Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-08-13
NEWS OF THE DAY.
TO shoe the uery age and botly Of the Time


ccpton Of Mr.. johnson, NJ P. for Belfast, Ire
land, yesterday. He was formerly Secretary
of the Irish Grand Lodge of Orangemen, and
some years ago instigatcd an opposition to the
Party Professions Act for which he was scntcnc.
cd tH years imprisonmcnt. He has been re
Gently making tour of Canada, it is said, III
the Orange interest.
DIR. Weiss, of Vienna, Austria, has arrived
at the Prescott House, in New York city. The
Doctor is celebrated throughout Germany AS
an astronomer He has been sent to tins
country by the Ministry of Education to visit
and report upon the ohSer9atorcs ard other
great astronomical establishments here.
The work of the Freedman Bureau is to be
continued under army regulations. The
head officer will be at Washington. with dis
bursting officers at Louisville, St. Louis, Nash.
vile, Memphis. Vicksburg, Natchcz and New
Orleans Payments to claimants will be made
in Washington.
David X. Sergeant, died last week i'll Phlla-
dclphia, aged 50 years. lie was brother of
Hon John Sergeant, and, till age and lnirml
tv withdrew him from general society, he was
much esteemed in it as Il courteous, hlgli-toncd
gentleman.
in consequence Of the high price of coal and
iron, the Citizen and the Iron Steamboat
COMPANIES, running steamboats, on the Thames
at penny fares, have been compelled to double
their rates on part OF their route.
Another delegation Of Indians, consisting OF
about sixty chiefs and representative men OF
different tribes of the Upper Missouri, are cX
prccd in Chicago on the 10th, en- route Tor
WASHINGTON.
David Il, Brown, who recently served out Il
sentence Of fourteen years in the Charlcstown,
Mass, State prison ior procuring abortion, was
arrested on Sunday, in Boston, Tor like OF
fence on Catherine Van Neser, aged IS years
Sometime during the present week the
Sheriff will be authorized to take possession OF
the Station Houses in Jersey City,n"w held by
the old Board of Police Commissioners and
their men, y riot Is limited at.
Yesterday the Germans inaugurlteI their
cond annual Festival Of the West Baltl-
more Schuatzrn Association with Il fine pro-
ceS<ion and Il succession OF sports ut their
Park
The steamer Bristol, wrecked on Saturday
morning by collision with an English bark, in
Newport harbor, has been raised and will be
lowed to New York for repairs.
The japanese leaving this country for Eu-
rope have addressed letter to the Secretary
of State in acknowledgment Of the courtcsics
that were extended TO them while here.
Com w. H. Macomb, of the Navy, son %
General Macomb, who distinguished himself
in the war of lSl2-'l5, died in Philadelphia
yesterday of paralysis induced by cold bath.
Another outrage has been pcrpctratcd by
Mcxicans on Texan soil. \ prominent frontier
merchant has been murdered, the Coroner's
Jury say, by an officer OF Cyrtina force.
The Catholics in Ireland are making prepara
tons to celebrate the Repeal Act, aud the
leading Orangemcn are advising their followers
not to Interfere.
Whitclcy, Chief of the Detective Corps, has
furnished an elaborate report of his iuvestiga-
ton into the condition Of the ku klux prison
ers in the Albany Penitentiary.
1t is supposed that Englaud's liability for
direct losses is settled before the Geneva Arbi
tration, so that now all that remains to be done
is to assess the damages.
The Spanish war craft Numancia has put
into New York with sixteen cases Of yellow
fever on board
The French Legation atWashinyton will here
after he on larger scale than formerly as re-
CARDS number, situation, banquetting, and
so on.
A Congressional Indian Commission is en-
4 L.
of the Ute Indians
Rev Thomas, Tracy, Unitarian clergyman,
aged 81, died at Newburyrort, Mass, on Sun
day night.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company will
carry no moro mails for jamaica until the Gov
ernmcnt of that island reucws the contract
Judge Pratt, for the prosecution, began the
arguments before the Barnard Court Of i'm
parchment at Saratoga yesterd lay.
New York city is to sue ten Of her Railroad
Companies whose aggregate unpaid LICENSES is
500 900.
Dr. Lowell Mason, the celebrated musical
composer, died in Orange, n. j., Saturday,
aged eighty one years
The crew of the American yacht Sappho,
now in English waters, have nsubordinated
aud been discharged
Another charge on the English civil list
Princess Helena, wife Of Prince Christian, has
a daughter.
a National Bank Of Jefferson, Ohio, with
capital $1,000 Is authorized.
Gen. Sherman has visited the English camp
at Aldcrshott.
Each soldier is to be allowed eight pairs Of
Berlin gloves and one campaign hat yearly.
The Louisville Courier-J Journal thus puts a
case very strongly saying Secretary Bout
well took an active part in the North Carolina
When the impeachment trial of
Andrew johnson came off Mr.. Boutwell, was
a member of Congress and took an active part
in the prosecution. He was then very bitter
in his speeches against johnson for allowing