Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-09-02
NEWS OF THE DAY.
"7o xlooo the rery age and Jody cfthe Times. l"


known men surrounded John ,Joscher's house,
in Dutchcss county, New York, and ordered
him to come out. He refused, when they
broke into his dwelling, and finding HIM be,
hind the chimney, dragged, him forth and
stripping his clothes of they threw bag over
his head. They then besmeared bis body with
tar and emptied bag of feathers on him, and
fed. Joscher was charged with running away
with the wife of anotherman.
Assistant Attorney General Talbot has re-
signed his Office, the resignation to take effect
the first of October. William McNliehael,
now Solicitor of the Bureau of Internal Reeve
nue., will be appointed to the vacancy thus
created, and Charles Chesley will be appointed
Solicitor. The last named gentleman heretofore
occupied the position of Chief of one of the
Bureau Divisions.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
consummated another transaction in the South
west, according to the Columbin IS c. Phe-
nix, in the purchase Of ,2000 shares IN the
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta railroad,
raising the interest of the Pennsylvania compa-
nv, according to the same authority, to lO,O0o
shares. or nearly controlling interest IN the
company
The tragic fate Of Miss Alice Bowlsby, the
unfortunate girl who was murdered by New
York abortionist, has gone far and wide as the
principal sensation of the day. The latest de
velopements in the tragedy are the suicide OF
Walter f. Conklin, her seducer, at Paterson
\. j.. and the confession Of Jane johnson, an
inmate of Rosenzweig's den.
Senator Clayton Of Arkansas, was arrested
Yesterday by the L. S. Marshal on the charge
of issuing certificate Of election to General
John Edwards, as member of Congress IRON
Arkansas in violation Of the enforcement act
of Congress. The Senator gave bond for his
appearance at the October term of the u. ,.
Court
4 dispatch at the Postofice De apartment
from the Postmaster at Savannah, Georgia,
savs; that the mails and also all cars and pas
scngers from Charleston are refused admit
lance into Savannah, in consequence OF the tear
ofthc epidemic yellow fever 1t is also stated
that the mails from Charleston will he sent ny
way Of Augusta.
The progress of the cholera in the northern
BART OF Germany is as rapid: and follows the
same route, as in the years when the epidemic
appeared there in its most malignant form 1t
| has now broken out in Hamburg, aud from
that great seaport or the Elbe it may be safely
nredicted that it will be carried to Holland,
Belgium and England
The grain gamblers on the short side at
Chicago are represented as gradually succumb-
ing to their fate, the fate of all on the wrong
side Of wagcrs as to future price OF wheat, as
we'll as stocks. Failures have commenced
there. and fears are entertained that they will
spread.
Organized gangs Of burglars are working
towns on the Hudson Several robberies have
occurred there lately, and last night stores in
| Rondout were broken open. 1t is said that
the burglars have sailing vessels in their en-
ploy, and that there are number OF them on
the river.
Dr. Cheney offered his resignation to the
vardens of Christ Episcopal G hurch inChlcago
for the fifth time and it was rejected. His
course in respect to the ritual, which has crca-
ted so much sensation. is sustained by the war
| den2 and Te5trymen of his church.
Toe. Gilbert, Of Atlanta, Ca, has buried
three wives, and is now living with the fourth,
| who SAYS she will give him stout tussle tor
the suryiyorship. He has handled thirty, sew
en- children upon his knees thirty Of whom
still live and thrive under his fatherly eye.
The San Francisco Call publishes list Of
the "wealthy men" Of that city. Fitty,one
are millionaires, with fortunes running from
81 900, 900 to SlO,0O0,000; ten are worth
$50, 600, and sixty-one have 5000 and up
| wards.
The cool change seems to have had g favora
( bic influence in abatng the fever in Charles
ton. No new cases are reported, and only one
death. The business Of the city is proceeding
without interruption Of any kind.
The only place in the Z. S. where cotton
blankets are manufactured sat Columbus, Ga.
These blankets are very popular at New Or
leans, and over twelve hundred pairs were or
lered from one factory recently.
The African cannibal who recently killed
boy at Kingston, Jamaica, roasted HIM, and
drank his blood, has been found guilty and
sentenced to death.
Major johnson, u. S. Marshal for South
Carolina, has telegraphed to the authorities at
Charleston to remove the u. S. prisoners from
the city on account OF yellow fever.
CONNECTION IN BLADENsBURG- quiet
of this suburban community, we learn from the
L
ago by a scandal which has already spread far
and wide. Mr. W. T. Clarke, one Of the prln-
cipal clerks in the Treasury, was brought be-
fore Justice Shaw in Bladensburg, and held to
bail in 81 900, upon charge preferred by Alr.
White. the well-known keeper Of the Spa
Hotel as being accessory to the kidnapping of
his children. 1t appears that Clarke was for
a short time during the summer boarder at
the Spa Hotel with his wife and four dogs,
which constituted the family circle. He sub
scqucnty removed to Hyattsville, his pres
eut residence On the morning Of the
l4th ult, Mr. White discovered that his wife
and two children had disappeared from their
home the night before, and learned as is al
legged, that Clarke had been instrumental in
causing the descrtion, by promising to procure
Mrs White employment in the Treasury Depart
as clerk at $77j per month. Failing to find
the whereabouts of his children, White obtain
ed warrant for the arrest Of Clarke, which
resulted in the proceeding, already stated, and
will become tie subject Of inquiry before the
Grand Jury Of this county in October. Mrs.