Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-01-05
NEWS OFTHE DAY.
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bine the u. S. mails while acting as agent OF
the Government, is progressing at New Or
leans. and attracting considerable attention.
The T.. S. Attorney is assisted in the prosecu-
ton by Henry G. Miller, formerly. Confederate
States District Attorney, and it Is said that
Col. Field, for the defence, who objected TO
every iuryman who had ever any connection
with the Conlederacy, expects to make strong
no;nt before the Jury upon Mr. Miller's ante
cedents.
A plot of ground, comprising the two blocks
bounded bv Sixty third and Sixty-flth streets,
in Ninth and Tenth avenues, New York, has
been transferred to Messrs. Brown, Brothers
&, Co. bankers, for the sum of 100000. The
property fronts on new boulevard. 1t was
purchased as an investment. 1t Is the lnten-
ton of the purchasers to cover the site with
dwelling houses Of the tirst-class.
A New York letter says:-"Gen. Butler is
having a tough time of it in procuring final
settlement of his deceased brothers estate
the Court of Appeals having decided, that he
must as an executor, file an inventory OF the
whole property out of as we'll as in the State.
This will necessarily compel the General to
snbmit an inventory Of all his Louisiana acqul-
sitions."
The bill allowing North Carolina, South
Caro- lima, Florida, Alabama and Louisiana to
maintain militia force, which, it is rumored,
President johnson will veto, has not received
the SIGNATURES of the presiding officers OF Con
oress, Messrs. Wade and Colfax will sign 1t
today, when it viii be submitted to the Fresl-
dent.
A dispatch to the New York Herald says;
Certain Alabamians here charge that Judge
Busted has to his credit in a Mobile bank
about $500, 900, which they allege belongs to
the United States Government Mr.. Merrlck
is preparing to take the necessary legal steps 10
secure this large amount, subject to the decl-
sion Of judicial tribunals.
At the wreck OF the steamer Scotland, oil
Sandy hook, yesterday. Captain VIM. L.
Churchill, late of the navy; diver Louis Jar
CLOS, and seamen George Moore and James
Ashay, were blown to atoms by a premature
explosion Several other men In the divers
boat were severely injured.
Judge Watts, of North Carolina, has grant
ed an injunction to the Wilmington and Wei
don Railroad Company, forbidding the Urea
surer of the State to issue any bonds in aid OF
the Chatham Railroad Company, under the
act of the Legislature recently passed appro-
priating 50, 600, 900 for the completion OF that
road
The WASHINGTON correspondent of the New
York Journal of Commerce says - am
credlbly informed that among the propositions
which Caleb Gushing is charged to make to the
Colombian Government is direct one to as
sumo a protectorate over the lsthmus Of Pan
anna"
1t is said that Gen. Grant has made one de-
cided move in the direction Of forming his
cabinet. The State of New York is to have
the Treasury Department, but who OF the
New Workers shall be the Secretary remains
for consideration.
The last mushroom city created by the Pa
cific railroad is called Ogden, and is situated
about forty miles north Of Salt Lake CITY,
Many prophesy that this new city will, before
long, be the largest in the Territory, and its
commercial centre.
Senator Sprague, of Rhode Island has
bought, for 5000, the extensive water power
in South Carolina, known as the Columbia
canal, and it is believed he will erect large
manufactures on land bordering on the canal
The municipal election 10 Knoxville, Tenn,
was held on Saturday, and created much ex-
element. The colored candidate for mayor
was defeated by large majority, but two
blacks were elected to the board or aldermen
1t is thought at Washington that there will
be no action of the Senate upon the great ma
iority of the important nominations now pend
ing before it, and that they will be allowed to
Chang" until Gen. Grants accession to office.
The Peruvian iron clads and their conveys
arc ready to sail from the mouth Of the Mis-
sissippi for the Pacific, and will go to sea as
soon as the weather permits.
A new variety of cotton is being raised in
Texas, called ''lace' cotton. 1t is said to be su-
perior to any other kind OF cotton which can
be raised on poor soil and uplands
Mr.. Rollins, Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue, is expected to return to Washington the
last of the week, and will Stick" out until
March.
Senator Sherman says that the statement
that he has prepared bill for the modification
OF the Civil Tenure Of Office act Is erroneous
Senator Dixon, of Conn, intends running as
the Democratic candidate for Congress in the
Hartford District next spring.
Commodore Salter, U. S. NJ, died at
Elizabeth, N. j., on Sunday, aged seventy
four years.
The Judges of the Supreme Court have yet
held no consultation upon the legal-tender
cases,
1t appears that in Philadelphia during the
past year inquests were held on 80 homicdes,
Of infanticidos and IL suicides.
The income of Queen Victoria is fixed by
law at 81, 925, 600 per annum, but all this
amount is not under her personal control
The railroads in Ireland will probably be
purchased and run by the British government
Police MATrERs.--John Jackson, Allen
Heron, and William Thomas (colored,) ar
rested on suspicion of being the party that
committed the outrageous assault and battery