Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-15
NEWS OF THE DA Y.
"T1 shoe the rery age aud Joely Of the Times. "

$40 shoe the rery age and Joelycf the Tmes."
A man named Vaughn, with half dozen
aliases, has been arrested at Memphis on sus-
pcion ofbeiug the man who assassinatcd Gene
raj Thomas G. Hiudman, Of Helena, Ark,
some four years ago while sitting III his house
surrounded by his family 1t is stated that
the arrest Of Vaughn is based on letter IN
stigating the deed By parties whose object was
to aycnge the ruin of young lady by Hind
man. Other parties it is said, will also be ar
rested, and the whole matter given to the pub
lie in few days.
Yesterday, the scvcrest snow storm Of the
season prevailed between Fremont, Nebraska
and Cheyenne Wyoming. 1t began at the
latter point on Sunday morning and travelled
eastward slowly, reaching Grand Island yester-
day morning. where at last accounts, 1t con
tinucd with undated fury. The snow drlttcd
from four to five feet in depth, aud Il person 5
lie was not safe outside Of shelter. The trains
at Omaha were laid up, waiting for an abatc-
meut Of the storm.
The three Bank Of England lorgers are all i'll
prison. Austin Bidwcll, who escaped by jump
ing from the balcony Of his prison in Havana,
was rccapturcd on the scashore about twenty
miles distant, and brought back. George Nc
Donncll has had his hearing on a writ Of habeas
corpus, and has been sent back to the Tombs
to await requistion from England under the
Extradition treaty; and Byron BldwclI Is IN
Newgate Prison.
In the u. S. Circuit Court at Greensboro,
North Carolina, yesterday, in the case of Henry
Clcws against the Western North Carolina
Railroad Company, Judge Dick appointcu
Major VIM. A. Smith receiver. Maj Smith
is President of the North Carolina Railroad
Company. and member Of Congress elect from
the Fourth District The suit has gone on OPP
peal to the Supreme Court Of the United
States.
The Corresponding Secretary of the Army Of
the Potomac, which holds its annual meet
Jog at New Haven on the 18th Of May,
Yesterday received letter from Prcsl
dent Grant, expressing his intention of spend,
ing day or two with Gov. Jewell at Hartford
before the meeting of the Society, aud to 60 to
New Haven with the Governor
A suit has been instituted in the u. S. Court
at Boston, against Cakes Amcs, for three hun.
dred thousand dollars. The trial takes place in
May. The suite grows out Of certain cotton
transactions at New Orleans during the war,tor
which the Government obtained Judgment
against y. S. Mansfield and Others and now
sues Ames for the amount, alleging he was a
partner with Mansfield.
Advces from Adelaide, received yesterday
in London, report that the wheat crop of South
Australia promises to be satisfactory. 1t is es-
timated that hundred and eighty thousand
tons will be available for export.
In letter from Prince Napoleon to his Cor
sican constituents, he protest against his expul
sion from France, exalts his family as the say
iors of the country and says that the name IS
prescribed only because it is feared.
A dispatch from Porto Rico announces Sc
rious dsturbanccsin that island, in consequence
of revolt of the troops in favor of Republic
Aid has been sought from Havana, and two
war vessels are to be sent.
An act providing for Imprisonment in the
penitentiary of persons convicted of brblng
State officials or members of the General AS
sembly has passed both Houses eff the Ohio
Legislature.
The trunk lines to the West from New York
city have adopted new tariff of freights, show
ing an average reduction in rates OF sixteen
per cent.
The receipts of cotton at New Orleans last
week amounted to more than $4,000 bales. A
steamer coming down the Arkansas river has
5,276 bales, the largest cargo Of the season.
The Sultan of Turkey has seut twenty cases
of articles selected from his treasures to the
Vieuna Exhibition.
The Board of Indian Commissioners meets
in New York, at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, on
Monday next.
Yesterday was close holiday in London.
\ RAILROAD INCIDENT The Detroit Free
Press chronicles one of those heroic incidents
with which the lives of most railroad engineers
abound. as happening recently to Frank Dolan,