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DEATH PROM THE EXPLOSION OF Coal
OIL CAN.-About o'clock p. m. yesterday A
girl aged IS years, named Annie Norton, en-
Ployed in the family OF Prof. Tonry, No. ms
S.saa Eage - va 70 burned ey the
FIRE. She fingered until about O'Clock last
night, when she expired in great pain--Bqlt,
Sun. l2L.
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The SwEDKNBoRGIAN CoNvENrIoN.-The
general convention OF the New Jerusalem
Church in Cincinnati Tuesday elected the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing wear: Rev. Thos.
Worcester, ID. ID, OF Boston, president; j.
Young Scammon, Of Chicago. vice president;
Rev. W. ii. Hinckley, of New Orleans and
Francis A. Dawson, secretaries; Nathan Hobart,
OF New York, treasurer. After appointing COM
mittees the convention adjourned sine die.
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THREE CHILDREN BLOWN UP WITH GUN
PowDKR.-At Steubenville, Ohio, Tuesday at
the house Of a miner, named George Edmonds,
can Of gunpcwder, weighing one hundred and
twenty-five pounds, exploded, killing three
can had been placed IN a cupboard, and In the
absence Of their parents the children set Ore
TO il,
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REPoRTKD TERRIBLE AFFAIR AT CULPE-
PR e. IL, Walt il reported that on Monday
last, a. Francis Bry an, colored, was walking in
one OF the principal streets OF Culpeper L. a.,
Va, with his daughter, aged about T. years,
two white men named Jameson and Williams
made assault ON the girl and attempted 10
carry her of. Her father resisted: when Will
liams drew a knife and cut his (the father D
throat from ear TO ear. The scene following
was indescribable, the injured mans blood
spirting over his terrified daughter, who freed
herself from the clutches OF her would be CAP
tors. They in turn, for fear OF the excited
crowd drawn together on account of the occur
renee. decamped from the village, aud az last
accounts had not been arrested. The physi-
clans say that organs injuries are necessarily
fatal
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RAISING SHEEP Is NIRGINIA.-Since the
purchase of the wooden mills here by q Balti-
company, Mr.. John r. Jacket has been pur-
chasing wool AZ preliminary to an early re-
sumption of business. We hear that he has
paid out about $500 daily for the last two weeks,
and all this wool has been grown m this vicin-
ity. Our lands admirably adapted for sheen
raising, the only hindrance being the dog. Mr..
Frank Rufin Of Chesterfield told Ne that he
considered sheep culture the most profitable
employ ent In Virginia. He Is engaged large
New York steamship at Richmond, and they
are speedily taken TO that market where they
sell for - Per head. II covers the cost OF con-
veyance and commission for selling thus net
ting him ~ clear. HIS sales of wool are also re-
muneratve. This Is an enterprise that stands
inNitingiy open for thousands, and we trust the
day IL near At hand when the hills and dales OF
Spotsylvania and Stafford win be white with
a thousand nocks.-Freds rtol sbt,rg Herald.
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A STRANGE HALUcINATToS.-A lunatic was
discovered on Saturday wandering about Union
Hill, Jersey City, dressed in one OF the state
lunatlc asylum uniforms, and IL 10 supposed
that he escaped from that institution. His
delusion consisted in the belief that ne was 20
die at O'Clock that evening and change into a
mule, and he was therefore anxious 60 get back
into the country, where there is plenty OF grass.
". Y. Star, eth.
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THE JAPANESE LEGATION in this city have
notified the Postmaster General that they have
been authorized by their government to ne
gotiate postal treaty with the United States
No propositi ,ns have been made as yet on either
side.
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MISS ELIZABETH LADD, of Ohio, has beer
appointed temporary clerk to assist the to
pographer of the Post Office Department, at
salary of 5000 per year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-06-12

MR.. JOHN S. DELAso, chief clerk of the In
terror Department, is slowly recovering his
health, but is not yet able to assume his official
Cuties.
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PERsoNAL.-Mrs. Hall, widow of the late
Capt. Hall, of the Polaris. is at the Arlington.
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Gov. AUsTIN, Of Minnesota, declines to be
q candidate for reelection. He has held the
Office for two terms, and says that it has cost
him g 600 more than his salary to live, (which
when man has made what little he has by
hard knocks, Is not very satisfactory" Repu6-
liean papers Of the state intimate that he would
have been renominated If he had expressed the
wish. - = = = =
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COAX HALL"
CLOTHING House.
TO OUR PATRONS, GREE1lNG:
Finding By past experience that nothing has ever
met aud hlled the wants If great a proportion Of
FAMOUS SIT SUE,
OUR
ALL-woOL eli SUIT,
sHRUNk en- SHIT
We nave made the most unparalleled preparations
u suit and Mt every body in OAK HALLS uuiyer-
sally known speciality.
THE POPULAR eli SUIT.
The season opening late will be short we mean
TO make II "sharp and decisive"
To better secure that end, We have MATERI
ALLY kkDUCED ALL OUR PRICES
OUk HANDSOME STOCK MUST 60 RAPID
LIN tffn 0 0sE GR3 ~ CogNTEEs MUST BE
We are severely in earnest when We say that our
magnineent and universally adaptable stock Of
MINIS, BOYS YOUTHS, AND CRILDRENs
ZINE, COMMON AND MEDIUM DRESS
ING SUITS AND SINGLE GxR.
Will be positively offered at prices as must ensure
sReeOy sales Rs placing them within easy ressh u
An he'peegJ.'H SMITH 4. CO..
OAK HALL CLOTHIERS AND TAILOES
S2S 1IH STREET, next to Parker's
.tSn so -. :, Looking for BOYS CLOTHING
-P.s.-FRENCH, ENGLISH and AMERICAN
0OODS IOr Oustom Mork. S&"
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INTERNAL RIvENUR.-The receipts from this
source to-day were s257 ,S9i.S2.
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The CATHOLIC BHNHFICIAL UNION Of Vir.
ginia assembled at Richmond yesterday, and
was called to order by VIM. Kilgour, OF Alex-
andria, president, who delivered short speech
Nearly all sections Of the state are represen ted.
Major NJ. i. Urell, Of Warrington city, va
present.
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The BROKEN PARIS RANKERs. Bovles
Brothers Company, through their assignees
creditors, In meeting at Boston, TO make nm
their gross assets to si55,0O0, which will be
more than nifty cents on dollar, and thew in
dictate they will re-enter business immedisteiv
and pay the balance they owe when fhex can
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ImpFloo00ene 6Sr Iafa.

Crxc1nIXfI, Juns i2-At Rssh vile. md.
this morning, derry Dodson was sentenced 10
inpsisonnsnt Sor HE for the murder Of Jacob
Aen. rr~l vr-y -
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STABBED HIS FATHER YATALLY.-Dr. Lewis
Il. Meyers, q dentist Of Middletown, n. Y,
while drunk last evening stabbed, IL 10 sup
posed fatally, his father m the breast near the
heart with q sharp instrument Meyers lie in
cuSfOdv.
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MURDERED HIS MIsTRKss.-Merritt Wheeler.
keeper OF house Of ill-fame, murdered Fanny
Sterling. his mistress, at Auburn, N. Y, Tues
ner win hold an inquest In the case fmmedi-
ately, and the accused asks suspension Of pub-
lie Opiuion till all the facts are deyeloped.
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THE MEXICAN KICKAPoos-EPFoRrsB BEING
MADE TO iNDuCR THEIR RETURN TO THE
UNITED STATKs.-Messrs. Henry NJ. Atkinson
and Thomas G. Williams, special commission
ers, sent to Mexico to endeavor to effect the
return Of the Kickapoo Indians to their reserya-
ton In the United States report to the Commits
sioner Of Indian Affairs, under date Of Saltillo,
Mexico, May 18th last, that they had an inter-
view with Governor Cespeda, OF the city named;
that they were cordially received; and that at
their request he has appointed commissioner
to accompany them to Santa Rosa, with instruc-
tons that he will see that no obstacles are
thrown In the way Of the success Of their mis-
sion, which instructions are accompanied by a
Recommendation to the Indians, that elf they
think they can better their condition" he advises
them to 60 to the United States. The governor
further delivered to them an order calling on
all officials and citizens to assist them. The
commissioners say that they have telegraphed
the American Minister at the city Of Mexico
.st0 have instructions sent to the governor from
the proper authorities Of the Mexican republic to
assist u.s." They were to leave on the 10th ult,
for Monterey and see Governor Gonzales of
Nueva Leon, to secure his cooperation, and
were to 60 from there direct 10 Santa Rosa.
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THE BETTER GOVERNMENT OF IRKIANpu
Earl Russell has introduced a bin I'm the hon.e
OF lords for the better government OF Ireland.
1t abollshes the ONCE Of lord lieutenant. and
provides that the voice Of eight jurors In twelve
shall be sufficient 90 render q verdict
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THE FOLLOWING PROMOTIONS have been
made in the War Department under the civil
service rules: f. A. McIntire, from third to
fourth class; f. Nj. Lawton, from second To
third class; L. Bankes Brooks, from first to
second
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OCkBRIDGE ALUM SPRINGS. VA.
OPEN JUNE lsr, 1873.

This favorite and celebrated Watering place will
oner additional att fractions this season. Ii 4.
possesses a magnificent Ball Room, fine vEA3
Billiard Rosms, Bowling Alley for ladies le:HRl
and Tor gentlemen, and q superb OroQuet Ground
Virginia.
The waters Of these special Springs either cure or
Consumption, Chronic Brochitis, Chronic Laryn-
glt1s, Chronic Pnuemonia, Chronic Dyspepsia,
Chronic Chr, DiarIh@a, CHRONIC Dysentery: They are
culiaf to the female constitution and a. an appeti-
ger, tonic and general restorative they are per
haps, unrivaled amongst mineral waters The
Proprietor has provided for the lawns and bali
q hrst class band Of music, and in general all the
sources OF amusement and recreation usually found
~ our best summer resorts will be at the command
Of the guests at R0CKBRIDGE ALUM. The place
Is within from eleven to thirteen hours Of Rich
mond. Wsshington, Baltimore, etc, BY rail all in
daylight. Passengers leave the cars OF the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railroad at Goshen Depot, and new
and elegant stage coaches, passing rapidly over a
smooth and level road Of Only eight miles, set down
the visitors at the Springs TO tea.
JAMES A. VRAZIER, Proprietor.
Dr. J. s. DAVIS, Of the University, Resident
Physiciap; A: X. DOOM, Office Manager; 8. NJ
MULLEN. Office Manager. "
- The water for sale by COLEMAN & ROC
Descriptive pamphlets sent free on application.
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PHILADHLrHIA, june 12.-George L. Fulmer,
the pavement In front Of the Girard Bank, in
sensible nom . wound In the head, apparently
from pistol shot. He had not been robbed.
Detectives are busy investigating the matter.
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A Drunken wretch Cuts the Threats
Of His Wife and Two Children.

HANfLrON, ONT., june 12--This morning q
head Of his wife with an axe. She escaped
from the house, but not before receiving q cut
which win probably prove fatal. Fields then
aged and years. Fields has been drinking
hard for some time.
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THE CHOLERA IN TESNKssRR-There vers
twenty-four interments from cholera, In Mem
phis yesterday, against eighteen on Tuesday.
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WOODSTOCK, n. B., June I2.-Three person
were drowned about i've miles below this tov
to-day, while attempting 10 board the steame
Andover from small boat.
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FESTIVALS
SUMNER RESORTS.

SHENANDoAH ALUM sPRdNGS,
OPEN FOB BOARDERS. AAA
Alum, Chalybeate and Sulphur Waters; lE:#
mountain air; supply of ice
Address A. J: MYERS, Orkney Springs, Shenan-
doah county, Va. ito cow
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MoRRIeTowN. Pa, June 12.-Samuel Hick-
man and Albert Hickman, convicted burglars,
escaped from the county Jail last night bS IN o,
ging through the floor Of their cell into vault
beneath and tunnelling ten feet into the ward.
They scaled the vail before the watchman gave
their capture. ~
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PRESIDENT GRANT and party, General Sher-
man, Secretary Belknap, and others witnessed
the cavalry drill at West Point yesterday after
noon. There were mortar practice and fire.
works last night. The diplomas will be awarded
to- morrow
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DRY GOODS.

ALARMING REDUCTIONS
IL In the price e
DRESS GOODS
A. the One Price Store Of
BOGAN WYL 1E,
lois AMI IO20 seventh street northwest.
In.n.euse stock e Dress O. DDS reduced 10
I2As CENTS PER YARD,
On their center counter.
Also. large lot Of REMNANTS OF ALI KINDS
OF DRESS GOOTS, on the remnant counter, at
81 JUST HALF PRICE fNSu
DESIRABLESOODS, AT Low PRICES, open
irg daiy. Jrll-tr
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EXCURSIONS, &c.

SELECT ANNUAL EXCURSION
YOUNG CATHOLICS FRIEND SOCIETY
ST. INIGOES, POINT LOOKOUT AND PINEY
POINT.
Steamer Lady Of the Lake will leave her wharf,
foot Of oh street, on SATURDAY, ~~
June "a, at $50 O'Clock .. m , return. Ere14AHS
ing on MONDAY, at o'clock q m.
Single tickle 8, IS; tickets admitting a gentleman
and lady, S5 Tickets are limited, and to be obtained
from members only.
State rooms can be secured at James Lackey's
No. QUO 7th street. l1l-N
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CoNYERs, the colored cadet at Annapolis,
with three other midshipmen, has been allowed
the privilege Of a reexamination in October. II
he is then successful he will step mp with his
class. If he fails he will be dropped from the
rolls of the navy. He will not go on the cruise
but will remain on board the Santee, at the
Academy wharf.
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SHOT DEAD IN MARKEr.-Janes NcDer-
mott, butcher, Was shot dead yesterday morn
ing in Cincinnati, while attending his stapd Al
the 9th street market, byW. g. Daniels. The
parties quarrelled Friday night last.
An Indiana school-master tells his scholars
that the use Of tomatoes - food ind uces in
sanity.
@The Rev. Dr. Rutleee, OF nh.ois, hes lost
"three-card mOnte.n =
0samuel A. King. the aeronaut, declares &c
impossible In his opinion = cress the Atlantic
I'm Q balloon. 80
ga Kentucky man has named his sixteenth
child reoentiy horn 10 him, onegs, hoping The
fstss will let her be the last
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Nrw YORK, june i2--rne opening price OF
gold was NJ, since which Gil sales have been at
iieSaii7. On gold loans the rates have been
2 TO Tor carrying. Foreign exchange is firm
sixty day bills beng nrmer for business than
demand. Money continues abundant % Dor
rowers on call at -four and ave, and on
prime mercantile paper ~ seven, and
are favorable Tor an essy money market. In
the stock market there has been = general al :
vance, prices having risen from = toiX. At
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The RELEASE OF SATANTA AND BIG TREE
Gov. Davis, Of Texas, telegraphs that he will
send Satanic and Big Tree, the two Kiowa
chiefs, to Fort Sill, to be released, in accord
ance with the request OF Secretary Deiano, but
hopes that the Indians will be held by the mill
tary until after he can make an official visit IL
Washington, which will be in a very few DAYS
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Mr.. ROSTER d. BKCKLsy, of Alexandria, Va +,
was to-day appointed q special agent Of the Post
ONCE Department, at a salary OF 81 600 per an
mum and per diem Of IS from and after July
LIST next. Mr.. Beckley is a cOlOred man, anu
was endorsed by the leading republicans OF Vir-
ginia, among them Senator Lewis. He was an
applicant for the special agency obtained by II.
Clay Bayley. Of Fauquier county, on the 9Th
inst, and who was appointed at the request OF
Col. MOsby. Considerable dissatisfaction was
caused among the republicans or the state by
this appointment, and the appointment of to-
day is doubtless intended as AN dBseade.
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VATTON.-This popular and very healthy sum.
= mer resort, neeL snicker's Gap, and 4 = 4
surrounded by the Blue Ridge mountain, VfAO
two hours ride By rail Of Washington lE:I u
City now open for the reception of guests seasop
1873. Improvements since last year. Fine piazza in
'front.', beth an icehouse filled, piano In the
house The buildings are stone consisting Of large
airy rooms. BeautIful mountain scenery Thoso
wishing TO enjoy the cool breszes Of this elevated
region will address,
Round Hill p O., Loudoun Do, Va.
~ References at 2O9 r street W msl-tf
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MARRIED - Mr.. James W. Knowlton. cor
respondent of the Cincinnati Commercial,
Chicago Tribune and Missouri Republican, was
married at five O'Clock this morning to Miss
Mary A. Riddle, daughter of Hon. A. G. Rid
die. The ceremony was performed by Rev. DIR.
Hinckley, at the residence of the brides father
in the presence of the members of the families
OF the contracting parties. The happy pair
left at seven O'Clock for Rawley Springs, Vir-
ginia, where they will remain for several weeks
after which they will make a tour OF the north
ern watering places.
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y Cotton, nc; amsatra, sc.; New York Mills,
NJ; sheeting Cotton in So, "a, and lo-4; Table
SIS worth S27s, ParasOls, soc. %; boy lies 7sc
Fer dozen; Black Algscas, sc. to 81; victoria
Bleaehed Cotton. Sc All kinds of dress goods at the
lowest market prices, at BRODHEAD Co.'S,
ml2tr 1905 street, between IN b and l3th
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NAVAL ORDERs.-Lieut.-C Commander y
Mayo Dyer detached from the Boston navy
yard and ordered to staff duty on board the
Worcester; Lieut.. John F. Merry detached
from the JuDiata and ordered before the Retir-
ing Board; Lieut.. George +. Lie detached from
the recruiting ship Vermont and ordered to the
Juniata.
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THE SCANDAL ABOUT SENATOR MITCHELL
Pennsylvania newspapers are still making Wig
orous efforts to get up a sensation concerning
United States Senator-elect John III. Mitchell,
Of Oregon. The story is that his real naIde Is
not Mitchell, but Nipple; that he formerly lived
in Franklin, Penn; that he was married to a
woman who still lives there; that he deserted
paying her $500. Senator Mitchell has pub
lished card in the Oregon newspapers deny
ing all of the charges, and expressing his inten-
ton Of proving their falsity by statements Of
Pennsylvania citizens who have known him
from childhood.
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CHIEF VCAKTEkMASIER, MILITARY DE-
VISION OF THE ATLANTIC.-On the recommen.
datiOn Of the Quartermaster General, so much
OF the order of March %, 1873, as directed
Major g. 6. Sawtelle, quartermaster, to take
temporary charge OF the duties OF Col. Rufus
ingalls,, assistant quartermaster general, is re-
voked, and Lieut.. Col. X. q. Tyler, deputy
quartermaster general, has been assigned TO
duty as chief Quartermaster military division
OF the Atlantic and department of the east, and
in charge of the depot at New York city during
the absence OF Col. Ingalls,.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-11-17
LOCAL IsKSEVITIES.


A party Of cpicures who desired oysters with
the Accomplishments furnished by naturc as
we'll as by art, supplied themselves yesterday
afternoon with fourteen bushels at the dock
here, and repairing to I; sandy shore some
miles down the river. roasted and ate them
amid silence broken only by the cracking OF
the shells in the fire and the rolling oil the
waves upon the pcby beach.
The Indian summer weather of yesterday
was succeeded to-day by cold ram. which,
i'll the altcrnDon, changed TO respectable snow
storm, accompanied by a northcastery wind
The telegraph reports the suuw storm rs one oi
general extent.
\ meeting of the mcmhcrs Of the Bar is 10
be held at the Corporation Court room this
evening" at 5 clock, when resolutions "f re
>pect to the memory Of the late i. B. Taylor,
esq, will be presented aud euogcs pronounced.
Mr.. j. d. Corsc has Withdrawn from the
firm Of w. d. Corsc T. Co., Bankers Of this
city. Maj. ". ID. Corse and zen NJ. ID. Corse
will continue to conduct the business under the
old firm 5 uamc.
\ new oyster opening establishment was ex-
temporiz I'd on the dock this morning by an old
shucker out of dry goods box with one side
off, ensconscd in which lie carried on lively
trade
A disturbance and fight occurred among
some cOored men near the gas house, yeslcr~
day, 10 which one Of those engaged was badly
cut and bruised.
The excitement in the NJ +. Church South
Sunday-SchooI yesterday was occasoned by one
of the scholars who was attacked with III, but
who recovered soon after he was taken home.
Wyman closed his performances 10 this city
on Saturday night last. Each of the five cxhi-
bilious he gave was Witnessed by crowded
audience.
The largest raft that ever came up the Poto-
mac reached here after u two weeks voyage
from Norfolk last Saturday tight, aud went Oh
up to the Navy Yard.
Large Congregations assembled at the Bap
list church yesterday, where DR.. Upper
preached eloquent SERMONS IN the mornlUg and
at night.
The slight alarm Of fire yesterday afternoon
was caused by the burning Of the chimney OF
house near the Fairfax street depot.
This was bad day on the business of the
Mount Vernon liue-the Arrow went down
without single passenger.
H. w. Vandegrift, esq, Of Gloucester, is on
short visit to sumo vi his numerous friends IN
this city.
This day eighteen years ago Turner 4 Dow,
Ell china store, on King street, was destroyed
by fire aud seven firemrn killed.
Fourteen car loads of cattle passed over the
\. & ". r. h. to-day for the Northern mar
kets
A letter addressed to Louis A. McGraw,
Chester, Pa, is held for postage 10 the Post
office in this city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-11-17
FOREIGN Ne VS.,

MADRID. Nov. l7---Gcuelal PieIiain, late
Captalu General, Of Cuba, has arrived at
Cadiz.
The report which arrived here yesterday
that Admiral Polo De Baruale, Spanish Minis
ter at Washington, was to be superseded, is
denied this morning.
LONDON, Nov, IT,. The Pacific Mail Com
pays steamship Coma, which left New York
October lst for San Francisco, put into Rio dc
Janciro with her shaft broken and remained on
the BIRD ultimo.
LONDON, Nov. ia special dispatch from
Alden 10 the Daily Telegraph says au encounter
took place recently in the district Of Eli Asia,
between bodies of Arabs and Turks, iu which
800 of the former and seventy of the latter
were killed aud wounded. 1t is probable that
in consequence Of this occurrence the British
force at Alden will interfere and preveot en-
croachment by the Turks upon the territory OF
the surrounding tribes.