Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-02
NEWS OFsIHE DAY.
$50 sho,o the very ogeaad body Of the Time

M
N.The marine lesses for the past month show
an aggregate OF thirty seven vessels. vi this
number one was steamer, five were ships,
seven were banks, seven were briggs, fourteen
were schoDnerS, two. were smacksy and 'opeiWas
a steamtug. OF the above two were burned,
one sunk after collision, four were, abandoned
and four are missing, supposed to be lost. The
total value OF the property tburGed los, and
missing is estimated at one million eight hup-
dfed and seventeen thousand five hundred dol
lars ..,,.!. ia. q ,
The difficulty of fixing a permanent biae
upon wool has been successfully overcome ID
England, and fugitive blues are being COM
pletelv Superseded. The patentees are work.
ing night and day to supply the demand, and
are making preparations on such scale as Will
hermit Of its being introduced in America
very shortly. In dyeiug this is one OF the
greatest discoveries OF modern days.
The Deseret News says: San observatory is
building for and under the direction of George
W. Dean, of the U. S. Coast Survey, in Salt
Lake City, to obtain an exact meridian, and for
the purpose of determining the difference OF
longitude at specified points across the CONT
nent from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to San
Francisco, California.
Capt. Somers, commander of steamer on
the Magdalena river, South America, who
has lately arrived in Washington with dis
patches from Bogota relative to the mission OF
Caleb Gushing and the Darien canal intimates
that Mr.. Cushings mission has been COM
p ete success.
Not content with its exposures OF light
weight and authorizations by the dealers in ar
ticles of food, ETC., the New York World is
now turning its attention to coal dealers. In
purchases of ton from nineteen OF the most
prominent coal yards OF the city, only five were
found to be of full weight.
Mr., Hooper, delegate in Congress from
Utah, received dispatch yesterday from Great
Salt Lake City denying the report that Brig
ham Young has had an attack of paralysis. -
On the contrary, his health is represented as
very good.
The treasury officials are engaged in oxamln-
ing the extent of the drawback frauds in the
New York custom house The investigation
thus far shows that they are probably greater
than at first supposed, and may possibly reach
81, 900, 900.
A notorious English thief was arrested in
New York yesterday on the charge of having
murdered MIR. Rogers on New Years Day
About thirty persons have been thus far ar
rested upon this charge.
Senator Wilson, Of Mass, thinks that Cir
cumstances demand that the Revenue Bureau
be erected into distinct department of the
Government, with Secretary at the head,
holding a seat in the Cabinet.
Near GAINESVILLE. Ohio, yesterday locomo-
tive exploded on the Central Division of Bal.
timore and Ohio Railroad, killing the engineer
and fireman, and severely injuring three other
employees OF the company.
A family in Boston, last week. lost three
children by diptheria, and while these three
lay dead at one time in the house, o fourth was
taken down with the same disease,
A wretch, near Barnesville, Ohio, recently
murdered young girl, because she would not
marry him, and then attempted to commit
suicide. He will probably not live.
The operations of the pickpockets on incom-
ing trains at night in New York have become
so common and so daring that the public clamor
for an abatement Of the nuisance.
Collector Smythe, Of New Y ork, it is report
ed, has requested the President to withdraw
his nomination as Minister to Russia
All materials for public works are in future
to be admitted free of duty into Cuba, Porto
Rico and the Philippine Islands.
In Wilmington, N. c., serious fire occur
red last night, at which number Of fremen
were injured,
The monitors sold by this Government to
Peru will leave New Orleans this week for
Callao.
A great storm in Ireland day or two ago
prevented telegraphic communication.