Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-30
NEWS OF THE Dan
"7o sho,o the uery age and body Of the Times

The condition of affairs in Spain is more
threatening at the present moment than at any
time since the establishment Of the Republic;
Menaced from without BY the CarIlStS, and
weakened within my Communism, luternat'on-
alism and impracticable diSorganlzer$, It's daily
history is the record of parties that do not find,
or perhaps do not seek for, any ground OF IA
tional agreement or Datlonal safety.
A horrible outrage was perpetratcd on Mon
day near the village of Salisbury, some fourteen
miles from Pittsburg, Pa, the victim being
young girl, who was first violated and then
murdered Two tramping pri nters, who c ann
ed to have worked at Cumberland, Nd, have
been arrested on suspicion, and Will have Il
hearing on Friday next.
Mrs. Ernst knabe, wife ofonc of the men,
bers of the famous firm of piano manufacturers
Knabe & Co., Baltimore, died, in her 2'Ih
year, suddenly on last Saturday. Her 1unera!
was very largely attended ny the workIugmen
of the firm Of knabe 4 Co., as we'll as ny the
numerous friends. About forty hacks followed
the hearse.
The Carlist committee Of London is said TO
have received accounts Of great victory won
By their adherents in Spain, at Vera, III Ma,
varre. The battle lasted from II a. II. until
nearly night, when the Republicans were com,
pletely routed, losing eighty men killed and
wounded. Dispatches from Madril report the
defeat of the Carlists.
The round house. paint shop, and oll-house
of the St. Louis, Kansas City, and Northern
railroad, at St. Louis, were burned yesterday;
All the buildings were OF wood, and
are of no great value. Three locomotives 10
the round-house were badly damaged. One
Pullman coach was destroyed The loss is es-
timated at from S45, 900 to 100000.
The srouble between the Russian Govern
ment and the Khan of Khiva is not the only
contest impending in the East From point
still further East, intelligence reaches US OF dill
ferences between the Dutch East Indian Gov
ernment and the Sultan of Atchln, which are
to be settled by force of arms.
The old quarrel between Allopathy and
Homeopathy has broken out in Massachusetts,.
The Medical Society of that-St now holding
its annual meeting at Boston, has cited three OF
its members to answer the charge Of holdlrg
membership in Homeopathic Medical Socle-
ty, and their trial is in progress.
The New York markets we're dull yesterday.
Gold again fell off, closing at ll64all65.-
Money was in good demand throughout the
day, as high as lie bonus having been paid
for day use, but the market was easier after
bank hours, the closing rate being simple IT,
tcrest.
The proprietors of the stores at Sunshine,
Unity and Laytonsville, in Montgomery county,
Md, and the store at Roxburg, in Howard
county, by mutual and voluntary agreement,
have determined on and after the lst May,
proximo, to discontinue the sale of ardent
spirits.
Captain Timmons, commander of the Mary
land Oyster Police, submitted his monthly re-
port to the Oyster Police Board, yesterday.
Fiftv.three boats were overhauled during the
last two months, of which forty eight We're
found to have violated the law,
In Geneva, Switzerland, yesterday, the police
arrested person who it is understood was the
chamberlain of Don Carlos. He was just
starting for Spain with howitzer packed in
his baggage The Federal Council afterwards
approved the action of the police.
A motion in the House Of Commons last
night, that the Government be instructed to
purchase the Irish railways, was opposed by
Mr.. Gladstone. He was willing to assist the
roads, but not to purchase. He advised that
they be consolidated.
DR.. Philip Lansdale, U. S. n, now on duty
at Annapolis, has been appointed by the Secre
tary of the Navy a delegate to represent the
medical staff of the navy in the American Med
cal Association, which meets at St. Louis on
Tuesday, the 9th day of May.
The Third Assistant Postmaster General
yesterday sent an order to the manufacturers
for FIVE millions Of postal cards The aggre-
gate of the applications for them is so far twelve
millions.
Some time ago the superintendent Of one OF
the New England railroads issued an order to
his conductors and officers not only to do their
work ''well, but pleasantly" This is a
golden rule.
Edward McGloone was convicted of man
slaughter yesterday at Boston for causing the
death of Charles Mahan by violently pushing
him down stairs.
Taintor, the dcfaulting Cashier of the Allan
tic National Bank, New York, has been indicted
by the Grand Jury in the United States Dis
trict Court.
The Nova Scotia Legislature was prorogucd
yesterday. both Houses waited on the Lieu
tenant. Governor and presented an address, on
the subject of his departure from the Province.
The political difficulties 10 Livingston parish,
Louisiana, are reported to have been amicaby
adjusted
The river St. Lawrence is reported clear of
ice to Montreal, and navigation will begin to.
day.
VIRGINIA NEWS.
In the Richmond Council on Monday even
ing communication was read from the score
tary of the Lee Monument Committee, stating
that sufficient fuods had been collected to justi
ty the hope of being able at no distant day to