Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-17
NEWS OF THE DAY.
ITO sho,o the very age and body Of the Times

ITO shoao the very age amt dohY o? me ''"'eS
Sixty thousand persons congregated at Chls-
elhurst to witness the funeral procession OF the
ex Emperor. When returning from the grave grave
the Prince Imperial was saluted with 1--WE
l'Empereur, but he responded, the Emperor
is dead" give Ia France" telegram
from London tells Of q reception when was
given Yesterday at Chiselhurst BY, the Em.
press Eugene and Napoleon w., to large
number Of soldiers, statesmen and other dlstin'
guished Frenchmen, They were CLAD 10 the
deepest mourning, and as they passed through
the crowds of people they presented their
hands to be kissed lmperlasts, 1t Is re,
marked, are expecting an early restoration OF
the empire.
The trial of Mrs. Wharton at Annapolis
seems destined to be attended with second
war of medical experts, such as rendered mem
orabe the occasion of her former hearing
DR.. p. G.. Williams. Of Baltimore, was exam
med Yesterday. He testified that he believed
the condition Of Mr.. ' an Ness on Saturday
was the result of au administration OF strych,
MIA, and the attacks of Sunday aud Monday
were produced by tartcr emeuc. Ills cross
examination will be continued to-day
A fellow named Shcrburne, living at Con-
cord, New Hampshire, deserted his wife and
cloped with Miss Drew, who subsequently died
at Jersey City. He was brought back yester-
day in the custody of police officer, and met
with rough reception from the Indignant
citizens. The father Of the girl assaulted him
and kicked him, and other persons assisted IN
the beating 1t was with much difficulty that
the officers rescued him from the mob and put
him in jail for sate-kccpipg
The National Woman Suffrage Association
met in Convention yesterday in Lincoln Hall,
Washington. Most of those whose names
have been prominently connected with the
Woman's Rights movement were present, ln
Guiding Miss Anthony, recently imprisoned tor
voting contrary to law. The first day pro-
cecdings were not specially Important.
The annual banquet Of the Shoe and Leather
Board Of Trade of Baltimore was held last
!; evening at Baruum' Hotel, and seems to have
been pleasant and decidedly successful affair.
The speech of the president, Henry Z. SMITH
gives tattcring exhibit OF the increase 10 inc
hide, leather and shoe business OF that city,
! and gives statistics of much interest.
A Delaware rufian was convicted OF man
slaughter in New Jersey yesterday, and sen
fenced to five years Imprisonment in the pcnl-
tertiary. The victim was the proprietor OF
i hotel at Bridgcton, where party OF cXcur-
sloulsts from Wilmington were dining, when
the row occurred during which the homicide
was committed.
: A special dispatch to the Associated Press
from ''Gorhum, New York, states that the
Solus Poiut and Southern Railroad was opened
its entire length on "Wednesday from SOdus
Bay to Gorham for business. This line, 1t l.
said. forms an important connection between
Baltimore, Philadc phia and the Lakes.
/ DR.. Livingstone has again been heard from
| A London dispatch informs us that the sup
plies, sent by Mr.. Stanley on his return tt
Zanzibar, reached the great traveller, and thai
he started for the interior Of Africa on the lStl
. Of August last.
In the homicide case Of George Keeper, fol
: killing Robert W. Wclch at McConnelIsburg
Pa, on the night of the last Presidential cleo
ton, the Jury, after being out twcnty-tou1
: ms Is regarded as equivalent to an acquittal
i If there is any truth in the dispatches con
L corning "thc Modoc war; which come by way
r of San Francisco, Captain Jack is in an un
: pleasant fix. He and his party are reported tt
: have taken refuge in cave, and the Oregon
;. troops have posted howitzcrs near its mouth.
The officers of the British and the United
/ States men-ofwar in the harbor of Villa Franco
S were invited to ball given by the French Ad
g miral on board his ship, on Wednesday night
| but they decline 10 attend
John Thompson Mason, at present Secretary
of the State Of Maryland, is preparing biog
raphy Of the late John V. L. McMahon, one
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which Maryland has produced.
A dispatch from New Orleans received al
Washington says that the election for United
,, States Senator has been postponed by the
People Legislature, and that Gov Yarmouth
; will probably be defeated.
The conductors on the Harlem railroad, who
struck recently because they objected to some
new regulations about the collection of fares,
t have nearly all returned to their work.
The First Congregational Church of Chicago
was burned last night 1t was one of the finest
buildings in the West, costing 5000 The
parsonage attached was also burned
The cable reports that the Carlists are COM
hitting cruel outrages in the North of Spain
upon those who refuse to join their bands,
sometimes resorlng to murder and mutllatlon.
Much excitement was reported to exist in the
Spanish colony at Paris yesterday, over the
note Of Secretary Fish to Minister Sicklcs, in
relation to slavery in Cuba.
The Italian Parliament has passed a bill for
bidding theological instruction in the public
schools
Too HoNEsT-It is not often that mem.
Der of the human family, particularly in these
degenerate days, is afflicted with the maady
of being too honest, but we have an instance
of it in our city. Mcssrs. DeShiclds 4 Bur-
well. colored firm engaged in the Sassatras
Oil manufacturing business in town, it is dis
covered have been paying double price for
sassafras roots, in consequence of using pair
Of stcelyards with sixteen pound pea, when a
thirty two pound one was required for accurate
weight. They have been using the pair OF
steelyards referred to since they commenced
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