Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-09-07
NEWS OF TIE DAY.
"7c ,acw the rery age and body Of the Times

railroad on Monday, the cars now travel con-
tinuously from the kaibors of New York,
! Boston, Baltimore aud Philadelphia TO the
harbor of San Francisco. Arrangements have
been made for carrying through passengers and
mails between Sacramento and San francisco,
without transhipment, inside OF four hours
| The earnings of the Pacific railroad. ter Au'
gust were S572 900, showing steady Increase
In passengers aud freight.
Correspondence Of 4 private character be-
tween members ii Congress and parties con
nected with the revenue service plainly indi-
Gates determination on the part Of the for
mer to attempt an increase of the whskey
tax. They say that the present administra-
ton of the revenue bureau will warrant such q
movement, and argue that successful colec'
! tica OF an increased tax will warrant decrease
| of the income or some other burdensome I'M
post.
San Francisco is threatened with eclipse. -
A rival is springing up not more than 20 miles
distant, which promises, at an early day, to
cons;gn it to the fate of Babylon and Tyre
This new and fortunate locality is young and
growing town called Benicia, 70 miles north OF
San Francisco. 1t is said to possess lncalcula'
| bic advantages over the city OF tho Golden
Gate.
The blacks Of Lexington and Fayette coun-
ties Kentucky, have issued their bills tor an
Agricultural, Horticultural and Mechanical
Fair, to be held near the city Of Lexington,
| October 9th, 18th and Sth. The officers and
| Judges of this association are blacks, and it is
expected that most Of the exhibitors will also
be blacks, but white people are not excluded.
Prospect Park, in Brooklyn, WILL when fin
| ished, be one of the finest in the world. 1t
includes about j25 acres Of ground, possessing
remarkable natural advantages Tor the purpose
| intended The estimated cost of this Park is
$4,000, 900, and it will be to Brooklyn what
| Central Park is to New York. The extent OF
Central Park is over 500 acres.
The celebrated Gait House, Louisville, KY,
has changed hands Captain Sias +. Miller
retres and Colonel Jison P. johnson, of Ar
kansas, has bought his interest, and succeeds
him as proprietor. Colonel johnson Is well
known as the former chief OF General Brock
inridpe's staff. Captain Miller leaves 10 few
days for Europe.
The Ranken Knitting Company Of Troy
held a meeting on Friday and resolved to shut
down their mill at Cohoes forthwith, on ac-
count Of the scarcity of cotton. The Sandake
Mills have already stopped from the same
cause, and it is said that most, If not all, the
cotton mills in the vicinity will likewise sus-
pend.
James j. Brooks, an United States officer at
Philadelphia, was fatally shot yesterday BY a
party OF roughs in that city. He was in charge
of a whiskey establishment seiz d by the Gov
eminent. The Uuited States District Attorney
at Pnjadelpha has offered reward Of $4,000
tor the arrest OF the assassus.
| The Treasury Department yesterday received
$l2S, 900 in fractional currency from the bank
note printing companies in New York In
CONSEQUENCE. OF the great demand upon the
Treasury Department for fractional currency,
| the companies have been ordered to Forward to
the department $500, 900 per day
California business men complain OF The
through railroad from the East to the Pacific.
1t has cheapcncl consumption, reduced the
value o. stocks OF goods on hand, suspended
building, brought down stock values, brought
New York too near San Francisco and cmbar-
rassed money operations.
/ Twenty car loads Of butter recently went
through Cheyenne 10y California the contract
for which was made over the Atlantic cable by
a frm il Liverpool With firm in Chicago, al
twenty-scven cents per pound. The butter Is
consigned to English houses in Hong Kong,
| Pekn and Canton.
Prot. Agassiz, on the approaching Hum
boldt festival, to be held on September l4th,
at Boston, will deliver an address, giving O
comprehensive account of the lie and literary
labors OF Humboldt, and also his own persona
| impressions and recoIlections OF this Glsun
gulshed philosopher.
The Revenue officers of the 10th New ork
| district, (Y onkers) have seized the immense
beer brewery OF Hupfel, at that place, valued
at several hundred thousand dollars. Hupte
is said to b. worth million OF dollars. dc
was arrested, together with his assistants.
1t is understood that large amount OF arm;
and ammunition, originally purchased Tor the
use OF the Fenians, have lately been purchased
| By the agents Of Cuban insurgents, and vii
soon be shipped by them to Cuba for the bene
TT of the revolutionary forces.
The Augusta (Ga,) Constitutionalist sayt
that the Government has recently seized th(
Etowah Iron Works, better known as Cooper {
Iron Works, as the property OF the Confcoer
| ute States. They comprise about fifteen thou
sand acres of land.
The California Democracy have made u cleal
sweep of the State. Two thirds the Legisla
ture elected are Democrats, and nearly all The
local tickets have been carried by the Demo
| Gratis.
Alex Mitchell, of Milwaukee, just elected
president of the Chicago and Northwestern
railway, is now president OF two thousand twt
hundred aud forty miles of railroad.
At Philadelphia. yesterday, there was
slight shower Of rain. 1t is expected that l
viii affect the Schuylkill river, and put thu
water works in good condition,
Mr. George Peabody has returned to George
town, Mass. The Newburyport Herald Of
Saturday says his health is not much I'm
proved.
A convent for the oolored Sisters oil Prov
dence" is being built in New Orleans, the hrs
OF the kind for that race in Louisiana.
| The Sultan declines Miss Burdett Coutt
offer to repair the water works of Jerusalem
but promises to do it himself.