Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-01-17
News of The Day.
The five or six cadet midshipmen

The five or six cadet midshipmen who were
Soma time since dismissed from the Naval Aca-
.ie,E; .os refusing to ,est.y in regard TO the
ha2icp ct "pebs" have bad their sentence aod
expusioo nntieated TO suspension tnrlDg the
present acaaemic year This seton was taken
hy the Secretary OF the Navy upon the expeil-
I'd cadets expressing regret for their acton.
These cadets were expelled tor refusing 10 d.
yulye the uamcs OF the participants III the naZ-
loc operations. out it l. understo od that II they
have Dceu guilty of nazlug itself nothing IN the
action OF the Department will prevent any
charges being preferred against them that the
law and the Superintendent may deem proper
Meetings of miners wcrc held AT Fro>tbur5
aud Louaconicg, Ailesaoy county, Nd, yesier-
day. 10 consider the action II the mluers Of m"
Consolidated Company who have goce to Work
il the New Hope ;uine al htty cents per ton
The majority Of the miners demand sixty hve
cents ton. TIE questioo OF wages was dis
cuSsed a, length yesterday, but 40 coneuAoo
as TO the proposed reduction % the part OF en-
ployers was reached, and 1t was determined tc
hold general mass meeting on the subject at
LoDacoDiug on Friday.
1t pow appears that the accounts OF Geo. j.
p. Banksop, who recently committed suicide 10
Philadelphia, reveal deIaIcationS or discrepaD
c;es APPOINTING to $4,000. \ number OIL
Phiiadelpha brokers aud merchants are loser:
10 amounts ranging f,om SO 0pO to $50 900,
| but the Haunis DiStijnk Couuany, OF which
he wss secretary and treasurer, will lose nothing
| rs every official transaction OF the company was
| required to be countersigned by the president
and approved oy ahe board Of directors.
A fracas occurred las pight at the Ebte'
House, Washington, between Colooel Craig
and Mr.. Maxwell, Tfea: ury detective. Max
we'll is the principal witness against Craig. VIII
| is under Indictment for detraundiug the Gov
ernuent, and the latter thought that Maxwell
was "shadowiog" him. They had some words
whereupon Craig struck Maxwell several time!
With caue, the latter returning the blows Will
his fist. Both parties were damaged before
| they were separated.
| The sixteenth annual meeting OF the Amer
can Colonization Society was held 10 Washing
ton yesterday evening. The receipts the past
wear were Sl1,07l34 The total number o
emiprspts dispatched from the beginning i
| l5,l25, exclusive OF 5, 722 Iecaptured Africans
| which it has oduced aud enabled the Govern
| meot to settle in Africa. The condition OF TIT
| Republic constantly improves, and generali
| the Society begins new year with renewed
| hopes Of Increased usefulness.
An examination of the wrecked bridge a
AshtabuIa, Ohio, shows that some OF the brace
90 the angle. blocks had slipped out before the!
were last painted, some Of them as much a
three inches. The braces should have been 81
fastened to the angle blocks that this could DO
have happened.
Last night at Dayton, Kentucky, Mrs
Minnie Biaisen arose from her bed after to-
family had retired, and without arousing he
husband, took her intact aud proceeded TO th
river aud tarew herself and babe into th
stream. The bodies we're recovered. The wo
mau vas probably derauged.