Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-11-09
Ews OF THE DAY.
: To sho,o the gerry age and body Of the Times"

daughter, Saturday, received twenty lashrs,
being the first nstallnent OF the sentence Dur
ing the operation he screamed and cried DIT
terly, begging for mercy. His back was very
much Iacerated aud blood ooz9d trom the
wounds made by the lash. He Will receive
twenty more ashes at the expiration OF Two
mouths.
To the "safe burglary trial, 10 Washington
on Saturday, several New Jersey witnesses tes-
tilted to the bad character of Lirruth, one OF
he Witnesses for the prosecution. -Four or
FIVE witnesses from Boston testified that Co.
Whitley was in that city from the Atm to the
9Th of April. On the 5th of April he gave
dinner at his house n Cam bridge to Collector
Simmons and some other gentlemen connected
with the Custom House.
On Saturday morning a three story brick
dwelling and two story brick slaughter house,
with an ice house and stable, owned by George
Rohr, situate 90 Garrison's lane, short dis
lance beyond the city limits oil Baltimore, were
DESTROYED by fire. The fire extended to three
story brick dwelling, slaughter house, smoke
house, and an ice house adjoining, and belong
ing 10 Mrs. WaIpert, which were also burned'
Rev. NJ. E. Hysore, pastor Of the Methodist
Episcopal Mission Chapel, on Twelfth street,
navy yard, Washington fell dead while in the
pulpit about noon yesterday. He was about malt
through with his discourse, when he suddenly
stopped aud fell. Many Of his hearers thought
the fall was the result OF an accident. Exam,
nation showed that he died irem al attack OF
apoplexy.
Gen. L4ma, with eight batalllous oil Repub-
lican troops, to reinforce the garrison of lruD'
10 So ,in. reached that town on Friday. There
have been many incendiary fires 10 lrun since
the commencement of the bombardment, out
they were speedily extnguishcd, 1t is be-
ieyed that the Carlists will be compelled to
raise the siege.
At Marlboro, Mass, Saturday, Frank Ii.
Weulzel, hard character, lately out OF jail, at
tempted to murder his auut, Mrs. A. w. Smith,
with au ak, bee us. she had testified agalost
him 90 a charge of horse stealing for which ne
had been il prison. She will probably die tie
has escaped.
Three of the feet at New Orleans sailed Sat-
urday; the Wachusett aud Powhatan for Nor
folk aud Hampton Roads, and the Kansas tor
Aspinwali, touching at KY West and the Gu
baD ports. The Canonicus, irou.cad, will re-
main permanently at that station.
POLICEMAN Thomas Evers, while pursuing al
escaped prisoner in New York, yesterday, at
tempted to Jump on the front platform OF a
Broadway car, tell under the Wheels and was
crushed to death. The driver Of the car was ar
rested.
The Chicago Times in relation to the move
nent OF grain from that city, states that the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will, 90 The COM
petion OF its line to that city, guarantee for all
shipments full delivery Of goods Consigned
to 1t.
A fac gold mine was lately fouod in MAJ llan
Mexico, but the workmen have been disturbed
in their operations somewhat by occasional
earthquakes and the spouting up of several COL
umns oil sulphurous water.
The 'lougshoremen Of St. Johns, n. B., who
belong to 40 association, refused to work for yes
sells which had been uoIoaded BY non members,
and have at last backed down, but caauot get
work. Shippers will not employ them.
A dispatch from Meriden, Conn, says it is
believed that Charlie Ross, the abducted Pnila-
delphia boy, was seen in that place passing
through to New Haven. The New York dctec-
tives were notified.
MIR. Murray, of the firm of Murray, Meade &
Co., wholesale shoe dealers, New York. which
has failed, says the liabilities will amount to
$3.50, OUO. He attributes the failure to general
shrLkage in business
The grave of Thomas Paine, the political aud
religious free thinker" near New Rochelle,
New York, which remained so long undisturbed,
has been recently entirely obIlerated by Slmeon
Lester, upon whose farm 1t Was
A hurricane passed over the Island ofJamalca
Sunday week, doing great damage in Kingston
harbor, and some lives were lost. The storm
swept on with perhaps greater fury over Hayti,
Barbados, and Santa Lucia.
Herr Letcher, chief editor of the Berlin
Presse, has been examined in reference to the
publication in that paper Of the Won Arnim
dispatches. He refused to state FROM whence
the dispatches were obtained.
James Theodore HaIIy, D. D., colored, Epis-
copal Bishop elect OF HAyti, was cousecrated
yesterday in Grace Church, New York. Bishops
Lee, Potter, kerfoot, Coke aud Smythe assist
ed 10 the services.
St. Francis Roman Catholic Church, Bal
tlmore, having been enlarged and Improved,
vas rededicated yesterday by Archbishop Bay
ley, with the usual ceremonies
Thursday, 18th inst, has been fixed as the
day of the execution OF Undertook, at West
chester, Pa, for the murder of w. 5. GosS,
of Baltimore.
A Havana dispatch reports the wreck on Rose
Island Of the Spanish brigantue EsperaDza from
Havana for LJudon, on the 10Th Of October.
The crew and cargo were saved.
Two of the national banks iu Memphis have
asked the first Circuit Court to prevent the col
lection by the city of special taxes from the
banks and stock holders
The trotting stallion Manhattan ran away at
Newburgh, N. Y, on Saturday, and cut the
cords of his hind legs, probably ruiuiug himself.
He was valued at $4,000.
The propeller Westiord left Detroit, for Buff
falo, week ago, with $1,000 bushels of gran
and has not been heard from since. She proba-