Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-09-04
NEWS OF THE DA Y.
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and it is hard to find anybody who will risk
ANYTHING on it, That the balloon will neither
cross the ocean nor get half way across, bets are
offered nineteen to one; that 1t will never 70
hundred miles away from land. nine to one;
that the balDonists will not stay up single
day. five to one; that Wise will never find his
westerly curreut, three to one; that, the whole
thing will be 6zzle, two to one; that the balloon
will burst bets are even.
Last night, between 5 and o'clock as So
phia Riley, colored girl, and Walter Murdoch,
colored, we're walking on Boundary avenue,
near Mount Hope Asylum, Baltimore, they
| were attacked by party OF young white men.
Murdoch was driven of, and the girl taken
into the woods near by and brutally outraged
| Justice Bell has committed Timothy alias Iadc
| Mccarthy, Frederick Franklin, aud John Myers,
| charged with committing the outrage. tor the
action Of the Baltimore county authorities.
The grand jury Of the Criminal Court OF
Baltimore yesterday indicted Henry Markwardt,
Swedish sailor, for the murder of James
Kennedy. sailors boarding house keeper, on
the night of August !. Also, George Carson,
custom house employee, for shooting and
killing Henry Graver, fireman, on Lloyd's
steamship Baltimore, August 10.
A terrible fire is raging in the western part
of East Surrey in Maine in piece Of wood
! land. A large force Of men are fighting the
flames, but if the high winds continue great
number Of dwelling houses will be burned, as
the wells are all dry and hardly any water is to
| be had.
The special committee appointed by the last
Episcopal Diocesan Convention of New York
to choose site for the new Cathedral Ito cost
$4,000, OO0) is understood to have finished their
task, though their choice will not be OIL
ciaIly divulgcd until the next convention assem-
| blcs.
The eolored people who, are opposed to q
''black mans party" in Maryland, held their
meeting in Baltimore last night. They made re-
plies to the meeting Of the other side last week,
and finally resolved that they are fully satisfied
| with their existing status as voters and othce-
holders.
The coored people are to have grand eman-
cipation celebration at Star Grove, New Jer-
sey, on the lltb. The Centennial managers
will avail themselves Of the opportunity to bring
them into connection with the anniversary OF
1876.
Rev. Newman Hall was among the foreign
arrivals at New York yesterday. The great
ENGLISH divine comes on tour ofpleasure and
| profit The lectures which be is to give will
undoubtedly return him considerably more than
the expenses Of his trip.
The Minnesota Farmers are the first to
nominate State ticket They have placed a
full list of candidates 10 the field and framed a
platform for them. OF course the most proml-
nent feature of it is the right of the State to
egislate the railroads into proper tariffs.
MIR. Vanderbilt, it is said controls 9, 80 miles
of railroad, representing s2l4,000,O0O Of Sc
curity, with a gross Income of $45 900, 900.
This involves the mastery of the trade of the
three great States of New York, Ohio and In
diana
Rev. J. Dougherty, rector Of the Cathedral
in Baltimore and vicar general OF that diocese,
has retired on account Of ill-health and Rev.
I. S. Lee has been appointed rector. No APP
pointment Of vicar general has yet been made.
| An effort was made tos squeeze" Gold at
New York yesterday, and early in the day l-l6
per cent was paid to borrow coin, but the mar
ket soon settled, and later 10 the day the carry
ing rate was per cent.
The elections in New Mexico and Wyoming
territories have resulted, it is thought in the
success of the Republican tickets
THE BODY OF THE LATE BEAU HICKMAN.
During yesterday Messrs. Dorsey Clagett and
John Langley, DESTROYS of seeing the deceased
have Christian burial, concluded to start sub
scrip,iou list for the purpose of furtbering that
object. The necessary funds were collected
| The services of an undertaken were secured,
| and bout o'clock yesterday afternoon he pro-
ceeded 10 the Putter's field, and was pointed
out the grave of the late Beau Hickman by q
! colored man, who orr ginally dug it.
| After few spadesfull Of earth had been
thrown up suit of clothes was unearthed,
which was recognized by the first graye-digger
as those belonging to the body of Hickman.
Proceeding with the excavation the box con-
taingng the body was finally reach. The top
| was found to be shattered to pieces, while the
sides hung together by mere spllnts. ln this
condition it was Withdrawn from the grave,
and on the removal of the lid the body present
cd most horrid spectacle.
The arms had been removed at the shoulder
Joints, the legs amputated at the hip joints and
the head cut off, all of which had been carried
away. The head had been skiDged, and done
by so skillfu hand as to leave the features of
the face recognizable. The breast had also
been opened and the heart removed, but so
speedy was the departure of the perpetrators
that they dropped it, and it was found about
fifteen feet from the grave. Beside grave
near the one where the remains rested, was
found surgeons knife, by which the opera
tors performed their butchery, which was left
behind in their hurried departure. The trunk
and skin of the face Of the deceased we're re-
placed 10 another box and removed to the con-
gressional vault by the undertaken, where they
will remain until inferred. 1t is supposed that
the resurrccting Of the body was the work of
medical students, but it is believed from the
skilful manner 10 which the face was skinned
that professional surgeon had hand in the
job. The whole affair is deserving of the
strongest censure from the entire community
and those that would thus willfully and un-
christianity dcserate body deserve and should
be brought to punishment.-W Washington Re
publican -
THE WAwAsET -The following letter was
sent yesterday by the Solititor of the Treasury
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