Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-12-27
NEWS OE TIC DAY
" To sAoao the very age asaa dody Of tie Times.


"To sAoso the very age ass2 body Of the Times, "
The locomotive engineers on number OF
roads in West Virginia, Ohio and Indiana,
that are operated by the Pennsylvania Com
rany, under the general title of the Panhandle
read aud its connections, struck yesterday
against a reduction of ten per cent. on their
wages, which has been ordered from the head
quarters at Philadelphia. fhe strikers ma.
neuvrcd so cleverly that they seem TO have
gained a considerable advantage upon the
Company They dropped work at once, and
the consequence was that the connections OF the
PENNSYLVANIA road eastward from Cincinnati
were seriously interterrcd with, both i'll pas
scnger travel aud freight transportation. West
of Cincinnati the trouble was not SO great, as
other engineers were found to fill the places OF
the strikers. 1t is surmiscd that this is ouly
the beginning of movement which will ex-
tend over the entire domain Of the PcDnsylva'
MIA Company, but of this there is as yet no
positive assurance.
The funeral of Mr.. Johns Hopkins in Balti-
more yesterday was conducted very quietly and
without ostentation. After the plain and simple
fashion of the Friends there we're no formal SER
wees at the side of the coffin. Dr. Thomas
spoke Of the dead merchant prince as he knew
him in life, and Mrs. Talbot delivered the
impressive words of counsel that are prompted
in the presence of the dead. But it the tune
raj ceremonies were devoid of ritual, the MEM
ory Of the dead man was honored by the atten-
dance of the solid men Of the city and the pres
ence of great throug of people during the last
hours in which the light OF day looked upon his
face.
Shakespeare Caldwell, formerly member of
Congress from Louisville KY, but now Of New
York, turned over to the poor of Louisville on
Christmas day handsome building Tor hospl-
tai purposes, which he has had erected at a
cost of $4,000. The edifce is to be called the
Hospital Of St. Mary aud St. Eliz beth, and is
to be under the charge Of the Sisters OF Charity,
but to be open for the reception OF patients OF
every denomination. The gift is made in
memory of CALDWELL wife, who was the only
daughter of Col. James D. Breckenridge.
Commissioner Van Mort, ct New York, was
waited on yesterday by the gentlemen who pro-
TESS to be voorhees, and moncyless laborcrs, and
the demand presented that the city should
either give them something to do or pay them
for doing nothing. The Commissioner promis-
ed the m an answer, which ought to be short
and sharp. The genuine worklngmen, who
called upon Mayor Haveneyer, were assured
that he would do all that he properly could to
furnish them with employment on municipal
enterprises soon to be placed under way.
A dispatch from Montreal last night says it
was rumored that Harry Genet, the fugacious
convict from New York, was in tina, city. Al
though be cannot be returned to the Uultcd
of bo IN
has been found guilty, he can be extricated b.
cause Of the Indictment for forgery still peud
ing against him. But it is generally believed
in New York that Genet is on his way to
Brazil, where he will be safe for the remainder
of his life.
Bazaine was permitted to pass his Christmas
in France, but yesterday he started from Paris
to his imprisonment on the little island IN the
Mediterranean. For twenty years is the seu-
tence, but the venerable Marshal probably uo-
derstands his countrymen we'll enough to have
a steadfast faith that some new move IN the
political field will release him before he has
spent twenty months along with the memories
OF the Man in the Iron Mask.
Among the items Of news from Cuba, it is
stated that the display of the American flag by
the Consul at Santiago upon the hotel where
he resides, nearly caused a riot among the SEN
sitive Spaniards. This occurred on the 18th
Instant and serious consequences were only
averted by the hauling down OF the colors,
probably DOT pleasant act for the representa-
tive of the Government whose cJors were thus
disgraced. -t..
The Christmas record is biackeucd with some
terrible crimes Ia Lancaster, Pennsylvania,
three men were killed 10 drunken quarrel; at
DAYTON, Ohio, two brothers quarrelled one shot
the other and the crowd Immediately hanged
the fratrcide; 10 New York. "a man attempted to
kill his wife and then committed suicide; and
Boston also reports murder. Drunkenness
was the origin Of each and all of these wretch
ed tragedies.
A London dispatch states that early yester-
day morning the steamer Gipsey Queen, be-
longing to the River Tyne Improvement Com
missioners, struck the wreck of sunken lighter
10 that stream, and went to the bottom in five
minutes There were between fifty aud sixty
workmen on board the boat at the time Of the
disaster Twenty of them were rescued, and
the Misunderstanding or forty meu--Were
drowned. .....s.
The jury in the Price will case in the Court
at Frederick, Nd, are still kept out by the
Judge, although they have three times asked
to be discharged. They had been locked up
three days yesterday, and the Court seems dis
posed to compel them to find verdict one way
or the other.
The feature in the Wall street Markets yes
terday was the advance 10 Gold premium. The
rate opened at i095 and declined at l09i; from
which it advanced to HOT, closing at llUall0t.
Money was abundant, the quotations for call
loans being sal per cent. per annum.
A letter from Capt. Surmont, of the ill-fated
Vile du Havre, to the editor of the London
Telegraph emphaticaly denies, in the strongest
language, that there was any cowardice shown
by his officers or crew.
Cartagena may be captured by lombard
ment and assault if the Spanish Government
is too impatient to wait for the process OF starry