Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-11-26
NEWS OF TIL H DAY.
"To sho,0 he very age and body Of the 7ames"

The Inspector General of the Army has sub
United his annual report. 1t is principally oc-
cupied with complaint against the law which
prohibits army officers ron employing soldiers
| in the capacity oil servants. aud svmc remarks
| concernlog the great lumber Of desertious by
| enlisted men. To remedy the latter General
Marcy recommends that desertlon be treated
as a crime under the civil law that the offend
ers be arrested by officers of the United States
Courts, aud that such courts shall have coucuT-
reut jurisdiction with military Tribunals III H.
hctug punishment.
At meeting of the Philadelphia Drug Ex-
change yesterday resolutions were adopted for
the appointment of committee representing
each branch of the business, to consider what
| Congressional actions were desirable to pro- ect
their interests by tariff notifications. Auoth-
er resolution was adopted, earnestly recon-
mending that Congress repeal the custom tax.
or so called discriminating duty, Of teo per
cent additional on all merchandise, the pro-
duct or growth OF countries east OF the Cape OF
Good Hope, when the same is Imported from
ports west thereof.
AT New York yesterday Sigismund Schwab,
the first of the Liquor Dealers Association
convicted of selling wine without license, was
sentenced to thirty days in prison aud to pay
hue of Two hundred dollars. The Court warn
ed the liquor dealers that ii organized resistance
to the law continued full penalty would be
melted out This case is the first criminal pros
ecutiou by the Excise Board for twenty TWO
years. as it was found that the jures would DOT
convict aud the offenders were until now pro-
ceeded against by civil suits for penalty
At V,cksburg yesterday, the graod jury,
COMPOSED of ten colored and seven white men,
returned eight indictments against I. W. Car
doza colored, State Superintendent Of Educa-
ton, for forgery aud embezziemeut while Cir
cult Clerk here; six indictments against A. W.
Dorsey, Clerk of Circuit Court, for forgery aud
embezzlemenr; aud five indictments against u.
w Davenport, colored, Clerk OF the Chaucery
Court, for forgery aud altering records.
A special to the Richmond Dispatch says
the trial OF TWO negroes, Austin Hill and Cor
nelius Williams, al Jackson, N. G., for the
murder OF Wm Preston, bridge keeper at
Weldon, N. c., was Concluded yesterday, aud
a verdict of guilty of murder III The first degree
returned by the jury. Both we're sentenced to
be hung. Ghe murder Was commltted for the
purpose of robbery.
Ga Saturday last man Of the name of Pin
dell, carpenter, who had been for several
weeks at work on the farm of General Thomas
j. McKaig, near BreathedsvilIe, Washington
county, Nd, went to the saloon Of Mrs. Nancy
Bowers on the caual pear MercersviIe, and call
ed for pint OF whiskey. He drank the whole
pint and was 10 the act Of paying tor 1t when
be dropped dead.
The attorneys for Beecher have consented to
set down argument on the bill of particulars
before the Court Of Appeals of New York fur
December !. Tiltou counsel announce they
will ask the New York City Court on Friday
next to direct the district attorney to proceed
! promptly with the trial of Indictment against
| their client
The storm Sunday last did considerable dam.
age in the southeastern portion Of Shelby Co.,
Teuu., unroofng several houses and destroying
fences aud timber. A man, his wife and three
! children, while driving home were overtakeu
by the storm, tree was blown across the car
riage, literally crushing it, without iniurng the
occupants.
/ A large party of Knights remplar, and ladies,
left Washington this morning to attend the
TrienuiaI Graud Eocaupment Of the Order at
New Orleans. The party Includes the officers
of the Grand Eucampmeuts OF Mary land, Mas
sachuselts and Rhode Isaud De Molay Com.
maudery, Washington Cammaudery and 9TH
ers
In response to a telegram from ruscumbia,
Ala, Mayor Cobb, Of Boston, has received
number Of contributions for the sufferers which
will be forwarded at once. Numerous accounts
of suffering n the S,uth aud West have eIIclt
ed very general expressions OF sympathy III and
about Boston.
Evacuation day 10 New York was observed
yesterday by display of buuting on the na-
tional, State and municipal buildings, aud no.
tells, and parade of veterans Of 1872, who
numbered only sixteen meo A militia regl-
ment entertained the veterans subsequently, at
banquet.
Two American correspondents were arrested
by the Republican troops on the Spanish from
tier Yesterday, but were released after short
confinement, during which they received very
rough treatment. One OF them was the New
York Times correspondent, whom the tcIe-
graph killed month ago.
MIR. Brown, Texas cattle raiser, traced
some Of his cattle into Mexico 10 the hands OF
thieves. The judge of the Mexican district
ordered the cattle to be returned 10 Alr. Brown
but he had to pay one dollar head export du-
ty before he could take them home.
The steamer Faraday, with the direct cable
on board, is having rough time crossing the
Atlantic After having been several times
bndered by bad weather and losing the cable
once, the ship is again delayed by adverse
gales.
D. B. Frink, editor of the Trucker (Nevada)
Republican, was shot and Instantly killed Oh
Tuesday night by an uukuowo man. trluk
was member of the vigilance COMMITTEE OF
that place.
The motion for new trial 10 the case OF
Detective Wren, OF Richmond Va, has beeu
ovcrruled. Exceptions were filed by counsel,
and the case will be taken to the Court OF APP
meals.