Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-11-25
NEWS OF THE DAY.
"To shoe the very age ant body Of the Times

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The famous Coliseum building at Boston was
sold at auction On Saturday for $l0,500.
The Governor Of Paris has ordered the sup
preston of u paper called La Resurrection
Sam COLLIER, the pugilist, has had u fight
in Arkansas with McGuiu and won the prize.
The geographical societies Of Germany, are
contemplating "mcthodical exploration Of
the interior Of Africa.
Two thousand dollars have been subscribed
in New York, and RENTED by cable, for SUI
tcrers by the Danish inundatioh. =
The Government reports Of cotton Indicate Il
favorable yield, averaging sixteen per cent.
above that of last year, and ii is estimated that
the total product will be 3, $4,000 bales. :
Mr.. Robert Lincoln with his wife, arrived in
Washington last Saturday. For the last
year and a-hali' they have been travelling IN
Europe. =.
John Garrity was murdered 10 Scranton, Pa,
on Saturday night. He was found dead on
Sunday morning. lying near his house. The
supposed murderer mas beeu arrested
The bill providing for the restoration TO Tie
Orleans family Of their property, contiscatcd in
1852, has passed it, second rcadlng III the
French National Assembly.
Tie New Orleans Pcayuoe Of the .lyth says ::
1t is now beyond doubt that the late cold
spell has done immense danger ~ the sugar
cane.
Connolly of New York, who was 50 deeply
implicated in the frauds and corruptions Of
that city, is making the tour of Europe. lie
contemplates trip to the Holy Land.
The Shah of Persia has granted exclusive
concession to Baron Reuter-. president Of the
Reuter- Telegraph Company for the conStruc-
ton Of railways tramwayS. water works, and
for working mines in Persia.
The steamer Gcncla' Scdgwick, arrived at
New York on Saturday from New Orleans, re-
ported that on Thursday last, in latitude 81.
| longitude IS: she passed lot of wrecked stuff
with dead bodies attached
Mr.. Lewis. the Governor elect of Alabama,
declines to be installed into office until he looks
! further into the condition of affairs that exist
in the State; two bodies, each claiming to be
the rghuul Legislature, being in session at
| once
Later dispatches from Malrid speak Of the
condition Of the King as gradually improving.
Insurrec,onists continue to give trouble near
| Barcelona aud Saragossa; also in the province
of Audausia General Gamndc has been ap.
pointed Captain General Of Catalonia.
The Spanarls are at present fclictatirg
themselves that the system Of trial by jury
will 20 into operation throughout the kingdom
before the first of December next. \ formal
announcement to that effect was made in the
lower house Of the Spanish Cortcs on Tuesday.
The epizootic disease is prevalent in New
ark, \. j., among cattle, and also barn-yard
fowls. In some localities the disease is very
fatal, one farmer having lost twelve COWS, while
another lost Us out OF 200 chickens which
were attacked. Several mllkmen. W Ito over
! worked their horses, lost them by death during
| the week.
The report of the Secretary of the Interior
it is said, will be long document devoted al
most exclusively to summarizing the year $
work of the various branches OF the public ser
vice under his charge He will set forth the
successful working Of the Presidents Indian
| policy, aud will recommend no change in re-
gard to it.
Detectives McDevitt and McE,lfresh arrived
in Washington yesterday with the gold hunting
watch Of Commodore AuIick, stolen from his
house last July. which they had traced to Bal
timore and found there. The trial Of Maddox,
charged with the burglary at which the watch
was stolen, will take place at the present term
of the Criminal Court Of Washington.
Mr.. Samuel VI. Somcrs, a lawyer Of Fair
mont, w. Va, was instantly killed by falling
down stairs at Parkcrsburg last week. He
was native Of New Market, Shenandoah
county, Va, and son-in-aW Of cx Judge Cam
den, of Carksburg, and an attorney in rcspccta-
bic standing He held the rank of major in
the Confederate army during the late war
The Chicago Tribune says the number of
wooden buildings in that city is greater than
before the great fire: that ninety per cent of
the iron, brick and stone buildings (so-callcd)
are really wooden, with mere shell Of brick or
stone that the fire department, though larger,
is still wholly inadequate; the police force is
small and incapable of protecting the city,, and
the water supply has not been increased.s
Iii said to be known in Paris that President
Theirs favors the plan proposed by the com-
mttee of the left centre for the formation of Sc
cond Chamber of the National Legislature, and
also some dcinitive settlement of the relations
between the Legislative and Executive Depart
mcnts of the Government. He adheres in qucs-
tiobs of general policy in internal affairs, to the
conservative ground taken in his recent mes
sage to the Assembly.
Heavy gales continued in the British channel
on Saturday, and were destructive in the vi
cinity of Davenport. Her Majesty's transport
steamer, Hmaaya, had arrived there with the
loss Of eight Of her crew, and u boat belonging
to her was capsizcd by heavy sea while pro
cceding to shore, and ten more persons drown
ed. Dispatches from Brest report that a heavy
gale Prevailed outside that harbor, and the
departure of the steamship Washington, for
New York, was postponed in consequence.
The estimates of the committee on appropria-
tons for the next fiscal year arc completed.
Those for the Navy Department are smaller
than last year, also those for the Indian Bureau
but there is an increase in the legislative, judi
cia and executive appropriation bills, rendered
,o,oe,o l,,- rho in rho MIN her Of