Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-08-31
News Of the Say
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ated by the Jcbo Bate process. The cattle
we're killed Cd the liib, With tie tut! moneter
at lO4 degrees 10 the shade, and, though the
cars were exposed during the trip OF over | 800
miles to avery high Temperature, their contents
arrived in this city ID good condition. The sue
cess of this expErinrr; denlJn$t, a.ts the practl-
cability of trans porting bset fro!u the plains OF
| Texas to the eastern aiaikes al ally season OF
| the year, and it is not too much 10 expect that
| it will not be long before our markets ere reg
ularly supplied with Texas bett O. AS fine q
| quality as when ii l.syes its IA I've pastures
and not, az heretofore deterlo'atd by trans
portatlou alive by rail.
The grand jury oI Columbia, 8 C., Jester.
day returned true bills for treach Ct trust
against * Lieut.. Gov. G!eayer. * President
of the Senate Moot omer}, tx Gov. Moses. ex'
| Clerk OF tie House Jones, and * Treasurer
Parker A'so against Clerk u' the Senate
Woodruff for forgery 10 the amount UG 81 QUO.
against ore f. 5. Jscobs for forgery for over
S., 900, against Sc>tt, Parker aud Uoited States
Senator Patterson for conspiracy 10 the same
| forgery, against Patterson Tor bribery OF mem
| bers of tue legislature in the matter OF the
Blue Ridge Railroad aud other cases, and
agaiost Pattersos, Parker and II. II. kimpton,
| of New HrIk, Ter cob: piracy to bllo2 the Leg
| islature.
The steamship Labrador from HAVE, which
reached New York Wednesday, brcugh among
her passengers Mile. Aimee and her troupe of
twenty one actors ard actresses. Among the
incidents Of the voyage was the suicide or Mr..
Marshal the promp,er Of the company, who,
with the apparently impulsive remark, "Good
bye, ladies' aud gentlemen; God bless sou all,
suddenly sprang into the sea and Was drowned.
The event occurred % last Sunday. The
cause of the act is yet uokuOwD, but 1t IL asctlo
ed to mental arrangement
The postmaster at Sandy Hovk. Kentucky,
notifies the Department that one hal! Tho town
was turoed, having teen set on tire by lncsn-
diaries for the purpose oil robblDg the mail
The postofice, with all its contents was burn
ed. The postmaster says that the baud OF des'
peradoes who committed the act threaten bls
life, and be advises that the mails be dlscon-
toued until the incendiaIes are arrested.
The ceremonial visit Of the Governors TO the
Permanent Exhibition took place yesterday.
An Industrial procession. 10 which two thous
and workmen took part, Passed through the
aises OF the exhibition. The Governors were
taken to Chester to witness the launch OF the
steamer City of Washington, and tho evening
was wound up by banquet at the Continental
Hotel in Philadelphia.
The Hemp6eld Railroad short luc, thirty.
two miles 10 length, was sold yesterday by the
United States Marshal at Pittsburg for 81, 100
1t was purchased subject to mortgages amount
Jog to SOB 900 by William Keyser First Vice
President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
A terrific. storm passed over Gilman. Ills,
yesterday. The mill OF j. B. Gragson & Son
was destroyed and an eUployec killed by the
falling timbers.
Efforts to induce strike among the mioers
10 the Polts7ille district have SO far failed
Shipments Of coal frcm that region are larger
than usual.
Hopes of f. l.. Davcopott's recovery were
entertained to-day.
Elk Gov. Shannon, of Kansas, died last uight
Cora YoUNa's DEATH.-Coroner Flanagan
received visit from two young men yesterday,
who stated that they had brought to Bellevue
Hospital the young girl, Cora Young, who
since died there from peritonitis following
abortion.
Ooe of The men was Chas. Prudcns, q French
mau residing ia Greene street, where be keeps
house Of l.fame. Cora, he says, was boardcr
in tho house when be bought it about month
ago. She had come there a week or TWO be.
fore, aud had during her residence there at.
tracted considerable attention from her strange
behavior. She was low spirited aud mean.
choly, aud seemed disincli1ed to engage in any
scene OF gaiety. a week ago last Monday she
became quite i'll, and Prudens called 10 Dr..
Carreau. Upon a certificate issued by that doc.
tor he took her 10 Bellevue Hospital. While
10 his house she never referred to her family.
AT the inquest yesterday Dr.. Carreau was
called and testified that he bad attended the
deceased and had called On her three times
while she was at the house No. ll8 Greene
street; she was then suffering from loss of blood;
be prescribed for her; she told him that while
10 the country few weeks before she had taken
drugs for abortive purposes; she spoke Of hav'
Jog great desire to marry young man, but
her father refused to allow her; he was we'll.
to do merchant, she said; she then ran away
from home 10 the company of him she loved;
on the way TO New York he seduced her and
on their arrival in this city be deserted her; she
was then forced to enter house of i'll fame, as
she would not let her family know { f her stua.
tiop; her f.ther, she said, was very severe
man. The doctor had frequently told her to
90 TO hospital and then write home. lhs
she, however, refused to do, nor would she tell
him where her parents lived.
Deputy Coroner Miller, on being sworn, said
that be had made q post or'em examination
of the body Of the deceased and found that
death was due to acute pertonitis, following
an abortion.
The case Was then given to the Jury, who.
after some little deliberation, randered yer.
dict TO the effect that Cora Youog came to
her death by acute peritoniis. the result OF an
sborticn, from the use of drugs administered
by her own hands Oh or about August IS,
1877. IN Y Herald
No DEMOCRATIC NEGROES WANTED
Abou! six hundred colored people assembled n
the Park yesterday 10 hosr III, addresses. deliv.
cred by speakers Of heir own color, on the sub.
jact CT the proposed Liberisn emigration scheme.
The speakers were Rev. B. F. Porter, of Char les.
ton Senator" Maxwell, Of Marlboro Adam
Thomas. Doorkeeper of the House. ard others.
Their hearers are grestly wrought up by the
arguments used to baguile them OF their peanies,