Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-10-22
News OF the Day.

News or the Day.
The municipal election 10 Baltimore taxes
place TO morrow.
Seoator Patter=oo, Of South Carolina, siys
r:prblica oisn il killed 10 that State.
Tt=,a will BE- hardly any contest 10 Ni=si==ip
pi a. the tall e!ectious, everything telng dan.
ocratic.
TIE oysser =huckers Ct BsItimese are % a
strike because the dealers enlarged tbs 8 q OF
Ike ucasure=.
III: Internal R=7aaua Department has re-.
tu:e1 u c1o=e1. to so7 delay 10 the eaforce-
nens Of the law req1irlog bittsra sellers to take
ou: !:y1?r !iceo=e beyond tbs 1t O. January.
y. q. Asc.5, aho Tas pu. in the penileo
tia:7 i1r conpi:i!y IN the crooked Thskey
CASE. Ia: =1:d G:o. Bu:I:r for 500 paid lin
a. f=e, bl: Is. whica hs rendered % service
Daring The high tide 10 Sertamb=r porpo=e
.1an il Me.eti,h'4 Creek, North river. 3D.,
ard zircc ,t:a it Ia: nct been a5!s to get cat.
/: il ab3G. ta:!7e !c:t Iong, aud Is g::!i7g 90
tam. IA: bat car b. roHad up 70 il.
Th1ma?r. Wallace, Ne7 York bra#:y.
ha= purchased toe trot.iny hof=a Hoostol. pay
o2 f,r ki1o, i: i =:a::d. j,JJJ. III. Wallace
Il ttc c1a:c 1f Dsro7, Tri1@ph, H=or7, White
St9cklcg, z1t se7e:.! 0: -: b:s: tr1:tai= 10 the
cupLt!J.
4 beautiful ;o1oy Eogtlsh orphan at ..,,sw
D,H:ana, 10 lhs Gelsriam Ct yellow ieTtr tao.
s:I:; ~: ~: 8 hsI a.tendants Tss her be.
s.:.:.:.:: IN +: E.7zIz.+, aud that be had come
=. uai:7 H.. e: t:i 1eath, j5iop happy 10 her
IL .:.1z;..a
I, !:7i.!oy:sn. loza, dspa.ch aaj the d u
nrztt. :;:asc Ieaicra, owing 10 the recent sc'lo2
=. 80, ter in .
1zt1n CITY, arc preparing to take active meaa-
u,.a u a.cu,c tbs advantage OF holding Con.
yr.a.iona elections ln November.
A. Little Falls, n. Y, yesterday. cheese Of.
fered, II 900 boxes; sold. 500 boxes, VIZ,
. 900 b,zea choic:s: special orders at 9 cents +,
. 800 bozcH consigned, and the rest at s..
Ihrr: il no s;cadioeas to values az yet GpD
box farm chccac add at 3ag1; mostly at ct7.
Butter, l7a2l.
II. Rev. Sylvc4tcr II. Rosecraos, Catholic
+ ahor Of Columbus, Ohio, and brother Of
Gen. w. 8. Ros:c:ans, died suddenly at St.
Joscphs Cathedral, ia that city, last night
The deceased was farmery auxiliary Bishop Of
Cincinnati, and was highly cgteemcd for bis
learning aud plcty.
A farmer Ii,icg near Annapolis, Md, named
Captain Edward Tours, died recently. lie was
10 uuacriy that he denied his family the neces
aaslea If life. Sunday, 10 an old oatI barrel in
his corn crib, $4,000 10 gold, allvcr and
government bonds were found.
AnscIl Merritt advcrtlscH as folIowa ia Troy.
Kanaa4: "Whorcaa, when | am inttxicated ]
am not competent to mako contractt and
whcrcas, have been taken advantage Of On
several occasions recently, 10 such oontrac'H
notify aIl pcrsouH that ahall not hereafter full
fiji any contrlc q nado by INC when drunk.
Referring to the rrcnnt trouble there, com
muuication from tho district attoroey OF fenaas
Parish 10 tho Governor stattH that q sheriff.
poYgc OF fifty men, going TO execute q writ for
tho arrest Of Fairfax, were fired upon by 400
armed negroes. The possc returned tho fire,
killing and woundug eight negroes aud dis
pcrslng tho rcat.
The Commiahioner of Internal Revenue has
received dispatch from revenue agent w. II.
Chapman, dated ut Statewide, N. g., yiug
that nprciaI deputies LlIingtoo, Caldwell, Ford,
l.arncr and liobHon had lust returned from
Yudkin and Davis Counties, whcro they had
captured aoven sls and fixtures. twenty five
bualcs Of meal. 1850 gallons mash and beer,
and Two keys oil whIskcy.
Tho body Of n WON an who jumped overheard
from q steamboat on the Delaware river on
Friday and was drowned has been recognized
sy Mrs. Sophia Hubert, Of New Orleans. The
deceased had come North to contest the will of
her sister, who died recently 10 Camden, N. j.
During her absence from New Orleans two Of
her children died 10 that city from yellow fever,
aud it is supposed that the excitement led to
her suicide.
A party Of whito men on last Friday night
entered tho dwelling Of negro living on the
farm Of George Il. Wellington, near Glencoe
Town, Tennessee, and killed him. Ono of
them was arrested, but tho other fed, aud,
when pursued, drawing two pistols, defed bis
pursucrs and escaped. Several negroes living
10 tho Dcighborhood hearing Of the murder,
last Saturday night killed a white man named
Baird, who was found asleep Oh the porch of q
grocery store at Cuba.
Inspector General Marcy, 10 his annual report
as to the condition of the army, recommends
the repeal Of the law forbiddiog the use of en-.
listed men for officers servants. lilo states
that at many Of the frontier posts it is impossi.
bic to hire servants, and strict enforcement OF
the law would compel the officers to groom
their own horses, wash their own clothing, 10.
He recommends the re. establishment OF the
former practice, requiring the officers to rem-
burse the Government for the pay, rations,
olotbiug, &,., of tho men employed asservants, |
which saved TIC Government $3.50 900 per |
apnum.
Cricket.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oot. 22.-The Australian |
cricketers arrived last night, and will play here
an TturcHo0 Eridnu np1 Sntrr5ou