Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-08-15
FOREIGN ITEMS.

Batavia papers give an account OF rghttul
calamity which has visited the small island of
Tagolonda, in the Malay Archipelago. \ vol
canc eruption, accompanied by rise IN the
ocean, swept four hundred and sixteen persons
from the island.
Rio advices to the 23d July: received yester-
day per cable via Lisbon, report an advance in
coffee there since July 7th, the date Of the pre-
vious telegram, of to of Il cent per pound,
with heavy shipments. and Il considerable IN
crease in the stock
Most stringent precautionary measures arc to
be enforced by the Danish Government for the
prevention of the introduction Of the cholera
into that country.
The weather throughout England il favor
able to the crops.
WASHINGTON ITEMS. -Thc venerable Mrs.
Chase Barney was struck Will paralysis in her
right side yesterday. She has been confined
to her bed for the past eighteen months from
the effects ofa paralytic stroke. This venerable
lady, now in her SSth year, is daughter of
Samuel Chase, of Maryland, Judge of the
Supreme Court and signer of the Declaration
of Independence, and is the last surviving
child of any of the signers.
Yesterday afternoon Robert klotz. Il son OF
Charles Klotz, of this city and little son of
Henry Lchau, residing on farm at Minor S
Hill, Virginia, while engaged at the latter place
in loading and firing miniature cannon, were
seriously injured about their heads and faces by
the premature explosion of package OF gun
powder. Surgical assistance was promptly
rendered. and Mr.. Klotz's son was at once
taken to the home of his parents in the hrst
ward, where he lies in dangerous condition.
The trustees of the Columbian College have
recently authorized tho expenditure OF 500, 900
tor improving the libraries and philosophical
| apparatus, and procuring all that the modern
art of instruction requires tor complete sclen'
| tifc and classical culture. \ number OF vacan-
| cies in the board of trustees have been filled
Last night one Dennis Darden shot and
killed man named John Mccarthy, near
the corner of Twelfth street and Pennsylvania
avenue. They had had an old quarrel, and in
the encounter previous to the killing, Darden
was much INJURED by his antagonist Nc
Carthy liScdin Alexandria during the war.
Torn TO PIECES BY DOGS.--A little boy
seven years old. entered the lanyard Of his
father, in Cincinnati, on Tuesday evening after
the departure of the workmen, and Was sot up
on by Il fierce and bowling set of dogs, thirteen
in number He was quickly thrown down and
rolled in the filth Of thcyard until all semblance
of humanity had left him. Black, bleeding
and dying, he chung with his face downward to
the earth with the energy of despair. The
cries of the dogs attracted the attention of the
ncighbors. \ bold man sprang over the fence
| to the rescue, but was soon driven out by the
new maddened bruteS. Then other persons
entered with pitchforks,and people driving on
| the avenue stopped and went to the rescue
with knives and pistols. 1t was briot and
bloody work. The dogs were all slain.-
The little boy, scarcely alive, was taken to
a house near by. The flesh, it was found, had
been torn from his scalp: there VIC great ugly
gashes in his forehead, cheeks and lips.
CHASTITY holes, their edges lacerated with tooth
marks, were under his arms, and other parts
of his delicate body bore wounds beyond de-
scription in their ugly nature. There is scare
ly possibility of his recovery.
DR.. JAMES G.. HILL, Of Alexandria who is
one of the leading spirits in the extension of
the Washington and Ohio railroad, has written
letter to the Washington Republican, setting
forth the advantages to be gained by the citizens
of Alexandria, Washington and Georgetown by
the extension of this road, and urging the pas
sage of bill by the Territorial Legisl ature,
apnropriating 81, 900, 900 to assist in the ex-
tension. Dr. Hill has labored hard and zeal
ouSly for this enterprise for which he deserves
the thanks of our people. Wehave few such
men as DR.. Hill, whose services the people
should recognize and reward by putting them
in nositions where their valuable services could
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