Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-07-26
NEWS OF THE DAY.
ITO sho,o the very age and body Of the Times

Norfolk Yesterday and anchored off the Fort.
+ was Thought they would remain there a day,
Int befre communication could be had with
them thew got UP steam and sailed for Halifax.
It is understood they will return here In Sep
tember, and one of the vessels go in the dock
at the Norfolk Navy Yard. The officers gave
hon ON board the Gazellc the other evening,
and the Prussian Consul gave an entertainment
at his house to the officers OF the fleet.
Yesterday the Catholic Female Protectory at
Fremont, Westchoster county, New York, was
totally DESTROYED by fire. The building was a
MAGNIFICENT structure. The cause of the fire
was not ascertaiued The inmates were all got
out safely, The loss is about $3.50, 900. 1t
was an educational home for vagrant and crlnIl
nal children, presided over by Sisters OF CHAIR
tv and its destruction leaves somc hive hun
dred children homeless.
The Commission appointed some time since
to examine into the loss of material at the dit.
ferent MINIS, consequent on the handling and
transfer of ore, etc., have submitted their re-
port. One of the things noticed by the Commls-
sion was the loss sustained in handling colu.
They found that in the simple counting and
transfer Of one million dollars from one vault to
another the abrasion amounted to SIX dollars.
liz France yesterday party Of coal miners
made an attack upon detachment OF troops
but met with sudden check by voey from
the muskets of the soldiers. One of the rioters
was killed, sixteen wounded, and large mum,
Der arrested and lodged IN jail 1t Is believed
that the troubles 10 the mining districts were
instigated by members Of the International So
ciety of Belgium.
Another chapter in the history of the 6llibus-
ter steamer Fanuie, has just closed in Cuba.
Nineteen of the crew have had an engagement
with Spanish troops, in which ten of the flIll-
busters were killed, and four captured and exc
cuted, the other FIVE making their escape
Spanish troops have also captured Aguero, the
revolutionary Postmaster General, aud who
will no doubt be executed.
A Washington letter says Charles L.
Moore, of Greenbrier, w. Va. was yesterday
arrested here, charged with the murder of a
deaf mute named Perry, near Lewlsburg, 10
that county, on the 2lst Of April last. Moor,
started to accompany the officers to the scene
of the alleged crime without waiting for re-
QUESTION.
A fire commenced yesterday morning 10 the
blacksmith shop of Allison g. Co. Car Works,
West Philadelphia, destroying it and the car
penter shop. The erecting and tube works
adjoining were saved The loss at the Allison
Works is estimated at S2U0, 200; the insurance
amounts to 1927 900.
A dispatch from New York, says 1.-The
ocean race for the Bennett Challenge Cup took
place to-day. The Madeleine, owned by jacob
Voorhees,, Jr, and the Rambler, by J. M
Forbes started. When last seen the Made
leine was about a mile ahead. y
The French Band arrived 10 Philadelphia
yesterday and met with reception by French
and Irish societies. At night concert was
given at the Academy Of Music which was
! success.
Persons in position to know Of the truth
Of the report, that suit would be brought
against Daniel Drew by the Erie Company
pronounce the story entirely without tuuuda
ton.
Yesterday the extensive saw and planning
works of Mahaffey & Yoheys, in West Phila
delpha were burned. LoSs FIVE thousand tc
seven thousand dollars.
There is prospect that the Pore county Ar
kausas) troubles are to be revived on more
extensive scale than Was Witnessed in the first
instance.
Among the appointments made by the Presl
dent Monday, we're Charles Whittlesey, collec
tor of customs First Texas district, and Joht
Tyler, assessor 10 the Florida district ;.
STEAM ON CANALs.-It is now hoped thai
a successful solution of the problem of the Use
of steam power for canal navigation has beer
found ia the road steamer. This matter was
recently tried in Delaware with most excellent
results. On Thursday, the 18th inst, VIII
| hanson steamer was operated tor experiment
at Albany, New York. The tractor weighed
six tons and cost about $1,000 The trial took
place in the presence of Canal Commissioners
Wright, Fay, and Barclay, aud other promi
nent men. At the appointed time the engine
assembled the incline from the Troy road to the
tow path and hitched 90 to one of three bull
head barges which we're loaded with lumber
and having moved it into position adopted the
same course with the second and third until
they we're arranged as tow and properly Sc
cured Then the engine started and drew
| them with the greatest ease, at the rate Of
three and half miles an hour, to the lock
above the city. This result was attained with
ordinary boats on common tow-path. Various
preliminary trials had resulted in an equally
! satisfactory maDUeT. IL Is Sdlu tIat all Wut
witnessed the trial we're fully satisfied of the
practicability of this plan of steam towage
and it appears that its economical advantage.
are very great The pressure Of steam requir
ed to enable the engine to draw three barge:
is ten pounds to the square inch, and that pres
sure can be kept up with consumption of one
hundred and fifty pounds of coal per hour By
| a careful comparison of the cost of towing
three boats by the road steamer and one boat
by horse power from Albany to Buffalo, in
which interest, wear and tear, and all contin.
gences. are taken into consideration, it is es.
tinated that, by the use of the road steamer,
the expense of towage would be Sl33 Sc less
tor each boat than by horse power, while there
would be gain of four days in time.
NORTH CARoLrNA.-Th Cincinnati Com
mercial, 10 view Of the detail Of portion of the
Cabinet for service in North Carolina, suggests
that the work is so heavy that there ought to
be no modesty on the part Of the Administration.
The whole Cabinet ought to be poured into
the North State ''to beat the gong and sound