Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-10-18
NEWS OF THE DAY.


TO sho,o the ve1y age na1 bo'iy of the Times
| The Criminal Court Of Washington city Is
dispoSing of murder eases with rapidity. On
"Wednesday Frederick De Kraft, charged with
the murder of Peter Rennett was convicted OF
manslaughter and sentenced to the Penltentlary
for eight years Yesterday DAME Brown, Il
cGlored man, who threw stone at " I'D. Bah
| hinston and inflicted 4 mortal wound. was ar
raigned plead guilty, and sentenced to three
years in the pcnitcutiary. On Saturday the
Court viii hear argument upon motion tor a
new trial in he case of Barney " GOD, convicted
of the murder of CheeSeman. On Tuesday
next the trial of Hczekah Edwards. charged
with the murder Of Iumbrd, will begu.
Official announcement is made from Madrid
of the total collapse of the revolt at Ferrol. -
The INSURGENTS fearing the result of an attack.
began TO dispersc during Tuesday night, which
was dark aud stormy Some took refuge on
board the vessels they had Selzad. and sailed
for Tciio. Others Hcd through the town under
the FIRE of the troops, about hundred OF them
being captured, The Government troops the
following morning, entered the arsenal meet
ing with no resistance. Four hundred inSur-
gents remained within the walls, all OF whom
were made prisoners.
\ member of the Select Council Of I4ancas-
ter, Penn. and Of the Radical County Com
mittee. also prominent broker, have been ar
rested and held Is bail to answer charge OF
issuing fraudulent naturalization papers. An
effort was made before the Mayor to have the
charge Withdrawn, but he declined stating that
Justice must be melted out. Much excitement
prevailed on the subject.
The postal treaty between France and the
United States reducing the rates of postage
nearly one half, has been approved by the
State Departments Of the two countries. 1t
has been submitted to the French Minister OF
Finance who will consider the pecunlary feat
ures of the treaty, aud from whom favorable
report is expected. After that IN early ratl-
cation is anticipated.
\ man who took part in the Communist ex-
ccsscs in Paris has surrendered himself to the
police at Brussels and made declaration that
he was an accomplish of the Infamous lraup-
mann who murdered an entire family near
Paris. An examination of the man showed
him to be Of sound mind
1t is reported that Mr.. Burroughs, late pro-
prietor of the Everett House, New York, after
borrowing all the money that con6ding friends
we're willing to lend, has gone to Europe IN
pursuit Of those fascinating young ladies-Miss
Ella Wesner and Miss Josephine Mansfield.
The committee appointed by the Newcastle
Presbytery to investigate the charges made
against the Rev. Henry Matthews by a colored
servant girl who resided in his family have re.
ported the same to be utterly groundless, and
the girl who made them not worthy OF Gre
deucc.
Trouble is brewing in Porto Rico between
the Spanish party and the Radicals. The latter
intend to organize partisan militia: which the
other side already has, and the Spanish jour.
nails warn them that there will be danger Of
disturbances if they do.
\ dispatch from Washington states that the
Internal Revenue Bureau is about to proceed
to collect the special taxes owed by the New
York Central Railroad. The amount claimed
to be in arrears is nearly half a million of dol
lars
\ colored man, keeper Of ! sailors boarding
house in Philadelphia, yesterday shot and dan
gerously wounded two men who attacked
and followed him into his house. He has been
committed in default Of bail.
Five thousand and FIVE hundred exics from
.Alsace and Lorraine have arrived in this coun-
try since those Provinces were annexed to
Germany at the close of the Franco German
war
Judge Iugraham New York, has decided
that person watch comes under the title of
necessary articles which cannot be taken by
creditors
Mayor EanSant yesterday sent to the City
Council message vetoiBg the ordinance for
the REMEMBERING of the houses in the city of
Baltimore.
Eight persons were lost By the sinking of
the steamer Lac La Belle in Lake Michigan on
Saturday last.
The Society of the Army and Navy Of The
Gulf held their fourth annual reunion at New
York yesterday
The Radicals of the First Congressional Dis
trict of Connecticut have nominated Gen. JOS
Il Hawey for Congress.
The New York Herald is about to publish
German edition.
DEATH OF EDMUND WINSTON HENRY
Edmund Winston Henry, the youngest and
last of the sous OF Patrick Henry, died on the
18th instant, at his late residence in the county
of Charlotte, in the seventy ninth year Of his
age 1t has not been long since we were called
upon to record the demise of several OF his C
temporaries in the same county-Paul and
Henry Darlington, John Marshall and his
brother John Henry and now one of the same
race and order of men, illustrating in their
lives and character, association and purposes,
the highest type of the 1'lrginiau of the olden
time, is gathered to his fathers 1t has been
the great fortune of the good old county OF
Charlotte to rear men who have been orna-
ments in many places of high trust and re-
sponsibiity and though the deceased prefer