Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-07-17
VIEWS OF THE DA Y.
$40 sao,o the very age and body Of the TIMES.


said to have on Monday publicly pulled the
nose of Mr. Cyrus ". Field. MIR. Jones
proyocation is alleged to have been that at the
dinner lately given to the Press by the Caple
Company, some statements made pS "lr'
Jones about the cost Of cable dispatches we're
r,leIy contradicted by Mr.. Field, and that the
latter gave MIR. Jones the lie
Elias Howe, Jr, who claims to be the 10
ventor of the sewing machiue. has applied To
Congress for an extension Of his patent tor
seven years. The patent was originally grant
ed in 1916, aud has been once extended. Mr..
Howe admits the profits of this patent to have
been nearly twelve hundred thousand dollars,
but claims tina! he has not yet beer sufficiently
rrmunarated.
\ military commission 4: sembled in Raleigh,
\. C., few days ago and adjourned to meet
again ON the 18th inst The commission was
convened to try some OF the citizens charged
with killing negro named Archibald Beebee,
whom it was alleged had attempted to outrage
respectable young lady Of that town.
Senator Henderson, OF Missouri, chairman
of the Committee on Indian Affairs, made
statement to the Senate, Yesterday, concerning
the Indian war He is in favor Of making
peace with the Indians, and Of settling them
upon a reservation away from the whites.
A large number Of the prominent business
men Of Baltimore have forwarded to Posmas-
ter General Randall petition asking that the
mail leaving New York city at midnight, IN
stead Of being delayed at Philadelphia, be i'm
mediately forwarded South.
Our Minister TO Japan, Mir. Van Valken-
burg, has been authorized to conclude treaty
with the Tycoon for an additional article to be
added to the treaty Of October, 1864: which
will give our citizens valuable commercial adj
vantages.
Some of the fire companies at Philadelphia
got into collision yesterday, during which
shots were freely exchanged. Two OF the po-
lccmen who attempted to suppress the dlstnr-
bance were shot and more or less seriously
wounded
General Sheridan has signifed his intention
of removing Governor Throckmorton, Of Texas,
together with the majority of the officers OF
that State, as soon as he receives authority so
to do. He has already selected their success
sOrs
Fire, yesterday, in Meadville, Pa, destroyed
the Baylor House, Smiths livery stable, with
six horse splso, ten dry goods stores and Nc
Mullen's residence The loss is $40, 900, with
SIS, 600 insurance
The banking establishment Of Mr.. Frederick
X. Slcet, in Philadelphia, was entered about
one O'Clock yesterday, and robbed Of thirty
United States bonds, chiefly Of the denomna-
ton of one hundred dollars.
A couple at Cincinnati, few days ago.
were married in a balloon, and afterwards made
bridal tour in the upper air, landing about
three miles from where they started.
The Germans, who are now holding their
Sangerlest in Philadelphia yesterday resolved
unanimously, and amidst great applause, to
hold the Sangerfcst Of 1865 in Baltimore.
Mr.. Horace Greeley is, We learn, to contrib
ute his autobiography to the New York Ledger,
in series Of papers with the title ''Recollec-
tions of Busy Lille.
Among the latest arrival ) ut Saratoga are
tHo young ladies from Havana, known as the
"charms Of Cuba" and wearing diamonds TO
the value Of $3.50, 900.
1t is reported that the rice crop OF South
Carolina will be 4 failure, A Charleston pa
per says the reports from various districts "are
very gloomy"
a tunnel under the Atlantic is to be the
next grand project The Home journal says
that such gigantic proportion il even now
on foot
The State Department at Washington has
received official advices from Vera Cruz an
nouncing the surrender OF the city and castle
to the Liberals.
The New York Herald states that business
in that city has come almost to stand STILL
and ataenati0n Of trade Is the general com
plaint.
Adyices le,rived al San Francisco from the
island Of Mauritaus announce that dread
ful pestilenca still prevails there.
Advices from Arizona state that great flood
in the Colorado river has Inundated and en-
tirely destroyed Arizona City.
.juarez the Mexican President, has official
" declared the port OF Tampico open TO COM
merce.
Two girls, 10 Roane county, Tenn, few
days ago larharously murdered their step
mother.
Accounts Of the cotton crop in Louisiana
are not favorable, owing to heavy rains and
the army worm.
FOREIGN NEws.-The Reform bill has final
" passed the British House Of Commons and
gone to the House Of Lords. 1t was read in
the House Of Lords yesterday evening, and a
second reading has been assigned for Monday