Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-06-09

news Cuban We have been publishing from !
time to time of late We have been satisfied
that the writer of this letter, besides being
able to verify all he writes, is cool-headed
man, and is by no means prejudiced against
the authorities Of the island. s.
A Trip to Alsxandria.-We cannot well
imagine how part of day. or Whole day
as for that matter, could be more agreeabiy
disposed of-in the absence OF any particular
Washington excitement-than in trip to
alexandria. The trip is short enough to pre-
vent the monotony Of locomotion; the steamers
Washington and Goiyer are large, airy, and
eomfortable and their captains are the very
embodiment of all that is polite, attentive, and
obliging, And then, too, the half hours dash
over the broad, smooth surface Of the lordly
Potomac-yith its shores full of story and its
waters full of shad; the ore recalling patriotic
"reminiscences and the other exciting epicu-
rean desires-a combination of the intellectual
and the animal the hea It beating with higL
and holy resolves, while the palate is tenderly
tickled with grateful visions Of "baked" ana
.broiledu' And then, still again, there is
Alexandria, in all the golden bloom of its now
rapidly rising glories, with its square-rigged
vessels-its three masted schooners-its 'long,
low, black screw propellers-its busy ,bustling
ferry 5oats-its long line of store houses-its
teeming workshops and mammoth mills-its
eleg mt warerooms and its sumptuous private
residences. We know Of no city south of
Mason & Dixon's line which holds out greater
home and business inducements than Alexan-
dria-none which is going ahead with more
prosperous strides The ancient city has be-
come modern city--pregnant with life, ac-
| tivity, and enterprise.
| While you are in Alexandria, you will be
reminded in the most substantial manner of
of the deservedly high character of her hotels.
| The Mansion hotel is model Of its kind, for
does not the host bear a name that is hist ORR
cal with the eating, drinking, travelling pub
lie? The " Mansion is what its name i'm.
| plies-a substantial, comfortable, and luxu-
rious home for the traveller. Capacious rooms
wide entries-hospitable looking stairways-
repose inviting Enthusiastically carved wood
| work-walls thick enough to Withstand a siege
-noiselessly attentive servants-and table
that would create an appetite under the very
| ribs of death. I s.. .....-
Arrears Of Pension.-The half sister of a
deceased pensioner recently applied for the
| balance of pension that was due him at the
time of his death, and produced proof that be
left neither wife nor child. It was held that
she was not entitled to the money, but that il
must oe paid to the legal represen; awe Of the
| deceased pensioner-to wit: his executor o,
| administrator This decision is in accordance
with the opinion of the Attorney General
| given Feb. %, 1884 in which he says" il
case of the death of the pensioner, leaving
neither widow nor child, the legal representa-
tive Chat is to say, his executor or ADM mis-
trator) is entitled to the amount due"
Tbs Current Operations Of the Treasury
Departnent.-On yesterday, the 9Th of June
there we're Of Treasury Warrants sEtered o.
| tho hooks of tho Department.
For the redemption Ct stoc ks..... .33S2 Al
| For the payment OF other Treasury
| debtS ...,......... ........... i5,9S4 VI
For the Customs. ................ 1925 81
Covered into the Treasury from
| Lands $50 OF
| Covered into the Treasury from
miscellaneous sources. ........ s,345 S:
| For the War Department........ ,667 81
| For re- paying for the War Depart
nent 1867 81
| For the Interior Department. 8 I5l {;
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