Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-07-09
snRws OF THE DAY.
N3po shopthe very age aud boay ofthe Tmls'

says Summary justice has probably been
dealt to the muraerers of Mss Belle lSecor. in
Mercer county, who was outraged aud killed
two weeks ago This morning the people be
can to arrive in Celina, Where the three pri
soners were incarcetated.'' About three thou
sand assembled. They then surrounded the
Jail, tsR forgib&pocse s<ion Of the<Jailtr, dis
n6ssessed hin of his keys, and after tffectlng
an entrance to the cells, took theretlom the
prisoners. and removed them under strong
guard TO wagon. Kimble. .tarin, where the
Shocking crime was committed, is twelve miles
away. 10 this place the crowd announced
their determination to remove the prisoners,
and then execute the sentence WHICH an out
raped .cjh lnunity has pronouuced.! The. pro-
cession moved off quietly and IN an orderly
manner. What subsequently transpl'eu Is not
known ~ :; :. Il : : . i
At the trial Of Stokes in NV York yester-
lay the accused made statement, to the effect
that he did not make the attack gu Fix, but
that Fisk upon meeting him Oh the stairway OF
the hotel attempted to shoot him, and that he
killed Fisk 10 selfdetence. Inc previous tcS'
timony of witnesses declared that Fix was un-
armed at the time Of shooting, and that ne was
shot down without moments warming Jose
Mansfield testified that Fisk had repeatedly
threated to kill Stokes. and she warned Stokes
10 be prepared t1r trouble. y her witnesses
corruborated this testimony.
a dispatch from ST. Louis says :-"Drputy
| r. S. Marshal Bicrstad who with Others was
sent to Reynolds last Saturday By l. 5. Mar
| shall Newcomb TO arrest the perpetrators OF the
outrage committed on the Rev. Thomas Gala
han some DAYS ago, returned to-day with james
Fl George. Sheriff OF Reynolds county: Jesse
| Allison and William Parks. The other men
charged with being concerned in the outrage
could not be found The prisoners were taken
before the L. S. Commissioner, aud walvlug
an examination were admitted TO ball.
A meeting Of South Carolina bOudhoders
was held in New York yesterday. Some two
millions of houds were represented. Judge
Willard made an address, in which he claimed
that the bondholders were detrauded OF their
accrued interest because the funds ot the State
were 10 the hands of dishonest politicians The
meeting finally resolved to cooperate with the
| State authorities 10 the prosecution vi the rob
bers Of the treasury.
Monterey in Mexico is again in possession Of
the Government forces, Previno having aban,
! lnned it on Monday The citizeus are reported
as being in a wretched condition, the rcvo'u-
tionary leaders having compelled the merchants
| to advance large SUMS Of money for the army.
| Tie American Consul Wis imprisoned 10 pay
creed loan. Other American citizeus were
= )bed of their goods and money
| The telegram published claiming that the
Spanish Cove nment refused TO release DR..
Houard unless Minister Sickles for his pardon
was untrue. MinisterSickles asked Yesterday tcle-
graphed to Washington stating that he had been
informed 10y the Spanish Minister of State that
orders have been given to release tine Doctor
and restore to hun his property.
There is ut this time much activity in real
estate in all the larger cities, showing steady
apprcciaton of values. In Baltimore they
have been larger than usual La New York
We notice an active movement III real estate 1T
| advancing prices aud the same is the fact In
Philadelphia.
The Tichborne claimant is continuing his
triumphal procession through England, daily
gaining not only proselytes but considerable
sums OF money. % the evening Of the 24th
ultimo, accompanied by his steadtast friend,
Mr.. Onsow, VI. p, he addressed another
meeting at Southam.
4 gentleman who came out Of Baltimore Oh
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad train on Satur-
day morning last noticed an unusua number of
babies on board Out of curiosity count OF
the number was taken, when twas discovered
that there were forty->even babies under the
age Of six years on the train.
Mme. Ocravia Walton lie Vert has been
made happy by the birth of a grandson, George
Walton, named after his grandparcnt on the
maternal side, who was one Of the three slgner>
of the Declaration of Independence from the
State Of Georgia.
Mr.. James Kelly, Of Williamsburg, Pa, has
given s250.0oo to the Allegheny County Agll-
cultural Society for the purpose Of founding 40
institution in which poor boys may learn trades.
Mr.. Kelly is very sensible man.
An application was received by the Post
Office Department yesterday for the establish
meut Of post office on thu. tor, OF Mount
Washington, New Hampshire. The request
will be granted
1t was reported in Paris yesterday that
| ROCKFORD, who had been sentenced to trans
portation in penal colony, has had his sen.
tepce changed to punishment.
Recent adyices from the South represent the
cotton crops in Tennessee aud in the northern
parts of Georgia and Alabama as in the most
favorable condition known for a long time.
WOMEN IN VIRGINIA IN lie. -Parton finds
this among the statutes Of Virginia in l7171G:
Whereas oitentimes many babbing women
often SANDER aud scandalize their neigh bors for
which their poore husbands are often brought
into chargeable and vexatious suites, and caste
in great damages: Bee it therefore enacted by
the authority aforesaid that III actions of SIAN
der, occasioned by the wife as aforesaid after
iud gnent passed for the damages the woman
shall be punished by ducking and ii the SANDER
be so enormous as to be adjudged at greater
damage than five hundred pounds of tobacco
then the woman to sutfera ducking for each
FIVE hundred pounds of tobacco adiud gcd against
the husband, if he refuse to pay the tobacco.
The enjoyment Of woman's rights seems to
have been attended with somewhat of peril in
the Old Dominion in the good old days of
l776. NIcu in that day regarded women as
disposed to exercise more rights than we're
compatible with the peace of society and TIE
financial interests Of their connubia partners