Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-03-01
NEWS OF THE DAY.
:. To shoc the rc,y age and Jody Of the Times.

The laying of the new Atlantic cable is TO
be proceeded with before long. The Great
Eastern has now on board ,. 567 miles of cable,
and the telegraph fleet which consists OF that
steamship and three others, vii! sail the last
week 10 May 1t i expected that the cable
will be in working order before the first day OF
,Ju'v. Ii will be laid to Halifax and thence to
New York.
\ telegram froin st. Petersburg says that
preparations for the khivan campaign are 60
ing on without interruption. The report that
the expedition has bccu abandoned IN coDsc-
uueucc Of the Submission OF the hhcdIve Is
pronounced to be untrue.
Affairs on the New York Stock Exchange
were comparatively quiet yesterday, and no
traces appeared Of the panic Of "Wednesday.
At the final close, the stock market was gene
raliv steady. Money was less stringent, and
gold ruled steady.
The Radical members OF the Missouri Legis-
lature have forwarded a memorial to the Uni
ted States Senate, praying that body to inquire
into the means By which Mr.. Boy procured
his election, hrtore he is permitted TO take his
seat.
Sixty-ouc thousand i liars, bequcathed By
one Schuyler to the corporation CT Paris, Tor
the building Of German hospital aud other
purposes t II the benefit OF poor Germans IN
Paris, has been refused.
Iu the French Assembly yesterday NJ. Gam
BETA made an assault on Theirs from the ex-
IRENE radical standpoint, and the Due de Brog-
lie suggested Monarchy as solution OF the
difficulties whi,h how busrt the Republic.
The widow of the murdered Pullman has
signed u petition to Gov. Dix asking that the
sentence Of Foster BIZ coumuted to imprlsou-
mcut for lille.
\ motion was male yesterday III the British
House of Commons asking for commission to
investigate and report upon the subject OF Irish
emigration to the the y. ).
At the approaching Conference Of the Meth
oli,t Episcopal Church South, which meets in
Rev. L. d. Hu>ton will come up Tor trial.
The railways were blocked with heavy
snow in the north of France on Thursday, and
The mails were delayed III consequence.
\ deputation of Americans yesterday called
M N the Pope who received them courteouSly.
UEARTLEss DISCRETION. y cstcriay after
noon young aud prcpoSScsslng woman called
at the Office Of Justice Wheeler, West Balti,
more street, aud requested the magistrate to
commit her to Bayvicw Asylum under the act
relating 10 vagraucy, stating as her reason t-r
making the request that she was IN delicate
health. and had been driven INTO the street by
her husband, who had by persecution and
abandonment attempted to rid himself OF her
Inquiry into the case develops some particulars
of Il distressing character. The maiden uamr
of the wife was Emma Reams, and her residence
up to the timc of her marriage, Richmond, Va.
Left an orphan at an early age she was raised
by Rev. Chas Robinson, Il Baptist minister
of Richmond with whom she remained up to
about twelve months ago, when she met her
future husband. Scytchman named John
Mack, who. after being constant visitor TOR
period OF about six months, was married to her
bv Rev. VIM. Robinson, the girl being then in
her eighteenth year. Soon alter being married
they came TO Baltimore, and have since resided
on North Schroeder street, near Mulberry
After residing short time in their new home
the husband manifested an inclination to rid
himself of his wife, and on one occasion, about
three months ago, persuaded her to go on board
one of the steamers of the Ericsson line, repre-
seuting that he wished herto accompany him to
Philadelphia. As the steamer was putting off
Mack walked ashore, as he supposed upper
ceiyed BY his wife, but she observing his
attempt to abandon her quickly followed him.
Since that her wrctched home became even
moro Objectionable and her sutterlDgS finally
culmiuatad in her application to be sent to the
ASYLUM. Her request was complied with, and
she was kindly cared for and will be sent TO
Bayview this morning. She represented that
she was born 10 Petersburg: Va, and has three
hrothers and sister now living in Richmond,
70 whom she expressed desire TO return as
soon as her health was sufficiently restorel.-
Baltimore Gazette.