Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-01-16
FOREIGN NEWS.

Both Houses Of the Austrian Rclchsrath
have adopted without amendment an address
to the Crown calling its attention to the mani
fest increase of discomfort among the subjects
of various portions of the Empire. arising from
recent disagreement. and particularly oppos-
ing an increase Of taxation for military purpos-
seS.
The case for the claimant having been re-
Gently closed, the defence in the Tichbornc suit
commenced at London yesterday. The counsel
were exceedingly liberal in applying to the al
legged Sir Roger the eplthetS Of villain. lmros-
ter and conspirator.
1t is reported the Norlamt divorce case will
soon be reopcned with the Prince of Wales as
correspondent. Another divorce case mas been
filed, on the trial of which the Duke OF Elm
burg will appear as correspondents
The Spanish ministry have unanimously re-
solved not to remove Count Eai,naScda from
Havana.
A CURIOUS CASE. The Richmond CORES
pendent of the Norfolk Journal, says In
April, 1865, just after the fall Of Richmond
and before the surrender OF Gen. Lee, Il Con-
federate soldier, riding a broken down horse,
stopped at the house of a widow lady named
VI.
horse for $50 in Confederate money. The ami
NAL was considered very cheap especially as on
being allowed to run for some time in the
pasture he recuperatc;d wonderfully and be-
came strong, spirited and handsome horse !:
but the sequel shows that he was very dear
bargain, indeed. In lSG> Il Young man
named O., cousin Of the widow.
stole the horse. She. without know
ing who had stolen her property,
advertised her loss, offering reward for the
recovery of the horse and the arrest and CON
viction Of the thief O. was caught in this
city, where he had sold the horse. He w;iS
sent to the penitentiary for a term of years:
the detectives pocketcd the reward; and the
horse went back to Mr.. Ms stable. She had
an only child, Il son, a young man OF great
promise, and upon whom she lavished all the
love Of her heart Entering the stable one
night shortly after the return OF the
horse, young NJ. startled the animal, which
gave him severe kick in the abdomen
that proved fatal in i day or two after,
Mrs. NJ was was so grovcd by this that
she fell into decline and some months ago
she died also. O., the horse thief. went from
the pcuitentiarv with other couvicts to work on
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad. During
November, or December. OF last year while he
and others were at work III Il tunnel under
guard, he Sccrctcd himself in one Of the tubs
or hog>heads which are used TO elevate the
earth through shaft, and WAS dumped out on
the mountain side before he was observed
There was no guard at hand, and he escaped.
| Soon after he was recapturcd and placed IN jail
at Stanton. believe: but he managed to break
! out of prison, and when last heard from had sto
len another horse upon which to 1y the county.
a.
| bought for $50 in Confederate money. do not
know. q. had inst married a young lady Of
| Charlottesville when he stole the horse She
has since been divorced from him. | do not
pretend to give all the consequences, direct and
indirect. that have enSued on that horse trade
of April 1865. Many Of them, no doubt, |
have not heard, and others the reader can ea<;-
ly conceive.
EXPLOSION or 4 BEER BARREL. lester-
day morning Frank Gilran and Michael Quinn
we're engaged in purifying beer barrels in the
Long Island Brewery. Brooklyn. This is done
| by filling the barrel with Stacked lime dissolved
in hot water and then rolling the barrel about
in order to generate the purifying and dlslnfec-
ting gases. As firaln was turning barrel on
end which had been previously rolled about
| filled with lime. violent explosion occurred.
| The head of the barrel was blown out, and
striking Gilrain etlgeways under the chin, cut
the entire front OF his head off rs completely
as if done with an axe Quinn, who was walk
ing near him at the time, was thrown some
twelve feet. and was inScnsible for about half
an hour. The ceiling Of the room IN which the
| explosion occurred is some nine feet high. So
great was the proectile force given to the
head of the barrel that, after killing poor Til
rain. it struck one of the beams Of the dlstery,
split it into fragments and made hole in the
| floor above. How such powerful gas came to
be generated in the barrel is a question which
| Coroner Jones will try to discover on the in
quest N J. SIM.
The STATE PRINTING The Richmond cor
respondent of the Petersburg Progress says ::
''The Joint committee on Printing Of the two
Houses of the General Assembly is mapifesting
some uneasiness about the affairs Of the Super
intendent of Public Printing. The present in
cumbent of the office MR. Schafter) left here
on the night preceding the nomination of his
successor and when last heard from was in Cana
da. MIR; Walker, the recently elected Supcrinten-
dent, is unwilling to take charge ofthc office un-
til Mr.. Schafter' papers have been examined
| and his affairs satisfactorily adjusted. In the
meantime colored clerk is in charge of this
important department of the State Govern
ment.
COLLECTIONS FROM TOBACCO in the Third
and Fifth Virginia districts, for twelve months
prior to December |, 1871, amounted to ST.
| l44,543 2S: for twelve months prior to De
cember |, 1870, S:i',424, 700 90: increase IN
1871 over 1870, S7l9,932 20. Collection in
the entire State of Virginia. derived from the
tax on tobacco for thirty three months since
March 1869. $ll.472.5577, and for forty four
months prior to March l. 1863, sl,473,S23,
an increase in favor Of this administration OF
50, 99S, 1873, Notwithstanding the fact that un-
der the former administration the tax on plug
tobacco was one fifth greater than under the
present.
| P. & p. RAILRoAD-In the Legislature of the
District of Columbia, yesterday, Mr.. Douglass.
from the Committee on Railroads and Canals, re-
ported that the Piedmont and Potomac railroad
is properly organized that bona 6de subscript-
ticns have been made to its stock; that proper
ty-holders along its proposed route will cede a
- IL.