Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-09-23
NEWS OF THE DAY.
" 10 sAouo the uery age and body Of the 7tnaes

$40 sAov the uery age and body Of the Tunes "
A dispatch from Independence, Mo-, says ::
" :sterday Jas. j. Ches met Deputy Mar
si.a James p acock on the street and slapped
him in The face. \ fight eusued, during which
pistol from Chi!es pocket dropped, which
VIA, ii kcd up by us sou. fourteen years Of age,
who shot Peacock in the back, inhicting dan
srr.us would. Peacock then shot Chiles
In ugh the head, killing him instantly. A son
IF Peacock then shot young Chiles, wounding
Iii :a'a'ly. City Marshal Farrow, who came
u, to stop tn" fight, was slightly wounded in
&c re;s', but by whom it is not known"
Alta meeting of Baltimore clergymen yester-
Jay Tx rrsut of their efforts to have enforced
lie ,,w r:rbDit.ug street parades with music
IN iinnd.y was reported. Mayor Vansant ad-
mttrd the illcgaliiy of permissions to such de-
i.on i,.r lue:n. The meeting then prepared a
PAPER addressed to the Mayor, asking that the
eg enactment on the subject be rigidly en-
fylccI.
pari> Green is being used in the Southern
cotton fields to destroy the worms and other
l,suct> that iAtcs the cotton crop, and it is said
Wit. excellent success Some Ut the planters
" IN have rpp'cd i, speak CT its efficacy in the
w~Tmcst :,rns. at.d Que Of them remarks that
/ !, ~ great :, blessing for the Cotton States
as the v,ntiJu vi the cotton gln.
Rev. Dr. Rosspr, of the NJ. E. Church South,
.:,llvrrc sermon to ministers in Philadel phia
Yesterday, taking the text, Have faith 10
u -, D." 10 which he advocated the union OF the
c IL i :iaruug h nut the country. The speaker
c Is 4 IS hoDlus that the church North and
SonIh w"n;d lie united at an early day.
III. Cantdl Southern Railway Company
have, owing to HE financial crisis in New York,
uccu ubig d to cancel ali their contracts for the
nrcseu;, AID have ordered the discharge OF all
thnir wurklnen not employed on regular trains
run i g over the road.
r., quantities Of mushrooms are sent from
Aag e,ey, in Wales, to various parts of Eng
AID. III re are many special traius laden with
m,lsiro ,jIs FROM Bangor Station, Sometimes
til. re arc as mauy as twenty-five trucks thus
"a lei: 'rachcd to one train.
A gen ri strike OF ehoemakers in New York
is iuu.iu nj, as two hundred men struck yes
teddy Dcc US, as ;legej, the employees have
.ui.rl 10 adhere to tie terms agreed upon at the
lust II ke 1t is expected that all the work.
leu Il strike to-day.
lii President and bis Cabinet, with General
S..cl az aus. Governor Whyte, have signifed
tnrir 1T, ntrn vi att: nd:ug the fair to be held
al Westminster. Maryland, on the LIST and ID
ri O2;ubur.
We are greaved to see it stated that in
Shreveport, the yellow fever has taken turn
TO- the wrrse, and the remnant of the popula-
ton are dying of al the rate of twenty day.
Congress has pissed law, which will 90
into effect IN tie first of October, that cattle
il transit On rJ:l'oad trains shall receive food
aul tr.nk at least ouce In twenty-four hours.
The "GREEN TABLES" There is something
odd 10 tue idea of people lamentiug the depar-
t,rc of ,moIerS as the loss Of generous bene-
f c!ors. In Thackeray's pleasant Christmas
SOY, The Kick nburys on the Rhine. he
r.ws a picture Of Baden Baden uI Ter fcti-
,ious nal.e, in which, in his genial vein, he
dashes in, with great warmth of color, de-
scrip lou Of this affection and attachment exist
lug Letweep the towns peop'e and the princey
gamblers. "For though he is wicked, gambl-
lug "piuce, Lcnior, he is beloved in all these
regions; his establishment gives life to the
town, to the ludsing house and hotel keepers,
to the mi!iincrs and hackney coachmen, to the
letters Of horseA=sh, to the huntsmen and
ear les de- chase: to all these honest 6ddlcrs
ani lrnmpeters. who play so dellctably. Were
the Loor' hank to break, the whole little
city would shut up; aud all the Nourbourgers
wish him prosperity and benefit by his good
fortunes" Tnc novelist then goes on to des
crihe, with all the pomp and circumstance Of
Il Waterloo conflict, the great battle between
she bank ami ii company OF Begans, who had
raised large sum of money to defeat the bank,
and when victory at last rested with the bank,
the effect upon the populace is described 10
icruic phrase "Pcoplurushed into each others
arms; men, women and children cried and kiss
cd each other; cr3uplcrs, who never feel, who
never trcmhic, who never care whether black
us or red loses, took snuff from each others
boxes and aughed for joy. Since Wellington
slut up his telescope at Waterloo, when the
PrusS;aps came charging on to the field and
tie Guard broke aud fled, there had been no
SUCH heroic endurance, such utter defeat, such
signal and browning victory"
What the BelgIaus could not effect, however
the law did, and the green tables, that were
the scene of mighty conflict have disappeared,
to the 4riuf OF those who lived upon their pro-
luctions -Baltina0re american.
THE KELSEY AFFAIR." investigation
iuto the mystery surrounding the Kelsey TRACE
dy is gradually unravelling thread of import
aut facts Lut whether the testimony thus far
will teud to fully exp ain the dread secret that
hangs over the affair it is difficult to prophesy.
1t is evident that there are people 10 Hunting
ion, Long Island, who are able to throw light
GU the matter, but the investigation thus far
reveal, strange degree of reticeuce, or a sad
amount Of forgctiulness 90 the part of those
ca lied to testify On Friday the inquest was
resumed, aud i coIored man was placed upon
the stand vino had heard and seen enough to
identyfy more than one prominent citizen of
Huntington with the tarring and feathering of
one OF their fellow citizens. His testimony was
so c,nvi ciog that two of the witnesses af-
tc,w;rd put upon the stand felt themselves
Compelled to admit having share 10 the crime.
One was passive, if not delighted, specta-
tor, aud the other admitted that be went IN dis