Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-10-28
NEWS OF TIE DAY.
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been in progress at Garnctt Kansas, for the
last two weeks. returned verdict yesterday Of
murder ia the first degree. Thu. c;se has: cx,-
cited great attention by reason Of the rratluII-
t-eyis!ii!g between the accused and the dead
nlau : wife: who is suspected OF having rarticl-
Dated in the crime She was a native Ut y est,
crn Mar! land.
Further particulars OF the late attack upon
the Chinese quarter at Los Angcios, + lac" it in
even worse aspect than the first accounts. But
four Of the rioters have been ~ Tar arrested. -
Their sole motive seems to have been anlnn-l-
" to tic race and Il desire ri piliI"l'r lh.'
Chinarnan who gave the first u!icncc.a> altered,
shooting al officer. was arrested BY the Chinese
themselves aud turned over to the authorities.
C.. Z. Huntingdon, President Ut the Chcs;'-
pcakc and Ohio Railroad, has submitted Il
definite proposition agrcci!,g to LtliiI road
from the muurh of SymrucS creek, opposite
Huntingdon. West Virginia. t. Dayton, Uhlo,
OH condition that the COMPANY be ttlrnl>h he'd
the right Of way. unquc>tiunablc subscriptions
amounting to S>uU,'hw, and the old work
done on the line.
Tweed was arrested yesterday i'll New rk
and gave bail in 5000, opy ior his appearance
in Court. 1t is said that within the past tw"
months he has been assigning I'LL his property
and wealth into hands that. can safely hid Oh
tn it. The invest CATIONS OF the CItlznI> Com
niice state that the Ring have cheated the
CITY out I'll the enuEnDu> amount Of ly.5t?'N''.
\ maniac was taken to thc Pennsylvania
Hospital in Philadelphia yesterday hy 'lrtcc-
tive officer for confinement, and when they
reached it the former persuaded the attendants
that the officer WAS insane. and actually got
him locked up. despite his pro,estatons. The
dec. ptinn WIS, however, soon discovered. AMI
the cunning maniac arrested.
\ prominent citizen I'll Chicago, -rcak$ Us
fellows Of the future oithc burned city :--"lhe
pluck and courage Of our people will speedily
rebuild the burned district. and in less than
five years one will scarcely DC able to tial vsI-
bic nlnl.uulcnt VI our d,as,rr, great IL it Is.
The New York Tribune calls attention to the
mania that displays itself in al exhibition Of
Ltqus diamonds on the lcr>on. 1t says thai:
the consequence is that this class Of jrwclry
Expensive when real and gaudy when false. has
hcru given up by the majority ui honest folks.
Gcucral Robert Anderson, who WAS most
closely connected with TIE early scenes ri tho
recent war, by his defence Of Fort Sumter. Oh
the lltl aud Eth Of Arril lSGI, died on
| Thursday ut Nice, France. For several years
Iast hc has been ia Europe.
Extraordinary prices arc demanded Tor Ium-
Der and bricks at Chicago. Brickmakcrs arc
there seeking orders, from various parts ui the
country. even a. far off Phlildrlphia. and
il WAS thought there would nc al carly iccIInr
in prices.
Mr. j. l.. Vernon, Il NirginlniS out in New
York with the offer Of reward Of 5000 for
the recovery of $l24s'0 in gold dust, ont OF
which he thinks lu has been drirld'd hy two
men who accompanied him from Colorado,
where he had been Working gold mine.
Judge Meredith having declined, the l'rr>i
dent has appointed Mr. VIM. NJ. Evarts To
act with Mr.. Caleb Gushing as counsel for the
United States at the Gr'rirva Board "t Arblr.
ton on he Alabama claims.
At Wheeling, West Va. on the .Jih instant,
little girl named ll"picr WIS attacked l,y Il
vicious ,ior. owned by one Scn>tnecr, and her
face almost literally torn of.
On Monday. ircight> from St. Louis to Bal
timnrc over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
an! its connections will be advanced ten cts. per
barrels and five cents per hundred pounds.
It WIS thought that there will be trouble to-
day at Salt Lake City in connection with the
sentencing of Hawkins. the Mormon. Brig
ham Young has LETT the city.
SuuTIG Observation-Disclosures from the upper
portion Of the State report INCREASING terror
and confusion in the proclaimed counties on
,fI, mt.
the Presidents proclamation. The lorkv!lr
Enquirer, says:
'''rhc Wholesale arrests made by the military
in this county have had a very depressing i'll
hucncc on business and industrial pursuits gcn-
orally, and We presume such will be the case
thruuc hnut the cntirc Srctlun OF the State en-
hraccd in the proclamation of the President:
The crops remain in the field unharrcs;cd. and
on account of the general feeling OF Insecurity.
business is nearly ut stand still. while large
number OF persons lave left the country. rattl-
er than incur the unpleasant and uncertain con-
sequences Of arrest The future OF our State
is now mare gloomy than 1t has been >lnce the
close of the war
The grand jury Of Chester county, composed
Of six whites and six blacks, have made Il pre-
sentiment. embodying the result Of their lnves-
tigatiou Of the allcagcd ku klux outragcs
there, AMI include aS follows: we the grand
jurors, upon our oaths. are compelled to say
from the testimony which We have taken and
from our own knowledge OF the different parts
Of the county, that the allegations contained IN
the proclamation Of the President Of the i. 5.
arc without foundation, and must be the result
Of falSchood communicated to him by persons
equally regardless Of the good order and peace
oil society.
The Piedmont Iirginian says :-'Ihcrc is
quite an epidemic in the matrimonial line in
and around Orange Court House scmc al
ready on the brink and some have gone
before
W. B. Parker white, convicted of the MUIR
der Of a colorcd man, was hung. at Greens.
toro, \. c., yesterday.
.H.7RRIEU.
At the Baptist Church, Fredericksburg, on
the 9th instant. by Rev. r. ). Dunaway. Mr..
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