Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-01-01
NEWS OF THE DAY.
"To Mop the rry ayr and hody of hr Tmes

It having been asccrtaincd that the recent
depredations in Texas were committed by
Kickapoo Indians belonging to Mexico Il force
of Texans have obtained permission from the
Commandment of the Mexican revolutionary
troops at Laredo, to cross the frontier in pur-
suit of the marauderS, who are encamped near
the border with the plumber taken from Texas.
4 dispatch from Washington. says that
Judge Lochranc, late Chief Justice Of the Su-
preme Court of Georgia, had conference with
President Grant and he informed him that
Governor Comfy of Georgia, would retire
from the Office and that Smith (thG; Governor
elect would be permitted to take bis scat with
out opposition.
The Tammany Board of Aldermen Of New
York refuse to give place to the Reform Board
which was elected in November contcn,ling
that they hold over until 1873. The dispute
has come into Court and Judge Brady has
granted an injunction restraining the old Board
from organizing and the Mayor from rccognlz-
ing them.
Two great disasters at sea are reported by
the Atlantic cable. The Russian steamship
kuma foundered in the Caspian Sra and all
the passengers. officers and crew were drowned.
as mentioned in Saturdays Gazette, and the
ship Edward went down of Falmouth, not Il
life being saved.
The Miners Journal. speaking OF the de
cline in coal, says Though the exhibit is
not encouraging, there is no probability OF
further suspension in any region, the men hay
ing made up their minds to make the best OF
| the situation.
A party of armed and disguised men cut the
Butte Creek levee near Marysville, California
Five hundred feet Of it have been washed away
and MarySvillc is threatened with floods.
S. w. II. Ward. the we'll known shirt and
collar manufacturer, died yesterday i'll New
York
One of the Siamcsc twins, it is said. is lying
| dangerously ILL.,
TORPEDO ENPLoDEs. quite painful and
rather singular accident occurred "Wednesday
| afternoon to 4 four-ycar-old boy, son OF Mr..
Patrick Martin, employed at the works.
An elder brother of the boy. in passing up
| Walter street, picked up what he SUPPOSED t.
be a marble, painted blue. He put it IN hl>
pocket. and on reaching home gave 1t to hi,
little brother to play with. The latter child
like put it in his mouth and bit it, when d
loud explosion enSucd Mrs. Martin, hearing
what she supposed to be the report OF Il plSto
or gun. rushed into the room, finding the child
| stretched upon the floor, where he had h"ct
thrown by the force of the explosion, blood
streaming from his mouth.
DR.. Scarce was called in. and found tho
child TO be quite seriously injured the lnncl
surface of The right check being blown away
and the lip and mouth shockingy laccratcd -
Il was thought at first that one Of the jaw
bones was broken. but this WAS discovered ro
to be the case, the child escaping with tn,
mangling above mentioned. The supposed
marble proved to have been what Is known n
L IT MON torpedo, Il new AMI very dangerous
invention, designed for use on holidays. Fourth
of .Julys and other noisy occasions. Their cX
plosive power is very considerable. and II Is d
wonder the little Martin boy was not killed. --
(hiMr"tM Ohi) H'Vi*'cr
FAIRFAX County,. A correspondent of tho
| Baltimore Sun. writing from Eairtax Court
| House. says The temperance cause in this
place is rcviving SONIC twenty new member:
having Joined the Providence Lodge ot q. y.
e. T. in the last few weeks
| The religious revival which has been going
on in the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
has come to a close. Between thirty and forty
persons pretessed conversion during it progress.
James Ferguson, a very popular colnr"'!
man, who keeps public eating house ior
white people. in this place. fell through hay
NOW few days ago. and broke his arm.
The District of Columbia having voted 5000
600 towards the building Of the Piedmont and
Potomac railroad our people are hopeful that
- L. LII l,,k rh,I ,fn ,uIII fol-
through this county IS IL very Important 4ucS-
ton with the people hereabouts. The bed OF
the independent or Manassas cutoff, which
through this place. and the work is said to be
worth $500. 900, which we all hope will be an
indncement for whatever company builds the
road to take this route. 1t would then run
through the best, most thickly settled portion
Of the county.
An EXTENSIVE CoUNTY.-Thc county of
Augusta, in Virginia, once embraced the
States of Illinois, Ohio. Kentucky, Indiana
and Michigan. When Virginia was named
after Elizabeth, daughter Of Anne Boleyn and
Harry VIII-he of the many wivcs-it was the
proud boast of her then few inhabitants that
her territorial limits extended from the Allan
tic to the Pacific and up and down to each pole.
When battling tor American independence
with handful of hungry, i'll clad and worse arm
ed patriots against the disciplined egions of the
British King, it was, in case Of being overpow-
cred, to the mountains of Augusta that George
Washington proposed to retreat to make last
stand for Liberty and the rights of man. >
Virginia, though she gave away an Empire
and was despoiled Of half her territory by mi
quitous legislation, has no reason to be cast
down-nor is She There is life in the old
land yet Rich. Wing.
RE-FUNDING.-A short time since, the com.
mittee having the matter in charge, returned
to the City Treasury large balance of the ap-
preparation made by the City Council for the
entertainment of the Knights Templar celeb bra
ton in this city. One Saturday, Robert
r. Kirkland, Esq, Chairman Of the Commit.
tee of Arrangements for the accommodation Of