Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-11-23
NEWS OF THE DAY.
"7o sho,o the Gerry age and body Of The Time

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The last of the rescued from the burned
steamship Missouri tell an almost incredible
tale of their suffcrings. Five out Of a boat 5
crew of nine lived in au open boat, on the ocean,
for eight days without food and water, and
finally reached one Of the Bahama Islands IN
an almost dying condition. During the passage
men died of hunger thirst and exhaustion
after their privations had driven them to mad
ness.
Attorney General Williams has given an
opinion that after volunteer officer has been
mustered out, and receives an appointment IN
the regular service, he is not entitled to credit
for his volunteer service. II, however, an
officer is appointed to the regular service while
he is still volunteer, and Is not mustered out,
then he is entitled to credit for the time he
served in the volunteer force.
Mr.. John King, ST., who has been Identified
with Baltimore for near four score years, died
yesterday morning, having retired the evening
previous in his usual health. Mr.. X. was in
his eighty ninth year, having been born i'll
Philadelp hia in 1854, thence removed to Della
ware, and in 1893 to Baltimore. He was an
officer in the artillery service, and assisted in
the defence OF Baltimore.
Special dispatches from Weuom, Minnesota,
contradict the report, published yesterday that
the track-hycrs on the Wenona and St. Peter
railroad, who are blockadcd with snow, are IN
any danger of starvation, or even suffering
One report says that the train sent to their re.
lief had arrived at the end of the track, which
is now clear Of snow.
The New York stock morkct, yesterday,
went through one Of its periodical throes,
Northwestern Railroad common stock advanc.
ing from % to 200. 1t is said the manipulators
of this immense corner are Mcssrs. Jay Gould
and II. NJ. Smith, and the principal sufferers
are MeSsrs. Daniel Drew, Vim. Il. Tavcrs and
r. j. Capron.
Emigration from Italy to the United States
has increased to such an extent that the attcn-
ton of the Government has been called to it.
Signor LAMA, President of the Council and
Minister Of the Interior, has written to the
projects of the Italian provinces, lnqulrng n!o
the cause Of so many persons leaving their
homes.
In the second trial of the case Of Prince vs..
the Washington Evening Star, Il suit for dam
ages on account of libel, the jury has rendered
a verdict for the defendant The case was tried
last winter, when an award of 81, 600 was given
against the paper, but the Judge promptly set
aside the verdict and ordered d new trial.
\ bill has been prepared and will be intro
duced at the coming session of Congress- for
erecting a new executive mansion and con-
verting the present one into an executive office
for the President. 1t is proposed TO build the
new one outside Of the northern boundary OF
the present corporate limits.
Nearly all the newspapers in the city of New
York, yesterday morning and evening, had ed
itorialS calling for more stringent execution of
the laws against murderers burglars and
roughs. Some even limited at the formation OF
vigilance committee.
The case OF Bell, trustee, &C., against the
Louisville, New Albany, and Chicago Railroad
Company, in the United States Circuit Court
at Indianapolis, reached Il final hearing on
Thursday, and decree for the sale Of the road
was ordered.
The North. German Gazette is advocating
the construction of railway from Hamburg to
Cuxhayen. It says that the harbor Of the
latter is deep, never freezes over, and possess
es other natural advantages which render it
superior to rival Dutch and Belgian ports.
The young man named Hesson, who was shot
by his friend Masonhcimcr, in Frizzlcburg,
Md, the other day, has died. lie was shot in
the forehead accidentally by NlaSOnhelncr, who
fired off his pistol in order to brighten the Ia
dies with whom he and Hesson were walking.
Blood, Victoria Woodhull's husband, was
again arrested in New York, yesterday, in a
civil suit brought by Mr.. Challis, and in de-
fault of $4,000 bail, was lodged in Ludlow
Street Jail. He had just given bail in another
suit when arrested.
The Emperor Of Germany is determined to
force the Country Reform bill through the up
per House of the Prussian Diet by creating
enough new peers to overcome the majority In
that body agalnstlt.
The jury yesterday awarded Mrs. Avery D.
Putnam five thousand dollars damages for the
loss of her husband, who was killed by Foster,
with car heck, on Seventh Avenue car, in
New York.
A telegram was received yesterday at Mata-
moras, from, the city Of Mexico, dated lSth an
nouncing that Congress had assembled and
proclaimed Lerdo de Tejada unanimously elect
cd President of the Republic.
Jay Gould has been arrested on a charge
preferred by the present authorities Of the Erie
Railroad, of having appropriated to his own
use nine and half millions of the ockholdcrs
money.
The Legislature of Alabama, yesterday,
counted the vote at the late election, showing
that the Radicals carried the State by 5000
majority.
The National Board Of Fire Underwriters
have resolved to limit agents commissions to
ten per Ct, except in cases of assurances Of
dwelling houses and farm property.
Mayor Hall, of New York, recommends
the Common Council to give Stanley public
reception.
Mrs. FAIR AGAIN-ANOTEER SENSATION.
"A dispatch from San Francisco yesterday,
says: A sensation has been caused by the
publication of an alleged plot between Laura
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