Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-09-04
NEWS OF THE DAY.
$50 sho,v the rery age and BABY ofMe Times.


The Wheeling Iron and Nail Company
MILL situated at the upper end Of the city, was
totally destroyed by fire yesterday. The build
ing being of wood and very dry, burned with
great IA pidity The mill was one Of the largest
in the West It contained nlnety-slx nail ma
chimes. and all the necessary rolls and furnaces
for manufacturing nails. In addition to the
nail mill the company operated large bar non
department Everything was destroyed. FULLY
three hundred men are thrown out of employ
meut. Loss, 100000. Insurance, sl2o, 900.
A dispatch from San Francisco says The
campaign against the Apaches, owing: as is
alleged, to the interference Of the Peace Com
misSioners, is a total failure but the campaign
Of the Apaches against the white settlers Is
prosecuted with successes encouraging 10 the
savages. San Diego county, California, Is
again excited by fresh reports Of attack: on
settlements BY the combined tribe: of Southern
California and the settlers are forming vo!un-
tecr forces
The eololrd Inen OF the l.. ). will hold ""
conventions Of national character this FALL .
The kr:t is called :, national convention: and
will meet in ct. l.9ul: IN the 2!2d ofScpcmt cr.
The second Il called Il Southern convention,
althouy il is thought that nearly ali the States
will be represented il will meet III Columbia
South Carolina. Oh the 18th Of UctoE,er
\ tire in Richmond, Maue, Sunday morn
lug. destroyed thirteen dwellings and stores. -
Thirty buildings wcr- on tire at one time: Once
the lncu were Obliged to leave the engines tn
protect their own property, and their places
were filled by ladies, who worked The engines
over IN hour Loss over 81, uUjI 3; nSuranc"
Sll 900. The origin of the fire Is unknown.
The New Orleans Picaynnc gives l terrible
account Of the sanitary condition Of lat cty,and
ascrbes to direct Divine intcrposition only that
pestilence has been avertcd ltalSo gives i sad
account of the financial condition otthc State
and city Both evils it distinctly traces TO the
woelll misgovcrnmcnt under which they ar'
suffering.
On Sunday evening, Il week ago, terrible
election riot took place at La Mesilla, New
Mexico Seven persons were Killed, and the
Injuries of rs many more will result fatally
Mr. l.cmcn, the Republican cahHuatr for
Judge, is among the dead. The riot seems to
have been the work of gangs OF Mexican
outlaws. .... ......
The miscellaneous attempt to establish mixed
schools of white and colored in Louisiana has
resulted disastrousy The i'll feeling created
has DESTROYED the usefulness Of schools for both
white and colorcd, the attendance is greatly re-
duced, and the expense Of public instruction
greatly Increased.
Two cmigrant cars and the baggage car OF
the night express train westward bound, on
the Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad, We're
thrown from the track on Saturday. 4 lady
had her neck broken, and seventeen cmigrants
we're injured The cause Of the disaster is ur-
known.
\ portrait labelled ''Gcn. Cha> Lee. which
hangs in Independence Hall, - Philadelphia
now turns out TO DC the portrait of Arthur
OConncr. of the Irish rebellion Of l79S, paint
ed in Paris by Rembrandt Pcac in 1913. An
autograph of Gen. Washington. preserved in
the same hall, rs found to be 4 forgery.
Nearly every day now brings its boiler cx-
plosion The one that was due Saturday took
place on the Toledo, Wabash and Western
Railroad-thc rotten boiler in this instance
being that Of L locomotive, and the victims,
the fireman and engineer.
1t seems that COL Jerome Bonaparte Of
Baltimore has not been married AZ reported,
but it is stated. will be on the 18th instant to
Mrs. Edgar OF New Orleans. Mrs. Edgar is
described as dashing widow with three lovely
children. ...., .....
The number OF vessels belonging to or bound
to or from ports in the United States. reported
totally lost and missing during the past month,
is IS, of which 90 were wrecked, aband oned,
= burnt, 2 sunk by collision: + touudered and
are missing.
\ despatch from 81. Peters bu,s says that
the Grand Duke Alexis sailed on Saturda! in
the frisate Sweetland for the |. :. The Car
has gone to the Caucasus and the Empress 10
the Crmea.
The business portion Of the Town OF Puerto
Plata, Santo Domingo. was cOtrely destroyed
by-fre on the 2lst ii August The losses
amount to SS0Q,QGU