Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-08-09
NEWS OF THE DAY.
'4o sho,o the ,r,y age and bo'iy "f he Times

A severe m sfortunc occurred to young
lady living in Louisville a few days ago. ohe
was attacked with the neuralgia IN the head
and face, and during the night suffered intense
main and the next morning, when relieved ol
n,;n she was found to be cross eyed. This Is
n severe afliction to the young lady, as she Is
endowed with the best gifts OF nature, a beau
tifnl face and bright eyes. The doctors, now
ever. are hopeful of restoring her sight perfect
" \ similar accident occurred TO ilttle
child few weeks aga when the doctors were
unable to assist the child and It died
The interest on the public debt ofSouth Caro-
Ina not having been paid, and the fax authorized
by the Legislature not having been levied, the
Controller General Of the State has made
move in the direction of setting matters 10
rights He has called upon Gov. Scott TO re-
ulirc the State Auditor to collect the tax forth
with Gov. Scott writes TO Henry CleWs y
Co., of New York, excusng the non payment
of interest on the ground that the Legislature
has absorbed every dollar of the State funds.
The Owyhce Avalanche Of July 23d says:
candy Freeman having lighted the fuse to
fur blasts in shaft in the Minnesota mine,
started ~ come ont, when the ladder broke,
and he fell Il distance of twenty feet To the bot
tom Of the shaft. The whole four blasts went
off IT the same time, scattering tons OF rock
around him, but not Il particle touched him,
and the only injuries he sustained we've some
slight COMMISSIONS from the fall
\ mad bull was chased through Brooklyn
Yesterday, the consequence being serious \
boy and a man were injured by the animal, and
in attempting to shoot it, Mr.. +. D. ChappelI
H., b.,ll fntn ll,t ptIpI
Cosu<cormdjouk, is burned, 1t was small
village on the Asiatic bank Of the Bosphorous
inhabited by poor Jews and Greeks. Upwards
of one thousand families are homeless and deS-
tltutc.
The case Of Paymaster Cahoon, deiaultcr
whose bontlsmen are being sued by the Gov
eminent to recover $50 0o0 came up in court,
in N.w York, yesterday. INSANITY Is being
tried.
A resolution in the Chicago Exchange yes
terday, seems to Indicate that the proprietor OF
the Iowa elevator, recently burned, was inter
estcd in having general eonfagratlon.
Lieut.. Col. Grey. formerly of the I'd u. 5.
Artillery, and Mrs Henry NJ: Atkinson,
daughter of Senator Upton, OF Nebraska, are
dead
The Police Commissioners of New York are
going to institute suit aginst Mr. Bergh, be-
cause he causes blocking up of streets by stop
ping cars, wagons, etc.
\ reward Of two thousand dollars has
been offered for the capture of Steiner the
missing treasurer of the French Band concerts
BY collision on the Mobile and Ohio Rail
tbn Fl Had
and five others wounded.
There is split in the Republican party IN
the Alabama Congressional District in which
Mobile is situated.
A hope is expressed that the Geneva Tribu-
nal will reach a satisfactory conclusion by the
llth of September.
Owing to the .ruderpest Belgium will not
admit German or Russian cattle within its
boundaries.
A burglar was sentenced in New York yes
to-day to Imprisonment with hard labor for
twenty years. ..s -.,-. ...sr.
The population of the United States, by
census returns Just in, is SO, 55S,31 four hun
dred thousand more men than " omen.
Secretary Delano is somewhat better. Gen.
Skinner is recovering from his attack OF vertigo
An All England Eleven cricket club are on
their way from Liverpool to Canada.
Stokes, in New York complains that his pre-
sent cell is damp aud unhealthy.
Mr.. Greeley is in Bradford New Hampshire;
he made speech in Concord yesterday.
France is TO Improve her Notifications at
Gravencs, Dunkirk, Lille and Calais.
Alabama great Fair comes off in Novem-
Der
The President was at Lake George yestcr.
day f..'s.
Cuba has new Governor, Count Canango
Mr. GREELEY. In his recent speech at
Concord, n. H., Mr.. Greeley said
''The half century which has passed since
ceased to be resident Of New Hampshire
has seen the origin and growth of railroads and
tclcgraphs and cables across oceans. Ii has seen
the rise and fall of empires and dynasties and
it has seen, best of all to me, the overthrow OF
American slavery. \ great thinker has said
that today is ii great thing 10 disguise that a
day looks cpmmon aud trivial to the thought
less, but all great and noble successes are made
up Of to-dayS.
| do not know how we'll men have done, how
many have done better in this age, but woud
] might feel that have added to the history
of the last half century Of NY country. Our
country is better worth living in to day, with
better opportunities for its humblcstcltzen be-
cause of the events of the last half century.
In these events | have borne an humble part,
often mistaken and Of shor;-sightednesS. doing
the thing which seemed right, but which was
not always in the wisest and largest view right,
but still [ think my life has led me to exercise
larger charity toward the great mass Of the hui
man race believe that the great majority Of
the human race are constantly aiming to do
right"
"NoCKrMsTlpH''-A SILNER NINE FOUND
IN THE STREETS OF UTAH CITY Passing down
9th street at half six last evening, few
feet west OF SANKEY'S store, Unknown bank
cashier might have been, and was seen to pick
up crumb Of ore weighing about sixty pounds,
and directly pecring with experienced eye
omonp rho CRYSTALS tho man of finance with IN