Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-10-26
NEWS OF THE DAY.
10 'ho'o the very age and body of the IT,,

NEWS OF THE DAY.
''7o 'ho'o the very age and body of the Tn.,
A E. Barber, colorad, prominent ",
O:l1ans politician, died yesterday, aged 81
A skiff overloaded with colored men and ~.
men capsized below 81. Louis, Sunday, ani nj
were drowned except TWO.
The Prince Of Wales arrived at Cairo v.
terday, having disembarked from the Sersp,
at lsmaia
The statement that the Crown Prince of Ge,
many is to visit the Centennial Exhibition Al
Philadelphia is reafhrmed.
Nineteen persons are reported to have bee,
drowned during the recent floods in ENGLAND
and the damage to property is said to be eug..
nous.
A Milford, Pa, dispatch says that iiseo,.
similar to the epizootic is killing off cattle in
several counties bordering on the PenusyIy.ai,
side Of the Delaware river.
The survivors of the famous six HUNDRED
yesterday celebrated the twen,y-6rst annjvrr
sary of the battle OF B 4Iaklava by banquet 3;
the Alexandra Palace, near London.
The commission Of Alexander S. johnson a,
Judge Of the Circuit Court of tue Second Jul
clal District, made vacant by the death ii
Judge Woodruff, has been signed by the Pres,
dent.
Jacobs, the farmer Of Homer, lIls., who ha,
been on trial at Joliet for wife murder, IA.
been found guilty and sentenced to be hung
The evidence was only crcumstautiaI but yep
strong.
A party of ladies aud children from Rcaliur,
"a, were out in an open wagon, yesterday,
gathering autumn leaves about two miles from
that city, when the horse ran away and ten 0.
them were Injured, several of them serousy
Sherburn Morrey, an ex.jauitor, at the Gu,
tom house in Gloucester, Mass, fred pl,s.
shot without effect at L. 7. Bobsou, coIIeci
OF the port, Sunday night He Was arrested
aud placed under So 900 bonds
Advices IRON San Domingo say thai
the Secretary Of the Treasury has inlorme!
Congress thatthe Republic is bankrupt. iiesyy
shocks OF earthquake have been felt through
out the island. Affairs in Hsyti are reported
to be satisfactory.
Judge Lawrence, of the New York Supreu:
Court, has refused to confirm the report Of Il
Judge Spencer approving the report OF NJ
JeWett, receiver OF the Erie Railway Compaty
and has sent 1t back to the referee for argu
ment.
Word has been received at Springfield
Mass, that Chan Lalsuu, recently remov,
from the Chinese educational commission 10
this country, has been restored to full ayr
with his government ana appoited secretary d
legation to England
In addition to the fifteen thousand ,rooI:
sent to Cuba during Valmaseda'S aduDlsa
ton, further force of seven thousand mcO
| will be forwarded to the island. The Cuban
authorities have been instructed to punish tn.
authors and perpetrators Of frauds without d.,
tinction.
Thirty thousand cigars, manufactured o
Baltimore, were recently seiz.d in WashpsyD
on the ground that the boxes We're not propr
ly branded, bat Con Pratt has order
ed that they be relieved from seizure, GU the
manufacturer proving to the satisfaction Of he
Department that the violation of the law
uulntentlonal, aud that The boxes be properly
stamped.
The AMATEUR CONCERT, &c, at RichIani
on Friday night, in aid of Clifton Church. Stat
ford county, was an attractive aud successful
affair. Fredericksburg aud Alexandria were
handsomely represented, and sustained the mu,
slcal ability and sweet celebrity ut each aui
both with harmonious skill, and deserved az
probation. Stafford enjoyed the perioruanre
and encored the performers, the melodloG:
notes which charmed the evening air, aud We
doubt not still echo across the Potomac's wave:
to the hills Of pleasant Maryland" The mu'
sic was followed by "a sound Of revery b.
night, as the supper was next 10 order, sai
was duly and appetizIngly discussed. The ntt
proceeds for the church, we hear, were about
SIS, perhaps more Ffee}er icksburg Ne,rS
Ex-Governor WISE -Ex Governor Henri
A. Wise, of Virginia, visited Worcester coun
ty, Nd, last week, and argued will case q
Snow Hill, during which, it is said, he declared
that be was al ''uncouquered and uDrepenlan'
Confederate. lu a public speech at NeEto"o
10 answer to serenade, be pronounced strong
ly tor hard money, declared his purpose never
to take the test oath; believed the cause OF the
South IN the late war just, but declared Oh
love Tor the stars and stripes; gave some goou;
sound advice to the farming community paiu
high compliment to the mechanic and work
ing man, aud said that one lady was worth 'eH
men.
LAND SALE IN Essex COUNTY. Cool h'p'
Beverley, OF Fauquler, was the purchaser w., h.
Monday last, at Commissioners sale, OF, Nv ~
valuable farm known as "Lawsou's Neck :.
Essex county, belg aging to r. ?. WarlOg, e OI
tanning lisa acEss of arabic land OF goou qu p.,
ty, and 500 acrss of marsh. Col. beVef'i > he
the owoeF Of several E very a1y es'a W+rL