Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-07-15
NEWS OF TIE DAY.
"7o shoe the rery age and body ofhe Times.

kcts through the medium of the Pacific X. H.,
the freight for the longest distance not beng
greater than five cents per pound. Fruit dear
ers declare that as soon n the rclrlgerat-
ed ears are put apOn the roads they can
place these fruits in the Eastern cities al
profit.
A National Methodist Camp Mcetius will be
held next year, at place near Long Bridge
NJ. on the Shalk River, in the southern
partlof the state. A tract oil one hundiCu anu
thirty-seven acres has been secured, anu nego
tiations are in progress Tor enough land adJoih-
| ing to make I'D five hundred acreS,- with over
| q mile OF sea front
Henry Il. Whitmere, Secretary OF the st.
| Louis Grain Association, will leave Tor Europe
| in few days on business connected with the
through grain movement. The main object OF
his trip is to secure line OF suitable steamers
| to run between New Orleans and Liverpool in
connection with barges and steamboats, on the
Mississippi river.
A Washington dispatch states that the In
ternal Revenue Bureau is in RECEIPT OF intorma'
ton that in various localities bogus revenue
| detectives are circulating very extensively, anu
| making sums of money out OF small ufaier' ny
| playing on their fears. Measures Will pc AZ
| once taken to have all sucii rrfcS'cd a"i ''u'
| quatey punished.
We have been expecting to get our supply
of tea from China over the Pacific Railroad,
but it seems likely that it will not be long neces-
sary for us to send to China foE our tea, but
that We will get it i.om the tea fields OF Cail'
| fornia. The Japanese colony OF tea growers
who have settled there have made yeIy sue
| cessiul beginning.
Second Comptroller Brodhead has decided
that deserters are not entitled to bountles, which
are to be paid only 10 an honorable discharge,
and deserter's discharge cannot be considered
honorable SO long as the rolls show up his tue
record. This decision probably saves to the
Treasury $20, 100000.
A defalcation Of seventeen to twenty i've
thousand dollars has been discovered in the
| Bank of Commerce of Baltimore, on the part
| of one OF its officers. Some think the amount
| reported as missing larger than the real sum
stolen. Tho matter Is under investigation by
the Directors Of the Bank
The announcement of Secretary Boutwell, OF
his intention TO purchase $ll,00O,000 United
States securities during the remainder OF the
| month of July, has already had an evident Ell,
! feet upoRthc market. Bonds are hrmer and
| higher, and money is 10 BE- had at reasonable
| rates
| The Decature cotton ease, involving tic
value OF 800 bales of cotton, ha2 Just been de-
cilcd at Memphis, Tennessee, against the Gov,
| eminent. Secretary Boutwell, has requested
| the Government counsel To carry the case up
on appeal or wit oil error
Gen. Carr has struck severe blow at The
Dog Soldier Cheycnnes under Tall l'uIl, Kali
| ing Glty-two men and capturing seventeen w0-
men and children. Among the captvcs are two
| white women captured by the Indians at Sali-
| na some time since
John Rose, Finance Minister Of the New
Dominion of Canada, is about to retire from
the Cabinet, 3 ,eelis.ssS a private letters
| from the coos lEsv7S5 5fp nation grow our
OF a misapproprlat* the inter coleman
| railway fund.
The Pennsylvania Democratic state Con.
vention, in session at Harrisburg yesterday,
| placed in nomination for Governor, the Hon.
Asa Packer. A letter was read from Gen. Han.
cock iorbdding the use 0t his name ny the
Convention.
Auguste Coutouric, whose firm in New Or
leans has recently been 50 prominently before
| the public in connection with alleged sugar
frauds, was again arrested IN that c.y yes
terday.
The Secretary OF War has directed that Oil
Fort Madison, at Annapolis, Md, be turned
over to the Navy Department to be u'ed as an
experimental battery.
New York city, it appears, has Iuat woke
ND to the fact that the Pacific railroad u com
peted and proposes Grand national c1lchra'
| ton Of the event.
Lieut.. Com. Il. X. Ducr, u. 5. Navy, died
few days ago. lie had been twelve years IN
the navy, and eight years employed at sea.
A house was burned down in Upshur county
West Virginia, last week, and six persons in ii
persisted by the flames.
James +. Wilson, of Iowa, has been appoint
cd Director Of the Union Pacific Railroad
Company.
Gen. p. III. Sheridan has been IN Washing
| ton for some days.
Mr.. Stoadman, u. $. Consul at Santiago de
Cuba, died recently.
TIE NATIONAL CAMP MEETING is still in
| progress at Round Lake, N. Y, as already stat
cd, Bishop Simpson delivered an able sermon
on Sunday to congregation OF several thOu9
and persons. A correspondent Of the N. Y.
Tribune writes:
after the sermon, which was In fact the
grand feature of the meeting, the grounds were
alive with speakers, many Of whom were of the
rentler sex. The sermon which pleased me
hest was delivered from IN mprovised stand in
| Fountain Square, by o.lady ilom Pawtuckct,
| Rhode Island. She told her simple story OF
trial and struggle with SO much unaffected
earnestness, with such womanly grace and feel
| inc, and in such sweet sympathetic voice,
that very few who listened to her could refrain
| from eviucing emotion. A lady from Illinois
also spoke with great effect from the head OF a
water hogshead.' y