Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-06-08
NEU.S OF TIE DA !.
20 shor Ike r1,y age and tody Of he Times.

" 20 sEolc TIE C1ly age ana C0dy OF ne iWltS.
Senator Sprague was scrcnaded at Newark,
n. j., last night, by the Harness Makers AS
sociation. Mr.. Halstead made speech on
Sclfishuess, independence, the eight hour law,
and craftsmanship Mr.. Spraguc dlsavowed
any political object in the course he had taken,
except to promote The interests OF the working
men, and to preserve republican institutions,
which he thought more in danger now than
during the war.
Three men, residents OF st. Landry and
Perrebone Parishes Louisiana, have brought
suit against the parishes Tor damages to their
land, improvements, stock, farming instru-
ments and property generally caused by their
having been driven from their homes by the
ku Klux Kan. DAMAGES to the amount OF
$50. 900 are claimed The suits are nov on
trial in the L. s. Circuit Court at New Orleans.
Commissioner Delano has written letter de-
claring the cigars made in the penitentiary at
Lancaster, Pa, to be forfeited on account OF
having private stamp on the boxes instead OF
the Lawful revenue stamp. He has also de-
cdcd that tobacco and cigars forfeited to The
L. S. and sold by distraint or the order OF
Court, are not subject to tax.
racing stud OF Mcssrs. Bowie and Hall, OF
Maryland, has broken down at New York, in
consequence OF the manner IN which she was
loaded on the ear at Washington Tor tranSpoI-
tation. Suit ior damages to the amount OF
$4,000 will probably Ee brought against the
railroad company.
The remnant of the SwGdcs from the Saline
region, Western Kansas, are preparing to re-
turn to Chicago Guards have been sent to
different stations on the railroad to protect life
and property, and the Indians appear to be
still active.
A terrible drought, it is reported, prevails in
the central portion Of Australia. The road
from Wagga .Wagga to Hay il strewed with
the skeletons or the decaying carcassoS OF
wretched animals that have persisted from star
Walton or thirst.
The letter purpogting to nave been written by
the daughter oil the late carpet bag Georgia POL
itican Adkins, calling on the nation for justice.
proves to have been Radical forgery tor 20
htical effect
The trial Of the Boston whiskey ring for con
spiracy to deiraud the Government out OF
$4,000 Of revenue, was commenced in that
city yesterday.
The first invoic, o! -four, made from this
seasons wheat, was sold GU Change in New
York last Friday, at $40 80 per barrel. and
came from Savannah, Ga.
The currency balarce in the Treasury at the
close Of last week was $24 500, 900, and the
Gaia balance Sl0l 900.
Yellow fever is prevailing on the u. s.
steamer Saratoga at Havana, and Surgeon
Quinn has died Of the disease.
The present Chinese population of San Fran
cisco is estimated at from ten to twelve
thousand.
Judge Jcremiah s. Black S arm, which was
broken on the cars'a few days ago, will have to
lie amputatcd.
The New Jersey peach crop promises unu
sually well this year.
Potatoes sell in some parts Of New York |
State at twenty cents bushel.
PUBLIC REQUESTS will of the late |
John j, Phelps, of New York, after providing !
very liberaily for his family and immediate re
latives bequeaths $40, 900 in trust, one halt to
the American Bible Society and the other half |
to the Association for the Benefit OF Coored |
Orphans in New York. Also 81, 500 each to |
the Protestant Episcopal Society for the Pro
motion OF Evangelical knowledge, the. Ameri
can Church Missionary Society, and the New
York Institution for the Blind: $4,000 to the
Church in Simsbury, Connect
cut; Sc, 900 to St. Luke's Hospital in New
York. and $1,000 TO the Manhattan Eye
and Ear l0fitmary, also, $50, 900 for the bene'
fit Of Yale College.
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