Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-05-17
NEWS OF THE DAY.
ITO shoe the re,y age and body of the Times


yesterday completed the consideration of the
Senate amendments to the Post Office appro-
priatiou bill The item apprcpriatng $4oo'oo
tor the Brazilian mail steamship subsidy was
agreed to- The Pacific mail subsidy. had been
previously agreed to. Both these items VIII
excite as much opposition in the House as they
did upon the first presentation OF the items IN
the bill as originally reported.
In Washington county, Kentucky, a few
DAYS ago man named Lowell placed pistol in
the hand of his little son, aged seven years,
and ordered him TO shoot his lIovell s) step
daughter, who was an idiot and caused much
trouble The boy fired. but missed the idiot
and struck another sister. inhlctiog mortal
wound. There is great excitement IN the
neighborhood against Lowell, who escaped.
Yeddo in Japan has been visited by fear
full and disastrous fire. Thirty thousand per,
sons have been rendered homeless, and SO
great is the destitution that Government has
offered its rice houses to the untortuuates.
The Government will lease ground for the re-
building Of the burned district Oh plan calcu-
lated to greatly improve the city.
Horace Greeley addressed an audience in
Poughkeepsie, n. Y, yesterday, the proceeds
being for the benefit of the Methodist Epsco-
pal Zion Church Three hundred persons
were present He spoke entirely of the color
ed race, their present position and prospects,
and at no time alluded to politics After the
lecture he was serenaded.
After passing the Railroad depot bill, in the
Senate yesterday, Mr.. Morrill, Of Vermont, in
lest offered an order that the Chair appoint a
s II aSt
him if he had any further communication to
make to the U. S. Senate. Great laughter
was INDUCED in 10 the galleries.
Miss Tennie c. Clafin-she whose sister has
been given nomination for the Presidency
is inspired With noble emulation to become the
Boadicea or the Joan of Arc of the nineteenth
cen tury. She has sent letter to the New
York Ninth Regiment applying for the 20,
lonelcy.
In the German Rcichstag yesterday resolu-
ton was passed asking that the Government
will submit draft of law regulating the Ii
cense granted to religious orders, and to punish
all members of such organizations who may be-
come obnoxious to the State.
Charles E. Lee, formerly city solicitor, OF
Philadelphia died suddenly yesterday. His
| death was announced in the Episcopal Conven.
ton by Bishop Stevens, who said the deceased
had been present as delegate at the session
the day before.
Gen. Howard has forwarded to the Secrcta.
~ of the Interior favorable account Of the
| well-meaning of the Indians in portions of Arl-
zona The General is of the opinion that the
indians are sincere in their protestations OF re-
maiuing at peace with the Government.
Thirty thousand dollars worth Of wool be-
longing to the Elliott Pelting Mill we're burned
with the depot of the Boston, Halifax and Erie
railroad at Norfolk, Mass, on Tuesday plight
The Supreme Court of Ar kansas yesterday,
decided that all orders that the Courts issued
in regard to administrations by Confederate
Courts are void
Grasshoppers have made their appearance IN
Southern Utah, and the people have been
compelled to fight them to save vegetation
The bakers of New York have added one cent
to the price of their small loaves of bread and
two cents on the larger ones.
EPISCOPAL CoUSclL.-On the first day OF
the meeting, the following resolution was Of
fered by Rev. DR.. Andrews:
Resolved, That committee consisting Of one
clergyman and two aymen, be appointed by
the presiding bishop to go to StauntoD, and
with the assistance of the principal and trustees
thoroughly to investigate the title BY which
this diocese holds the Virginia Female lnstl-
tute, upon what terms it is occupied and con-
Quoted by the principal, and the whole history
and condition of the same-the committee to
report all the information they may obtain to
the next Council, together with the suggestion
of any action they may think it expedient for
the Council to adopt. And further, that the
same committee ascertain aud report to this
Council at its next meeting the relationship,
pecuniary or otherwise, which the Southern
Churchmam suStains to the diocese OF IT.
glnla.
The resolution being adopted, the chair ap-
pointed as such commttee-Rev. w. Y. Mere
dith, D. D. (of WinchesteT,) Col. John NJ.
Patton, (of Louisa county, and y. 5 White,
esq, (of Jefferson. } a..
A resolution was adopted providing for the
assembling of the Council at 81 o'clock a. N.
yice-then to devote themselves to business
until D. NJ, when the Council will adjourn
tor the day.
A letter from Norfolk, written on Tuesday,
says:
Among the visiting clergy it affords us pleas
ure to welcome the Revs. Alfred NJ. Randolp
and Thomas I. Dudley, of Baltimore, and
James r. Hubbard, of Washington ; all former
" of Virginia We miss the venerable form
of the Rev. DIR. Sparrow, Of the Theological
Seminary, who is detained at home by sickness
in his family, as we'll as the presence Of the
Rev Messrs. Norton and McKim, of Alexan-
dria, generally regular attendants; but the at
tendance of clergy, actual and prospective, is
good The lay delegation is au able one, and
highly interesting session generally is to be
anticipated. y
THE DRoUGHT-It is matter OF serious.
ness to see droves Of live stock upon some OF
our turppikes Of an evening being driven to
water, owing to the springs and wells on many
farms having become entirely dry The air is
freighted with binding dust and sand, leading
one to believe that he is almost on the borders
of the great Sahara.
So great is the want of rain felt, that We'd