Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-13
TELEGKAPHIC SUMMARY

hu eUBlue vi Tue luulaDapOnS. DurIInpto,
and Western Railroad exploded at Indian ngE'
this morning. The engineer, Moore, n ' III:
Cincinnati, Hamilton and IudiauapoG. R. "s
road was instantly killed The west end 9. S ,b.
depot is partially demolished and i, is po.,i ~:
oth'rs may be found 10 tn ruins dead. ''''
Five masked men entered the bon,o i
james Crosby wealthy tsrm.r, lvlov rn -.
Dallytown road, near Farucr station, On tbs
Northern New Jers~y Railroad. ear..y yrs.1
day morning, aud took Of $20,Oy0 worth ns
u s. bonds and SO 900 worth of silver WIZ VI
and jewelry.
Frank Yarmouth, aged II years, resj3io,
near Liberty, Sullivan Co., \. Y. att mn-S
to kill TWO young men by administering IanSa
NUN to them and then tried t. ,muit su;r;,.
by the same means. They We're al! re.r<s;,'
tated with great difficulty Warmouts. !. H..
lieved to be insane.
This morning two of the READING ro.,
and Iron Cpmpany's Colerles at Pvtt,vif,
Pa, resumed work, giving empIoymeu, +,
large number Of men and boys. Preparaton.
are 10 progress for general resumption narr
week.
The New York Herald pubIshe. Dis
pa'ch from Jackson. Miss, which state. tts,
Bruce, the colored y. S. Senator ir,u rb,,
State, secured his election BY bribery ani car.
luot!un.
The company of Spanish Engineer. vi,
arc 10 guard the Spanish bu di; al The Can.
,enisl exhibition, arrived III Philadelphia T..
day.
Mrs. Ella Clark of Mechanics Falls. NJ
shot herself on Saturday.
WHEAT AND CHAFF.-WLes, is a festive
claim agent Of the Metropolis, and hi. !uxI.
rious tastes are 10 an inverse ratio to his c.r.
mate means OF gratifying them.
Terrapin, canvass. back ducks, pate d. iJ.
gras champagne, frsppc, aud Reoa Y cto
rias cannot Dc procure wl;aVu. uyn.,
ard without price, aud So the ,picGrrar
Whea; resolved HIM elf into COMMITTEE d,
Ways aud Means to determine huaLcaI mcs:.
urts He struck big bonanza 10 the 2. :.
Ofi,e Department., where, BY cOusIOu gta
somc plastic ubordiuate, il was ascry,. ned
what postmastcrs had baanccs 10 their laryr 10
the settI, meut of their accounts With the Go7.
erumcDt.
In the category Of honest officials was H,1
Robert j. Acorn, late postmaster at Grcla!..
Mississippi. At the ustlgatlon Of his accom-.
picc, w Wheat obtained from him power Of /;
toruey to collect the money due HIM By tie
Government, which Wheat proceeded t, DO
with claim agents aIacrity, but iorgo, to remit
the money to its owner, and converted il to h,
own use.
When Mr.. Alcorn demanded his own, the
injured Wheat locked upoo him a. at int;ui:r
,t,.I IA, ~ NH
cora, strange to say, did not rellsh >uch treat.
ment and caused the delusive W heat u be ar.
rested. He Was arraigoed at the police cont
and, waving hearing. Wa C lnmlt'eit jaI
10 default Of BAIL Washington Captal
The c1un>el for M.j. +. W. Wheat alter
wards sued out writ If haheas corpus return
able today. The Major was We'll koowu here,
aud his uuner0 US acquaintauc.s w;l. be shocked
to learn that be is charged with sucn practices.
The Washington Capital Of yesterday gives
expression to the following sentiments which,
to the hopeful patriot may be cheering:
The farther we become removed from the
abnormal condition of things consequ Ut upoo
the close OF civil war, negro suffrage and CIR
pet bag supremacy, the more astouished AMI
dismayed do We become at contemplating the
fact OF negro adveuturers knocking at the door
of the Uoited States Seuate fer admission. Il
is DOT that the c.ldidat for admission belong.
to once degraded race, but that he Is known
to have been the representative OF 40 u.urpei
State gorerum mt, OF a carpe! bag State gov.
ernment, and hat he had a knowledge Of aud
10 his own character partook ot he worst char
acteristics OF the coDst tueucy he pro! O>eI 10
represent Some senators Of respec ability,
and one at least Of 20 responsibility,
espouSed PlDchbeck's cau-c, blinded ny pary
zeal, and persuaded that republican vote III
the Senate Cancelled all the otfeuses OF the voter
out of it. II is with sigh Of relief that the
Country at last sees the retrcatlne figure Of
the / usiaua body servant, bar.room tender,
faro dealer aud corner politician, TeturoIns t.
his deserted and congena hau.ts. The DE-
feat of Pinchback j due either to the c'DscI'
eutiou, course OF Mr. + :muniS and j few other
republicans who are Got Presidential cahj!
dates; Or is result Of the late awakenlni'
which seems to have opened the eyes ot some
Republicans to the truth Of the aphorl>n, Il
you would b. happy you must De Viru'us'
RETRO ACTIVE BILL. The following bill Is
before the Senate OF Virginia:
/. Be it enacted By the Ge: era Assembly
That upon the trial Of au action vi ass III; anl
battery, it shall Be lawful for lie ieieDdinis
either OF fhcm. t. plea IL III igallvn ii liu'
ages, that the plautiti had, within Two year.
previous to the Cause OF actIo PUBLISHED "
caused to be published, over his sllna'"fc'o
come newspaper 10 the State, Or by "Iit's1
or printed hand bill or card, any rommuic''
ton or article sanderOus or utng ID H. Gu"
acier to the sad dcicud mis- OF TO either VI
them, or had uailcd t. the SAID defendant, "
to either Of them, COMMUNICATING 81
samc IMPORT within the same time. Aad '"''
upou the trial, Whenever a plea shaI aon' :.
filed under this sccuon, the painlff 5haI' u'
be allowed to prove the truth oil such pu'''''
tlon. ~
2. Upoo the trial OF any such acton II soA''
b. l.. WI for the defendants or eth: o. t",l
to plead 10 bar thereof, any such PuO1''a '."
haudbil, card, or COMMUNICATION as Is fc.s'i en
to 10 the first section OF this act. 10 ""'t"
plea The plaintiff shall reply, either deny."s ~,
ruth of said plea, or jus'liyIng nun ''n ur"'
he ground that the charges made ~ h'u
rue. Aud upon auy trial where pea u"','
dis section is filed, all testimony 'eoI'"s
prove or disprove the publication sna!' " s,t
nltted; and the jury shall be Instructor - "'