Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-11-19
NEWS OF THE DAY.

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The Prince Of Wales and party have left
Bomba for B roda.
Frederick Covlle committed suicide in Ches-.
apeake Bay, yesterday, by leapiug overheard
from a schooner.
The two mixing mills of the Oriental Pow.
der Ms. at South Wludhau, Me-, we're
blown up vest ,rday morning No one was in-
jured.
The suspension of A. & A. Jacobs & Co., of
Boston, an extensive wholesale provision house
Was ANNOUNCED vest .rday.
The American Woman Suffrage Association.
which has been 10 session 10 New York, ad-
journed last evening. Mrs. Mary A. Livermore
Was chosen President.
The contract to supply the Fost Jfice De-
paltmcnt with mail bags was yesterday award
ed to manufacturers 10 Albany aud Rochester
New York, whose aggregate bids amounted to
1926, 1872.
Capt. Thomas William Brent, late United
States and Confederate States navy, native
OF Washington CT, died at his resid euce, Pen
sacola. Florida, on the 10th lost, az ed sixty
| seven years.
The excitement over Guibord's burial seems
to have died out. No attempt to disturb his
remains has been made, and tie police are still
guarding his tomb TO insure The hardening of
his cemented grave.
Gov. Hartranft of Pennsylvania, has is
sued warrants for the execution, on Thursday,
the 9th of January, 1876, of VIM. Murray and
Frederick Myer, convicted 10 Allegheny county
OF the murder of Gotthard VAIL
The humber of immigrants who arrived in
Newly ork during September was g. 349, against
1880 10 September 1874 The greater pro.
portion were iu boh instances from England,
Germany, Ireland, Scotland and Denmark.
The municipal election at chattanooga, Tenn,
has resulted 10 MIR. Fort, Democrat, being
chosen Mayor over James, Republican, the
prescott Incumbent. The Democrat, also elect
the City Marshal and half the Aldermen.
The Grand Lodge of ODD Fellows for Mary.
land has authorized the lease to the Grand
Lodge of the United States of portion of the
property Oh Gay street, Baltimore, for the pur-
pose OF erecting thereon fire proof building
for the use Of the order.
Miss Eizabeth Story, highly respectable
young lady Of Fairfax, Vermont, Was violent
y assaulted yesterday forenoon, while walking
to the railroad station, by negro tramp, who
had very nearly accomplished his purpose of
outrage, when ncighbor cIme up and the ne,.
gro fed
The s aten Island ferry steamer D. r. Mar
| tiu took fire on her down trip from New York
about twenty minutes past three o'clock yester
day afternoon, caused by overheatsd machlne-
ry The pilot rau her ashore and the passeo-
gers and hands were removed in small boats.
Two men were badly scalded.
The steamship Illinois, which sailed from
Philadelphia for Europe, yesterday, included
in her cargo thirty dressed beeves, one hun.
dred aud fifty dressed sheep, and largr guam
tlty OF poultry aud oysters, which it is pro-
| posed to land at Liverpool in good condition,
by meaus OF a refrigcrating apparatus similar
to that recently used 10 the shipment of
! peaches.
| Walter Parks, aged twenty, and Samuel
Bevens, aged fourteen, bound apprentices to
John T.. Browu, coored shoemaker, 10 Phil
adelphia, attempted to poison him last even
ing by putting oxalic acid 10 bis tea. He de-
tected the peculiar taste, called In the police
and the boys acknowledged the act, and said
they wished to get rid of Brown so they would
not have to work f,r him any more. Both arc
10 custody.
The THIRD TERM.-Tne Chicago Times pub
fishes statement to the effect that Colonel ohm
S, Mosby, of Virginia, the original third term
man, is at the head of an organic .ton in the
South formed for the secret purpose of advocat-
ing the Presidents reelection, and that there is
also secret society, known as the Anti Catholic
Organization, pledged to the President, which
IS sending out secret circulars to the leading
men throughout the country. The Times gives
this circular as follows:
Nationality No Bar to Membership-C Conf
dentiat-Dear Sir: In view OF the iLtolerant,
persistent and aggressive efforts of Romanists
| in their avowed determination to subvert the
government of the United States and to destroy
our civil and religious liberty, I desire to submit
| to you the following questions:
| !. Are you Protestant from principle and
| from choice2
2. Are you in favorof preserving constitutional
liberty and maintaining the government of the
| United States?
8: DO you regard Romanism as the enemy of
civil and religious liberty?
4. Is it not in your opinion, unwise and I'M
safe to appoint to civil, political or military
| Office in this country, men who owe allegiance
to the Pope of Rome, and who have SWORD to
obey him
U. are you IN 1aVOr OF MAINTAINING Lae prln-
ciples OF one general, unsectsrisn, free school
organization?
6. Are you opposed to all attempts to use the
public funds for any sectsrian purpose what
ever7
I. Are you in favor of putting into Office hon.
est and true patriots who are best qualified to
fill the positions regardless of political parties?
8 Are you willing to be governed by these
! principles in your political actions
9. Are you willing to unite with others who
hold these principles and henceforth devote
yourself, your fortune and your sacred honor to
the protection and perpetustion of civil and re-
| ligious liberty and this great America An Union
| 10. Can you, upon your sacred honor, without
equivocation or mental reservation, answer all
these questions in the affirmative?
H. Gan you furnish the names, ages. resi-
| denres and occupations of the men who are
! cried by the above principles?
Ifyou are desirous of obtaining further infor.
nation on the subject referred to in questions