Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-12-13
NEWS OF THE D!a ~.
"7o sho,o the oe,y age and body Of the Times

The steamship St. Louis, on her way from
New Orleans to New York, and on the Sth
instant, when about one hundred and twenty
miles from the Florida coast, sprung aleak
The pumps were put to work, but the water
soon drowned out the fire in the engines aud
at clock on the morning Of the 9th the pas
sengers and crew took to the boats which were
steered for the Tortugas, but hUatcd into the
path of the ship Record, tor Liverpool, and all
were taken on board They were subsequently
transferred to pilot-boat and landed at Key
/ West without any loss.
In the Second Branch of the City Council Of
Baltimore yesterday the joint committee upon
/ the temporary water supply made their report
aud submitted an ordinance, which was pa s:d,
instructing the Water Board to proceed with
out delay to enter into contract for the execu
ton of the work The water Of the Gunpow-
der, is to be introduced into the city by the
erection OF dam and pumping machinery aud
I is to be completed within seven mouths at
cost not to exceed 100000.
The Credit Mobcr Investigation committee
met yesterday, and agreed upon the line Of in-
yestiyation to be pursued. Cakes Am4s and
! Mr. McCOmb we're present with their counsel.
The only witness examined was Speaker Blaine.
! No further reliable Information could be OBJ
tained all the parties to the Investigation hay
Ing been pledged to secrecy. The committee
uct again this morning.
! a special telegram from Paris says that NJ.
Gambetta and Louis Blanc will be the first
spca kers in the debate on Saturday next in the
National Assembly, GU the petitions for dsso-
luton Tho Minister of the Interior has in
s,ructed projects to prohibit the signing Of pc
.iiious in wiue shops President Theirs, will
not attend the session during the discussion.
The funeral of Maud Merrill, the unfortunate
girl who was murdered in house Of ill-tanc in
New York on Tuesday, took place yesterday.
There was considerable difficulty in procuring
preacher, hut finally Rev. j. j. Brouner, pas
tor of the North Baptist Church consented to
othciate He cxhcred the women friends OF
the deceased, who attended, to abandon their
life Of shame,
A sale was begun at the navy yard, in New
York, yesterday, of condemned war vessels.
The Guerrero and Albany were sold for s54, 900
and as, 600 respectively. The sale will Include
1876, 900 lbs old wrought iron 10000 lbs. cast
iron, % 900 lbs iron shot ballast and 34O,O 900
feet of white oak timber.
Special dispatches from Paris describe the
gales which prevailed their this week as being
dreadful. Versailles also was visited by hur
ricane. The damage TO property was extensive
in both cities, and Severcl persons were killed.
The bullion in the Bank of Eng land has in
creased during the past week four hundred and
fifty thousand pounds sterling The rate Of
discount was yesterday reduced one per cent.
1t is therefore, now five per cent
The lighthouse on Anticosta Island has been
completely destroyed by a hurricane. The
keeper, his wife and six children were killed.
Several small fishing vessels were wrecked upon
the island.
Four hundred destitute Italian Immigrants
arrived at Castle Garden yesterday How to
dispose of these unhappy people Is vexng the
minds of the New York authorities.
An iuhuman or insane father named Er'!n
Porter, who lives near Columbus, Ohio, muir
dcrcd his two infant children yesterday morn
lug
Yesterday was the coolest day of the season
at Concord, n. H., the Thermometer standing
six degrees below zero At Newport it was re-
ported to be nineteen degrees below.
| David G. Croy, managing editor Of the New
York World, has resigned his position on that
paper.
THE LATE j. NJ. MAsoN-The New York
Herald's correspondent has interviewed Judge
Campbell, late of the Supreme Court Of the
United States, touching some of the men and
dongs of the Confederate Government. We
make an extract:
soon after mentioning Mr. Hunter the
name of the late James NJ. Mason came up
and related the fact that, after his strong and
imperious life, he died upon little farm near
alexandria in pastoral way, which seemed to
show that he had resources outside OF public
ambition Mason domestic lite, )" said Judge
Campbell, was peculiarly beautiful lie
married the daughter of Colonel Chew, who
owned the mansion aud grounds where the
battle of Germantown ragged in the Revolution
ary war. After Richmond was evacuated |
remained in the city until it filed up with the
troops of the United States, and as soon as |
had little reposc [ set forth to inquire into
the condition of my neighbors who remained.
went to the house of Mrs Mason, aud she
told ME that she had destroyed in the crate
fire all the letters which her husband had writ
ten her in the thirty years or SO OF their mar
ried life. In all that time she said that Mr..
; Mason was never out OF her company day
but be wrote her letter with punctuality, and
when he was Senator in Washington the
school exercises of his daughters were mailed
to him every day in the week, and were by
him corrected and returned. Mrs. Mason had
kept all her husbands letters, but believing
that the soldiery would ransack her house. she
; had made the sacrifice of committing them to
the flames. She had also destroyed many SOU
venirs of character precious to her in do
nestle view, but there was sword given to
her father by General WashiDgton which she
desired me to take and conceal, for she thought
her husband house was more exposed to peril
than my own. | was not very firm in my mind
about carrying weapon through the streets,
but she solicited me so earnestly that put
the weapon under MY cloak, and, wrapping
the cloak around me, walked through the city,
touched by soldiers on almost every side, and
when | got home put the sword up in the
top of the house among the rafters, and kept
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