Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-08-01
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| i'rcaicnl Hayes ahl Secfttary Ntnulh #li'
pest.natcr G cucraI Key attended t:'c Washing
ton >chueiz:nlest yesterday evening. At thu
! baculct the President brichG replied TO TIN
! toast 10 his honor, returning hts hearty thank:
| for the friendly greeting. H!ossrS. Sctniz and
| Kay also made short speeches In response tc
| the toasts, The Uciici States of America
aud "Olr Invited Guests" the remarks o.
| each, as were those OF the President, being cn
! Enthusiastically applauIcd. Siuon Wolf, thc
| president oi the Schuetz:n vcrelo, conducted
the ceremonies, whic;l included award CT
medals for The best shooting aud tho GROWING
of The pew scuueiz3n king.
The President yesterday appreciated Mir.
Henry ". H!!i;ard, CT Georgia, as aI;Di&cr to
Brazil, vice Mr. James Il. Partridge, re,
signed Mr. billiard we prominent nan
thirty years ago, but has not been 10 public life
saco 1851, when be retired from Ccngrass. lie
wG3 opposed to secession, nut wheo Alabama
went gu. Of the Union be yielded her lis ohc
dicucc. After the Har he removed to Atlanta,
Ca, where ne he's resided eyer since AID de-
voted hgngcli to the practice of law.
The Adams Express Company las s2:tajraga
I'll its cars i7ou. TIE Da!t:more and Ohio rsii-
read, and hereafter none nf its freight will &c
transported by hat route. The two comna0iea
could not ng:cc rs to the tolls % !'a charged.
Tho Baltimore and Ohio will establish. 40 cx-
press !iGc of It's own, while the Adams Express
Company will send goods 10 many points
reached by shc Baltimore and Ohio ever tna
Pennsylvania railroad and lis connections.
u New York the rioters who have been az
rested fer violence toward railroads. il c11r!ct-
ed, will 1a punished by Imprisonment in the
State peuitcutiafy uot exceeding ter years, or
by fine not exceeding 81 900, or Oy beth fine
and imprisonment On the Erie raiiroGd the
damage exceeded 1000, 0OC The State laws
also provide that the city or county where The
damage is done may be held liable Tor The LOSE.
AS far as known, the riots Of last week
through the ccuntr? resulted 10 50 killed aud
about 100 wounded. In Chicago The loss Of
life was doubtless much greater than reported,
as The rioters snatched up their fallen irlcnds
and Carried them Of Whenever they Could do
so after the shots took effect, aud il Was i1Dpos
s;bIc to trace them.
kilograms from jackson, Miss, state that
there is an UNUSUALLY large attendance az the
democratic State convention. The iE;aods OF
Governor Stone aud General Lowery are very
confident of the nomination Tor Governor and
that in tie event Of close c01tcs! between
them General WaIthal Of Grenada will be
nominated.
The body Of Dr.. G. L. Wio:!ow was Gre
mated at Salt Lake City yesterday. The pro-
cess occupied about three hours. The heart
had been taken out and sent to his birthplace.
Nantucket The ashes are to be seat to the
grave Of his wlie, near Boston.
The Commissioners Of the District Of Column
bia have appointed Commoiore Var Rensacl-
lacr Morgan, late Of tie Confederate Navy,
INSPECTOR Of Works and Repairs CO Roads aud
Streets OF the District OF Columbia. Commo.
dorc Morgan graduated in the class Of 1886.
Sheriff Fife, of Pttsturg, who was reported
to have been killed in The riot Of July o. is
alive and well, but very angry at the blame
cast upon him By the citizens who refused TO
back him in his efforts TO bring the mob 10
terms.
By 80 explosion in mould of hot metal at
the foundry of Il. G. Tattcn & Co., in Pitts.
burg yesterday, two men we're fatally and eight
others seriously burned.
Edward n. Tidba esd, prominent cti-
zen of Frederick county, IN this State, died
suddenly at bis residence ucar Winchester last
Saturday.
The army Torm has appeared 10 the cotton
fields n north Mississippi.
TIE RICHMOND REVENUE COLLECTOR The
Washington correspondent Of the Baltimore
Sun says:
Several EiTguiaas were at TIC Treasury TO.
day preIerring charges against Mr.. Russell,
the newly appointed co ector Of internal revc-
nuc at Richmond ! high treasury official 10
whom the charges were presented slated that
they would be investigated. but he DID nc: t11b
there Was anything in them. lie said tia.
previous complaints had been made against
Mr. Russell, which examination bad demon
strated TO be frivolous and uafoundcd He
thought it Likely that the objection really was
that Mr. Russell was lot native Of the State.
This he considered unfair. as the administration
had been very liberal to native citizens OF the