Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-08-10
NEWS OF THE DAY.
"7o shoao the very age and Lo(y offhe Times.

The United States Consul at Nassau re-
ports to the Secretary of State the loss, on
the DIST of June, at the northeast point of Mara
guiana Island, Bahamas, Of the American mail
steamship Port au Prince, of New York. The
vessel ran ashore in consequence OF strong
southwest current, and the inaccuracy OF her
chronometer, and bulged as soon as she struck;
The passengers and crew took to the boats and
went to Betsey Bay, and thence were taken to
Magua in the wrecking ship Gazelle. A con-
siderable portion Of the cargo was saved in a
damaged condition The crew were shipped
back to New York by the Consul.
While Mr.. Bennett, the owner Of a store at
Vienna, Clarke county, Ohio, was yesterday
drawing rose oil from large can, the gasignited
from candle he held in his hand, and i'm
mediatelv the room was filled with fame.
Thirty or forty persons entered the house to
assist Bennett and save the property, when two
kegs of powder exploded, demolishipg the
building, the ruins of which fell upon the
villagers saving the property, fatally injuring
four, and more or less injuring 81 others, in
Guiding two women.
A dispatch from Louisville, KY, says
Further information concerning the hanging
of the blacks at Frankfort yesterday: indicate
that it was done by forty persons. The blacks
were taken from the jail so quietly that hardly
anybody was aware of it until the deed was over
They were taken across the Kentucky river
about mile from Frankfort, and hung near
the spot where one Of them had committed an
outrage on a lady a few days previously
During a thunder storm yesterday afternoon,
the lightning struck the railroad track just out
side the east end of the Hoosac tunnel, Mass,
and entering the tunnel on the rails, exploded
a charge of nitro-glycerine. Two men we're
killed, and another so severely injured that he
died shortly after. A charge was similarly ex-
ploded on the west end of the tunnel, during
the same storm, without damage.
The last item of news about Mrs. Wharton
is an account Of fnancierng operation which
she practised on relative in Philadelphia,
borrowing $4,000 on the pretence Of paying OFT
a mortgage on her house, and promising Sc
curity, which was never given. 1t appears
that the statement with regard to the alleged
poisoning of Mrs. Alcock, was incorrect in many
particulars.
Wm. Waltmyer has sued Dr.. Hembold in
the Supreme Court of New York for $780,
which he alleges the Doctor lost at the Con-
tinental Hotel, Long Branch, in game Of
cards. The defense is that the claim is a gamb-
ling debt. The case was tried Tuesday. De-
cision reserved.
The adultery case now before } dge Mexican,
in Salt Lake City, has created a great excite
ment among the Mormons. This is the first
case of the kind ever entered by i Mormon
woman. 1t is generally believed should she
succeed others will take similar action
Ever since Montana has been organized into
IL Territory it has elected Democrat 10 Con-
gress until this year, when the Republican
candidate. Mr. W. II. Clagget, was successful
by one thousand majority
The Democrats claim the election Of Leslie
as Governor of Kentucky by $4,000 majority,
which the Radicals maintain will not be more
than %, 600 or 80 600.
Commissioner Douglass, yesterday, made
several changes in the Internal Revenue Bureau,
and it is said contemplates others.