Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-06-19
News OF the Day.

come to light in New York, 10 which a girl OF
II years of age was charged with aud admitted
killing child years old by giving him dose
of oxalic acid. 1t appears he child was recov.
eriug from an attack of scarlet fever. when the
girl persuaded him to drink some milk 10 which
she had acid dissolved The child >ickened
and died, ADD the doctor in attendance gave
certificate that it died Of relapse Of scarlet
fever, and The body was buried. Since the
girl has been attacked with remorse, and 10
one OF her fits confessed the crime. She is
now locked up 10 prison, and the body OF the
child is 10 be disinterred and examined by ply
siclaps.
Elsewhere in to-day's paper is notice Of
the appearance Of strange insect in Rich.
mond The same sort Of bug has appe AIRED In
Lyuchburg, for the News Of that city says:
"Seven hundred and nineteen millions OF the
strangast looking bugs, with wings, and stiugs,
and VIII kers, and golden adornmenis, and
moustaches, brclouded the street lamps, aud
impeded the steps OF the weary p :destrlao.
Where they caue from and where they are GO
ing, or what on earth they came for, this de.
pouent saith not.
The men lately arrested near the Dismal
Swamp, charged win az attempt to rob a
bank at Suff,Ik, have been identified by VIM.
Piukertou, of Pinkertun's detective ageocy, a.
professional bank robbers. The party Is com
pos of Frank Mccoy, alias Big frank, an es
aped Convict from the Delaware pcnltc ntIary
Gus Fisher alias Sanford, aud Thompson, alias
Tom McCormac, who killed John Casey, an
other noted robbcr, souc tune since.
The town OF ST. Johns Canada, was visited
| by fire yesterday Territory six hundred feet
| wide and mile in length embracing the Gu
tire business portion Of the town, was burned
Seven hotels, uiuc churches cu-lomhousc,
courthouse, pos,othce, United States consulate,
two banks, docks, vessels in the RIVER, portion
of the bridge, ST. Jyhn's wJoleu mills, stone
and China warcrUoms, and $50 stores and
/ houses were destroyed.
Last Thursday night an unknown negro took
an engine already fired up at Salisbury, n. G.,
on the Atlanta Air Line, between Charlotte
and Greensboro, 10 the absence OF the engineer
and frcmaD, and ran il doWn the road some
twenty miles, seriously interfering with the
business Of the road.
1t is stated that ex-Congressuan Sloss, oil
Alabama, and State Senator Moore were ex-
pected to fight duel to morrow or Iext day
on the Arkansas shore Of The Mississippi, OPP
poste Memphis The parties have tor somt
time been engaged in a v2ry bitter potlca
rivalry.
Henry Screiber, late assistant cashier Of tn
New York Branch Methodist Book Concern
has been lodged in Ludlow-s,reet jill, 10 thai
city, on a charge Of defaicatioo. 1t is alleged
that Scrciber abs'racl>d from the safe bond
belonging to the Concern to the amount o
Sl5,uOU.
The Atlantic and Great Western railroad an
nouuces a further reduction OF So each OIL
rouod trip tickets from Cincinnati to New York
and Pail .Ic phia, making the rate Tor rounc
trip to New York $25, with usual stop Ove
privileges Tick rs good for sixty days.
H. H. Downing, Of Fauqucr comfy, Va.
has been elected medals; aud orator OF Jctfer
son Literary society, University of Virginia
this session.
A man named Station was arrested near Bar
boursyile, Orange county, Va. Saturday, for tht
murder of hi, brotherin Jaw, seven years ago
in Amherst county. His wife betrayed him.
RETROCEsSI0N The question Of the re
PROCESSION OF Alexandria to the District Of Col
umbia seems to have an Indefinite existence, o.
rather to have cat-ved being in the miods
of those 10 favor OF the scheme. 4 curre5pon
dent of the Washington Republican Of thi'
morning, from Ballstou, in this county, says
no correct widespread mlsapprehenson
permit me to say that the receut decision o.
the Supreme Court 10 the case OF Phillips vs.
Payne did DOT 10 any wise touch upon the cOU
stitutionaIity OF the act Of 1916 rclrocading AL
cxandria county to the State of Virginia. The
court, however, did decide that we must pay
taxes levied by Virginia, no matter 1t be! pow
or was de tactO aud not de jurc; and further
dccii.d that Congress must take the nltlatory
steps, and not Individuals, 10 secure our return
! tc the District. The most able arguments oil
our counsel, MessIs SheIlabarger aud VIII
loughby, will convince any reader that We arc
uucousitutonaIy portion Of Virginia. The
argument Of her counsel, Mr. Daolel, was sim
ply a demurrer to our eaiu that We ought not
to pay our taxes 10 her, aud he wholly avoided
the issue we cndcavorcd 10 force upon the court
that the act OF 1916 Was unconstitutional. AT
the proper time We propose to assert our rights
through the chaunel suggested By the Supreme
| Court, to. Wit, 10 Congress-, aud by securing re.
peal Of the act Of 1916 restore TO the people OF
the United States that portion OF her territory
so illegally taken away by that act. We have
gained much by the late decision, siuce 10 our
past efforts 10 Congress We We're constantly met
| by the assertion that we must first test and de-
termDc our legal status by appeal to the courts.
This We now have done, and thus have an un-
doubted clear field before US forappcal to Con
gress Why don't the correspondent move
TO Washington aud save himself further
trouble.
| a STKANGE AND SUDDEN INSECT VIsITANT
The business occupants Of the Basin bank were
surprised Thursday night and yesterday morn
| ing at roofs, cornices and in some instances the
| entire fronts Of their places Of business being
| literally ornanented with singular gosssmer-
like finish, which. on inspection, proved to be
formed by q liberal coating of q species OF fly
which had deposited itself during tie night
Bushels of them might be easily collected. The
H? is black, and the body. about an inch in
! length, slender and similar in appearance to an
ordinary dragon 1y differing from it, however,
in that it is furnished with four transparent