Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-06-01
News Of the Day.


G.. g. Syeery, of Harrington, Me, as having
occnrred on that vessel on the 10th OF May,
fey hours after that vessel Left the port o!
Havre. Four Of The six men refused to obey
the orders Of the mate. Henry Harris made az
attack upon him with revolver aud killed him
instantly. They then attempted the assasslna.
lion OF Can't. Cole, the master, ADD the second
mate. who escaped by barrlcading themselves
10 the Captains cabio. Through the energy
and courage CT the cook, steward and TWO or
the men, who were loyal to the cfhccr, the YES
sci was got back to Havre. Upon visiting the
vessel With the Chief OF Police the Consul
found the body Of the mate mutiatcd with p!s'
to bullets The mu!inccrs were placed 10 irons
ADD at once sent TO prison, the witnesses re-
naming on board under police guard, awaiting
the action OF the French authorities, who claim
jurisdiction over the case, as 1t Is charged ny
the French pilot, who was on board at The time
of the muliny, that the mutlneers fired upon
him.
The coal oil refinery OF Mrs. Silvia {. Hunt
corner of Eden street and Canton avenue, Bal
timore, 10 the Immediate vicinity Of the depot
of the Philadelphia, Wilmington add Baltl
more Railroad, took Ere this morning ty the
explosion Of an oil tank, and was entirely COO
sumed. Au explosion OF other TAM Is and 'ar
rels filled with oil followed, and the burn!Dg
fluid poured iuo the streets, filling the cutters.
From Eden street to Caroline, an entire block,
on the north side Of Canton avenue, the burn
ing oil oveihowcd the cutters and sent up a
volume of flames fifteen to twenty-five feet 10
height, setting fire to every house. a brlek
block of nine small tenement houses was badly
damaged, the woodwork OF the fronts and roofs
being entirely burned. Five or SIX other small
dwellings had the fronts and roofs burned. The
heat was so intense that the granite curolng
along the cutters was pulVerlzed.
For two weeks past eleven white democrats
of South Carolina have been on trial before the
United States Court at Charleston on charge
of participation 10 the conspiracy to lntlmldate
colorcd voters at Ellentou last September. The
argument was finished yesterday, aud to day
Chief Justice Waite, who is presiding with
Judge Bond, will charge the jury. There were
over two hundred and fifty persons arrested on
the same accusation, and these eleven have
been placed on trial as test. y Charleston
dispatch says it is believed the jury will dis
agree.
A Columbia, s. C., dispatch says: The Sen
ate judiciary Committee has reported rccom,
mcnding that the seats be declared vacadt OF
Circuit judges Il. B. Carpenter, OF the 9TH
circuit, and Thompson II. Cooke, Of the Sth
circuit, on the ground that they were lccteI
at time when there was no vacancy IN the re-
spcctVc Offices. Both Of these gentlemen are
republicans, and both were elected at the same
time with Moses and Whipper.
Another munifccnt Gift has been made u
the charities of Boston DR. Peter 8. Brig
ham has bequcathcd to it his entire estate,
subject only 10 some annuitieS. 1t is Estimated
that in the fulness OF time, when life interests
in the estate have expired, the capital Of the
fund be has by his will set apart for the benefit
of the sick poor of the county will amount 10
three millions OF dollars.
At the meeting Of the Dung Mems Catholic
Union yesterday, in New York, resolutions
were adopted urging delegates to seek to inter
est their societies 10 the cause OF Catholic cdu
cation, which they regarded as an absolute nc
cessity; also, for the establishment and main
tcnaucc Of schools TO Instruct their youth in
worldly knowledge aud in the principles Of the
faith.
a span Of horses ran away in Rural Gene
tcrg, Albany, yesterday, and Miss Lizzie Cal,
hour, one Of the occupants Of the carriage,
jumped and struck upon her head, killing her
instantly. Her companion, Alice OTtrton, re-
manned 10 the carriage aud was severely but not
fatally injured. Both were members Of tho
graduating class Of the High School.
Yesterday moroing, when the day force went
10 work 10 the silver orc tunnel near the Terri
bic nine, at Georgetown, Colorado, they found
the manged corpsaS OF John Gregory Harry
W,1t ND q
whom had been killed by explosions Of po~-
der. There is no survivor to account for the
cause.
The railroad officials 10 Pennsylvania who
have ordered reduction Of ten per ceut. in the
pay Of their employees from to-day have 50 far
heard Of 90 resistance 90 the part Of the en-
gineers The men themselves are non com.
initial, but tie indications are that they will
quietly submit to what is so plainly inevitable.
The stockholders Of the Mcmphs ard
Charleston railroad have adopted a resolution
that il the event of their being unable to take
up their shaft of the $4,000 necessary to take
the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Rail
road Company for term Of twenty years
A billiard match for 1000 and the cham.
plonshlp at Iammapy Hall, New York, last
night, between Dion, the champion, aod YIN.
Sexton, was won by Sexton. Score COO to 442.
Sexton flushed the game With an unfinished
run of $50. Dion's best run was &c.
The Richmond Dispatch says: Gentlemen
prominently connected with the Liquor Deal.
ers' Association say that they have found way
to prevent the Motfett register from being put
into use by the State authorities. They feel
confident abou it,.
Mr.. J. B. Stillson, the New York Herald $
Salt Lake City correspondent, reports two re-
cent attempts to aSsassoatc him. The mau
guilty of the assaults has not been identified or
apprehended
The General Assembly OF Rhode Island
to day passed a resolution inviting President
Hayes and his Cabinet to visit Rhode Island
on the occasion OF the army reunion 10 Provl.
deuce.
1Nbo nil, nm nf Nou {lont rnpilIo IN fhn Hhac.