Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-01-09
NEWS OF TEaE, fDAa.
40 sAoc the rc,y age and Joe!y Of tic Times.

1t is believed thai the Of !c:l r'scbush in the
world is one which is trained upon one side of
the Cathedral of Ilildcshrm. in Germany.
The root is buried under the cryp. below the
choir. The stem is a foot thick, and Ealf do
zen branches nearly cover the eastern SIDE ot
the church. bearing countless flowers in >i,ni-
mer Its age is unknown, but documents rx-
isl that prove that the Bishop Hello nr.r!y \
thousand years ago, protected IL BY u .trirc
roof. which is still cytant
The following are the provisions Of Fisk :
will Mrs Hooker his sister, receives 800.
600 in NamaganSctt Steamship Company 5
shares; lis father and mother receive $:imO i
year each: to each OF the Misses Morse h. be-
uueathed 81, 600 i year: to the 9th Regiment,
81 900; 10 his wife, he hc,lueath"d the re-
mander of his property Of all kinds. IA Jay
Gould he left his personal effects, and rnirl,l-
ed TO him the carrying out Of all his prnjrci$
in regard to public improvements.
The investigation by the officers Of the 'Irra>-
ury, at The request Of the COUNSEL i"r the de-
fence in the celebrated 'ficlroorne case, Tor the
PURPOSE OF identifying the American vc>sa!
OSPREY with vessel OF that name alleged by
the Plaintiff to have picked him up oil the
coast of Brazil in 1884. when on his way To
Australia, has resulted di>aSlronsIy to the
claimant.
The trial Of Mrs Wharton was resumed 1T
Annapolis yesterday After the examination
of DR.. Byrd was concluded Dr. Goolrlck OF
Baltimore was examined briefly As to lis orln-
ion Of the case; he gave rs his opinion that
General n. 5 death was not the result of no!s-.
oning, but might have been ircm natural
causes.
The Havana correspondence of Che New
York Sun states that the African slave trade
has been already successfully !nauguraoI ly
the landing OF ore cargo in the ncighborhn"d
of Matanzas, and that six others are shortly 10
follow The slave trade is also hein" carried
on By British subjects in Australia
There are further difficulties among tie mi
ners near Wilkcsbarrc, Pa.Iho hchigh re-
gion continues work At last year $ wages, the IN
tention being to continue them throughout the
year This is also the present avowed rnrpa*2
of the New York companies: but whether
they will be able to do so is Il Ht.le uncertain.
TIP to a late hour last nigh: the police All.
thorites had not succeeded in obtaining che
to any facts that would tend tc bring 10 justice
the party or parties who 50 brutality murdered
Dr. Cole in Baltimore on Saturday evening.
The most impenetrabla mystery surrounds thi,
fearful crime
Jacob Tome, Radical candidate for Governor
of Maryland at the last election, is dangerously
i'll at his home, Port Deposit. Postmaster
General Creswe was yesterday snunonrA
from Washington to his bedside.
Some OF thu Congressional opponents 10 the
eight, hour law have agreed upon 4 substitute,
which will be offered in the Senate at an early
dag, providing that every person employed IN
Government workshops, shall be rad T
the hour
A fire at the railway depot at Halifax, H. $,
on Monday night, destroyed II" cnenr h"u<r
and eleven locomotives.