Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-06-06
NEWS OF THE DAN.
"73 <iom ia rc,v nye and bm2y Of li.r In

! Cumberland, Nd. some time AGO PASSED i;
! law authorizing tho arrest Of lnlcrs who con-
grcsate Oh street corners 10 the annoyance Of
| persons passing by. This police 'ln NOE like tho
law as it gives them TOO much extra duly. and
in order to make it odious they have rcsnrtcd
10 scheme Of arresting snmc Of the oeStt lit. LID
hcSt- citizens Who were found convcrsng
| in numbers Of three OF four upon the street
corners. The papers protest against such an
! outrage and demand the iiSnissalofthr police
! nlcn
| The International Typographical! | mon be.
ean its nineteenth annual session. in Baltimore
Yesterday lIr. Hammond from New Orleans
vas elected President Iu reference to several
matters relating 10 businc:3. the President said
! he looked upon &trikea 81 something to be
! avoided, and deemed thcit growing infrequency
4 matter Of rungiatl!atiou, and trusted that the
moderation and sense Of justice If both printers
aud EMPLOYERS viii eventually cause them tn
cca,:2 altogether.
\ dreadful earthquake visited the distric! oi
Ia1scn China on the borders Of Tibet. and
about seven hundred miles northwest 81 Can
ton. ON the 18th of April lSIn The city Of
Bathung was nverthroWl AMI 30: people
we're killed \ few Of the troops anu people
escaped, but most Of tL2 inmates We're crushed
and killed under the ialnG 1ilnprr and .;tont.
Flames also suddenly burst out IN four places.
| TIL" flood from The break: il th,: Mississippi
river lrvces Is increasing. and there Is AN area
| of six square miles III New Orleans under WI
ter. inclrtlin" alont three hundred lhicEly IN,
/ habitrl squares The suffering Of The inllahi
tantS, especially amongst the poorer classes. is
described rs very great Much damage has
been done 10 houses and gardens
\ terrible cyclone passed over 4 portion Of
Illinois on Friday. In lis pathway it entirely
Vegetation alive. and plo,,ine ui' the cartll 10
! the depth Of several inche@. IL was arcompan-
! led hy electric phenomena and sui phnroU:
smells. Fortunately no houses ~err within it,
line Of progress across the country.
Rev. Mr. Cheney rector Of an Episcopal
Church in Chicago, evidently does nos intend
to regard the sentence of degradation from the
ministry passed upon him By Bishop White
lolst On Sunday he nfiiciatcd in the church
and Rev. Dr. Tying, Of New York, preached
sermon, in which he took strong grounds in
favor OF Mr. Cheney and condemned the action
of the Court and the Bishop.
The multiplication of tclcgraphic communi-
cations is unceasing The latest link in the
chain which is to 60 around the world is the
cable between Singapore and Hong Kong,
which was completed on Saturday. By it Lon.
don is placed iu direct communication with
China.
The New York correspondent oi' the Phia-
dephia Ledger writing Oh Sunday last, says
The International Workingmcn' ; Society have
resolved to call 4 mass meeting in this city to
express their sympathy With the Partisan Com.
munists. What next?
There are TWO lady delegates in the Typo
graphical convent iuu. who manifest M earnest
and active interest in the proceedings, and
whose presence is. perhaps: not without its
advantageous influence on the male members
There are many female ''compositnrs at the
North
so many filthy persons are Seen III the City
Hail and galleries of Congress and other pub
lie places in Washington that decent people are
beginning to complain OF it in the city papers.
The Chronicle, truly loyal sheet, refers the
matter to the board of health.
There is TO lie new railroad constructed be-
tween Baltimore and Chicago. 1t will be IN
air line from Chicago to Pittsburg where it
will connect with the Connellsvillc Road, and
will strike the Baltimore and Ohio main line at
Cumberland.
When Governor Scott. of South Carolina,
was on recently, he gave in his adhesion Of
loyalty to the President. and promised that
the State would go for him BY an increased ma
lorlty next year!