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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-03-27

MIR. Seaton SAID ne wanted u h"he 4e"
remarks
The President-Does the gentleman from
the First Ward, (Mr Markedly withdraw his
motion.
Mr., Markell-For what? To listen to long
discussion on every and all subjects We are
now through with our business and | am OPP
posed TO being kept here to listen to outside
matters II the gentleman wants to speak let Il
him call mass meeting aud ventllate himself
TO his heart s.content- Laughter.
NJ Seaton replied saying if all his auditors
shonld he like Mr.. Markell it would be dry
affair when it was called.
| The Board then adjourned.
! Common Council The space outside the
bar of the Common Council was tenantless
when Council was called to order at a o'clock
last night, and the attendance within the par
was smaller than usual. owing, doubtless, to
the disagreeabe weather. The Presldent. of
the Board was absent at the opening, and MT.
HOPKINS was called to the chair but the Presl-
dent, Mr.. Shiun, arrived before the reading
of the minutes was concluded ana LOOK the
chair.
in favor of releasing Mr.. u. w Harrison from
his lease of city property at Flshto"n upon
payment Of rent to May lst 1872:
The opiniou of F. t. Smith, jr., esq, de-
claring the bill exempting manufacturers from
taxation, unconstitutional, was read, and mo-
ton made to table the bill:
MIR. Hughes wanted to know if this exemp'
,ion was unconstitutional why was it made 10
Richmond, Winchester and other places Ihe
President of the Convention that framed the
Constitution was lawyer Tor supposed 10 be
one) and Judge of the United States Court
and he says that the Council has full power te
mass the exemption He would offset the one
opinion by the other, pass the bill, and let any
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-03-14
THE CAIRO DAILY BULLETIN, THURSDAY MARCH H. 1872

,oy Iiyb asked the court that the wit
nes,e, present appear in the trial of
Brigham Young and others, set for to-day,
,hould give .n'z,nccs to appear when
nN.d tvr The defendants counsel asked
when the trial was ocome off. The prose
utng attorney said unoflicially that an
adjourned term of the court would prob
ably be he'd fur tb, trial of those cases,
but no definite information could be given
till the return of Chief Justice Mexican,
when the time Of trial would be made
known through the papers. Time was
given the counsel for proposition.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-03-14
A. FAIR CHANCE.

from the p 'rNfh X nticki.nJ
An Indiana female will give any man
$4,000 who will marry her "unsight un-
seen.'-'Excbange'
A gentleman who lives within fifty miles
OF Paducah requests us to say to that Indi-
ana female that "she's his mcat'--he II
take her at that price. He says he will
marry her If she has but one leg, and that
made of cork, but one eye, and that in the
middle Of her forehead, If she is bald-heud-
ed, has horn growing out of each side of
her head, has cancer in her nose nd
seventy -seven devils ir her system, but he
must have a good grip on that eighty
thousand ducats before the marriage cere-
mony is performed. He is young. bach
elor of progressing appearance, has no
bad habits, but is terribly short Of money,
and the banks are not discountlng now.
The ".Indiana female is at liberty to open
correspondence as soon as she chooses.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-03-14
THE LATEST NEWS.

- Rev. DR.. Young succeeds Rev. DR..
Huston ms pastor Of Trinity church, Balti-
more.
Sunday evening, near Toledo, ONO
j. A. Miller, of Goshen, New-York, was
robbed Of $4,000.
William Brannon was arrested III
Louisville, Monday for committing rape
on hi. step daughter. Age sixteen years.
The Marquis and Msrchioness Of
Lorne are visiting Queen Victoria, previ
Gus to their departure for Germany.
Leonard Marquand, who murdered
his wife and three children near Day
ton, Ohio, Saturday, night was insane.
He thought his wife guilty of witch
craft.
MIR. Piggott, editor of the DGblin
Irishmqn, now in Jail for libel on the
| Chief Justice of the Queens bench, is to be
given public breakfast by his friends on
| bis release,
The report that the pope is preparing
TO leave Rome is false. On Sunday tho
pope said to AN audience Tho misfortune
Of the church during his pontifcate dated
from lsiS, and that the co-existence Of
the two powers n. Rome was impossible
for the safety Of the church.
The Staten island ferryb,at Westfeld
was seized by the sheriff of Kings county
to satisfy judgment IN favor of Mrs. Mad
den, whose husband was killed by the CT
plosion. The widow of Prof. Chenierer'
has commenced one of series of suit
against the owners Of the WestHeld. Sh'
lost her husband and four children snc
sustained a personal injury.
"A package containing a quantity o
bonds, several mortgages, promissor.
notes, title deeds and other valuable paper
supposed to belong to w. b. Abell g. Co
Alton, Ills, was found by Officer Msrti
= at the corner of twenty-sixth street an
5 Fourth avenue New York city. They a,
y in possession of the property clerk avail
ing claimant.
=, %. G. Cannon, Esq, well know
grain dealer of Memphis, died Mond'
a after brief illness from intermitte
fever. His standing in commercial circl
was high, and his loss will be much d
Q plored. Mr.. Camrou, was a native
Kentucky, and before the war was sher
= of Harrison county, IN that State. Du
ing the late war he commanded batta
ion of cavalry in the Confederate service
and served with distinction.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-03-14

and wi e satisfied with nothing less
III IN "a, til rough and practical reform
OF the many evils which have grown
up and A u-ished under the fostering
care Of radicalism in state as well as
national affairs. Morton and other rao
ical senators engaged in the effort 10
belittle the civil service reform move.
ment will fad that thin attempt recon-
with disgrace upon their own heads
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-03-14

SECRETARY Boutwell, has boosted of
having reduced the public debt nearly
$500, 100000. In his official report
presented to congress at the opening of
the present session he claimed that in
the last two fiscal years n reduction of
sle5, 929 ,6Sl had been made but ac-
cording to his official report published
monthly the amount of the reduction
was s206,ll5,75O. The variation o
sl0,000,000 between these two state
ments has been accounted for. 1t i
claimed by those who ought to kno'
that the reduction OF the debt has bee
only s3O,0OO,OOO since 1864, an
according to his own figures there is
deficit of sl65, 100000
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-03-14
LUCKY Mr.. M'CORD.
MATERIAL FOR THREE VOLUME

MATERIAL FOR A THREE VOLUME
no,o,
=, ao., AN
on the 18th OF November, 1870, Jason
MeCord, a wealthy gentleman Of Chicago
departed TINS lie: Before his death he
made no wili' and u was left for the courts
10 say VINO should inherit his riches. An
apP0rasa, OF ms real ana personal proper
" showed mat ne mad died worth upwards
OF Sooo'ooo' Costly buildings in the
southern ana western parts OF the city ;
farms; railway, insurance, and bank
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-03-14
KILLED BY WHlSKEY,
SErom the CONFECTIONERY

a coiored boy named Evans, sbout
seven years old, died evening before las,
from the effects of drinking mint Of ma.
whisky. The father had whisky in bis
house on Fourteenth streets near Msga a. n'o
and the child got to the bottl. and sS an,m'
wh s' ,hu; he related to his mother
plsn s ae had done, and she Immediately
X" isS nm IN bed, where for several hours
A nty. 'na state Of beastly intoxication
hours sS,a. came In about seven or eigh,
insensirte ,wato, but the child was then
short i'm, " s,to last dying. Ho expired .
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-03-14
TELEGRAHPIC.

Fort WAYNE Ind, March ll.-Laver
and Mervins saw-mill situated at Moline,
Mich, was blown up this evening. Three
man n.mad Jamos Leavvr, j. Safer and
Frederic HUFF were killed, and Ave others
injured, some of them quite seriouly' The
water was allowed to get too low in the
boiler.
New YORK, March ia Browns
vile dispatch states that 1000 cattle have
been stolen from stock raIsers since the
middle of February and driven into Next
co by organized bands of thieves on the
Mexican side of the Rio Grsnde river.
The robbers came from Mexico and say
they are determined to clear the county
from the Rio Grande to the Huces river of
Americans by despoilstion of their prop
| erty.
| INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March n.-A IRE
broke out to-nigh. abont Q o'clock in
Bowen, Stewart Il Co.'s wholesale and re-
tail book store, and communicated to F.
n. Herron's jewelry store adjoining. A.
small portion of the retail books were
saved, but the wholesale stock is almost
total loss. The jcwelry stock is only
damaged by water, The total loss on
stock and building will probably reach
100000 Bowen, Stewart & Co.'S insur.
ance is about $4,000.
MEMPHIS, March III. b. Taylor and
AL Moses, whitcman, engaged in con-
troversy at grocery on Raleigh road, five
miles Of this city, Saturday evening ever
some arrival misunderstanding, when
Taylor started out and mounted, as he sup
posed his own mule. Moses followed and
charging Taylor with stealing the mule,
the latter turned in the saddle and as he
did SO, Moses shot him in the forehead
with navy siz-shooter, and subsequently,
surrendered TO the authorities.
WILMINGToS, n. S., March ll.-Intel-
ligeuce received from R)beson county to-
day, tends to confirm the report of the
killing of Boss Strong. The party who
went TO Andrew Strong's for the purpose
oiseeing the body returned yesterday, and
reported that they found large quantity
of blood on the door of Strong cabin, that
Andrew SIrong' wife acknowledge that
the boss was killed, and that other man,
, oerS OF the Lowrey band had removed tho
ooay' There seems to be no doubt that
McQueen sho, Strong and killed
him. ''
CISciNNATI, March lO.-A DAYTON
special says horrible murder was com.
United Xix miles northeast OF that citv
last night. A woman named Mary Mar.
| quardt about thirty.hve years old, and
three children, aged respectively six and
/ eight years and SIX months, are supposed
to have been killed by tho husband, Leon
! ara Marquardt, who Is now in Jail. The
!, WE was found in bed apparently stran.
y g'en' The children were found some di..
c lance from the house near the bank of n
: creek the two eldest apparently drowned
n and afterwards removed from the w.,e,
The infants head was crushed. Tho f.o,,
will be ELECTED at the inquest to-day.
SALT LAKE, March 1.-THE third
United States district court met to-day
Judge Strickland presiding, vice Mexican
absent. The civil cases on the docket
> were called. Deputy United States Attor
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-03-14

A CORRESPONDENT of a Memphis
paper suggests a convention in that
city of all the people in west Tenues-
see opposed to Grant, to appoint dele
gates to the liberal republican conven-
vention to assemble at Cincinnati in
May next.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-03-14
HOW 1T WILL WORK.

from the Carbonate New Era Radical
A Washington dispatch to the Chicago
Post says that rumor is current In
Washington that Governor Oglesby 10
promised the support of the administra-
ton, both for the guber material candidat-
ure this fall and the senatorial candidature
next fall. We are conversant enough
with the management of affairs in Wash
ingtion to assert that there Is not word
of truth in this rumor, and that it was set
on foot by Governor Oslesby's friends us
feele? of the public pulse. Neither presi-
dent Grant nor members Of congress can
dispose of public offices in Illinois in this
way. Let the attempt be made and not "a
man engaged in the intrigue will be re-
elected and the state will he carried by
the democracy, TO n certainty. This at
tempt of "leading men to trade off the
the party is "played out the people
have yet something 10 say about the dis
posal Of public offices, and the sooner this
fact is understood by the party leaders the
better. Gov Oglc5by Is one of the most
popular men in Illinois, aud stands good
chance for further preierment, but his
prospects will be assuredly killed if he
permits the bargain limited at in tn,
Posts correspondent to be consummated
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-03-14

MANY administration papers are
fond of repeating praises of Gen
Grants purity of character and inten-
ton, honesty etc, etc, and yet the
charges of corruption against the differ
ent officials Of his administration, all,
or nearly all, appointed by him on the
score Of personal friendship, or as
return for favors done him, have never
been equalled under any former presi-
don. Tho old onupIot that ..birdo of
feather flock together has never
been found to be false. If
Grant is an honest man, he
has been singularly unfortunate in his
selection of friends and his honesty APP
pears to have no moral effect on them
"a little leaven leaveneth
the whole lump" but
Grants uprightness, if any such quail
ty has an existence in his character, is
such an infntesimal atom in the noun
tain of corruption surrounding him,
that instead Of making itself felt
throughout his administration, it is
swallowed up and lost Ten commit
tees Of investigation have been ordered
during the present session of congress
and with the exception of two, all have
been directed against the administra
ton. The latest investigation ordered
bycongress is that ofthe charges agains,
Robson, secretary of the navy A
Washington dispatch of the llth says
To-day the house raisel special com.
mlttee on the motion Of Mr.. Blair oil
Michigan. firm republican, to Inquire in.
to the detailed allegations of fraud made
against the secretary of the navy in the
columns Of New York paper. So much
OF detail IN the way of facts and figures
appeared IN these charges, that some of
the leading members admitted that there
was reasonable ground for an investiga-
ton by congress, and nee the withdraw
81 OF the objections which were made to
one last week.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-03-14
Tsszs of rHs DAILY BuLirrIS,
ISubscrspf,on.l
THE DOLLAR WEEKLY BULLETIN.

John n. obetly 4 CO. nsve reduced me sub
.cyin,,on nr,re ~ the WeeKly Cairo Bulletin TO
On, Do,ar ne, ,.sss,. making { the cheapest pa
per pu bli.hed 10 southern 'Ih"o'r'
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-03-14

OLIVE LOGAN denominates Mrs.
woodruff and her followers "a the
"free love crew"
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-03-14

SENATOR MORTON, of Indiana.
doesn't believe in civil service reform.
Because it has been practice among
senators and congressman and heads of
departments to recommend persons for
othces and appointments, Senator Nor.
ton thinks it should continue TO be one.
although experience has shown that
this is one Of the most fruitful sources
Of evil in the public service. And be.
cause Senator Trumbull has made
twenty or thirty Or fifty recommends
tions in the past, he has no right t.
raise his voice against the practice, say,
Senator Morton. Although the resul
Of some Of his own recommendation
may have convinced Senator Trumbul
that the system is prolific Of abuses. ye
in the face of his conviction, he should
bride his tongue and neither at,emp
70 reform the error in himself, nor de
nounce it in others. This is radica
logic, according to Morton. But
will hardly satisfy the people. Tn
subject Of civil service reform was agl
fated by the radicals and whether il
sincerity oras party measure, it can
not now be CLOSED over and quoted
down without some practical result
The people have caught the cry, they
have become watchful of their public
guardians. from. the president down
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-03-14
The indianapolis Journal thus
quotes Scripture on Judge David Davis
nomination for the presidency

David therefore departed thence, and es-
capped to the cave of Adullam and when
his brethren and all his fathers house
heard it, they went down TO him. And
every one that was in distress, and every
one that was in debt, and every one that
was Disconnected, gathered themselves uu-
TO him. ari he became captain over
them and there were with him about four
hundred men.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-03-14
INSURANCE,

W. II. NORRIS, II. II. CANBEE
Notary Public, No. Pub. and U. 8. Com.
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centir;al and south America.

New YORK, July2.-Peruvian advices
state that the opposition papers to the
present administration, the National and
H Comercio, have been again suppressed
and the editors imprisoned. ...i
The revolt at Lima has been suppressed
by troops. ,.,..,.-5
Prof Agassiz and party lett Callao on
the first Of June ior :he north. ua.,.
The smallpox continues spreading in
Chill, and Congress was about to pass o
compulsory vaccination law.
Central American advices state that the
government Of Guatamala has ordered
The confscation Of all property OF Jesuits.
Nicaragua, also, has ordered the expulsion
Of the Jesuits from the territory.
Advices from Panama, 10Th OF June
state that the steamer Edgar Stewart is
still at Aspinwall, in charge Of U. s. Vice
Consul Dill, who will hold the vessel till
he receives instructions from Washing.
ton.
Some trouble has been occasioned by
some Cubans on board tho Stewart, who
claim 70 have been abused by Capt Pen
nell. They made complaints against the
Captain to the local authorities Of Colum
bla, and the latter offered to put a guard
on board, but Capt. Pennell declined The
Columbian guard, as Captain Davis, o.
the U. s. lrigate, at the request Of Vice
Consul Dill, had placed an American
guard on the Stewart, to protect the Cap
tain and vessel from violence.
AsPINwALI, June 29.-Captain Pen
nell, OF the steamer Edgar Stewart, has
on the persuasion of President Coreibo, o
his own accord submitted to a formal ar
rest for twenty-four hours, in order to vim
dicate the, dignity ofthe State authorities
whose summons he has heretofore refused
TO obey. His safety and honorable re
lease were guaranteed by the President
The Transatlantic telegraph line, from
Santa Rosa, Argentine Republic, to San
ttiago, Chill, has been formally opened.
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THE LATEST NEWS.

u. =. ~ u
Mrs. Mazlque, near Pine BluGS, Ark.
Saturday, attempted to start q fire b.
pouring coal oil on the wood Result
can exploded and she was burned tc
death. ..- ,t.,I-it..,- a@f.e'
"a colored man named George Smith
accidentally shot and killed himself, al
Lee, Dallas County, Arkansas, on Thurs
--Bailey's harness shop and four Other
buildings burned atVineton, N. j., Tues.
nay. Loss $4,000.
The New York Senate voted, Tues.
day, for the removal of Judge McCann
affirmative, 2S; negative, none. 2
Rear Admiral Crabbe did at Prince,
ton, n. y, Saturday night n,l ilC
AN extensive strike OF laborers EN-,
ployed in the mills and salt blocks al
Saginaw Valley, Michigan, is anticipated
to-day, The men demand q reduction Of
the hours OF labor from ten to twelve
hours The employers expressa o determi.
nation not TO submit TO it.
"A fire at Mt Carmel, Illinois, on
Sunday night, destroyed the Goiorth
block and damaged other property tc
the extent Of $4,000.
George Kidding, q moulder, aged 40
years, was drowned eight miles below
Evansville, Indiana, Tuesday evening
while bathing in the Ohio river. ts
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The Heated Term.

TERRIBLY HOT WEATHER m NEW YORK
NEW YoRK, July 2. - Thirty-seveu
cases Of sunstroke were reported by the
police yesterday, several fatal. Thether.
mometer at 8 o'clock this morning stood
at 30 in the shade.
New York, July 2.-Thermometer Jos
in the shade and about 14O in the sun.
Boston, July 2.-There were four fatal
cases Of sunstroke yesterday.
NEW YORK, July 2.-The coroner to.
day has been notified to hold inquests on
twenty.eight bodies, victims Of. sunstroke
TWENTY DEATHS FROM suNsrRoKE IN
rsu BOSTON. rc
BosToN, July 2.-Twenty cases OF sun.
stroke where death ensued has been re,
ported up to noon to-day. Anumber'o 'o
persons affected by heat are now lying il
q critical condition.
New YORK, July 2.-Heat again in,
tense to-day. The thermometer ranged
102. Some 40 deaths from sunstroke.
BosToN, July 9.-The weather here
greatly moderated by q refreshing cas-
wind, at 4P.M. The thermometer stoot
rs degrees, being fall of 20 degrees in
hours. 80 '~h5
EAST PoRT, Me-, July e.-To.day has
been the hottest ever known in this city
Thermometer 9S in the shade. e q n n
100 IN THE SHADE" AT WASHINGTON.
To-day was the hottest of the season
The thermometer indicating 90 in thC
shade. N4
CINCINNATI, July 2.-The temperatur,
this P. NJ. was s5 in the shade. The hea
has been oppressive though a little NOR,
tolerable than the preceding two days
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PEACE JUBILEE.

BesToS, July 2.-The cool weather rem.
dered the attendance at the concert this
afternoon somewhat less than on the pre-.
yious day, and the audience was proper.
tionately more numerous and enthusiastic
as their fayorite bands appeared in succea.
sion. The Irish Band, which has i'm.
proved in It's execution over yesterdays
effort, was kept on the stage more than
half an hour. Madame Peschla Leutner
sang an aria from Martha with military
band accompaniment, and for an encore
sang the Star Spangled Banner with hmag.
nifcent effect, Strauss, the cornet quar-.
tette and French Band, which latter gave
q selection from Robert Le Diable, were
received with marked demonstrations and
encored, the comets responding with
when the swallows homeward fy."
Madame Peschla Leutner received an ele-
giant floral tribute from Newport. An.
other concert was given by the French
Band tonight m = 4iaia.sri ba..