Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-29

Congress-.


arose on a motion 10 print ten tbou-aud copies
of the majority and minority srep'Its Of the
Committee on Military Affairs in re- stion to
the .suspeDsion>oi Secretary Stanton butSno &C.
ton was. taken The Committee Gu Finance,
reported joint resolution directing the Score
tary Of tne Treasury, whenever State is IN
default OF payment OF interest Oh stocks or
bonds held in trust b. tho I. 5. 10 .fsta.n IA
due by The u S. TO said State Mr.. Edmuuds
introduced bill to regulate procedure in cases
of Impeachment The chief feature OF the bill
is that it provides Tor the suspension Of the
officer under i'm parchment, and thar the duties
of such officer shall devolve upon the .pers IN
designated by law to peItDrm he same Ill case
of the reslkl ion Or death OF the incumbent
The new Reconstruction bill was then faken
up, and Mr.. Freliughuysen made long spec ca
IN favor OF the measure, New comInl tees OF
conference we're appointed on the dent!eney
appropria ion and cotton Tax bills Inc bill
providing for the appointment Of COMMISSION
TO examine and report upon spirit metres Tor
distilIeries, was taken up, and the amendment
to- include Id it the members of the Academy
was also adopted extending the time for The
Commission to report to the first OF March,
after which The bill was passed. 1t now goes
back to the House tor concurrence in the Sen
ate amendments The Senate then went into
executive session, and at its close adjourned.
In the House Of Representatives, bill
was passed in relation to taxing shares
in National banks 1t enact5 that the words
"place where the bank is locat d, and not
elsewhere" in section forty one OF The act to
provide a national currency, approved June
3, 1864, shall be construed to mean the State
within which the bank is located and the
Legislature Of each State may determine and
direct the manner and place OF taxing all the
shares of National Banks located within such
State, subject to the restriction that the taxa
ton shall not be at greater rate than i5 asses
sed upon other moneyed capital in the hands OF
individual citizens of such State and provided
always that the shares Of any National Bank
owned by non-residents of any State shall be
taxed in the city or tewn where said bank Is
located, and not elsewhere. A bill was also
passed regulating the deposit ofpublic moneys
in National Banks A number of bills, resou-
tons and communications of no general inter
est were taken up and disposed Of. The House
resumed the consideration the bill declaring
forfeited certain lands heretofore granted to the
Southern States for railroad purposes. Sew
eral amendments to it we're proposed and q
number OF speeches made in reference to the
propriety or passing the bill, but no action was
taken.
Practical JOKE ON A BosToN LADY.-A
very extensive practical joke was perpetrated
few days ago on Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis, q
lady we'll known TO the world for her numerous
acts OF benevolence and charity. Some wag,
it seems, had sent large number Of bogus in-
vitations to members OF the haat t0n asking
their attendance at reception to be given at
her residence, yesterday afternoon. Notwlth-
staoding the severe snow storm, very large
number OF persons responded to this invitation,
and at one time the street in front OF her dwell
ing was completely blocked up with their car
riages. But these were not the only people
hoaxed lnnumerable orders were sent to
artisans of all kinds-to plumbers, painters,
carpenters, gasftters, &c.-to come and per-
form little jobs of repairing about the house
each job minutely specified in the order.
Other orders were sent to coal dealers, -four
dealers, grocers, etc.. to bring stated quantities
of their respective kinds of merchandise, to be
delivered at stated times. Even the services
Of an undertaken were brought into requisi!ioa
today out the body OF q supposed dead child,
and in respc nse 10 an advertisement, members
of the feline tribe were brought to I'll ont the
miscellaneous and varegated assortment.
Who the author Of this strange hoax ls, We
are unable to statp but all the facts of the case
have been placed in the hands Of detective
Leeds, aud his assistants, who will probe the
matter to the bottom The several orders are
written in as many different styles Of hand
writing. Mrs. Otis bore the infictIon very
quietly, and did not allow the matter TO discon-
cert her at all. Two policemen from the third
station were sent to the house to turn away
the vietimized persons as fast as they arrived
Boston Jouinal
Just such a trick, even On lager scale, was
played by Tom Hood in London years ago.
The account of it. as it really occurred we think
is given in "Tylney Hall. y .... 49,, ..
The full crop Of ice Of the Hudson river, N.
Y, is 72l 900 tons, nearly all of which has
been stored .....,... 49,. W.