Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-05-12
NEWS OF THE DAY.
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and Canada reached by its lines, and through
the Atlantic and Cuban cables to Europe and
the West Indies, the verdict OF the Senate on
the articles of impeachment simultaneously
with It's announcement in the5Senate ghamber
These dispatches are to be bu!lehncd at their
Office and furnished 10 the press free Of charge
Mr.. Fl. D. Washburne, Of Indiana, present
ed in the House, yesterday, a petition from
eighty women of the District Of Columbia,
PRAYING protection from being debarred the
exercise OF, the right;of suffrage, with a}bil re-
moving the existing disqualification OF sex,
both Of which went to the Committee on the,
District Of Columbia, under the rules.
The wife Of Andrew Bunting, formerly OF
Youngstown, Ohio, committed suicide on The
3Oth ult, by taking arsenic in the presencesot
her husband and children, because the husband
declined to purchase additional household turn
iture, claiming thai the house was furnished
with goods fine enough to suit any woman.
1t has just been brought out that the district
attorney for Philadelphia "a city. officer re.
| ceives a salary of $32 100. This Includes a
large amount of perquisities, and is $1,000
more than the President Of the y. 5. receives.
| He has held the Office for several years under
| a Radical administration. ~ i.i
The Tax bill, now il. the hands of the Ways
and Means Committee Of Congress- provides for
making the Revenue Department entirely sep
| arate from the Treasury, and giving the, Com
| missioner supreme power over the whole sub
| ect of making the appointments, and holding
1 him alone TO the responsibility OF collecting the
4 revenue. -IE--I
| The shad fishery on the Hudson, this spring,
thus far, is failure, and much money has
been lost in it. Hundreds of men and boats
| drift up and down with the tide daily, with
| but partial success. Shad are wholesalelng at
$40 per hundred, and the finest are retailing
| at 40 cents each, price tar above that OF last
year at this time
Boston essayed to establish line OF steamers
direct to England The steamers commenced
to run and have 'run out. They arc to be
| sold, and New York advises Boston not to at.
| tempt to sail in deep waters again, but keep
near the snore, or inland .n9
In New York, on Wednesday, out Of l,OO6
advertisements in the various papers for stu
atoms and help, it was noticed that 1888 were
for situations and only 275 Tor help; showing
that the demand for labor Is less than the
supply. r"
The Deseret News, at Salt Lake City, is
alarmed, lest Paris fashions should be introduce
ed among the Mormon women, and is startled
at the possibility ola Mormon Saint being com
relied to buy fashionable clothing for dozen
wives. 4
Gen. Sibley of the Freelmen's Bureau in
Ca issues an order directing that there be no
more secret political meetings by the colored
people, in order to aHay excitement and AVOID
misconceptions He advises open meetings.
The grass crop Of Pennsylvania, it is expect
ed, will be the heaviest cut for ten years. The
wet weather Of last fall, the SHOWS during the
winter, and tho continued rains OF April, all
combined to create heavy growth. sd - e."
Gen. Buchanan, Commander Of the Fifth
Military District has Suspended the collection
Of taxes for 1868 and 1866 on lands. in Louisi.
ana which we're OVERLOOKED last year, until
January lst, 1869. .-.-a<rsrr.
- In manufacturing cartridges for the French
Chassepot rifles, large amounts of silk are used,
and the demand is at prcsentso great as to have
caused considerable rise in the price OF silk IN
France. ......- ...rt e.. l.guloL.t#
y W. W. Holden, Governor of North Carroll
ma, has rendered the position Of priv ate secrc-
tary of his staff to Robert Douglas, the eldest
son of the late Stephen A. Douglas, ofIInos.
%. Rev. James Lynch, colored Presiding EI-
der of the NJ Il. Church in Mississippi, has
been chosen as a delegate to- the Radical Con
vention to meet at Chicago, May Goth.
A portion of Lee u Jones's cotton mill in
Norristown, Pennsylvania, has been destroyed
by fire. Loss fifteen to twenty thousand dol-i
lars, fully covered by insurance. -,
Emigration to this country is becoming a
vast united movement among the working
classes OF the old countries ~ ZLo,'Hl + 3D.
e, The trial OF California crude petroleum as
fuel, on board the steamer Amelia is pronoun-
5ced decided success. gI ID
Miss helms; of Boston, has recovered $4,000
Of Mr. Kelley, in q suit for breach Of promise
OF marriage. ~geLr3ta .H.u na
Chicago intends to expend 81, 365, 900 on
public parks, works, streets, &C., this season.