Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-11-02

L. DeS2DdOrf vas called Tor and tried TO speak,
but the 'reformers' thee broke up the mee'-
ing with continued yels and violent dem .n-tra.
tons. As the speakers reached the STE Ar.
s@udorf, beng 10 advance, was scIzci Terri
bly, beaten, and his forehead scorch d by
pistol shot. Numbers Of other shots were fired
aud yells aud cries uttered, showing a murder
Gus purpose by the NIB. ln the conu slon
Messrs. Ssgar and Ball were gotten away by
irlcuds, assisted by one decent democrat who
heard the threats to kill Mr. Segar, aud being
his personal friend waited TO help him. The
colored men. some OF whom were aoxIous 20
help their friends, were sc red away, chiefly
through the efforts of policeman aud 10 all
the violence 10 The hail and on the street, no
single officer attempted 10 prevent it. Mr.. De-
sendort escaped in the confusion created By
the first VoIlcy of pistol shots
All the above | saw and heard. | am H.
formed By men Of! Portsmouth that Tie mob
wcr. heard to say hat Mr.. Seq r should ncv r
go to Congress if they had to xiii Elm. he
Portsmouth republicans are utterly h"re!css d!
:. talr vote IN their city. Is.
| a SHOCKING CASE -lu the Criminal Court
Washington, yesterday, judge Wyiia, the nal
| Of Mary CaDaan, charged with the murder t
| her child on the 18th Of July last by cutirg
her throat, was bvguo. The DISTRICT Attorney
! appeared Tor the prosecution aud Mr. Pelham
! for the d.icnSe. There was 20 deuial oil the
homicide, and tie deIeusc rested mainly upon
Il plea If insanity. SGTgeanG TrunnelI aud
| Officer Robey testified Thai ou Trr.s ng 'hc
prsJOcr she confessed to th, III tnat tie dy
was ttat of her child, aud hat It's iatn,r was a
man named Henry Nil! /; that it was Born L,
daylight one morning. aDd nat as she did ~;
KIN w how 10 take care Of it she got u labla
knife anu cut Its throat. The case W., thc;
argued by the couns:I, and at 1880 it was sub
United 10 the jury AID the juror. retired.
Shortly ALTER one clock the jury came tack
INTO court for lnStruc:lous he foreman sad
that The jury could agree upon verdict .! mGc
slaughter, but not upon one OF murd +, ADD h
asked if uuder tha! ate Of facts hey could re-
turn verdict It guilty .! marsGughtcr. judge
V yc said that there could D.: no uiduie
grouDd 10 this case. Ii the accused Was llsau,
She ought TO he acquitted. l.! they believed
her sane tn"y must hnd u verde; # murder
! The jurors then returned TO tneir rom. \
5:l5 the udac took bis seat agalu Oh the beucn
ard sent al ffcer 10 lHqulrc II thcy had aglcel
upon their ya!dict. He returned with the IN
ormatiou that !nry had not, aud 10 a2reemen
WAS I!hciy. liz GULL GUcU JJuluCu uUtii ~
day.
GIRLS wao OLD THEIR HAIR TO & ET HOME
Two bellies OF this city lately catne home iron
: Philadelphia shorn OF their wealth Of rave
!, trosses Alter they had taken in all the point
, ~ the big SOW and had made many purchase
before they knew it they he'd spent ali the!
! money and what WIS worse had lost their rcturl
excursion tickets. They had no friends in Pm.
~ ei phia and no time to write to Reading Ire.
therefore resolved to make raise; SO the.
skipped away into y barber shop End struck
ain for their back halr. The shaver oilcret
s.: - eSch FIR what they hsd. IL short tim
they were nicely shorn, and thus thr7 were ah!
IT, get back to their native land -Readlng Eagle
DEATH TO THE RADICAL PARTY. lin
WASHINGTON Chronicle says that 'oDc OF til
acts Of the mcb comprising the democratic pro
: c, sSiou in L4csburg. last week, was to pac
Grape upon the door Of u ciiz:p, wclku9w
Uulou mau and also Il picard, bearing the III
script III. Death TO Radicals. The p!acari
i; Is understood bore the description, "D.atI
to RalicalI-ua.