Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-08-31
NEWS OF THE DAY.
"75 sho,c the gerry aye amt Jo'Iy Wfthe Times.

10 ShOlC the gerry u1c ana OW'H " WP IW"H.
Another outrage has been pcrpctrated by the
colored people at Darien, Georgia. The crew
Of the British bark Mona, Hatfield master,
COMPOSED of blacks mutinicd ut Se;,, and the cap
tain was compclled to shoot one OF the mutinecrS,
though only slightly woundins him. On the
ships arrival at Darien the captain was arrest
ed bv the blacks of that place and put III jail.
He was released yesterday. The case will be
submitted to the British minister ut Washing
ton.
At Louisville yesterday. the fourth floor OF
Whitney, Brown 4 Co.'S grain warehouse gave
way under the heavy wei ght, and the large
quantity Of grain crushed through the liooT INTO
the cellar killing three men, one white ami two
colored Two prominent merchants had just
stepped out of the building when the crash 9c
cured and were thrown into the street by the
conclusion, which burst of the doors OF the
building and shattered the glass i'll the windows.
1t is now said that the body found in the
trunk in New York, was not the niece Of l'oa-
cnzwieg, but of Alice Bowlcahy, of Patterson;
New jersey, 1t is also said that another anal
similar case in the leading particulars, h;: &C
CURED in Brooklyn. \ girl named Emily
Post died there yesterday under suspicious cir
cumstanccs, and the officers had commenced
search for the ALLEGED practitioners. DR. Ferry
and Madame Won Buskirk.
Secretary Fish requests claimants wh' have
not filed in the State Department their claims
against Great Britain 70: dclredation; upon
American vessels by the Angln-Cont rdcratc
cruisers, TO do 50 without delay, n order that
they may be taken into account in investigating
the aggregate claims OF the United Statr- t" h':
presented before the Geneva Commission. y
Commission meets at Washington /" review
the claims Of American citizens.
The British post card system Is grand site
cess. \ party goes to the poSto!ice and Indites
short message on one side of :! prepared card
the address being on the other sid. The
postage is but half penny. During tic first
six months Of this postal experiment hlndrc!
and twenty-five millions Of cards were delivered
from the various pOStothces OF the United kln"'
dom. realizing 81, .:,'i in tn" way 81 postage
receipts.
On Tuesday the Baltimore arI Ohio Railroad
Company notified the Treasury department
they were ready to bond under the act d July
II, 1870, for the transportation OF go"d5. with
out ADVERTISEMENT, and asked that their prlvi-
lege might extent to Louisville, Cleveland. IT.
Louis and Chicago, in addition to Cincinnati;
The bond will be made out immediately and
forwarded to the Company itr IL acceptanc'
The archives Of the Georgia State road were
yesterday turned over to committee "l ctl-
zens. This action was the result Of 4 series Of
prosecutions for the last several day. during
which the late auditor. general ticket agent.
master uechanic aud several merchants have
been held to bail to answer i"r FRAUDS "ll the
treasury. The road is the exclusive property
of the State.
At San Francisco last night, i nlan named
Englebrecht found a man nalncd Pattcn, L
former suitor tor the woman 10 whom kngle-
brecht was married, in his bacI, yard. Patten
fired several shots which were returned by En-
clcbrecht, who was mortally wounded. Iatten
received three wounds and then ran away, but
was soon aft crwarls arrested and taken 10 jail.
The Louisville (Ky.J Couricr-.journa Of the
10Th inst. reports the total destruction, by fire.
Of the valuable -four mills belonging to the
monastery of the TrappiSt monks 1T Gettscm-
ance, KY, on the 26th inst: This commune
ty has also been unfortunate in the loss OF re-
mittance of money on its way from France.
\ reception was rendered last evening to DIR.
John +. Morse. of California. by the Indepen-
dent Order of Odd Fellows Of New York, on
his return from Europe, where he has cstab-
l;shcd LODGES at Stuttgart, Berlin. Dresden
and Zurich.
The ;'Cyster Navy of Maryland has rcsum-
ed active operations. now that the business Of
the oystermen is about beginning. y few days
since one of the vessels of the fleet captured
six vessels in Tangirr Spund-thc disputed
territory
The cholera has made it, appearance 1t Ham
burg, where several cases are reported. 1t
Altoona sixteen deaths have occurred during
the past week. The disease continues to make
fearful ravagcs at konlgsbcrg.
There was collision Of freight trains on the
Baltimore Central Railroad at Oxford. Pa.
Yesterday. Two employees OF the company
were injured. The disaster orc'lrr"I through
carelessneSs.
Mr.. John Boyd one Of the oldest and most
respected citizens Of Baltimore. died. yesterday
in his S4th year The deceased for nlany years
was the head Of the mercantile. house OF John
Boyd 4 Sons.
Extensive preparations. are being made at
Washington for the reception Of tho Odd De,
feuderf, of Baltimore. who visit the Capital
on the 18th of September.
The four cared boat race which va, t" have
come off yesterday at Halifax. Nova Scotia.
was postponed on account Of the t"g.
4 National Agricultural Congress /: t" a
semble at Nashville Tenn. on the al Of o.
tober.
CIGAR BoxEs.-!The Chicago Republican
saws there has been a recent judicial decision
touching the tax upon cigars making It pen
alty of $50 not to destroy the Lox after the
cigars shall have been taken theretrom. This
applies not only to the regular dealer IL the ar,
ticfe. hut the consumer, and the individual
who has dozen empty cigar,box"* kicking
around bis house, or in the possession CT his
Children had better put his foot in them, OF
institute savings bank in order 10 INJECT the
penalty. since the law does not rEcuse lsn"-
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