Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-02-10
NEWS OF THE DA.Y.
ss75 SHOE tie yery AGE and body Of the Times

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Tie Boston Journal gives,an explanation OF
Mr.seBurlinsame's position. According to that
authority he has actually resigned his position
as American Minister in China, and has ac=
cepted the mission to all the Treaty Powers
rendered him by the Chinese Government. In
doing ethis,sit stated, he has acted upon the
advice Of all the foreign ministers resident in
China He is now on his way to Washington
viu San Francisco. It's Stated that wholly
apart from this mission, he intended to resign
in the spring and settle in California . 9
Mr.. Bergh, President Of the New York So
ciety to prevent cruelty to animals, recently,
made complaint against the conductor
and driver OF. "a car for cruelty to horses
attached to if. the offence being thatthey
compelled their horses. to drag greater
load then they ought to drag over steep
grade. Recorder Hackett fined the driver and
conductor $3.50 each The car, was proved,
contained more than thirty-tRo passengers.
"A bold robbery was attempted by John
Dodge, an experienced thief, in Cleveland,
Ohio, on Saturday night. He ran out Of Ho
gan & Wade's jewelry store with q tray Of 5sdia-
mond rings, valued at $4,000, but was stopped
by person passing by, and all recovered ex-
cept 81 900 worth, which were scattered IN
the snow. The man was secured, but conied
crate, waiting with afbuggy, escaped.
The Macon, Ca, Telegraph says:-'lt is
quite probable that Gen. Meade has asked to
be relieved Of the command Of the Third Mill
tary District The position was distasteful to
him from the beginning, and it would appear
from facts now coming to light that he has
been made ''cat's paw by his superior. u
/ s Secretary Stanton has secured the services
of Mr.. Carpenter, a"Radical lawyer from Wis
consin, to appear in behalf of the Government
to defend military officers 10 cases arising I'M
+ der the. Reconstruction laws, in which Attor-
ney General Stanbery declines to act. ell =, :
In 1860 tbs, American Cyclopedia estimated
the members of the Catholic Church in the Q.
S. at a little over three millions. The best
Catholic authorities are now said to declare
that nearly five millions of persons belong to
that denomination In this COUNTY, ~
Y The Pension Appropriation bill reported
Saturday appropriates for invalid pensions
$4,000, OOO for heirs of soldiers, $50, 000,0 900;
for navy pensions to invalids and heirs OF sail
ors, $350,000. Total, $50, 100000.
Secretary Wellss, pursuant to an act of Con
gress ordering the sale of number of iron clads,
has ordered Board of Appaisemont, whose
duty it will be to examine all the iron clads and
place. an approximate value upon them.
In Baltimore they pay three dollars PEI
thousand feet for gas, discount of, or three
twenty-five with the q. S. tax, which is sixty
cents per thousand more than the price in
Philadelphia. .'''
The latest returns from Alabama leave the
result of the State election doubtful, with "a
probability that the Constitution has been de.
feated for want of majority of the registered
vote being polled. "@1t< @EE
Count Bismarck is reported as telling Gen.
Carl Shurz that the, King Of Prussia earnest
ly desires to cultivate the good will of the peo-
pie Of the United States.
The publishing house Of English X Co., in
Pittsburg, was destroyed by fire, yesterday The
loss is estimated at one hundred and sew snty-
five thousand dollars. = q sag .,s /
From Toronto it is reported that a strong
force ofregulars is to be stationed along the
Niagara frontier in the spring to prevent
Fenian raids, 5.5..4 EHz.Eq 1atga.t ~
The New York World, in a very sharp and
bitter editorial, reads Vallandigham out of the
Democratic party, 10 which. it says, he has
been tolerated too long already.
The Senate was not ia session on Saturday.
In the House, the day was devoted to speech
making. ~ #gza
1t is rumored in Charleston that Gen. Can
by will take the place OF Gen. Meade, and that
Sickles will return to South Carolina.
The Ohio Legislature proposes to punish
with imprisonment persons. reporting the pro.
ccedings at prize fights. =