Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-05
NEWS OF THE DAY.
40 sho,o the very age nnd badly Of The Time

| 40 sho,o the very age nnd Jody of The Times
Chambers and Edwards, two New York
bruisers, fought Mt Squirrel Island in the De
| troit river Yesterday The referee decided IN
| favor of Chambers because Edwards blt hlm
contrary to the rules of the p K. in such cases
made and provided. The fight lasted one hour
| and three quarters during which time twenty
six rounds were fought. Both men were Sc
vcrely bruised.
To add to the list of marine disasters, hap
peuing so closely together lately, comes lntelll-
gence of the wreck of the brig Michael and
Arne, bound from Daren, Georgia, to Phlla,
delphia She was water-oggcd and capslzed
bv a Gale off Dobay Light, which is on the
south point Of Sapeo Island, east OF Mcintosh
county, Georgia The crew were saved.
The Provincial Correspondent, the official
journal of Berlin, says that Alexander, Francis
Joseph aud William meet in Berlin to give the
| world assurance Of the continuance OF entente
| cordiale between Russia, Austria and Germany,
and that the three great Empires have accept
| ed the new order OF things growing out of the
Franco Prussian war.
| The trial of DR.. Schnppe was continued at
Carlisle, Pa, yesterday, Notwithstanding the
sickness and consequent absence Of juror
| The prosecution has closed, and to-day the
opening statement for the accused will be
made. \ general impression appears to pre-
vail at Carlisle that an acquittal will certainly
be the result.
The Fifth District Convention Of Maryland
met at Ellicott City yesterday and rcnomnated
Judge W. NJ. Merrick by reclamation for Con-
gress. The Democratic Conservative Conven
| ton of the Second district yesterday, at Town
sontown, after an animated contest renoml-
mated Hon. Stevenson Archer for Congress.
Manton +. Hoard, Cashier, and Robert a,
pierson, Teller of the Rhode Island National
| Bank at Providence, have been sent to prison
for niue years each, in addition to which the
former is fined $1,000, for cmbezziug the
funds of the bank, and swearing to false re-
turus to hide the deficiency.
The Tennessee State Radical Convention as
scmbed yesterday at Nashville, and nominated
! O. A. Freeman for Governor, Horace Maynard
for Congressman at large, and Avan Harklds
for Eiector at large Resolutions endorsing
the Administration aud the Philadelphia plat
form, were adopted.
|
sin, rendered noble service at the wreck of the
| Mctis Senator Spague, Of Rhode Island,
| proposes to provide new outfit OF clothes for
| the crew OF the Moccasln, who stripped Oft
their garments to protect the sufferers or cover
| the dead
Capt. i. H. Boole, who conducted the inves
tgation in the case of the exploded Westfeld.
in New York last year, has been designated by
the Secretary Of the Treasury to 60 to New
London to investigate the cause and clrcum-
stances of the Metis disaster.
The Hungarian Diet was opened yesterday
by the Emperor of Austria in person. The
speech from the throne urged perseverance in
the work of internal reform, and congratulated
the kingdom and empire on their happy rea-
tons with foreign Powers.
Edwards, noted bank robber, escaped from
the New Jersey State Prison. at Trenton, yes
terday morning; his escape was effected by
means of contederates saving the bars from the
window Of the workshop during the night.
A man named Conway, said to be alunatic,
shot at three men in an Albany, New York,
saloon, yesterday, MORALLY woundng one Fo-
garty, who has wife and eight children. The
murderer has been arrested.
The recuperative powers of France are won
derfu Spain is asking Partisan bankers for
loan of one hundred millions Of dollars and this
In the face Of the subscriptions to the loan to pay
the German indemnity.
The Peoples Bank, of Nashville: suspended
yesterday morning. The liabilities are report
ed to be $4,000, the assets, nearly all ulti-
mately available, sll40O0 The Bank has
been placed in the hands of trustee.
The returns from the elections for members
Of the Dominion Parliament show so far that
SO Ministerial, SO Opposition aud % Indepen-
dent candidates have been elected.
The Congress Of lnternationals continues its
sessions at The Hague with closed doors, but
has again promised that there will be public
sitting to-day.
The Missouri State Radical Convention met
at St. Louis yesterday, and after organizing ad-
iourned to wait the report Of the Committee on
Resolutions.
Returns to the office of Internal Revenue show
daily dstation of nearly one hundred and
fifty thousand Of gallons of whiskey from grain
and over eleven thousand from moasses
The additional returns from Vermont 20 to
coutirm previous indications that the Republi-
can majority will reach about 25, 600
Bismarck has returned to Berlin, as has Won
Moltke. being called thither by the assembling
Of the Emperors. Berlin is full Of diplomats.
Bismarck yesterday called on Prince Gortscha-
kotf, the Russian Minister to Prussia and after
wards had conference with Emperor William.
Chief Justice Chase has been greatly bene-
fitted by his recent sojouru iu New Hampshire;
he is returning to Washington.
The United States Board on breech-loading
small arms is in session iu New York.