Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-10-09
NEWS OF THE DAY,
"2o show the very age and body ojMr Times.

The trial of Bowerman, late u. 5. Deputy
Collector, in Baltimore, was brought to close
on Saturday, the accused having been found
guilty upon four counts. The jury failed to
| convict him upon the charge Of embczzling SD
900, but found him guilty Of embezzling the
sum Of S2,3j5,72. The penalty for the offence
is Imprisonment for not less than six months
nor more than ten years in Jail or penitentlary,
as the Court may direct and 4 fine OF double
| the amount of the sum embczzed. His SEN
tence will be passed upon the conclusion Of
Smyth's and Wilson's cases.
Mr.. John II. Keyser, Of the New York city
Contractors, assigns property worth more than
SGuO,OOO to repay something like three.quar-
tiers of million dollars paid to him by the city.
! Some of the vouchers against him he pronoun-
ces fraudulent and forged, and others were only
| paid after he had assigned them. MIR. keyser
offers to make other advances, if they shall be
necessary, to meet further Indebtedness that
shall be found against him.
All the Episcopal churches in Baltimore, yes
terday, we're crowded a Bishop Bishop
Howe of S. G., was consecrated, Deacon was
ordained, sermons were delivered by eminent
prelatcS of the Anglican church. Visitors to
the Convention, and also by distinguished min
listers of the Church in the United States, Mis-
sonary Anniversaries were held, etc. The
English bishop of Litchfeld, England, preached
the Conservation sermon at st. Paul church.
There is an excitement in the coffee market
at present, and transactions are large. Up
wards of twenty thousand bags were sold in
Baltimore on Saturday, and the sales during
the past week exceed fifty thousand bags, the
81 dc ~ al
lars in gold Prices have advanced within the
and the tendency is still upward
A warrant for the arrest Of Geo. Z. Cannon,
editor of the Deseret News, and one of the apos
ties and chief asprants to the succession of
Brigham Young, was placed in the hands OF the
u. S. Marshal on Saturday, but has not yet
been served, probably because Mr.. Cannon was
engaged at the Mormon Conference.
4 fire in wood pile about two miles north
of Jefferson, Wis, has destroyed 5000 cords
of wood, aud is still burning. No trains can
pass either way The telegraph lines are also
burned down.
Persons claiming to be the heirs Of Lazarus
j. Powell, who died in Philadelphia in 1850,
leaving an estate of $4,000, 00O which was es-
cheated to the State, hayo put in an appearance
and want the money.
About year ago New England was suffering
from drought This year Illinois is similarly
afflicted, and to such an extent that blowing is
impossible. These dry seasons are, for the most
part, attributable to the destruction of timber.
VIM. A. Robinson, formerly cashier of sew
era prominent banking houses in Now York.
l. IL =.
fenced to five years in the State prison.
The prairie fires are raging with undated
fury, and it is reported that in the destruction
of a town, thirty people lost their lives.
Judge Bond has returned to Baltimore from
his visit to North Carolina, bringing with him
one OF the ku klux uniforms.
The quarantine at Texas ports against New
Orleans has been Withdrawn, and passenger and
freight routes are in full operation.
One death from yellow fever in Charleston,
yesterday.
DIsORGANlZING PARTIES.-At the Labor
Reform Convention held in Massachusetts, the
other day, Wendell Phillips expressed his graft
tude to Gen. Butler in the following terms:
Whatever may be our Individual feelings to-
wards Gen. Butler, he has, as think, done
immense service to the late movement, for
he has stirred up the waters of the State and
broken the force Of party attachments more
than probably any man III the party, and all of
us who are familiar with politics know that the
hardest thing to do is to pick 1nan off of his
party. 10 pick a man off OF his party and his
church are the hardest things to be done in
the world.
There are some so-called Conservatives in
this State who, by announcing themselves in
dependent candidates, and refusing to be bound
by the action Of the conventions Of the party,
to which they profess to belong, are, like But
Ter, aiming ITO break the force Of party attach
ments, - and to disorganize the only organiza-
ton that cap give US the victory over Radical
ism. IF ths: = succeed i'll so doing, their reward
will be the thanks Of the RADICAL party.-Rich-
mond Who.