Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-02-13
News of the DAY.


The thirty-uinth call for the redemption OF
$50 bonds of 1865, May and November was
issued yesterday The call is Tor $40, 1000,
of which 81, 900, 600 arc coupon and SIS OUO, UUO
registered bonds. Tie principal and interest
| will be paid OF the Treasury on and alter the
| 18th day of May peXt, and the interest vii!
cease on that day. The following arc descrp'
tons Of the bonds: Coupon bonds, $500 NO.
| 81 ,50l to $500, both inclusive; 81 900, NO;
| 7O,55l to 10000 both inclusive. Registered
bonds, $50 No. 40l TO 45l, boz h Inclusive;
800, No. 5,3Ol to ) $50, both inclusive; $500,
| No. 3,GOl to $500, both inclusive; $1,000,
No. 1851 to H., 800, both inclusive; $1,000.
| No. 5, l0l to $3.50, both inclusive $lu,OVO,
No. 9,3Ol to $3.50, both inclusive.
The expected strike on the Boston and Maine
| Railroad OF locomotive engineers took place
yesterday afternoon, the men along the entire
long line drawing their fires and quitting their
engines. The strike is under the direction and
| by the orders of the Brotherhood. Efforts
were being made to obtain men not members 10
ruu the trains but with only partial success,
as two thousand people were at the depot, 10
Boston last night awaiting transportation. Inc
people along the line generally s5mpath'2e
with the strikers, and engineers taking. their
places were greeted with jeers aud h!SScs'
though no violence has beeu attempted. The
cause Of the strike is the refusal OF the com;
pany to agree to an increase Of pay demanded
by the men.
At the regular meeting Of the Baptist mini
sters, held in New York yesterday, the Rev.
DR.. Smith delivered al essay on the "Relatior
of justification to Specification. lie held
that they we're allied, aud tina! cnheatlon
Vas necessary sequence to justlcallon, the
latter meaning the publication from some SID,
which, being atoned for, sauctiheatlon followed.
DR.. Reed held that justification was slthplJ
condition necessary aud precedent to sahctillta
ton, but by no means the cause OF It,
Gov L. B. Hayes, at the lawyers banquet
, in Cincinnati, last Saturday night, at The
Grand Hotel, was warmly received by ncn O
both parties. As he arose lie was received
with the most uproarious applause The gucst
received him standing to man and shouted
themselves almost hoarse for several minutes
while Esndkerchef5 fluttered above the head:
of all. Col. Ozero Dood, when the umult II
a degree subsidized, proposed three cheers, which
were given with tiger.
A dispatch from Augusta, Ca, dated las
night says Gustav S@ple, a German watch
G maker, was found dead 10 his bed this niornin!
: from apoplexy. Patrick Sheahan fell into TIT
canal last night and was drowned. Nose Sui
ivan, a colored constable, was shot and kIe!
> 10 Hamburg By Edward lvey, colored., Mitchell
Blair had his throat cut by SAMUEL Stuart, !,
{ Grauitevi1le, aud died Both were co!ored, |
i was caused by liquor.
+ An organized raid 10 the northern part Q
Georgia has resulted 10 tue destruction 0! THU:
three disliIeries and the arrest 81 cightylou
men IMPLICATED 10 illicit distllling. On trlda
night detachment OF United States inau.ry
accompanying revenue agents, were ambush"'
a by distiilcrs, and Lieut.. Mcintyre, ri liz
/ Second Infantry, was killed. Another dcach
ment, sent cut 10 recover the body, are said
have killed three distilIers before gat;ing pos
session Of 1t.
The mystery surrounding The death OF til
,, blonde young lady found i'll the buryiug groun
= at TOmpkinsVlc, Staten lslaud, Sunday, /
yet uusolvcd. The body is that Of a girl OF =
: years Of age, of rouadad form. Her black lei
, hat was trimmed With feathers. She was dress
cd in blacl, alpaca, had on bu.toocl CATERS ant
red striped stockings. y ring was on her unge
aud black lace vail aud an empty Two Dune
/ phial was 10 her pocket.
When Bishops Dudlay aud Whlpple, Of TIT
S Protestant Episcopal Church, parted st Chris
t Church, Baltimore, on Sunday night, the
embraced aud kissed each other very tilec
tionately Their personal. AS we'll rs ccccsl
astica, relations are closely united, aud thei
We're each about TO start 90 long Journeys In
r different direction.
Approximations are felt at Memphis, Tenn,
: for the safely Of Prof. King, Of Philadelphia
c who made balloon ascension there yeslclda
aiterooon. When last seen the balloon va
= goiug it, the direction Of Little Rock, Ark.
over Tic Arkansas bottoms, and 1t was b.
lieved he would be forced to stay up all 4gf
as the wind was high and the night dark.
$ James Sutton, publisher of The AIiiua,
on trial. in New York, for perjury III swearing
that he lost about $3l3, 900 by IRE on III
. $4,000.
The negroes Of the surrounding counties 0
; Maryland and Virginia, having heard Of tn
: Congressional appropriation of 600 for tht
rclief Of tho poor Of the District, are pouring
into Washington and preparing to avail them
selves OF its benefits.
IA The case Of The suit CT Mrs. Tyler VS.. the
Baltimore aud Potomac Railroad, for damage
! Of S., 600 for injuries received on the road,
/. verdict was yesterday rendered for The plaintiff
5 Captain Eads was yesterday paid half nil
, lion dollars 10 bonds by the Treasury Depart
ment for his work in deepening the ohauoel Of
the mouth Of the Mississippi river.
] Foreign News.
f. The Servian Government has appointed al
envoy, who will 90 at once to Consantinople
empowered to sign 2 treaty q peace. All O