Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-08-21
NEWS OF THE DAY.
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sold his property and left for parts unknown
with Paschal Grofhs and Mrs. Susan Knowles;
son and daughter of the murdered man. Teal
being married, the circumstance Of his leaving
with another mans wife excited the Suspicion
that he was concerned in the murder anu
search was made for him and young Gro01lS
without avail, until few days ago, when they
were found in lizard county, Arkansas, anu
arrested.
The colored man who outraged and murder
ed a little girl near Fulton Station, in Hickman
county, Ky, few days ago, was taken, from
the jail on the night Of his arrest and shot
through the body seven times. lie was lett Tor
dead, but next morning he was found, sitting
up and taken to Jail, where his wounds were
dressed Subsequently a party OF citizens took
him out and hanged him. lie confessed his
horrid crimes
The Secretary Of the Navy, in accordance
with the late act Of Congress authorizing him
to institute suit to obtain full damages for the
destruction and loss Of the sloop ot-war Oneida,
in the Bay of Icddo, Japan, in January, 1870,
has had a conference with the Attorncy-Geue-
raj. but no steps have been taken toward IN
stitutng the suit which must BE- against the
steamship company owning the Bombay.
Frank IIeidlcnbergcr, who has been convict,
cd in Giles County Court, Tenn, for stabblng Il
man, and sentenced to the State prison, was
shot and killed by one of the prison guard yes
terday before he had entered the prison. An
alteration between the prisoner and the W ar
den Of the prison was the cause OF the homl-
eide.
There is said to be no foundation for the
rumors ahoat relative to the departure ut the
Russian Minister, Mr. dc Cataca2y. 80 far
from being recalled, onlya lew days ago he
received. through Prince Gortschakof, from
the Emperor the assurance Of full appreciation
of the manner in which he has discharged the
duties of his Ministry.
The aggregate of subscriptions to the
new national loan now reaches S93; Go0,o"n.
Among the subscriptions on Saturday WAS one
| of 3GI. 900 from the Second National Bank OF
Baltimore. Foreign dispatches report salts
| factory progress in the arrangements Tor rlac-
lug the loau in Europe.
Sergeant Harrington, Of the Third Cavalry,
and Charles Whisper. have been murdered
by the Apaches near Camp Verde: Arizona.
Their bodies were horribly mutllated The
Indians, 20n strong, aidel the country 10
within eighteen miles OF Prescott, capturing
many cattle.
A dispatch from Savannah announces the
arrival there Yesterday Of the steamship l.lber-
ty. from Baltimore for New Orleans. with a
broken ruddcr stock \ heavy gale, extending
| from North Carolina southwark Is REPORTED on
the coast.
The transactions in mining property IN Utah
a.. Il. | -
On Saturday $24,0 900 worth Of silver arrived
from Phoebe. Arrangements are making to
organize Stock Board Exchange.
The examination of Dr. Carl Cfroessuer, charg-
ed with having caused the death Of his wife by
cruel treatment, terminated in Louisville n.y.,
| ON Saturday in his commitment to jail without
bail to answer in the Criminal Court.
The steam propeller u. III. Starbuck, own
ed by Mills Il Co., Of New York, exploded her
boiler Oh Saturday, between Staten Island and
New Jersey. and the fireman, Geo W l!llanIS,
was killed by breathing steam.
1t is anticipated that the whole system OF
street cleaning in New York will be revolutlnn-
lied, and chart Of the city made out iol
streets requiring cleaning every day AMI those
requiring cleaning twice week.
Accounts from Fort Gill, Indian Territory,
represent that Il severe drought prevails III
the northern counties of Texas. Vegetation
| is burning up and cattle are dying IN many
| places Tor want OF water.
A fire in Virginia City, Nevada. yesterday,
destroyed property to the amount ct $l3o'"H''
| Fifty buildings were burned. y lire IN Warsaw,
Ind, yesterday burned thirteen buildings.
Loss $500Ou.
The expected order Of Secretary Robson for
the building Of one Of the new torpedo boats ut
the Washington Navy Yard: is said to be duo
to the request of the Postmaster General.
Two new vessels were launched from the
shipyards of Messrs Beacham & Bro. and
Fardy l. Woodall, South Baltimore, on Satur-
day.
a Cincinnati dispatch states that Gen. Nc
Cook, the Democratic candidate for Governor
Of Ohio, is so i'll that he has abandoned all per-
sonal efforts in the canvass.
There was heavy frost on Mount Washing
ton yesterday morning the telegraph wires
being covered, and broken twice near the sum
| nit
The receipts from taxes on Incomes for 1871
arc $40, l57, 9jS, or &lS,GlT,9lj less than iol
1870, when they reached $3I, 11j,S1%.
WASHINGTON ITEMS. Saturday, white
man named Milton Ward and 4 colored man
named john Allen. alias Lewis, employed on
board a Cumberland coal boat, got ensa-
ged in quarrel on the boat, when Lewis used
indecent language in the presence OF the
wife of the captain Of the boat, and WAS or ler-
ed to dcsist. He refused: and Ward seized
q mllSkct and struck Lewis over the head
knocking him overheard in the canal. Ward
then jumped overheard, SWAIN shore, and fled.
Lewis went to the bottom, and his body was
dragged for and recovered. Ward escaped up
on au upward bound boat which was followed
and overtakcn, and Ward found ON board. lie
was brought back to the Chain Bridge. where
an inquest was held, and 4 verdict rendered i'll
accordance with the above facts. Ward was
committed to Jail.
The monument of Abraham Lincoln in front
Of the City Hall has been enclosed by Il baud
| some bronz,I trurr aLOut five feet hiuh and