Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-08-12
NEWS OF THE DAY.
"To sho,o the uery age and body Of the Times

"To sho,o the uery age and body Of the Times
Mrs. Matthews, mother of Hon. Schuyler
Cofax, Vice President, died at her residence,
South Bend, Illinois, yesterday. afternoon.
She had been long time sufferer from cancer,
and about year ago it was thought she had
obtained great relief from Cundurango, but
the disease had taken too deep root tor perma-
nent improvement
The steamer Bristol, of the New York and
Fall River line, ran into an English bark on
Newport on Saturday. She was running SIX
teen miles an hour iu u fog, according to late
accounts. No lives were lost On tuesday
night the steamer River Queen and the pro-
peer d. s. Miller collidcd near West FONT,
on the Hudson.
+. M. Chamberlain, Chairman of the New
York Labor Conference, has postponed until
further notice the Labor Reform Convention
that was to have been held at Philadelphia
August 22d, the National Executive Commit
tee Of the Labor party having called Covnen-
ton to meet at Columbus, Ohio, August 2lst.
A curious aspect of the Mexican raids IN
Texas is shown in communication from the
War Department to Minister Nelson in Mex
! unable to protect the property OF our citizens
without the cooperation Of the Mexican OIL
GERS"
The American schooner Lizzie Webster,
from New Orleans, has been wrecked on the
coast of Honduras The shipwrecked people,
have been hardly used, the Government and
natives combining in plundering and robblug
them of everything they had
General Loring reports that Consul General
to Egypt Buffers attack on Major Campbell
| of the Khedive's service, was a premedlated
affair. Wadeigh, Butler henchInan, attemp-
ted to draw revolver to shoot General Lorlng
in court
! The archicvmcnts and efficiency Of the Signal
Service have been advanced another step by
| Chief Signal Officer Myers. The new feature
is the taking OF pictures of sunsets and groups
of clouds accurate as to color, shape, shade and
| result.
A charter has been granted for new nation
al bank at Montgomery, Alabama, with a CAPT.
tai Of 800 00n. to be called the Merchants and
| Planters National Bank. Mr.. George Is.
| Holmes is TO be the president, and the notes
| will be issued in about month.
| Six hundred Communist prisoners sailed
from the Island of AK on Friday for New Gale
donia. This French penal colony is an island
in the South Pacific Ocean, and belongs to the
Papuan group.
\ party who have been through Arizona
and New Mexico arrived recently at Los Ange-
los with gold and silver, and, what's more to
the purpose, several pintS OF precious and
doubtful stones.
Judge Huntington, chief clerk Of the Court
Of Claims, who has always supported the regu-
lar Democratic ticket. now declares that "he
can not vote for Greeley consistently with his
scl-respcct" All, indeed
A gang of strikers in New York attacked a
body of peaceful workmen on Saturday aud
drove them from their work. The dog in-thc
manager spirit of these strikes is their distin-
gushing feature.
y committee charged with the duty of in
vcStigating into the affairs Of the Insane Hos
pita at Bloomingdale, New York dlscredit the
charges brought against that institution.
The death rate in New York during the past
week shows "A continued decrease Of mortality
in that city The deaths in Philadelphia during
the week. numbered 40, decrease Of 81.
NSU. DIlCC VI ll'tJll 10 W ~ " bClitu W "
monstrate with the German Government con-
ceruiug the bombardlucnt of Port au Prince by
a German ship.
Warrents have been issued for the arrest of
those in Carter county, Missouri, who were en-
gagged in the outrage Oh Thomas Lawson not
long since.
A victory for the Spanish troops in Cuba is
reported, but as the disproporton ofkilled and
wounded is so manifest, it is doubtful if it is
half true.
Railroad projects and matters arc exciting in
California. A road to run south of the snow
line to compete with the Central Pacific is talk
ed Of
The great International Fair at Vienna, Aus
tria, will continue from May | to October 81,
1873.
King Amadeus Of Spain is at Bilboa. He
has recently pardoued several leaders Of the
Carlists.
The programme for Civil Service examna-
tons has been arranged, and local Boards of
Examiners appointed.
The advance 10 coal has increased passenger
and freight tariffs on the English railroads.
A crazy man killed man and nearly muir
dered woman in Cincinnati on Saturday.
A suspected gang of counterfeitcrs has been
arrested in. Illinois.
The American fleet in English waters is an
chored at Deal.
Saratoga lis filled and the hotels are
crowded"
WASHINGTON ITEMS Some evenings since
Rev. Father Barrotte, Of St. Martins Colored
Catholic Church, on Fifteenth street west, while
passing through the church discovered that the
veil aud drapery at the statue of the Virgin had
been entirely consumed without communicating