Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-08-25
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ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE
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Fer the Country
Published Regularly or TUESDA vs. THURS
D.aYS and SATURDAYS, at Sic Dollars per
annan.
A MASSACRE OF BUTCHERS IN INDIA.-A
Lahore paper reports 4 shocking outbreak OF
fanaticism at Umritsur, in the Punjaub: For
some time the Hndoos have been agitating
against the butchers of Unlritsur to obtain
decree forbidding the slaug ghter OF cattle. and
the sale of beef in the city. Their efforts tailed
chiefly through the trmness OF the Commission
GER and the strength of the English and Mus
sulman party in the committee. Early one
morning, about or 2 clock, body OF armed
Hindoos assembled and made Il descent upon
Umritsur slaughter house and attacked the
butchers sleeping outside. The murdercrs
were armed with swords and broad axes. ana
the butchers, being unarned and asleep were
unable to save themselves. -Four butchers were
literally hacked to pieces, and two others were
~ fcarfully cut up that one has since died. and
the Others life is despaised Of. The night was
= vrrv dark one. and it will be difficult TO re-
c,unize the murtlcrers Accounts vary as to
the sect they belonged to- From some lndlca-
tious found on the scene OF the the massacre
il i suspcctcd that the murdeTers belong to
the Nihuug sect But another account states
that the AkalieS are suspected. The Akalles
are d sort Of fanatic SikhS. Il senll- saccrdotal
class attached to the temples They are the
truculent- looking fellows who wear coDcal hats
about a yard high, covered with small weapons
and those steel chuckers on sharp rings which
they can hurl with terrible precision and effect.
They are respected and considerably feared
The Nihungs are associated with all that Is
reckless and Bohemian. Their name, indeed
is 4 common expression in the Punjaub to rep
resent these qualities The affair, as may be
anticipated has caused some excitement, as 1t
is expected that the matter will not end here.
Rad PASSIONS on both sides have been aroused,
and natives are already whispering that other
members of the butcher fraternity have been
marked out for destruction.
TIE BIGGER BAIT BUCKET-Some thirty
or forty years ago, Col. Th. H: Bigger. Of this
Bureh, who is still, at 80, Il dcvout angler, tet
the necessity for some CONVENIENT contrlVance
for carrying and preserving live bait for angling
Putting his wits to work, he succeeded lu de-
yisng 4 very simple plan to attain his object.
lie had two buckets Ole larger than the 9th,
er. The smaller was thoroughly perforated
with small holes, 50 that the water could pass
through freely, and about an inch or two
inches less in diameter than the larger bucket.
In the larger bucket--whoSe lid was also per
forated to give more air-the water was put
and in the smaller the minnows.> Fresh water
could be easily supplied whenever necessary
without injury to the minnows. When the
fishing was over, the smaller or inside bucket,
with its living contents, could be sunk In
snripe or stream and kept in good condition for
weeks or months We have known them to
keep in good order during an entire winter,
when bait is scarce and hard to get.
1t is strange that so simple contrivance had
never before occurred to any anglers brain. -
4 few wears ago we met with an Engllshman
who was great angler, and showing him one
uf these buckets he was astouished and cnrap.
tured In all his rambes over England and
Scotland he had never seen anything of the
Sort % and it supplied desderatum (he saidJ
which would be dear to all the brethren of the
bob He forthwith sent home an account OF
what he had seen, and the Scotch and English
anglers are now upon an equal footing with
those of Old Virginia Within the last few
wears the reputation otthese buckets has spread
all over the Union, and the Bigger bucket may
uow be found in almost every State. But few
know to whom they are indebted for the great
discovery Richmond: Wing.
HORRIBLE AFFAIR IN GEoRGIA-A private
states that horrible murder was committed in
Macon county last Thursday, on the person of
u Mr.. Joiner in that county, under the follow
ing circumstances:
The widow of a Mr. Devereux married Mr.
Lester, and after his death married MIR.
Joiner. By the first husband she had son,
Devereux, who during her first and second
widowhood attended to business for her. After
her marriage to Joiner, he attended to her
business Several notes had been presented to
him signed by Devereux, which were paid; but
On q recent occasion MIR. Joiner had declined
to pay a note of considerable amount, when his
wife told him that he must pay it or leave the
plantation quickly, and threatened to leave her
self if it was not done.
Mr. Joiner replied tlEat he was in no way re-
sponsible for the note sand would neither pay
it or leave the place, and intended to gatherlt
The next day young Dcvereux came, and on
the return of Mr. Joiner from the field, asked
for private conversation, which was granted
Mr.. Joiner repeated his determination not to
pay the note, when Mr.. d. rose up aud fired
at him. The shot missed, when Mr.. Joiner
caught him and threw him out Of the piazza;
Mr. Joiner went to his room to get his pistol
from under the head of his bed, but it had
been removed Young Devereux followed
him and fired the second shot, which struck
Mr. Joiner, and then the third, which killed
him.
Mrs. Joiner then gathered up what money
she had, gave it to her son. who fled, and Is
still at large. 1t is supposed that she will be
arrested rs accessory to the killing.
HORRIBLE Su1CIDE.-[ From the San Fran
cisco Bulletin, Aug. Is. -lu this State suicides
have been remarkably frequent and the vic
tins have often resorted to strange and unnat
ural means for accomplishing selfdestruction.
But now we have to record u case which out
ranks ali of its predecessors IN point OF despe
rateneSs. On Friday morning convict OF Gan
Quentin, named Francis Smith, sentenced to s
term of ten years. climbed to the top Of a huge
copper vat full of boiling water ana then Huns
himself backward into it. He was removed
from the seething caldron with all possible