Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-03-24
NEWS OF THE DAY.
go shoe the ue,y age and boly Of the Times

Some twenty or thirty men WHO few days
ago struck work on the Slough Lcvee works,
fifteen miles below Hannibal, Mo-. organized
into mob on Friday last anl attacked Na!.
Harris the time keeper ami Thomas St're-
ton. the walking boss OF the works. throwing
stones and firing pistols at them. Harris and
Stapletou returned the fire aud killed Patrick
Vaughn. one OF the ringleaders, and nlortally
wounded Patrick Mcnamara. Harris aud
Stapletou went to Hannibal. where they We're
arresed.
In response to the request of Attorney Gen
eral Williams that the books of the Credit
MobiIicr should be lent TO the Government for
the use of the counsel employed to bring the
suit against the corporation, Cakes AneS Whites
that the books are in the hands OF lawyers IN
New York, and that their retention Is absolute
lv necessary to the preparation OF the Comps
nv defence in the several Gases III l:tIgation
but that the Government, by It's COUNSEL or
agents. can have free a"ccss 10 the books 1T al
times.
The Treasury Department has decide! that
damage allowances should only embrace the
actual substantial damage to merchandise. No
allowance can be made Tor what Is term'u
commercial damage. Manufacturers, OF afl,
; NAL hair and cotton and furs are not entitled
to to-" ten per ceut. reduction Of duty. Marine
documents cannot be issued 10 vessel when
she is absent from the port where application
for the papers is made
In spcc:or Webb, Of the London police, has
arrived in New York, for the purpose Of taklng
to England the person now II custody under
the name Of George MacDunuell or NcDons!t.
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known swinder who attempted some tvs" years
ago. in New York, TO Obtain by fraud $l43.DVO
froul Jay Cooke 4 Co, and bHlivcd to be War
rem, the chief Of The gang who recently dcfrsud-
ed the Bank OF England
General Sherman has received dispatch
from General Candy, dated Van, Brewer $
rancho. 10th instant, saying that the troop are
in position around the Modcr lava beds waiting
for the assembling OF the Peace Cn;1nl>S'".
lie iutmates that delay Is ia. gcloll., as I'r!i
weather is approaching. when the lndlans can
support themselves III the mouptallI-.
} The gentlemen comprising the Building COM
mittee Of the Johus Hopkins Hospital, III Balt-
more, have started on their visits of invcstlea-
ton to the most celebrated uI similar lnstllu
TONS, with view of baslng their pans upon
the results Of the widest practice and the no /
extensive research in the difficult problem ii
properly caring Tor the sick.
James Booker, prominent Republican, pol
tician aud cx-member of the Philadelphia City
Councils committed suicide yesterday morning
by hanging himself IN the basement OF his
place Of business. Financial difficulties are
said TO have prompted the act. The verdict
of the Jury was in accordance with the facts,
a. t., L., Ia lat 70
Edwin Forrest, near Philadelphia, which he
named "Sprngbrook has been set apart by
his executors for the home for aged and lndi-
gent actor; provided for in his will. The HON"
will be surrounded by magnificent park, to
which the public will have free aduiittancs.
A correspondent OF The Salt Like News re-
ports terrible state ofatfars in San Pctro c1un-
IT, Utah, owing to the ravages OF the smallpox
1t is alleged that the carelcsSncsS OF the people
: in not adopting proper sanitary regulations Is
the main cause of the alarming spread OF the
disease
The Massachusetts House has initiated an
attack upon ''the social evil by the passage OF
a bill to its second reading Furnishing whoever
keeps or maintains such houses by Imprisonment
in the house OF correction or common jail and
repeating the law which Furnishes the oenSe
with fine
The seventy sixth anniversary of the birth
day of the Emperor William was observed as a
holiday in Berlin on Saturday. There was
quite a general illumination at night, and flags
were displayed from public and private build
Jugs.
Commodore Vanderbilt has given another
$500, 900 for the purpose Of erecting large
seminary for girls on the grounds of the Nora
Wan Church, ut New Dorp, Staten Island, to
be built upon the plan of the seminary at Beth
ehem, Pa, also endowed by the Commodore
Comma Ider Nathaniel Green, Of the United
States Navy, died at Reading, Pa, yesterday,
aged thirty seven. He entered the navy in
1852, and served with credit throughout the
entire war; participating with FaIrasut ut Mo-
bile and New Orleans.
Twelve thousand dollars worth Of millinery
goods have been seized by the customs officers
in New York on board the steamer Cuba on
suspicion that an attempt was making to snug-
gle them into the country.
1t is asserted that returns from every town
in his district show that the Democratic can-
dJate for Congress from New Hampshire, >.
o..
The Pope has appointed Rev. NJ. \. Corri-
gan as Bishop of the Diocese of Newark, n j.,
and Rev. Mr.. Gross as Bishop Of the Diocese
of Savannah.
The Spanish National Assembly is consider
ing resolution for the appointment OF a per-
manent committee to watch over the Govern
nent after the adjournment OF the Chambcr.
Advices from Arizona state that company Of
the Second Infantry, under command Of Lieut.,
Rice, had had fight with the Apaces, killed
six, and captured four squaws.
The French and German Governments have
exchanged Publications of the treaty for the
evacuation of France.
WAsuISGToN News Two lawyers had a
fight III the presence Of the Court Oh friuay
last.
rhorIoc NJ Matthew'S of (,rnrpetnWn has