Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-10-24
NEWS OF IHE DAY.
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Rev. John Cowan, formerly chaplain of the
Sixth New York artillery, and John kehoc
we're yesterday tried in the u. S. Circuit Court
at New York for attempting to detraud the
Government of Sl,Q0 bond. They went to
the subtreasury with fragment OF South
American bond and presented 1t as part OF a
United States bond, the remainder of which
had becu totally DESTROYED, and sought to col
Icct its face value. verdict of guilty was rem
dered and the prisoners were remanded for
sentence.
Judge Lawrence, of New York, has passed
an order for the Sheriff to remain 10 possession
Of the property of Henry Clews, aud to restrain
him from delivering it up to the assignee on
entering on the premises. The doors OF Henry
Cews banking house are closed, but 1t Is SAID
that the difficulty between the firm and credl-
tors ~i!l shortly be arranged.
a Vienna telegram says that the Turks IN
Montenegro continue their outrages on the
Christians They have killed eight Montene.
grins aud some Saxon residents In the neigh
borhood Of Pudgoriza, aud burned village.
The Christians were compelled to flee TO the
mountains.
The twin or double hull steamship Castalia,
built to overcome the effects of the rough sea
of the English channel. and intended to ply be-
tween Dover and Calais, has made trial trip
fom Ramsgate to Calais. She proved to be
most comfortable boat, neither rolling nor
pitching
A respectable lookiog American has been ar
Ia hoe ~
frauds 90 the Imperial Ottoman Bank. 1t is
rumored that other sWlnd!ers having forged
passports are swindling iu that and other cities
In suit brought against a Crispin Society
in Boston to recover money from its members
the Supreme Court Of Massachusetts decided
the order to be legal one and entitled to its
prerogatlves.
Two attempts to defraud wealthy English
men have been detected in London, and the
particulars made public, The party engaged
10 the scheme was arrested. He signed him
self Doctor William Parker, of Conuellsville,
Pennsylvania.
1t is complained that thieves are unusually
numerous and daring in Baltimore county near
the outskirts of the city. Many residents have
suffered 10y their depredatlous, and the Church
Of ST. Mary the Virgin has been entered and
robbed.
Fix Governor Harris Flanagan, of Arkansas
died at his home in Arkadelphia yesterday. He
vas Governor of Arkansas during the war, and
was u leading member of the late constitutional
convention.
Commander Austin Pcndergrast, command
ing the receiving ship Potomac at Philadelphia,
died last night of pneumonia, after brief i'll
Ness.
Burns, one Of the postofhce robbers, was
found guilty of burglary at Uatskill, N. Y,
yesterday, and sentenced to sixteen years in
the Clinton Prison.
The steam trigate VaudaIia, which has been
rebuilt at the Charlestown Navy Yard, was
successfully launched yesterday.
The PLuaix WOODEN mills, at Seneca Falls,
n. Y, were burned yesterday morning. Loss
$50. 900; partially insured.
Smart shocks of earthquake were felt on o.
tober 4 and 10, in Jamaica, but 10 damage was
done by either.