Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-10
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE
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jos. S,car is quite i'll 10 Washington.

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Secretary Sheimaa returned TO WaS1iogior
Yesterday tfcm O5!o.
i handsome ,nonuUelt has been creed 10
the memoIy o. the lato Col. LAWSON Bots 10
the Episcopal graveyard at Iha1Ies.oWo, VIVA
The s.eau,stiis City Of Brussels and Donan
lardsd at Castle, Gsr3eu yesterday With |, 10
s,cersse passergera, most CT whom are boulo
westward.
In the reero convention 10 Nashville, isnp.:.
rts,er. a resolution endorsing the uotlou Ct
Judge Ri7es, OF Ei.si5ia, IN regard 10 c9l0red
Jurors, was adopted
Richard Lac negro burglar, vas hanged as
Fayetteville, n. c.. yesterday, in the p!tssocie
of2 900 pcrsoDs He confessed bis crime a1o
said he deserved to be hanged.
The graves Of The Confederate soldiers at
WILMINGTON. N, G.. we're s!rewn with tjwois
Yesterday. There wes military aud civic roracc,
an artillery salute and 30 Grafton.
The annual rcncrt of The New York Pro5ucs
Exchange shows tbst the receipts OF gram, 1louT
and meal at that pGirt 10 1878 were l52 Sb2.-
10 bushels, az increase over 1877 OF AZ 54S. $50
bushels.
The Woodruff leieu,6c expedition around
the gcrid has been deGoately abandoned. II
srfhcieat uuntcr Of students and travellers had
baen enrolled the expedition WAS to have salad
from New York ca Thursday last.
The Louisiana Constitutional ConyeEi0n has
adop,co DC article prohibiting the Genera! AS
scmtly iron contracting any debt or liability on
the part Of the slate, except f3r The purpose OF
reps l'iug Invasion or suppresslug iniurrecIi9n'
The Ssaun,oa shaft 10 Wlkesbarre, Pa, 10
| gh;ch the excelsior of blsck damp occurred q
! few DAYS ego, Is being Il >oded, as the IRE
o5yers isrss area ADD fire damp is accunula:.
lag vc,y rapidly iE the pioe, AID terrible
| cz posioD Is anticipated.
The passage Of the California Constitution
| has crested great sensation 10 tho Mlalng
Stock Exchaoeo recently opened in New York.
The members pred {: disastrous results 10 Caii'
foraia. and the cen!.aliz!Dg Of mining ssocSs 10
| New York or s)me ether city than San Fran
| cisco.
i. 81. R,ms>y, i. s deputy marshal ehsrg-
| cd win killing ons Lighttoot. was tiled 10 the
federal cur. at Louisville, KY, yesterday, 90
vie f Esbeas corpus and discharged
| Ramsay was removed from the custody OF the
civil aushcr:ies by The cider CT the United
States c9u;:.
| Ii tic Southern i,apliat C0aVeutlco, al AT
la1ta, Ga, yesterday, telegram was recAved
rom Missionary Ystcs, Of Shanghai, Caina,
senging l4j l. PSala. THe president respond
Cd gih ITO h Psalm. Unanimous repart was
ns!c 20 favor of sendiog f.aerua! messengers
tc he Northern Baptists.
Ten Jones ADD Henry McLsod, both negroes,
weg9 Gaeged ct AppIiog, Columbia county, Ca,
yesterday. JoIes killed oo!ored woman in
| 1876, ca account CT jsslousy McLeed killed
bis caa sou, last November, because he be-
Iievcd BIN guilty Of stealing from him. Abou!
1900 persons were at the execution.
The G:st steamer that ever p!tusbed The
wa.ers OF the D:laWa!e as high I'D as Delaware,
n. j., passed that paot tab6us 70 miles above
Trentcp) yesterday, eod was greeted with
cAec-a by large crowd. The steamer is c,lled
the k!t!aiiuiug, 40 is iatcnded to rl7 b.:wec o
Delaware Water Gap and Port JEWS.
10 the u. 5. Seose. yesterday, the House
bill 70 prohibit military Interference at eleo,lops
was tt Zen up, and speeches against its passage
w.re made ty Senators Blaine. Eimuuds aud
Chard7. The bill vas then passed without o
single amerdueot by vote Of 80 to 90. and
now goes to the pic ideut for his action.
| Z !umor vas current yesterday 10 Jersey
! City ,i.a! due? Wss fought Oh Tbursaay on the
saor. 81 New York Bay, near CommuoipaW
| S;aiaa, On the Nav jersey Central Road. Six
uen s mha:ked st the STATEN aud preceded
| t. he beach, where The distaDo5 vas paced.
| TIE pr.reirais-ora a stou., smooth faced 10 an,
w?is hing tv4r ,wo hnndred p5uady, the otter
| slender youG2 map, armed with large dueling
pistcls-tz;hepged Gus shot without effect, and
seemipey sati:6ed. returned to New Y otk.