Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-01-18
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The Message IF the Governor Of florida,
which was read n the legislature OF that State
on Saturday, gives favorahe report It the
general condition Of the State. and ANTICIPATES
brighter future. The public debt has been
reduced, and the q overnor speaks with satis-
faction of the work of immigration ard the
large accessions to the wealth acd population
Of he State. He strongly iavors the r. cogul
ton Ct the Cuban cause By Congress, aDd says
the General Government should assume the
liabilities of the Freedman Bank, and make
good to the depositors The full amount oil their
deposits
An English schooner rugged vessel, named
Charles + Scanned, consigned Ia Brown u
Co., Baltimore, and loaded with sugar, went
ashore o. Friday Eight twenty miles south OF
Cape Henry. An operator was sent TO me
wreck FROM The nearest signal statioa on the
coast As soon as information of the disaster was
received. The crew were all saved. aud are
housed IN the nearest liie-savng STATION. The
Vessel lies in a dangerous position. and VII
probably prove complete wreck wlecklnR
steamer from Norfolk has been sent to the spot
and most Of the cargo will be saved.
4 fire 90 Saturday night greatly damaged
the upper stories of the large iron building OF
the { nsoIidated Real Estate and Insurance
Company Oh the southwest c0r1er oil South aud
German streets in Baltimore. The hre was
confined t. the building: The loss is estimated
at truu thirty to thirty five thousand dollars,
nearly ali oil which is fully covered by INSURANCE..
An attempt was made yesterday TO fire large
planning mill, bur the flames We're fortunately
discovered before any serious damage was done.
4 doubtful dispatch is published that Oh
| Friday evening last, just after dark, as three
negres wiki their Wagons loaded with shin
, giles, had gone into caup about Fix JULES from
| CiuOu Louisiana, they were visited hy white
mou, who were mounted, and who proposed
| buying their Shingles, when, after few words,
one vi the white men pulled out pistol and
shot Two OF the negroes, killing them INSTANTLY.
| The third negro escaped and gave the alarm.
\ posse went IN pursuit.
| 4 sad case of poisoning, through the mis-
take OF an arothccary, occurred on Saturday 10
| Baltimore Through carclcsSncss 10 making
up prescription the fluid extract Of beiladonna
| deadly nlghlshad), powerful narcotic, was
used instead OF the extract Of rcnna. The er-
rol was not discovered until remedial efforts
Were too late
\ dispatch frcm Torouto, Canada, says;
major Walker, member Of Parliament for
London, having been found guilty of corrupt
practices III the canvass for his seat, has been
| disqualified for sirting 10 Parliament tor i've
years This is the first tiuc member has
| been convicted O! such an offence.
\ man named g. W. C.!ey, who was charged
with committing an outrage on little girl nine
years old, was taken from the Jail at Urbana,
| Ohio, by a mob of masked men, yesterday
morniny, aud hung to tree in front OF the
Court House.
Photographic dispatches report continuance
of the exceedingly coii weather at the North
west and on the Plains. The thermometer
yesterday stood highest at hey " est - de-
grecs aud lowest al Pembua 1t degrees below
zero.
The Nail City Insurance Company, estab
lishcd iG Wheeling lew months ago, was
closed On Friday 10 coDsr quence Of its Inability
TO settle Judgment for $l.SUG against il Tor
an lusuranc" loss.
The New York Mercury tells story to the
effect tina, the Spaniard, Fernando Garcia, who
suld lhe stolen Muriilo picture, was kidnapped
on Broadway by Spanish agants week ago,
placed % board steamer and sept to Havana.
4 nrro-glyccrine factory on az island 10 the
North river cxpiodod 90 Saturday afternoon,
killing three men, aud the premature explosion
of blast in New jersey badly Injured seven
men one Of whom will die.
Ia the Senate caucus Of Saturday it was
agreed to prepare and present. bills for the adj
mission OF Colorado and New Mexico during
the present session They will probably be in-
troduccd this week.
The death Of Mr.. VIM. F. Murdoch, one of
the Oldest and most respected merchants Of
Baltimore, is Announced. Mr.. Murdoch was
Que OF the origina! trustees Of the Peabody H.
sti;ute fund