Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-06-12
NEWS OF THE DAY.
$40 Mo,c the rery age and body ofNe Times

TO sh01C the reru age ana b0dy OF We tunes
Tn New York since March last. seven of the
sellers and importers of obscene books, prints
&c. have been sent to the penitentiary; three
of the principal dealers in the literature and
apparatus of Sodom have died, or as their
friends say from the agitation caused by the
sudden seizure of their persons aud premises
and about twenty men of all grades in society,
including well known importer. one OF the
oldest Wholesale indarubber dealers, have
lcen brought before The Grand jury and ~
dictmcuts found against them.
Gen. Salazat, the Venezuelan revolutionlst.
has been captured, tried by court-martial and
sentenced to be shot Oh the 18th inst. This
ends the revolution in Venezuela. 1t is rumor-
ed that Hayti intends to declare war against
Baez, who is accused of being the instlgator OF
the invasion of Haytlan territory. Bacz, being
satisfied that the Haytians mean mischief, Is
armying all his available forces.
Mrs. Collins, wife of DR.. W. T.. Collins, late
Pension Agent in Washington, called on the
Second Comptroller yesterday, to learn wheth-
er her husband is still entitled to pension, he
being defautcr to the Government. The
COMPTROLLER Informed her that her husband :
detalcatuu does not invalidatc his claim to ii
pension.
Frank Battee, the blind man who in Novem-
Der last attempted to kill Fannie Cole, in Balti
more, by fearfully chopping her head with q
Ratchet, was tried at Towsontown yesterday
and adiudged guilty Of assault with attempt tc
kill He will be sentenced in few days.
The Democratic State Convention in Della
ware yesterday denounced President Grant il
bitter terms, and voted the Thirteenth, Fourth
teenth and Fifteenth Amendments as frauds
and called for strai ght-out Democratic noml
nation by the Baltimore Convention.
The freshet at Whitefled, New llamshire, or
Tuesday night, destroyed property valued at
100000. Several dams, bridges and build
| ings were washed away, aud the track OF tht
Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad de
stroyed for the distance of mile and quarter
10 New York, yesterday, at meeting OF
coachsmiths it was reported that ten shops
have returned to the teu-hour system and have
plenty Of workmen. Singers sewing machine
workshops, it is expected, will open on Mon
day next on the ten-hour system.
The Comptroller of the Currency has direct
ed the proper officers of the National bauk
throughout the country to submit q report o
the condition of their banks at the close o
business on Monday, June 10Th.
In New York short time since little boy
was knocked down and run over by a city csr
and injured in such manner that one Of hi
legs had to be amputated. Yesterday Jury gave
verdict 10 favor Of the boy for $500
Later particulars from the scene Of the tor
nado which visited Quincy and Degraf, i'll Lo
gan county, O., on Saturday evening, show that i
was more terrible and destructive than the frs
reports indicated.
Commissioner Douglass has decided that the
tobacco bill passed few days since makes NJ
change in the rate of tax on snuff, which i
liable to a tax of thirty-two cents per pound.
James Gordon Bennett, Jr., arrived at New
York yesterday from Europe. The funeral O
his father is to take place to morrow morning
Colonel Thomas A. Scott 5 salaries as Presl-
dent of twenty-six railroads are said to amount
altogether to Sl7G,0 per annum.