Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-05-07
NEWS OF THE DAP.
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ment of college for the education OF orphans
The decision OF the Circuit Court OF the East
EN- District of Pennsylvania was adverse to the
claim of Nine. Girard: it was sustained BY the
Supreme Court.
An exnedition of Cuban sympathizers sailed
from Key West yesterday for Havana, Mr..
Plumb, the recently appointed U. s. Consul
at Havana, left New York yesterday for his
post. The vessel on which he is passenger
is teegraphed as carrying q large number OF
guns for the Spanish troops. A dispatch says
that the schooner Grapeshot, which was re-
ported to have sailed from New York for Cuba
with volunteers, still lies in New York harbor.
The Erie Railroad Company, has notified
the Postmaster General that unless the Post
Office Department increases the pay OF the
Erie railroad from $lS0,0O0 to $3S0,OOO
for carrying the mails, the Company will re-
fuse to do the work The Postmaster General
has notified Mr.. Gould that this exorbltant de-
mand cannot be acceded 10.
The Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Com
pauy yesterday received from the citizens OF
Charles county, Md, substantial aid. The
Commissioners of that county, after meeting
with the Directors of the Baltimore and Poto'
mao Railroad Company, deciced to award the
$l7j, 900 appropriated to the county by the
Stateto the building Of that road
There arrived at New York on Monday
/ ACC immigrants from Europe. lmmigra hou
this years is ahead of any previous instance
Large numbers come from Germany, and from
ireland the report is that this promises to bethe
| most active year yet known in the business OF
cb;pninu immivrants
Senator Sumner has sent to the State De-
partment letter which had beea transmitted
| to him addressed to President Grant. from
sixty of the leading Greeks at Constantinople
| urging the retention Of K. Joy Morris as u.
S. Minister at ConstantiuOple.
The Earl of Fingall was found dead in his bed,
April % Tue deceased. who had just compile
ted his seventy eight year, represented Meath
county in the liberal interest in the hrst two
Parliaments Of William Tvs reign; aud sue
ceeded to the peerage In 1896.
Tie Hoosac tunnel, it is asserted, will, when
completed, cost Massachusetts, sixteen millions
of dollars. The tunnel through the mountains
for the James River and kanawha canal, 1t Is
estimated, would cost $26, 600, 900.
% Tuesday OF last week the residents of Piney
Neck, Queen Annes county, Md, witnessed
one Of the most terrific storms of wind and
hail that has visited that section OF the country
for many years.
The hoop skirt business in Birmingham,
Conn, is Diving out. Firms who formerly EN-
ployed from fifty to one hundred hands, princl'
paly girls, now employ only from SIX to tlttee1
At Annapolis yesterday John Collins, tried
for the murder of Andrew Korb. was found
guilty of murder in the second degree. Both
parties belonged to Baltimore.
The Radical members Of the Indiana Legis
lature yesterday agreed to postpone action
upon the Fifteenth Amendment to the l4th
instant.
| Col. Moore, late private secretary OF Presl
dent johnson, has been ordered to resume hi:
duties as paymaster, and sent to Leavenworth,
Kansas.
There seems to be hitch with regard tc
the commission OF Simms, the colored mar
| lately appointed postmaster at Savannah, Ga
There has been falling market in n. York
in domestic dry goods, though the transactions
have been on considerable scale.
Mr.. w. +. Dodge was yesterday re elected
President of the New York Chamber Of
Commerce.
The trial of Miss Cairnes for killing Niece
mas, at Jarrettsville, Maryland, about a month
ago, is now taking place at Belair.
The coal miners of Pennsylvania give notice
that the contemplated suspension OF mining
has been postponed
The Pennsylvania Legislature classed Q
81 500 piano for the Governor under coal,
fuel and incidental expenses.
The Canton Grape shaws of our grandmoth
ers are coming into fashion.
| The receipts from customs at Baltimore from
April &c to April 80 inclusive were $l37,7
| A vessel arrived at New York yesterday with
several cases of small pox on board.
Grave charges are made against the comman
der OF the Maryland Oyster Navy.
A woman and child were struck dead by
| lightning, 10 Indiana on Wednesday.
AMERICAN lsRAEIITEs. The Board OF Dele
gates of American Israeltes held their annual
session in New York on Tuesday, at the Syna
gogue OF the Congregation Bnal Jeshurun, 10
Thirty fourth street, the President, Abraham
Hart, esq, of Philadelphia. in the chair. The
Rev. S. NJ. isaacs opened the proceedings with
prayer The annual report OF the executive
| committee was read by the secretary. 1t re-
commended the establishment of an agricultu-
raj school at Jaffa to educate thirty pupils be-
tween the ages of thirteen and sixteen years at
their entrance, in the ordinary branches OF the
| Hebrew, Arabic, and some of the European
languages; also the erection of buildings for
| pilgrims, and tor the aged and INDECENT in that
| country. The report also stated that the con
dtion Of the lsraelites in the Danubian Prin-
cipalities is much improved, and also in Tunis.
Gratifying account was given Of the progress OF
affairs in Spain he edict OF 1892 has been re-
voked. and the God of Israel is now publicly
worshipped there The committee recommend
the creation of fund to erect synagogue at
Madrid. A resolution was then adopted that
every congregation and Incorporated society OF
lsraclites in America be entitled to representa-
ton iu this board provided it contribute $40
on enrolment and Sl0 annually thereafter. The
board then adjourned.
MARRIED AND YET NOT MARRIED.-We are
informed that rather unpleasant mistake was
made very few weeks ago by one OF the newly