Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-12-31
NEWS or The DAI


| al Creswell concluded and ratified the new con-
tracts for European mail service from this coun
| try The first steamer, under the new arrange
ment, will sail on Saturday, so that the action
| of the Cunard and lnman lines will not result
| in any disadvantage To the service. The cana
| dian Postmaster General has offered an arrange
ment for service from Portland ty steamship Ia
| Europe, at two cents per letter.
Ii is understood that the movement to raise
a fund OF 500, 900 Tor the benefit OF the family
OF the late Secretary Stanton is progressing very
| iavoraby and that q large amount has already
been subscribed Senator Chandler is reported
| to have subscribed 81, 00O and other gentlemen
npoIitical lie have given equally large amounts.
| The Government transactions in Five twenty
| bonds at New York yesterday, resulted IN the
sale Of 81 GOO, 900 at which price, however,
| Is not considered high enough at the Treasury
| Department. One million IN gold will be oiier-
! ed by GoveInmen: to-day no bud under l2O 30
be considered
| The latest use for the legal PROCESS OF injunc
ton, which seems to constitute the body OF the
| Law in New York, occurred ut Wes' Farms
| WestcheSter county, in that State, last Mon,
| day, where the receiver OF taxes was served
with a wit cuioiuing him from proceeding with
| his collections.
The surveys Tor the branch from the Phlla
lelpha, Wilmington and Baltimore railroad to
Belair, in Hartford county, Maryland, will soon
e commenced Favorable progress is making
in securing subscriptions to the stock Ci the new
| road.
| The proposition to wholly mouopolze the
| Telegraph business, 10y placing it III the hands
| OF the government, and thus create "a fresh
batch of patronage to be dispensed 10y the party
IN power, IL, 1t seems. 10 be revived
During the present month the weather has
been uuprecedentedly cold in California. Ice
has been formed 10 several localities, aud it is
| feared thG young orange aud lemon trees have
been seriously injured
| The Indians OF the Grand River agency ask
oi the Great Father" at Washington. the
privilege OF providing TOR the family OF tho late
Major G.. f.. Gapiu, their interpreter, whom
they had learned to love and consider as 4 chief.
The Erie railroad company has seized and
| hold, possession of the books Of the Atlantic
| and Great Western railway. 1t appears that a
| former President, Mciienry has carried oil to
| Europe the most important OF the books.
| The woman suffragists have penetrated the
| bills OF New Hampshire with their talking con.
ventons. The association OF that State Is now
| in session at Concord.
The leading New York hotels are considering
the propriety of cutting down their prices thlr-
| ty three per ct. They could we'll allOrd to put
them down fifty per cent.
The Governor OF Iowa teegraph5 that he will
| not appoint u successor to Mr. Grimes to the
Il. l,.t
! the meeting Of the Legislature OF that State.
Intellectual attempts were made yesterday at
Albany and Troy to swindle banks there by the
deposit Of forged checks on the Third National
Bank of New FORK.
Small. pox is not considered epidemic in New
York. Only thirteen people have died of it this
week
There are twenty thousand tenement houses
in New York, occupied by seven hundred thcn
sand persons.
The January dividends al the Massachusetts,
manufacturing companies show II decrease, but
not to the extent that was expected.
Somebody ia Providence aivertiaes Tor lost
umbrella
Gen. Mcclellan il in Washington.
WASHINGTON ITEMS The Presidents New
Years Day reception will commence a: II
o cock a. M, at which hour tho diplomatic
corps and cabinet officers will BE- received, fol-
lowed By The Supreme Court, Senators and
Representatives, and the judiciary oi the Dis
trict. The officers Of the army and navy will
call AT - m, in lull uniform. The soldiers of
the war Of 1912 and the Association OF Oldest
10: l. p. m, and ii district will be admitted at
zens generally viii! commence. and Ia" r1nII6fsd
until = O'Clock
The reception on New Years Day of the
richmond Press by their brethren of the
Washington journals promises to be a very
pleasant affair.
The navy yard employees are much exercis.
cd from the fact that although they were will.
ing they were not allowed to work on Monday
last, the occasion ofthe obScquies of Mr. Stan |
ton; Ot course they receive no pay, while the |
clerks IN the government departments who do |
less work daily are paid their salaries.
In the Equity Court (Judgo Wylie) DEGREES |
OF divorce have been made divorcing Emma q. |
Henry nom John L. Henry, aud John Nc |
Arthur lloughton from Julia Ella Hourhton.
John J. johnson, one OF the colored council
men OF the city, announces that he will receive
his Trends on New Years Day.
a DEFAULTING CASHIER The Investigation
Wy ",i, NnaTies Callenuer, U0vernmcDt lDSpeo
tor OF National Banks, in the case of Edward
Oakley, the delaultng cashier, will not close
probably Tor two or three days. The examina
tion yesterday let to the conclusion that the
sums embezzed will amount to less than SlO0,.
OUO, Instead Of more than $3.50, 600 as at first
Mr.. Oakley faces the music bravely,
and renders important assistance in unravelling
The accounts. lie asserts that the funds abstract.
ID were entirely for the use of his brother Mr..
Cornelius Oakley, and that he personally deri
Ped no emolument whatever from them 1t has
'een said that Mrs, Oakley possesses fortune
which has been settled upon her by her hus
and, and that this money was taken from the
'ank. In reply TO this it is asserted that the
property was held by Mrs. Oak ley before mar
isge.-N T. Sun.
There has been considerable rise 10 the
hena1doah river ia consequruce ut lecs
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