Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-05-22

tions to the Senate to-day:
Hon. j. Edwards Picrrrpont to be Minister
to England vice Schcuck.
Hon. Alonzo Taft tn he Attorney General
vice picrrrpnnt.
Gen. Don Cameron to be Secretary Of War
vice Taft.
Gen. Cameron is the son Of Senator Cam.
rron, of l'rnnsy lvanla, and was rnr OF the mil
itary occupants OF Alexandria during the
late war.
y heavy thunder storm passed over Wash,
ington about | Il clock pm. n,panled hy tor
rents Of rain.
Explosion.
New YORK, May IA Richmond Iva. J
dispatch says IN explosion occurred Saturday
ut the old Midlothian cnal PIT, in Chester field
county, resulting in the loss OF eight lives and
two men severely injured. There were only
eleven mcn working IN the shaft, the company
being about to wind up their mining operations
preparatory to putting in a new fan for the
purpose of atfording yeulia;ou These eleven
meu were working at depth of about seven
hundred feet, and IN tunnel running horizon
tally about five hundred feet 10 an caserly di
rcc'ion 1t was at the extreme end of this
tunnel, which was very poorly ventilated, that
there had accumulated large quantity OF foul
air, and gas, which caused the explosion. From
subsequent Investigations and Indications it rs
believed that one of the miners must have ven
turcd into the region of this foul air with an
open lamp, which ignltcd the gas and caused
the accident. The report Of tho explosion,
though so far underneath the surface of the
earth, was distinctly heard at distance OF over
mile, attracting to the scene nearly every per
son in the Immediate ncighborhood. William
Marshall aud John Kcndler, two old and cxpe-
ricnced miners fearessy doscc; ded into the
pit in search Of the victims They found the
tunnel in a fearful condition. Wrecked tim.
bers, machinery aud debris of every sort per
tanning to coal mine were scattered and piled
in every direction, and it required great exer-
ton to reach the bodies. Among the killed
Marshall discovered the body of his own son,
John Marshall. The bodies Of the killed pre-
scnted terrible appearance, being scorched
perfectly black aud otherwise dlshgured, so as to
be barely recognizable. The body OF JAS. Car
roll, the foreman of the gang or shift work
ing the tunnel, was found about forty feet from
the place where it is supposed the explosion
occurred, his watch imhedded in his body and
the hands stopped at % minutes past one p. u.
All the bodies were recovered at various pc.
RODS from the time the search began, but the
work of getting them out was DOT completed
until four clock this morning. The following
are the names of the killed: James Carroll,
foreman, white; Charles Holden, white; John
Marshall, wEitc; Thomas Golden white; Robt.
Hall, white; Joseph Hcudley. colorcd; VIM.
Morris, colored; and Phillip Elliott, colorcd.
Tl,n NsrLntS
New YORK, May 22.-Stocks active and
better, but unsettled. MONEY bid. Gold III.
Flour quiet aud steady. Wheat quiet and
steady. Corn quiet and unchanged.
BALTIMORE, May %. VAS. consolidated,
6G3. W.. Vas. bid to-day. Cotton dull
aud weak; middliug ll1slls Flour steady
and firm; demand fair; Howard street and
Western super 225i$45O; do. extra Asa
S.. 30 DO Family 5 50a$1 50; City Mills super
36Oa$40O; do. extra 425aS7 90; do; Rio
brands I 5OaS7.75; do. Family IS IS. Whea,
firm; demand moderate; No. Westren red
I47: Pennsylvania red i4S4l5O; Maryland red
l2Ual50; do. amber l55al56; do. white l35a
l4S. Coru-Southcru white fairly active. aud
easier; do. yellow firm, bu, quiet; Western
steady; demand fair; Southern white 6Oa6l;
do yellow 60 .62;; Western mixed 63 spot; G24
way, ODs uuC. odlo IoiCtt Wv -'ANi
err good TO prime 42a44 Western white ~;
Western mixed 3Sa4O. Rye nominal at 7OaI5.
Hay dull and weak; Maryland and PenOsyva
uia l9 $2i Provisions dull, weak and lower
Pork 2. 50lS2l.75. B'con-shouldcrs Ut; clear
rib sides III hams l43al53: Lard dull apd
heavy; refined l34rl34. Butter steady; de-
mand fair; Western good to prime gross 2or23'
do fine n s26. Coffee dull and heavy klo
cargoes Is Is: .iobbns l5!.l9 Sugar active
and firm at y4"l0 Wniskey dull at ) II.
Il, ceipts-Whrar, so 3oO Corn, $4,000 Ship
unconstitutional, &c 900; Corn 33 900.
PHILADELPHIA. May ~ B :ci Cattle we're
dull rils week, and prices favor buyers; 34OOhcad
arrived and sold at CT CD: for extra Pcunsyl,
vana and Western steers; 81 acc for fair to good
do, and 4,5c per pound grus- Tor common MS to
quality. Sheep were in lair demand; 5000 head
sold at 446i per pound gross as t. c'udl'lon.
Hogs were dull; 1916 head sold at 10. I5aS ID. 80
per 100 pounds nett.
During the storm last night the station huild
ing at East Falls Church, on the W. 4 .. T..
r., was struck by ghlning The fluid Knocked
over the chimney and passed down within
three feet of where the agent and his family
were sleeping. No person was hurt but dog,
whose kennel was near by, was rendered deaf
~, 81, sboal-