Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-23
NEWS OF THE DAY.
"To sho,o the uery aye and body Of the Times

the ground by some one unknown, causing a
general stampede. No one was injured in the
ncighborhood Of the speaking, but three per-
sons were seriously injured in all, and two of
them were shot some seven blocks from the
scene of action, and had not been near the
speaking. MIR. Norris of the firm of Norris
Il Bro, Was shot while standing il his own
dwelling. Mr. Richards, son of G.. q. Rich
ards, WAS the other white man shot. Oliver
These persons were shot by negroes stampeding
through the city.
The city of Rome Vas deliberately decorated
on Friday, the occasion being the anniversary
Of its occupation by the Italian troops, which
was celebrated with great enthusiasm The
adherents of the Pope paid him visits Of con.
dolencc, and he made them an address, in
which he lamented the uisfortunes of the
Catholic Church and the injustice done to it
by the Italian government Steps were taken
at meeting of 1.-The League of st. Sebastian
on Friday at Dublin, for the formation of an
organization to afford material help towards re-
storing the temporal power Of the Pope.
A dispatch from Charleston, S. c., states
that Samuel Melton, presiding Justice of the
Fifth Circuit and candidate for Attorney Gen,
cral on the Radical ticket. got into an altcrca-
| ton with Montgomery, President of the State
Senate John D. Caldwell and j. Morgan
were shot while trying 70 separate the comba-
tants. Caldwell was killed and Morgan slight
| ly wounded. George Upper, friend Of Mont
gomery, is charged by the Coroners jury with
the murder of Caldwell
a dispatch from Philadelphia says that Cor
neiius Driscoll, aged "a, about week ago mad
fight with one Howard Price They we're to
contend in prize fight but this was declared
off by the stakeholder, a. Price did not come
to time. The parties met privately the same
day, and from a blow received, it is alleged,
death was caused 10 Drsco who died on Sat
urday The principals and seconds 10 the
prize fight have been taken into custody.
\ number of petty burglaries are reported
irom IIagcrstown, Nd The banking house Of
| Hoffman was entered. but the loss was only a
couple of dollars Mr. II. H. Keedy, formerly
State Attorney for Washington county, sut
| tered more serious loss. 4 number OF other
houses were attacked without success. 1t is
stated that one of the robbers has been arrest
| cd in Baltimore. and it Is expected that the
res! of the gang will also be captured
The Old Catholics in their Congress at Mu-
Mich, on Saturday, discussed three very i'm
portant propositions namely, the support Of
the clergy by the State the compulsory civil
marriage ut' the priests, aud the restoration of
the churches to the old Catholic priesthood. -
\ committee was appointed to invite the CO.
operation of all Christians in the reform move
| ment.
The organization Of the Spanish Cortes will
be completed to day The budget, it is under
stood, will show estimates for the succeeding
fiscal year at less than live hundred and eighty
million pesetas. The hope is officially cx-
pressed that it will effect the permanent rcsto-
ration of the financial equilibrium of the coun-
try 1t will be presented to the Cortes to-
morrow.
Grave charges of acknowledgement have been
brought against the officers Of the lncbratc
Asylum on Wards Island, New York Among
| other things it Is stated that patients are ire
quently as drunk in the asylum as they possibly
could be outside.
The members Of the New York Produce Ex-
change refused to endorse the action Of the
| Bank of Commerce in refusing to pay currency
on a certified check The bank thereupon
paid the amount demanded and ended the
controversy.
The u. S. Treasury on Saturday had on
hand eighty-threc millions Of dollars, Of which
more than sevcnty-fvc millions were in coin
and coin certificates Payments of interest
have reduced the gold balance to this compar
atiycy small amount.
The new White Star Steamship Line has
obtained the contract for carrying the Saturday
mail to Queenstown and Liverpool, and the
North German Lloyd the contract for the Con
tinental mail
BY the explosion of tug boat in New York
bay, on yesterday, the captain, fireman and
cook were horribly scalled, and it is thought
that the captain and cook will die.
Storage passengers in the steamships be-
tween foreign ports and New York are report
ed to suffer great abuses on the passages across
the Atlantic.
The examination of the French journalist,
Edmond About, at StraSbourg, developed no
case against him, and he was promptly dis
charged from custody.
The Austrian Court, by Imperial decree,
will wear mourning for twelve days in respect
for the memory Of the deceased King OF Swe-
den and Norway
A dispatch from Berlin states that Count
Won Arnim has been gazettcd Prvy Counsellor
with the title of "Exceency.
The Chinese in Cuba are forced into making
labor contracts for from six to ten years, and
the taxes and duties are to be increased.
The Government Of Brazil has granted to
Baron Maria concession for Geographic cable
between Brazil and the coast of Portugal
There was frost in several parts of Eng land
on Friday last, the first of the season
Fix Governor Curtin is to take the stump ln
Pennsylvania against Hartrantt.
The "Straightout' Democrats in Illinois
have put up State ticket.
CHESAPEAKE AND ONO RAILROAD LOAN
The successful completion of the negotiation Of
the SI5 600 900 loan of the Chesapeake andOhio
Railroad Co. by Messrs Fisk 4 Hatch, their
financial agents, is secured by the result of
| the offering for proposals for =, 523, 100 of
| tho bnnds The DrOp0sals received amounted