Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-06-01
NEWS OF THE DAY.
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tions of the machinery were not properly oiled;
that the Company had on the day OF the ac-
cidcnt employed greater number of men than
is warranted by law and: that the Inspector
of Mines knew OF these violations OF law, put
failed in his duty in not protesting against
them, and applying to the courts Tor an ln]unc-
ton against the operators.
At Mount Auburn Cemetary. near Boston,
both white and colored soldiers participated in
the decoration ceremonies The former had
engaged some cars 10 take them back to the
city Some Of the colored soldiers, however,
crowded in. They were put out, when they
formed in line Of battle and with fixed bayo-
nets, but relntorcemcnts arrived from the Gene
tary and other cars in sufficient numbers to
thwart their determination.
The most original point made by TX 're>l-
dent johnson. in his late speech at Knoxville.
was with reference to convict labor He belize
we'd the pcnitcntiary system should be abolish
cd. He would divide offenders into two
classes, hanging the worst, and deprlvlng the
others Of the power to propagate the species.
In this they would improve morally, mentally
and physically.
The resident committees OF both political
parties have secured rooms at the capitol in
Washington and are arranging the preliminary
details for the distribution of political docu;
ments and the performance of other political
work preceding the fall elections, These cen
trail organizations have extensive ramlhcatlonS
into nearly every township in the United States
Captain Shufcldt, who has Just returned to
Washington from the survey Of the proposed
shin canal between the Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans across the Isthmus OF Ichuantepec,
gives very favorable accounts OF the route, and
in his report will recommend Il canal by means
Of series of ascending and descending locks
over the lowest portion OF the mountain l1dge
At Chicago. yesterday Martin Benda, aged
p, shot Catherine Ncckalaw aged 20, nficting
a mortal wound, and then shot himself dying
Immediately There was al engagement OF
marriage between them. On the occasion OF
the German procession, on Monday, Cathe-
rine went out driving with young man. This
excited Martins jealousy.
AS high as fourteen and Il quarter per Ct,
premium was paid yesterday by the Treasury
for January and July Fivc-twenties. This
price was considerably above the current quo
tations at the time. Moreover, sellers Of
bonds were able to dispose of the National cur
rency at one-eighth of one per ct, discount
During the decoration ceremonies, on Tues
day, at Admiral Farragut's tomb in New York
a clergyman named Pentecost, INDUCED in such
very bitter abuse Of the people of the Southern
States, that jeff G.. Davis, {. S. A, who was
on the platform, relieved his disgust by a
strong exclamation, and left thcscene.
information has been received from the ow
ners Of the schooner Lias. Of Stockton,
Maine, that the schooner has been released from
custody by the Spanish officials at Sagua Ia
Grande, Cuba and that Captain Griffin has
been discharged from Jail.
\ singular case Of generosity, if true. is that
Ola Mr.. Derby, Of New York, who, according
to the Herald of that city, has bequeathed his
estates in England valued at eleven million
dollars, under certain conditions, to the United
States government.
Baron Won Lederer, the Austrian Minister
to the T.. s., has been appointed by the Presi-
dent to preside over the arbitration Of Cuban
claims, the permission to DO this having been
riyen by the Austrian Government To their
representative.
The Episcopal Convention OF the Diocese OF
MARYLAND met Yesterday in Baltimore Ad-
dresses were delivered by Bishop Nottingham
and Assistant Bishop Pinkney. exhibiting the
prosperity Of the Church,
The Democrats Of one Of the largest county
districts in Tennessee have resolved to make no
further fight against the Constitutional Amend
mcnts. and to aid the l.. 5. officers in the en-
forcement of the ku. knX bill.
The Halifax agents of the Inman steamers
a., Il, >l,ti, e., =,
bottle having been picked mp containing an
account Of the loss Of the steamer CITY Of Bos
ton. 10 circulate sucha report was 4 cruel hoax.
The L. S. flagship Congress left SANTANA
Bay on May II, and arrived at Boston May
%. having experienced fair weather on the
passage. The health Of tie officers and crew
is good
The conflict of opinion in Germany growing out
of the Dolingcr schism is progressing, although
the large prepondcrancc Of German Catholic
ism is against the doctors position.
The revolution in Panama is end cal. The
steamer AIontiin has been restored, and the
rcvolll.onstsat Chiriqui have surrendered their
arms.
The cornerstone of the Maryland Institution
for the Deaf and Dumb WAS laid yesterday at
Frederick city with Masonic ceremonies
Sickness IN RICHMOND We nave hcrcto-
fore refraned from any reference to the allcs-
ed prevalence in this city of Il disease popular
ly known as the spotted fever. and by ply
sicians termed ''cerebrospinal meningitis,
from which about one in every ten thousand
of our population died last month, but as
very erroneous reports have been circulated rs
TO the character and extent Of the disease, we
transfer to our columns the following editorial
from the June number Of the Virginia Clinical
Record -Rah Wing.
'''rhc disease at present with Us is mild
and abortivc type of the nlalady we are dis
cusSing, possessing some Of its mild symptoms
but wanting in many of it's serious ones 1t is
generally ushcrcd in by slight fever, with
vomiting sometimes with spasms in young
children, and most generally with soreness and
contraction Of the muscles of the pack Of the
neck. The brain in the majority Of cases re-
mains unlmpaired, and the pulse and tcmpcra-
turc nearly normal. Both diarrhea and con