Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-04-05
NEWS OF The DAY.
To shoe the vesy age and body Of the Times


The last case reported occurred at Cold Spring,
n. Y. Miss Mary Monk reiued to permit Mr.:
Charles Mettich to accompany her home, and
so he drew a pistol and put it at the young
| lady's breast. The murder was prevented,
| however, by the young mans brother, and
Charles ran away, but afterwards delivered him
sell up.
| The contract for transporting the regiment
recently stationed in Virginia, but under orders
| for the Pacific coast, has been obtained by
the Northern Pennsylvania Central railway
The cost per soldier, with eighty pounds OF
| baggage, with coffee supplied, from Baltimore
| to Omaha via Chicago, is $24 10. The COM
| petition between the above company and the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company was
sharp and close.
During the debate 10 the House on the Mis-
cellaneous Deficiency bill. Mr.. Dawes said that
the system OF hydro,tatic press printing which
had been carried on in the Treasury, aud
which had cost the Government mi lions OF
| dollars, was to be abandoned, and that the
| work was hereafter to be done on roller press
es, under control of the Treasury Department,
| but not in the Treasury building.
To show how our ocean commerce is dwind
liug away, it may be stated that in 1857, out
OF a value of 1916 000 900 carried to and from
our domestic ports, only Sl3l ,000,0 900 went un-
der foreign flag, whereas, in 1867, out Of
| 1914 100000 at all the ports, $577, 600, 900
were carried in alien vessels, and last year the
proportion against US was still further iu-
creased.
Professor Samuel Gardner the electrician at
the Capitol, has lately invented and patented,
in Europe and this country, self lighting gas
burner, which, on turning on the gas, it is in
simultaneously lighted. If blown out by acct
dent or intentionally it immediately reignites
OF ITSELF In fact, it cannot be blown out with
out Immediately lighting again.
St. Johns Safety Fund building, corner of
Twelfth and Chestnut Streets in Philadelphia,
was robbed yesterday The Waterman left at
G. a. IN. and returned at p. m when he found
| the safe broken open and the contents from
eight hundred thousand to million dollars,
carried off, Ofthe stolen funds, over 5000,
| 600 consisted Of available tunds-greenbacks
&c.
The Secretary of the Navy has issued an or
der resembling the order which has been in OPP
Grafton for several years giving to staff officers
in the navy, such as surgeons, paymasters,
engineers, &c., an asslmilated rank with the
regular or line officers. This order is issued
in accordance with an opinion OF Attorney
General Hoar.
The press OF Philadelphia unite in condemn
ing the so called confession OF Twitchell as a
falsehoo1, and it has caused great increase in
the general belief Of the entire innocence OF
Mrs. Twitchell. 1t is now thought that there
is no possible hope of escape for him. Mrs
Twitchell has, however, is said left Phlladel-
| phia.
1t is reported that the Senate Pacific Rail
road Committee have agreed to report in favor
of authorizing the President to fix the point Of
| the two roads: and, should he deem it expedi
| cot to appoint Board OF disinterested civil.
| ians to report upon the condition of the roads
Information has reached the Hudson Bay
Company office 10 Montreal that at meeting
of share holders called to consider Lord Gran
vile ) proposition Of compensation for their
claims, the company agreed to accept the I'm
| peria offer.
Frederick Douglass has been solicited to &C
cept the office of Minister Resident to Hayti,
but has declined it, upon the twOfod ground
dwell in the land of his birth.
An election for State officers and for Con
gressmen takes Place 10 Connecticut to day.
The majority for Grant last autumn, was
2, 936 Three members of Congress are to be
elected to the present Congress.
BE-. Seward, Of Brooklyn, took an over
dose of laudanum in Boston, on Saturday, and
died. A dispatch saws: "FIe belonged to a
distinguished family" Most people do, dl-
| rectly or remotely.
The President on Saturday sent in another
long list of nominations, including one or two
consuls, the territorial appointments, and a
number OF revenue officers and postmasters.
James H. Bruce, an Independent Democrat,
| was elected Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, on
Saturday, over John q. Baxter. the regular
Democratic nominee.
There is general complaint in regard to the
overland mails, only one through mail having
been received at San Francisco since March
twelfth.
Fix President Johns on spoke at Knoxville
on Saturday to a large crowd, and was most
cordially received.
The health of Mr.. Alexander H. Stephens
is improving, it is said.
KEEP STOUT HEARTS. Amid all the fluctua-
tons Of the political barometer, let US still
keep stout hearts Having lived through the
trials Of the last four years in spite of politics,
and without even political selfexistence we
should have learned not to despair, happen
what may. Contenting ourselves as well as we
can under the circumstances that surround US,
and being politicians only so far as tc watch
the course of events. let it be our main business
to pursue our industries, to gather around US
home comforts, to add to our possessions, and
to acquire that influence that property every
where exerts.
Our farmers can still grow their corn, wheat
and tobacco, our merchants can still sell their
goods and our mechanics still ply the hammer,
the saw and the plane. We can live and bet.
ter our condition from year to year If we will
continue to work and to economist. Such
political chaos as now exists can not last long,
Rich. Wing.
WASHINGTON IrEMs.-Mrs President Grant
will hold public receptions every Tuesday