Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-02-06
LOCAL NEWS.

ago letter was received from a party s,st1 M
that he had sent some bonds for conyersipa
on, hao suoseq neatly received a circular,
stating the bonds must be endorsed, and
ASKING that they be returned 10 him. TO be
endorsed Upon searching for the bonds TO
return 10 MIN they could not be found. Thts
ehciteo Suspicion, and upon exami n alton OF the
books OF the express company, 1t was found
that receipts Were given for a nu Der of pac K
ages obtaining bonds which did not appear
on the books OF the Department. On Satur-
day evening Lee disappea red, and upos ,x
amining his desk number OF letters were
fonnd from parties stating they had not re-
celyed the bonds. 1t is supposed by the of. GERS
or the Treasury Department that Lee re-
celved about thirty tn otsand dollars worth of
bonds, for which he receipted on the books Of
the express company but did not enter them
on me books OF the Treasury, and approprI.
ated them to his own use. Some of these bonds
were endorsed, others We're not The enye
lopes in which the bonds are recei we'd are torn
on and thrown into waste basket and de-
stroyed, making il impossible for the officers tn
recover them or ascertain what amount Of
money they contained. 1t frequently happens
that parties IN transmitting bonds % the De-
partment in order TO save express charges rem
resent 10 the express company that the pack gage
contains much smaller amount than N really
Goes II rs therefore impossible to ascertain
from the books of the express COMPANY what
amount is missing.
ALEXANDRIA AND SICrsITY-From the
Alexandria Gazette of yesterday we clip the
following items:
The Mount Vernon Cotton Factory, in this
CITY now the property Of AbiJah Thomas. of
from the company by whom II was erectad
and owned prior TO the war, is now turning
out daily four thousand yards of superior IS
and "A brown cottons, for which there il AL
ways steady and continuous dema and
upon which handso me profit is made The
raw material is obtained directly from The
producers, via the Orange and Alexandria
Col: Geo. w. Brent, Capt. W. II. DuIany
and L. b. Taylor, Esq, who have been in
Richmond for several days past on business
connected with the Canal Railroad between
tais city and Georgetown, and each of whom
made speech before the Committee of the
Legislature to whom the matter was referred
returned last evening.
Mr.. w. H. CarlIp, the accommodating and
popular conductor of the passenger train, on
the Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad was
caught between two cars this evening, while
coupling them at Herndon Station, and se-
rlously injured. The arrival of the train was
delayed nearly an hour in consequence of this
deplerable accident
The ice opposite this city has not vet give
away, but has become soft, and the muddy
water OF the freshet is rising above ITS surface
and discoloring IL. One m: n, However
walked across IL this morning from the Mary
lahd shore, but had not the temerity to retrace
his steps though business equIred him TO do
At session of the U. S District Court.
Judge Underwood presiding, held this morn
Ing, man named Howard. from Floyd county
Va, arrested for circulating counterfeit money
was held TO bail In the sum of two thous nd
dollars, for his future Appearance
Two tug boats the Gov Curtin and Kate
Wise. left their moorings at King street wharf
aoout TWO O'Clock this evening, but proceeded
down the river only to the ship yard.
We are Informed that a petition, PRAYING
congress to annex the city and county of
alexandria, to the District of Columbia, is
being circulated, for signatures.
A RUSH OF THIKvEs-within a few weeks
dice operations in various cities of the North
has caused migration ef thieves "a tho Sor,h