Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-06-03
NEWS OF THE DAY.
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A reported conspiracy, concocted by
Spanish Volunteers in Cuba, having for their
oliect the Burning and sacking Of the Spanish
Bank and Exchange Offices at Havana On
Thursday last, has been discovered and thwarted
by the Spanish authorities. 1t is al.o said that
LANDING large supply of war material for the
patriots and at EDWARDS escaping. Several Gu
ban chiefs it is said charged with conspiracy
with Sparal1ls, were execu' by being harged
head dow wards.
\ sleeping car on tie Na>hv;"e and North.
western railroad wGS overturned yes rday By
the breaking of an axle, nineteen miles from
Nashville. Five pas peers were in the c. :
Mrs. Weatherford, of Memphis, was Filled:
Miss Curtis, Of Memphis, had a thigh broken
and was otherwise Injured. Other passengers
escaped with slight bruises.
Information has been received of the poison
ing of the Missionaries at Campenas, South
America. of whom Miss Mamie Henderson, Of
Charlessown, Jefferson county West Va, is one.
The poisoning was BY Tartar emetic in the
bread-whether By accident or design is not
yet known There was no Sacl fee Of life, and
FL are convale$cent.
Herr johann Strauss and his band, the Prus
sian band, and the Emperor Williams cornet
quartette, all left Bremen on SATURDAY., on the
steamship Rhein. for New York. They are
coming to the United States to take part in the
international jubilee at Boston.
Clark, the balloonist, who fell from balloon
at Memphis on Friday last, died on Saturday.
The next death in order on the part of eronauts
is Prof Donaldson, his recl:lessness upon the
trapeze being tentnld greater than any of his
craft
The amount of coin in the Treasury on Satur-
day was s9l, los. 33l, currency $ll,207:Sl4
and certificates s25, eco. Secretary Bout.
we'll on Saturday called in 81, 800, 0Co certificates
of three per CT denomination.
The Board of Examiners for the several de-
partments at Washington have nearly completed
their arrangements for examining candidates
under the Civil Service rule. The examlna-
tons will be made as practicable as possible.
The Supreme Court CT Florida has decided
w. D. Bloxham, conservative, to have been
elected Lieutenant Governor in 1870, instead
of Day, republican, who has held the Office as
if elected.
Fralch, who was sentenced to imprisonment
for fifteen years at Auburn. n. T., for arson,
and who attempted suicide, died yesterday
from the effects Of the laudanum which he
swallowed.
\ cotton mill near Rouen, France, was de-
stroyed by fire on Saturday, involving a loss Of
one million of francs and the throwing out of
employment Of nearly one thousand persons.
Nine steamers quilted the harbor of New
York on Saturday for Europe, the largest num-
Der that ever started from that port for the Old
World in one day.
Brigham Young birth day anniversary was
celebrated with much eclat yesterday in Salt
Lake City He was born in 1901.
MessrS Elisha Crowell & Co., of New York,
an old and reputable house, are fitting out a
vessel for the diamond fields Of South Africa.
\ fearful thunderstorm, doing much damage,
passed over Terra Hautc, Indiana, on Saturday
night.
CULpEpER CoUS1Y.-[From tie Culpeper
Observer The decoration of the graves of
the Confederate dead, at this place. came off
on Tuesday last The decoration of the graves
at the Federal Cemetery took place on Thurs
day last
On Wednesday last, while a son of Mr..
Samuel S. Proctor, undertaken Of the new
Court House. in this place, was driving an OK
team and riding one Of the oxen, he was
thrown off, and the front wheel Of the wagon
(loaded with bricks, passed over him, break
ing his thigh in two places.
\ revival of religion has been going on for
some days past, at the Methodist Church, in
this place. On Wednesday night twelve were