Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-12-11
NEWS OFTHE DAY.
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The National Convention of those interested
10 the manufacture and sale of spirits was held
yesterday in Washington. Mr.. G. !H. Curtis,
of Illinois, elected president. The .presl
dent, on taking the chair, said the object OF
the convention was to place before their Rep
reBentatives in Congress theIinef6ciency, ct the
present tax on spirits He would recommend
very decided change in the law, so asst ex-
clude any induoement to fraud. lie was salts
fed that in the State Of Illinois there was less
than five cents per gallon collected on the WhlS
key consumed. aHa ,*aH i4,i1 3a.sf tssa han
Mrs. Catharine McFall, widow, and her
daughter, Jennie, we're discovered in their
room, in Brooklyn yesterday, dead, locked in each
others arms. An, examination showed that
noison had done the work, and a druggist IN
New York, named Joel D. Price, who was
known TO have been in the habit OF visiting
them, was arrested on suspicion. His state
ment makes the affair very mysterious one,
and an inquest will be held to-day Il
Mr. Francis Mohun, of the firm Of Mohun:: y
Son, lumber: merchants Of Washington, who
owns fine summer residence near Laurel,
Prince Georges county, Nd, lost the same'and
all bis furniture by a fire, which occurred last
Sunday morning at l % clock. The overseer,
Mr.. Owens barely escaped with his hte: losing
his wearing apparel and all the money he pos,
sessed. 4 The house was valued at st, OO0, and
was insured for 81, 500.@ 7f#.I !.
kilograms from all quarters indicate the
prevalence ofcold weather. At Portland, Me-,
on Monday morning, the mercury stood de-
grees below zero, and at Oswego, N. T., the
same; at Halifax degrees; Boston 5 degrees;
New York 10 above The New York State
canals are effectually sealed. At Troy, N. T.,
and other points, the Hudson river is frozen
over. '-.,e- 80 -
The Senate Finance Committee met yester-
day, and discussed the case of Collector James,
of Richmond, suspended by the President for
alleged corruption 10 office. The reasons as
signed by the President we're thoroughly ex-
amined, and the committee, 10 view OF all the
| facts, decided to sustain his action.
A locomotive exploded yesterday morning at
Glover's Gap, on the Baltimore and Ohio road,
near Wheeling killing the conductor and en-
gineer, and another employee OF the road. a
\ tasaman in the shop in Wheeling died subse-
! auently from injuries received. go" go ~
Adyices from Porto Rico state that the earth
quake shocks have not ceased One: hundred
and fourteen shocks were felt in eight days. -
Several buildings had been destroyed. The
people at ST.. Thomas had. given up all efforts
| to rebuild their houses or to resume business
The estimates for the next fiscal year, as sent
| in by the various departments at Washington,
are: War, $62, 100000; navy, S47,00O000;
civil list, ISL 100000; pensions, $50, 600 900
bounty, $25,00O,000 Indian and mlscella'
neous, 20,000,0O0. Total, 1925, OOO,O OO
Messrs Pickerell and Gould, of New York,
were examined before the Committee on South
eln Railroads yesterday. It IL reported chat
an effort will be made to revive the AssassiDa-
ton and Union Prisoner Committees, both oil
! which are now extinct.
La the u. S. Circuit Court, Brooklyn, yester,
day, Judge Benedict sentenced Edward Duffy,
who had been convicted of Illicit dstlllng, to
the Albany Penitentiary for thirteen months
Col. Capron, head Of the Agricultural DE,
partment, has issued an order abolishing the
Office of Superintendent Of the Experiments
Farm; also, making other important reduc
tons therein, saving $500 per month.
The Pittsburg municipal election took place
Yesterday, and resulted in the defeat of the
Radical candidates by nearly three thousand
majority ~: ~ -,
Scbr. Hampden Bell, of Salem bound for
Baltimore, with lumber, was dismasted and
waterlogged on the 9th instant off Cape Sable.
The crew were taken off after great difficulty.
Thirty two prisoners escaped from the city
Jail at Charleston, S. C.,;on Sunday night, only
one of whom was white.
1t is estimated that $4,000 men are out OF
employment in New York. General dulness
in all trades prevails. -s,:.s..}.j -......- -u
Another revolution has broken out in Hayti,
and sanguinary conflicts had occurred between
| the revolutionists and the troops of Salnave.