Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-11-13
News OF the Day.


Philadelphia, hailed policeman, in New York'
yesterday, and requested him to lead them 10
to some hospital, az Pennington was injured.
The officer took them to Bellevue Hospital,
where it was found that Pennington had been
shot behind the left ear. Pennington charged
bis companion with Intentionally shooting him.
He stated that he had requested Kcnsey 10
come TO New York with him to purchase a
steamboat. They went over 10 Long Island
City, aud, 10 walking through tho woods, Aen
sey drew pistol aud, according to Pennington :
story, shot him, intending to murder HIM and
steal his money. kepsey claims that the shoot
ing was accidental, and was much astonlShcd to
| iud himself charged with Intentional assault.
Kensey was arrested and locked up. 1t Il
| thought that Pennington's wound will prove
| fatal.
A dispatch from Memphis says A few
months ago Mack Williams and somc friends,
residing four miles north OF Raleigh, 10 this
county, were engaged 10 a row with party oil
colurcd men and shot two OF them. Since then
| reign of terror has existed 10 that section. a
number of colorcd men have been shot at night
| resulting 10 driving away number OF hands
from the plantations. The law abiding citizens
have been overawed by the ruffians Last Sat
urdfy night Scott Smith, worthy negro, resld
| ing on Taylor plantation, was called to the
| door by fifteen or twenty men, among whom nc
| recognized Williams. aud fired upon. lie was
wounded iu the head and arm. The gang be-
| lieving they had killed Smith left. Smith came
| to the city yesterday to seek redress and pro-
| lection.
A dispatch from Jacksonville, ILL.,, says -
Last right at Franklin, John II. Duncan being
refused liquor at the drug store OF Wright
Bros. returned after the store was closed, enter,
| ed through back window, distributed key
of gunpowder over the floor. turned taps OF Goa
oil barrels and set the whole on fire, and at
tempted to escape, but before he had succeeded
terrible explosion occurred, entirely demollsh'
ing the drug store and setting fire to an adjoln
ing grocery store of Langley & Polling, which
was also destroyed and probably fatally burn.
ing Duncan. Loss $4,000
A Washington special says the operations of
| the fishing commission, this summer, have
brought to light bank hitherto unknown,
about fifteen miles off the mouth of Boston har-
Dor, it is so rich 10 fish that from 500 to ,OOU
| pounds were taken BY trolling within halt an
| hour and among the victims Was discovered a
| splendid species OF flander previously unkDoWn
on the American coast and believed to be pc
culiar to Greenland.
The Secretary of War yesterday published 40
order that all names of battles which have been
appended 10 the various regiments should here
after be omitted from the army register. This
is in keeping with the policy Of Cancellation
adopted by the administration, and especially
realizes the resolution once offered by Sumner
to have all names of battles in the late civil war
stricken from the flags.
A Galveston dispatch states that Lieutenant
Bulls, of the Texas militia, had crossed the
Rio Grande with few scouts near the mouth
of the Pecos river, and that he was attacked
aud defeated by force of five hundred Indiaps
and compelled to retreat. Col. Young has left
Fort Clark with two hundred cavalry to rein
force Lieut.. Bulls.
The President says that so far as his South
ern appointments were concerned he had from
the first endeavorcd to appoint such men only
as could BE- depended upon to execute the laws
He has determined that all the papers in cases
where appointments aud removals are made
shall be placed at the disposal of Senators.
The death of Foster Blodget, at Atlanta,
Georgia. is announced. He was connected with
the Bullock administration of Georgia, and was
at onc time postmaster of Atlanta.
Henry Norfolk, aged &c, convicted. at An
napolis, Mo-, on the Ord inst, Of the murder of
his wife, Sallic, on the Goth of May last, near
Friendship. was sentenced to death yesterday.