Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-01-14
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The third or fourth cndeavor Of the 't'unem-
ployed workingnen' get up terrifying de-
mnn>tration III New York was only less OF
t.so than its predecessors. \ irw HUNDRED
individuals c.IIycse ed in Tonpk,ns Square yes
tcrday, aud afcr dawdiiue ubouL-to r while;
managed TO pick quarrel With tie pullce %Io
were appointed II. walch thrm, 90 Which they
we're quickly dispersed With snre. head>on solie
of their shoulders One ''w"rk'ngnan, WAC
seems to have had exceedingly liberal Ideas Of
the capacity OF the human stomach 10 uha''tsn
"A prolnnyatt fast, gave a an excuse t1r II King
an officer that he Was desperate, a"d had zen
starving tior ten days. After their encounter
with the police the gathering melted away huI
during the rest Of the day the meu crowded
c,rtaiU lnciiiics in The upper part II the cay
and iu,iuged iu IA great dra Of turratrthug
talk It seems TO he a wc-sctTicd fact l'iaf
these people are nothiug tu! a c 'lnbin:t'"u 81
the idle and worthless element, aad that they
have 40 cailn at ali to sympathy irotu tue non
est and industrious b,rins classes. .A4'' H."
An Adjournment Meeting OF the National
Board of Trade began its sessions yea:erd'y II
Baltimore nearly all the delegates icing pre-
sent. The list Comprises the names OF enluent
merchants and manufacturers, selected by their
Boards OF Trade as being best h;trd to meet IN
conference upou the national cuncerrs OF
finance and trade An address of wclc
was deIivcral TO the delegates by }. Had IrcaS-
ants, Of the Baltimore Buad Of Trade, aud at
a subsequent period u lester OF ,Wcicouis d was
received from Mayor Vansant. HE principal
| subjects discussed were the Revenue avs,
Capitatiou Taxes GU Immigrants, Lux C1aSi-
Ing Trade, Resislratinn of Farms and Ualtoiml
| ~ of Manufacturing Laws, upon each OF which
there was au Interesting debate. -. :;
"rhc Republic Of Murcia" has been short
lived. The Communist insurgents, who three
months ago rose in rebellion against the Span
ish Government. seized Cartagrna, aud with
it some of the finest ships in the Spanish navy,
and set up in the old Moorish city Govern
ment of the red fig, have been compelled to
succumb to the inexorate logic OF shot and
| she'll aud the starva lou to winch they We're
SUBJECTED wheo a buscging army cut them on
from the outside world. These Murclan:
fought we'll, but the strength OF the Madrid
Government was more than they could success
fully oppose. Cartagena surrendered yeStcr
day, and the army of D Jmlnlquez Is now occu-
plying the city.
All the engineers, train and track hands oil
the Southern Railroad of New Jersey struck
yesterday, the cause being the failure OF the
Company to pay the wages due It's employees.
By precoucerted arrangement all the loconO'
tives were run to the headquarters OF motive
power at Manchester, the engines dlsconnrce cd
aod the track loru up IN ceraln places. AL
traffic over the road aud its branches was IL
consequence suspended yesterday.
The result Of the Congressional action on the
| Il L. i,,r i inf
ence on the Wall street markets yesterday.
Money continues 10 abundunt supply and loan
ed at easy rates, but both Gold and 5 ocks
were lower The feeling generally is spccula-
tive, and The indications are that the depre'-,
sion is only temporary and will be succeeded
by further advance.
1t is not often that the traders in partcu
lar article ask the Government to Increase the
tax upon it; but that is precisely what the
j Council of the Wine and Spirits Trade Society,
! meeting ut New York yesterday, proposed
should be done They think that Il moderate
ly increased tax on whskey would be the best
means of increasing the revenue.
The preliminary organization of a new secret
Order to supplement the Farmers Oranges,
but to receive all classes Of cilzsns Interested
1
industrial pursuits, was cf1cti at Albany yes
| terday.
Dudley White, colored charged with the
murder of jonathan G.ssett, in Muhlcnbarg
county, Kentucky, was taken out of jul un
Monday night by Il body OF armed aod masked
mcu ID hanged 10 d trac untlI h. was dead.
The negroes on ,yous Latourche and rcche,
I,,uis,ana are on a strike ID ,rlu.,!e Is ap-
pretended. The Governor has been Called mp
on for r bet and has prumocd TO seud Il fore:
to quel any disturbance. :, .~-s- ..,-..:
Ex-Governor ClaAin aud nineteen others
have presented petition to the Massachusetts,
Legislature asking the repeal Ut the resolution
OF ceDsure against Senator Sumter.
The Louisville Board OF Trade, which sIs
day under very favorable auspices.
The Nomination of Caleb Gushing
WASHINGTON, JAG. b. The Republic
senatUrial caucus was 10 session. several llo'.rS
10 day, aud 1hes principal sutpce before 1t W ;
the nomination OF Mr. Gushing for chieI Justice.
The following particulars OF the proceedings are
gathered to night.
Mr.. Eiu,unds called the matter of Mr.. Cu$h-
ing 5 nomination General Cameron at puce
arose aud DENOUNCED the nomination, whiah he
said, if confirmed, would ruin the Republican
party. Mr.. Sargent reviewed the career of Alr.
Gushing, and said that he had never been IN
sympathy with the republican party i. +.
| He also alluded to a letter sad To have been
written by Mr.. Cushiog to echl nau uamed
Marcy, iu New Hampshire, III 1862 deuouucing