Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-07-06
NEWS OF THE DAY.
TO shoo the very age and body ofhe Times

ITO sho,o the uery age and bo'ly Of the Times
The Baltimore American says:-"We have
already stated that number OF the Baltimore
oyster and fruit packers had obtained permis-
sion from the British Colonial Government TO
mack f-uit at Nassau, n. 7. The Workmen
were sent forward early III the season, ana from
fine to time supplies we're sent out by the little
vessels used in the winter as oyster pungles anu
in The summer in the Bahama fruit trade.
The first result Of this new effort OF Baltimore
ENTERPRISE was the arrival yesterday OF the
schooner Chas Il. Higgins, Captain Mclutosh'
from Nassau, with Il cargo of 0l3 cans pre-
served tropical fruits consigned to Messrs.
Thomas KeDsett 4 TO.
The new coal mines, two miles north OF
Limalville, on the Cleveland and Pittsburg
Railroad, took fire Wednesday afternoon with
twenty men and one boy in the mine. Eleven
men escaped and nine men and the boy were
smothered to death Up to eleven yesterday
morning seven bodies had been recovered. The
fire has subsidized.
IL the face of Mr.. BoDner's declaration that
Dexter has trotted his mile in PIG and Joe
Elliott In 2l54, comes the owner OF Goldsmith
Maid with an offer to back his horse against
the others for any amount up to sou OOO. mr..
Bonner will never let his horses 90 on the pub
lie turf, and SO the race is scarcely likely to be
run.
Last evening, at Seymour, Ind, man
named Norris, while lighting hall preparatory
to theatrical performance, let fall coal oil
lamp in the midst of a group OF children, fatally
burning three little girls aud seriously burning
himself and others.
The Due de Broglie and other Royalists are
reported to have been concerned in plot to
subvert the French Republic and substitute a
Kingdom in its place. 1t was discovered IN
time, and Theirs at once cffectually suppressed
the movement-if any existed.
The inevitable result of the long struggle and
the disordered condition of political matters in
Cuba is shown in the gradual depreciation OF
the notes of the Spanish Bank at Havana. A
temporary remedy will be resorted to IN the IN
fation of the circulation
The strikers in New York, are now suffering
the strike to dwinile down. The employers
are generally coming eff victorious, aud after a
loss of millions of dollars has been incurred the
majority are worse off now than they were the
day the movement was begun.
Inc reported uESiIucllun ny HlC vi tiie o'San
ship Fannie, which sailed ca fl!ibusterlng
expedition to Cuba, is confirmed. The whole
| affair seems to have been bundcrlrgIy man
aged and resulted in very nearly complete
failure.
The large store Of the Land and Lumber
Company and the dwelling house Of Mr.
Weisel. in Elizabeth n. e., were destroyed by
fire yesterday Loss SG0,0OO, partly covered
BY Insurance.
The New York Central and the Erie Rail
roads have been consolidated under the coutro
of the English stockholders, who have elected
Commodore Vanderbilt President of the Jolnt
concern and given him unrestricted powers.
The British officials tested yesterday one o,
their new iron-clads, made on the monitor plan
derived from US. The shot appear to have
smashed the vessel rather badly, but satlslac-
ton with the result is protessed
The past forty hours have been prolific
| of disaster to human life. Besides the usua
run Of accidents inseparable from celebration
| where so much powder was burned, we have a
| long list Of other casualties and crimes.
A call has been issued for a Soldiers anc
Sailors National Convention to meet at Pitts
burg September II, and ratify the nomination
of Graut and Wilson.