Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-01-26
NEWS OF THE DA Y.
$40 sAo.o the ve,y age and body Of the times:

$40 sAo,o the ye,s age and body Of the times.
The National Bank of North America, in
New York, has been defrauded out Of $2l9,-
600, by means Of certified cheeks. It is said
that the man who committed The fraud was u
broker named Myer Of the firm of Al. Myer
&Co., and that friend of the firm has made an
offer to compromise for $S5,000, which the
bank rejected The president of the bank,
Mr.. John P. Yelyerton, has since died OF apo
plexy, his death being attributed to the excite
ment attendant upon the discovery OF the
fraud
The Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce has
passed resolutions adopting the GENITAL system
regarding the weight of grain, and also chang
ing the weight of barrel of -four from 1876 to
200 pounds. The above is to take effect on
the goth of September, instead Of March LIST,
as heretofore agreed upon. A resolution was
also passed, recommending ether boards to Tx
the change for that date. a:zG
Mr.. Richard B. Mullkin, residing IN the
Forest, Prince Georges county, Md, after
lying ill with pneumonia for some time, expired
on Sunday, the Goth instant. His wife, who
had been also Frustrated with the same disease,
died two days afterwards. They had been
married for many years, had lived as examples
of conjugal life.
Accounts from the Plains state that there
are about 10, 900 we'll. armed warriors upon the
war path and it is feared that they will pounce
upon some exposed point. Delegations from
all the Kansas tribes Of indians leave at once
for Washington The party numbers eighty,
and will create quite a sensation in Washing
ton.
The trial of COL Montgomery, Of Kansas
notoriety, and commander OF negro troops
during the war, and latterly in chief command
of the militia called on by Governor Fletcher
to restore order in certain counties in Missouri
alleged to be disafected, is now going on before
the United States Court at Jefferson City.
At the annual meeting Of the Massachusetts,
Anti, Slavery Society, yesterday, resolutions
were passed declaring that the negro can never
hope to receive security in his rights to life,
liberty and happiness, until he is placed on q
perfect equality with the white man in the use
of the ballot.
The arms seized last summer from Fenians,
which were deposited at several points in Gen
eral Barry's military district, have been ap
praised by the ordnance officers at over Sl0l, J.
600. Bonds to double that amount are being
executed, when the arms will be delivered to
the claimants.
Rev. Joel Lindsey, the man who whipped
his child three years old, to death last June, in
the town of Shelby, Orleans county, New York,
is now undergoing trial for mans!augbter al
Albion. There is great excitement ever the
trial
We have been informed that three pungies
were sunk last Saturday short distance below
Castle Haven in the great Choptank, having
been cut through by the ice. -Four men are
reported drowned from one Of the boats, and
the crew Of another has not been heard from.
The Baltimore and Norfolk mail steamers
are still detained at both ends Of the route, the
navigation of the Chesap cake being considered
unsafe in the present condition Of The ice
Norfolk harbor is perfectly open.
The Fenian trials are going Oh IN Canada.
some acquitted and some found guilty. In one
case Gen Jubal Early was witness. The
prisoner vas man from the South and was
acquitted.
The Htna and Phoenix Fire Insurance Com
2anies of Hartford, Conn, lose SIS, 900 each on
the late Vicksburg fire, which will otinter-
fere materially with the price Of their stock.
A dispatch says one half of the fourishing
town Of La Grange, Ca, was burned last
night, including all business houses.