Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-11-20
ATFXANDRJA GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER.

WASHINGTON FINANCES. -Messrs. j. +.
Nav and John Van Riswck, two OF the largest
creditors of the city, have addressed letter
70 Mayor Bowen, asking whether the corpora
tion certificates OF Indebtedness will be paid by
issuing corporation bonds to the holders thereof
or whether they will be paid In cash. and II SO
whether such payment will be made on or pe-
fore December 1st, when they become DUE
Mayor Bowen, in reply, says that the noatihS
debt of the city will be paid IN cash as soon as
funds appcable to that purpose can be obtain
od IF the creditors will accept the bonds OF
the CORPORATION or if they can be negotiated
promptly. payment may possibly be made be-
fore December lst; but ii both these cxpedl-
ents fail, he conesses his inability to name the
time when the creditors can be paid, as 1t Will
REQUIRE all the receipts Of the corporation to
deiray the necessary current expenses and keep
the city government IN motion. tie pledges
himself however, 10 do all in his power to
louidate the floating debt.
WASHINGTON ITEMS. Last night, after the
Congregational Church council had adjourned,
Gen. O. o. Howard and Gen. Boynton son
of the pastor, INDUCED in sharp and bitter
language towards each other, and statements
made by one were controverted by the other.
The feeling, indeed, at one time become, SO
bitter that mutual friends at one time feared a
collision. Mr.. Boynton, the pastor OF the
church, is the chaplain ofthe House OF Repre-
scntatives.
By the decision of the District Supreme
Court, the sitting Radical members are con,
frmed in their right to seats IN The board OF
common council This decision was concurred
in by Judges Cartier, Wylie and Fisher.
At a meeting of the Workingmen's Assem-
bly, last night, eight persons present, solutlons
were adopred pitching in to the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad.
A dozen machinists were yesterday discharg-
ed from the navy-yard in consequence OF the
scarcity of work in their department.
ACCIDENT AT THE RELAY HOUSE. On
Monday night lady named Mrs Stark
weather. aged 81 years, travelling from Wash
ington with her husband to their home III Mlchl-
gan, was run over by the New York express
train at the Washington Relay, sustaining such
injuries as resulted in her death yesterday.
| It appears that Mr.. and Mrs. 5. had stopped
out at the Relay to intercept the express train
west on its arrival Mr.. j. ". HowSer the
the passengers to take their seats. Mr.. and
Mrs. S. for some reason delayed, and in at,
tempting to cross the track to reach the west
ern train, she fell, and being rather large. was
belpless. Just at this moment the New DIRK
train dashed bv, and Notwithstanding thejolnt
efforts Of Mr.. Howser and Mr.. Starkweath er,
she could not be entirely removed from the
track. The train passed over both her legs,
crushing them terribly.
CoLoRED SUFFRAGE EVERYWHERE The
Lynchburg Virgnian says:
"For ourselves, VIC may say that we have
fought this matter on principle, never having
been able to view it in the light Of expediency;
Int if we are to be overborne by the remorse
less majority of the North, and they will apply
this principle to themselves, we shall have
much less right to complain, even though a
larger share of the evil of unlimited coIored
suffrage will fail to us. So go ahead, Mr..
Greeley, and let us have equality before the
law, with the right to choose representatives
in all the States alike. As submission not
choice, is the alternative presented to US, we
will submit. Now, what more can be asked =
ARREST OF A BILLIARD GAMBLER Yes
terday business man in Chicago, named
Baker Forsyth applied to Justice Winship
for warrants to secure the arrest OF four
persons-J ohm McDevitt, champion billiard
list of America :" William 7. Swift, gambler, at
No, 70 Randolph street: Peter Page, another
blackleg; and Michael Mcdonald another OF
the same stripe. He prefers two separate
charges against them conspiracy and keeping
gambling heIIs. The allegations made by the
complainant are of q most serious nature, and
their exposition, taken IN connection with the
recent Carme- Rudolpe .taSc0, tends to create a
decided discount, not only in the game OF bll-
lizards butin the character OF the men concerned.
NOTES TO BE WTHDRAWN.- Ten. t. II.
Spinner, Treasurer OF the u. S., has issued q
circular to National Banks and designated de-
positaries directing them to select from the le-
Gal tender notes on hand, and which they may
hereafter receive, all notes unfit for circulation
ON account Of mutilation; also, all notes OF the
denomination OF $50, as they nave beensucces-
| fully counterfeited, and are to be withdrawn
from circulation, and to retain all notes issued
under acts Of February %, 1862 and July ii,
| 1862, known as the convertible issue OF legal
tenders, as the time has long passed tor theli
conversion into bonds, and rev notes Will be
| issued ioc them.
The liabilities of Scovill, the banker who
suspended at 81. John, n B., the ether day,
are said to be $500,000 Great panic in st.