Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-10
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!TE .y1s 0E THE U.sE'
A grccahackl,hn convention is ic s3g.ioo ct
Chicago. Dennis kcarncy is q n Eber.
la debate 10 tho Senate yesterday Mr.. Nor
gan said tho value Of tho c3tton crop this year
would be $500 GOO.
Tac o;y daughter Of Hoe. KaGdlll Gibson,
Ct Louisiara, GlcG at Fvrtrcs3 Molroc last Sat
urday.
Oaida. The novsls:. Is said to have made
about $500, 900 by the publication Of her works,
AID cap get g., COO fer my furnished manuscript
placed in tho hands OF her London publishers.
Hon. Wm. NJ. Springer was yesterday 70.
nominated for Congress, Ivy aoclauatiop, by the
demtcrstic coDsEc: siana! copvcLti2a CT the II h
Illinois Cia;r!c,.
The army woim has made lis appearance
in q Ieeu'S c9uaty, Long Island, 10 lomai kabe
plumbers, causing extensive damage to the
ersio crop. Mary fields of wheat have been
destroyed.
Both Houses OF Congress yesterday fixed the
time CT al juTuUtn: for the 10Th Instant. This
Congress has accomplished very little which
history will record rs ct permanent service 10
tho county.
PROCEEDINGS wore begun in PhllldIph;a ycs
tcrday which, II is hoped, will eliminate in the
| Wiping cut OF five bogus medical colleges WHOA
have been in the habit Of snllipg diplomas tC
parties rot On l!led 10 them.
Oregon has cona republican by about $40
ms ior,y. and n. &. George. rc, pI,oap, is tho
| first mcEbtr tirc: Of tho Forty seventh Con
srtss. The b'gialsurc " dorb;iul with The
chances in favor vi tho republicans
Col. EicmnGt Hill. Ore OF tho Oldest aud
! moh highly rcspr cted CT, z,rs OF Upper Msr!-
btr>, Md, died at his rnsld"LC3. near that viii
| lage, on Sunday Light. alter y sickun!S OF les
than three day.
The Douglass lnfan!ry, Gf hugusa Gs o
| ooorcd company, left there yesterday on ~ *.
curslon TO Richmond and Washington and will
pass in rcvle@ befarc the Pros dent and Cabinet.
Tho company comprises Hnlc OF the b,st col
orcd mcn Ct Augusta.
Tie funeral of The ls:c John Rroucham. tho
| { cor. took Niece Yesterday from tho Church OF
tho fran isuration, New York. There was
arc,, also members Of the L)tol Cluo aud
Theta Delta Chi Society.
Tho venerable ex-senator James. A. Baya,d,
who hes hann in dcclicg health some time. had
grown rapidly wCrse yesterday and was very low
asst night, with little chance OF lasting long
Some IF lis irici.44 far that he caunot I've ~
homs.
AT tho regular mt cling & TIE Western Mil
Assoc LtiOu. at PllS5urg yesterday. n resou
ton was passed ordericg q Suspension in all
the nail mills for period Of three months cut
ct tho EcXt four, commencing Gil Moody.
June l4th.
-Four Of the iudscs Of the Suprcmo Court +
tho Ds!ricj CT Columbia being divided en- tho
construction CT the statute directing lis! Of
witnesses 10 be served on defendant 10 cari
tai case two dsys before trial, tho counsel Tor
the three negroes oonvccd OF the murder OF
young liirth the greer have asked for re-
argument bdlrc bench OF Eve judges.
The Wost.rn Uciou Telegraph Company
transmitted over lis wires iccEl Chicago duriog
tho bino days. bCelaLiog las: Mouday week,
covcliug the period ct tho republican national
convention, daily average Of 1876 25l words Of
special LcHspa1-7 reports, and l5S ia words
| OF Associated Press repc1's; total per day 3jI
9G5 words. IN addition 10 bul!eics Of the pro
cesdiogs. which wcre transmitted every few
mioutes en- Distributed all over tho couutry.
Sarah Pierce, dissoiu'e womap, vino wa
committed to the House CT Correction in PhiIa-
dephia few days $50, is attracting much at.
teD'iop trCm the fac: chat. bcing originally
dNk mulattc. she is tCroag white. Almost her
entire body Is White. havlog tho appearance OF
the natural healthy stin CT white person. The
upper psrt CT her isCo and Spots Gu her body
remsio IS originally, rcarly black. Sd, says
she began to turn white IL spots about six
years ago. She is 10 good neal b and has never
been SICK.
General Grant SID party breakfastcd at The
Palmer Hcusc, 10 Chicago, yesterday with
Senators Cameron AID Logan aud one or two
other friendI. Gen. Grant c1overscd entirely
upon the &C ion of The oooventor said he had
90 faul; to find with il; that Garfield was good
man, end DO hoped he would DO elected, uod
that all his friends would support him heartily.
That he was disappointed, however, was appa.
rent uDder ali his phleqmatic demeauor. Mrs.
Grant expressed her great Disappointment, as
she had firmly believed from the beginning that
the General would be nominated.
Gen. w. II. T. Lee, OF FairfaE county, who
commanded cavalry at Five Forks on The Con.
federate right, testified before the Warren Court
OF Ecquiry, at Governor 5 Island, on Tues lay,
aod said that his immediate commend had about
l,SOO met; he saw no works at Five Forks on
the evening Of March SO; 10 the bsttle his right
loloed Coise's Lie and lrou'; witness diSmount.
ed enc brigade and extended General Corse's
liot; his hrss beoaDa engaged after the Con |,
federate lIpcs we're brokGD On the lf,; there |
WGs sharp lighting Tor about three quarters of
an houi; The streams we're Swollen ucG travel. |
iog bac; the cavalry pressed General Iee's |
IrOors, hut not severely, ard no WAS abs to |
get away and It ST fer III" Light 10 lhs niphbor |
hood of The South SIDE Il ,ilroad.