to earn the game satisfactorily to himself
South CAROLINA PHospHATEs.-Sev
years ago an underlying deposit was discovered
around Charleston, S. G.. which, upon analyst