Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-05-11
NEWS OF The DAP.
"7o shol, the rery age and body Of the Times

late sub clerk in the Executive department OF
10 separate from him. Foy then shot him self
twice aud said, IL have shot myself; come
and kiss me- am dying Foy was about 30
well educated, and came from New York city
StroUg hops are entertained for the recovery
OF the woman.
The steamship China, OF the Cunard line,
running between Liverpool and Boston via.
Queenstown Ireland, has recently made the
! quick est passage on record. The China sailed
from Liverpool on April 9th, and took her de,
parture from Queenstown at p. m. on Apr!
| 2Sth and entered Boston harbor on the alter
noon OF May 9Th, after an unprecedented run
OF only seven days and twenty-five AMI a hall
| hours.
Mr.. Peabody has written to the town OF
Georgetown, Mass, stating that it is his nten-
ton to supply the funds needed to sustain the
| library which he has given to the town, anu
| also presenting 81 900 towards the fund. Let
tiers state that the health of MIR. Peabody Is
not good, and that he is anxious to return 10
his home in America aud end here his days.
The President ard Secretary Fish are re-
ported as engaged in revising the list of Consul
lar appointments conferred by the Senate pre-
paratory to commissioning them. Charges
having been made against several OF those con-
frmed, and not having been exclaimed, they
will not be commissioned, but others will be
appointed.
More seizures Of coffee aud sugar were made
By the United States revenue officers at St.
Louis yesterday 1t is said $1,000 sacks of
coffee, 5, 900 bags of pepper aud several hundred
boxes of sugar have been sen. from St. Louis
| 70 New Orleans, on none of which has the
duty been paid.
Advces from the Cuban patriots give the
strength Of the army as % 900 men, $500 OF
whom are Americans, and say that 1000 more
Americans have lately been added. The lead
ers say,that the recognition OF their belllgerent
rights by our Government would insure their
| success.
Messrs Blacktan aud Childs have been APP
pointed by the Postmaster General, examiners,
who. in connection with the head of bureau
to which an appointment is to be made, will
constitute Board for the examination Of APP
plicants for clerkships in the Postofhce De-
partment.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has decided
that the tariff ns we'll as usage, recognizes a
distinction between wrought iron tubes and
wrought iron fues, and that the former are Ii
able TO duty OF 81 c;s. per pound, anG the
latter to ?! cts. per pound under the existing
| laws.
Collectors of Ports have been authorized ~
the Secretary of the Treasury to pass free Of
duty, wagons, plows, and all agricultural i'm
,lemeut- belonging to Canadian emlerantS,
provided the Collector is satisfied that the
cmlgrant viii! settle in the L. s, and make
his permanent home here.
Internal Revenue Inspectors, according to a
recent decision by Judge Samuel Blatchtord,
of the e. s. District Court for Southern New
York, are not entitled TO the iniormer's share
of the proceeds arising from the sale OF forfeit
ed property
Stats les at the Internal Revenue Bureau
show that the receipts from the tax on distilled
spirits under the present rate of fifty cents pei
gallon, were double that realized under the
old tax OF 50.
| Tammany's Day, the 18th Of May, will be
celebrated by the Order Of Red Men with a
grand parade at Philadelphia tomorrow. a
large number OF members OF the Order irom
Baltimore will participate.
Perhaps the strongest proof that could be
adiuced to show the rapid growth OF the
Methodist Church in the United States is the
fact that statistics show that there is one church
| dedicated every day IN the year. t?l
Two suicides occurred at Philadelphia yes
tcrday the first Of an insane old woman, aged
seventy, the second Of 4 woman aged fifty tour,
| driven to hopeless desperation by pecuniary
| want.
\ strike commenced yesterday in the Penn
sylvania coal regions. and work is entirely Sus
pended in the Lchigh and Schuylkill mines,
| and il is supposed also at Wilkesbarre.
Secretary Boutwell, says that it is not the
business OF the Secretary of the Treasury to
feel the pulse of the money market before he
resolves to sell gold or buy bonds.
! The silk mills owned by Ryle 4 Co., at Pat
erSon, n. j., took fire yesterday and were en-
| tirely destroyed. Loss, $3.50, 600. No lnsur-
| ance.
The Jewish Synagogue at Quincy, Illinois,
with the residence OF the pastor adjoining, were
nearly destroyed by fire last night loss about
| IS 600.
| Mr.. Forney returns thanks to the Union
| citizens Oh IltcuuluHU iOT altculOnS pau 10
him during his recent visit.
Minnesota is overrun with agents OF wheat
buyers. who are engaged in buying up all the
wheat they can get hold OF.
Senator Chandler will leave Washington in
about week, with his family, to spend the
| summer in Europe
| A special committee Of the Massachusetts,
Legislature has reported in favor CT female sui
rage in that State.
| Wall street. New York, has another bond
robbery sensation, only to the extent of $l0,-
| 900, however.
The New York Express tells of lawsuit in
that city involving 100000, out of which
three lawyers claim $4,000 as fees.
Charles Dickens is suffering from i'll health.
He has had to suspend his readings in England.
The late cold weather has done some injury
to the cotton crop in Georgia.
The Pacific Railroad.
At Promontory Summit, Utah Territory,