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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-01-28

TTEAS-Gunpowder Imperial, Young Hyson,
Japan and Black Tea, for sale by
GOULD s. WlLKENING,
ian 8.4w No. 80 n. Royal st.
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POTOMAC SHAD AND ROE-Potomae
L Shad in barrel S. Shad Rec in kits and
kegs. For sale THOMAS PERRY,
dec so Is King street
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CALMON AND GOLDFISH just received
y aud for sale by
Jan 8-4w NO. oO n hoyaI street:
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PROEESSIONAL.
DR. JOHN j. WILLIAMS,

Having settled in Misplace, offers his services
occasionally to the citizens of Alexandria, and
ppromises good work for cash. No ITO Gamer
On street, second door from ST. Asaph. ia 20-1w
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ITALIAN MACCARONI, Pineapple Cheese,
Factory do, Maryland Hams, uncovered
received to-day and for sale by ,
ian Is ID ~ Al "AA4o A'A''
The New York herald., 1869-01-16
POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

LARCENY OF Snow CAsr.--charIcs Walker OF
20 Fast Seventeenth street, arcd sixteen. was yes.
terday brought before Justice Hogan, at the Tombs
on a charge OF having stolen show case containing
500 worth Of b0ots and a1ocs belonging to John
Ireanor Of 45 Nassau street. The case stood nt tho
door, aud Charles W. Flowers, OF Al Nassau street,
saw the larceny committed and caused the culprrs
arrest as he was escaping with the plunder. The
prisoner was fully committed for trial.
Tug BOND ROBBERY IN PINE sTRgET.--Josepn
Davidson alias Theodore Davis ana william spauld.
ing were arraiened before Justice Hogan yesterday.
al The Tombs. on charge OF having, on the 18th
lns stolen q tin box containing thirty yseven shares
OF Illinois Petroleum Gasght Company, OF Chicago;
SIS shares OF Mil Creek Coal Company, of Luzurne
county, Pa; forty shares Susquehanna Coal
ana iron Company, Of ~ ~, ana a 81, 900 mortgage
bond OF the piitsburg. Marysvillo and Gin.
cnnah Railroad, wmch they took felonious
Possession OF In the once OF william -.
Stpng, No. 5k Pine street, said box and contents
being the property OF John Christie also OF No. 5E
Pine street. William ". HaRerman the messenger
for Mr.. Strang, testified that the box was laid by
him on desk, and tnat the prisoners came In to-
gether and inquired for q Mr.. Woodbridge, who WAS
not In, and At the same moment ran or with the
boz. After some further examination the case was
closed by the magistrate holding the prisoners for
trial. The details " The robbery have already been
reported In t0e HERALD.
AILE0sD FALSE REPRESENTATION william Kcat.
Ing. clerk atthe st James Hotck on broadway. az.
The New York herald., 1869-01-16
AMERICAN AND f0sslsN CHRISTIAN usiaa.

At the regular meeting OF the directors Of this
society, on Thursday afternoon, . committee OF six
was appointed to prepare On answer TO the charge
laid against the society by the Rev. L. w Bacon, q
member Of the Board, In the last number OF PIT.
narn's Md1dzinc. The charge In that Of having pub
lshclj with the sanction of the society's IMPRINT In
decent mendacious and otherwise scandaious
books and the demand OF the writer is that these
books shall be publicly repudiated. II s not doubted
that the books complained OF have been published
by the society. but II remains TO be seen whether the
society Will repudiatc further responsibility for the
books, or vindcate the character Of them, or, a.
third course, evadc the issue which is pressed upon
them. Very warm Indignation II expressed In the
action Of the Board against Mr. Bacon for having
nnimadverted publicly upon the character OF the 40
ciety's publications, and 1t looks "a II the main part
OF the defence Of the society going be diverted
to the personal question Of the proprety OF Mr. pa
cons course In bringing the matter before tue pub
lie for discussion.
The New York herald., 1869-01-16
I'VE PAcIflc CABLE Ins
From the Democrat Ian IA,

prom the Democrat Jan rhl
senator Nye Is not only very apt 10 be doing some
thing, put doing something wrong lie Ia
preparing MS way 70 China by telegraph, as very
many OF his former friends Will be happy 10 hear
It's q fat job-the largest Jim Il known rs
yet TO have had hs hand Ia. In Establishing his
telegraphc communication between the Pacific
coast and China ne proposes 10 have granted to
those In the job another section OF continent adding
timber stone and whatever ships they may desire 10
get and SELL And besides this he wants the govern.
ment 70 guarantee what Is called subsidy ainount-
Ing 70 about 0oo II Ii In the Arrangement OF
the details OF this job that the serious fact appears
that Nye is merely the claw by the handling OF which
men VINO nave become accustomed to drawing
minons from our tax-ridden people have arranged
for another pull. The same who are interested in
this scheme are those who manipulated the "sus.
sian extension scheme until II exploded ana ave
hundred miles OF cable, which In the sane length the
government II TO be asked TO pay for was wrecked
and has lain shrivelling In the sun unt recentIy,
when y was brought away to become ss IL believed
the basis or Nyes latest job although believed 10 be
now worthless for the purpose for which was con.
strucfed. Can u be possible that another immense
Job 10 thus 70 be added to the many already in pro-
Rrese, the whole object Of which 10 70 Weld rnonev 10
private individuaA ~ the expsase OF Inc peopleI
The New York herald., 1869-01-16
COURT or GENERAL SESSIONS.

Assault Upon an Omcer-Severe Sentcnce-A
Warming TO the Lawless.
Before Cunning 8. Bedford, Jr., City Judge.
The first case disposed OF yesterday was. an IN
dictnent against Garret Baldwin for q felonious
assault upon oficer VIM. Robertson, OF the Twenty
seventh precinct, the night of the 4th Of Decem
ber 1t seems that the oicer requested the prisoner
who was standing on the corner OF street at mid
night TO move away, whereupOn he drew knife
and cut his Overcoat in the shoulder the stabS not
reaching the flesh. The accused pleaded guilty to
an assault with dangerous weapon with intent to
do bodily harm, which was accepted by the Court
and the District Attorney.
Judge Bedford In passing sentence said that he
understood Baldwin had Just served term in a New
Jersey prison. and that this assault unprOvoked
His Honor also stated that he would protect the
Metropolitan police In all proper efforts to preserve
the public peace, and in this instance he would set
an example by sending the prisoner to the State
prison for f1ve years.
SENTENCES.
ThOs. Smith, who pleaded guilty a few days ago TO
an attempt at burglary In the third degree, was SEN
fenced to the State Prison for two years and six
months.
Edward Hartnett, who admitted that he was
guilty OF an attempt at grand larceny. was placed
at the bar for sentence The complainant, who gave
the accused excellent character, interposed In his
behalf, and the Court suspended sentence.
The New York herald., 1869-01-16
ALONG THE SOUND.
Extensive improvements About Stan,fors
Commenced.

Extensive improvements About stamford
Commenced.
One OF the most extensive sales or real estate
within hours ride Of the city has been recently
effected by Mr.. G. spalding OF Stamford. The estate
OF the late Moses Rogers comprising the old man
sion and 2oi acres OF finely elevated ground.
familiarly known shippan Point, which Is almost
surrounded by the water Of Long Island Sound and
stamford harbor, which mas been in the possession
OF the family for upwards OF sixty years has at last
been sold to Mr. L. Studwell, OF Stamford, for the
sum OF 100000 According 10 the conditions OF the
win made by Mr.. Rogers In 1922, about two years
before his death, the property could not be
sold and title given until within a recent
date. and in the meantime the old family
mansion and beautiful pleasure grounds have
been sadly neglected. The place has long been the
resort Of picnic parties from Sunday schools, &c..
during the summer. Their visits have probably
been brought TO close, for the purchaser has had
the ground surveyed and laid out for ya sites. The
old mansion is 10 have another story with Mansard
roof put upon II, and be otherwise modernlzed for
the occupancy OF the present owner and six other
first class dwellings are to be Immediately COM
menced. delightful drive three miles long has
been laid out around the shore; also other fine ave-
nues and drives are likewise arranged for, and
horse railroad between the depot at Stamford and
Shippan will be built as soon possible and n 10
contemplated to have steamer touch at new
dock on the west side OF the point i's way ana
from the city daily.
The New York herald., 1869-01-16
FORTRESS MONROE.

Presentation or Gold Medal Ordered by
Congress for Captain Robert Creighton. Of
the British Mercantile Navy.
Under instructions from the War Department
General Barry, the 18Th inst. at Fortress Monroe
presented TO Captain Robert Creighton, formerly Of
the British ship Three Bells, and now commander OF
the Royal West India Mail steamship Venezuela, 4
magnificent gold medal, ordered by Congress, In
appreciation OF his gallant conduct In rescung the
survivors OF the American steamship san Francisco
The presentation was made on Captain Creghton's
ship In the presence OF large number OF the cii-
zens OF Norfolk, by General Barry, who delivered
laudatory address, which was responded TO briefly
by the recipient. The affair passed or pleasantly,
and Immediately on its conclusion the Venezuela
started for Liverpool. The medal is n massive and
elegant piece Of workmanship, and Is said TO have
cost 81 COO.
The New York herald., 1869-01-16
THE LOSS OF THE STEAMER GULF CITY.

Further Pnrticulars-The Names of the
Omcers and Some OF the Crcw-The Re-
cord Of the Vessel.
The record of marine disasters shipwrecks and
loss OF human life ut sea has been unusually Ion 9
during the present season, and the list does not
seem as If 1t were yet completed. The telegraphlc
columns OF the HERALD yesterday morning contained
despatch from Wilmington, N. c., announcing the
loss OF the steamship Gulf City, or this port, bound
homewards from Galveston, which broke up on
Monday night, after having gone aground or Point
Lookout. The despatch further stated that there
were twenty-five persons on board, only three Of
whom are known to have been saved.
The meagre information thus furnished Is about
all the intelligence which can be gathered rs to the
shpwreck, its cause and the loss or life which re-
suited. All that can be learned as TO the SHIP her
crew and passengers is also easily told. The Gulf
City sailed from this port on the 23d OF November
having been delayed two days by the accidental
TO death by the machinery on the afternoon OF the
2ls.. Owing TO this unfortunate event q stampede
took place among the men in the engineering de-
partment, and therefore their names cannot be got.
The names OF the sailors, too cannot be obtained,
for the reason that they were shipped on board the
vessel, and not by any shipping firm. me officers
were as foows:-
Captain-James Stewart.
First Onlcer-Thos D. Kidd.
Second Mate KeatIng.
The only other names which can be ascertained
Engineer-John Seaman; Assistants-Ch
Wynes and Robert Kennedy.
Steward-George Henry.
Cook-Louis Francis
Seamen-C. Sickles Anthony Thomas and John
Powers.
The only man on this list who is known TO be
saved Is Anthony Thomas, who, with Patrick
McCabe and Henry McArdle, was picked up by the
steamer w. r. Clyde on Wednesday, at two O'Clock,
and taken into Wilmington. The crew list Of the
vessel contains twenty-five men all told and 1t is
supposed that the three persons reported upon her
excess OF that number must have been passengers
She is known 10 have had on board good general
cargo, SOS bales Of cotton forming part OF 1t.
The Gulf City was schooner rigged steamer, A
IN; was built at Mystic, Conn.,, in 1882. Her tonnag
mage was 653 tons, new measurement. and owned
by Philip Dater Co., OF Wall street. She was for
mery known as the Augusta Dinsmorc. She has for
some time been engaged In the Galveston trade by
G. II. Mallory h Co., OF Maiden lane.
Some hope is vet entertained that others OF the ur1-
fortunate viii be, rather have been, saved
II is thought probable that the bales OF cotton would
afford them support so that they might float unii
picked up by passing vessels.
The New York herald., 1869-01-16

p0nv.-This action was brought TO recover for In
negligence OF defendants On the 18th OF February,
1859, at about seven O'Clock in the evening. plain
tiY In company with his wife and two step-daurh-
tiers, left his residence, Brooklyn. to go to New York
They crossed in one OF defendants ferryboats. IL
appears that when the plaintin was passing out
used to support prop that upheld o corner OF the
ferryhouse and fractured his leg In consequence or
which he was confined 10 his bed for seven weeks.
Plaintn attributed the accident to defendants neg
lgence, which, however, they denied The case was
tried and at the close OF the evidence defendants
counsel moved to dismiss the complaint The mo-.
ton was granted, and from that decision plaintiff
now appealed. Argument had not closed at the
rising of the Court. Counsel for plaintiff, II. L..
Clinton; for defendants. b. ID. Silliman.
The New York herald., 1869-01-16
COURT OF COMMON plEAs-ssxsRAL TERM.
Interesting to Insurers.
Before the Full Bench.

Before the Full Bench.
James C7ark Us. The Manhattan Ltf8 Insurance
Cornpany-In August, 1865. the iron steamer Annie,
owned In part by the plaintif was insured for the
sum OF $4,000 in the Manhattan Insurance Compa-
ny. The vessel was wrecked in the Savannah river,
and was abandoned Notice OF abandonment was
given to the defendants by the piaintin. who was
captain. The company sent down an agent with
power to do the best he could In their interest The
agent went to work, had the vessel raised, and sub
sequenty sold her for SIS, 00O The defendants re-
fused to pay the insurers more than this amount,
the ground that they had not formally accepted the
abandonment OF the vessel In the court below a
verdict was found for the plaintiff. The Court after
hearing argument, took the papers and reserved Its
decision.
The New York herald., 1869-01-16
Huy-ATrENuASCs or JURORS.

To THE EDITOR or THE HERALD:-
correspondent in your paper of the l4th instant
Introduces this subject and recommends the stat6
Legislature to pass law compelling Jurors to attend
personally or by substitute, ana inficting "heavy
nne' Tor non.atten1ance. lie seems TO overlook ono
call on twelve OF my fellow citizens and compel them
10 leave their business and their families a my BIDS
ding 70 adjust diifculty between my ncighbor and
me- without any compensatory Let there DO such
law passed as your correspondent mentions, with
the addition of clause similar TO the one IN tho
United states Courts To pay the jurymcn two dollars
day each 10 be added % the other court expensess
and then there VIII he ess cause for Jurors to make
excuses fvr non-attendance- JUROR
The New York herald., 1869-01-16
peared before Justice shandley. at one Jensrscn

peared before Justice Shandloy, ct The Jenerpcn
Market Police Court, yesterday afternoon. and
charged Charles II. Bancroft with passing upon him
= worthless draft for 800 IN pavment for board
hin of s32 rs which he owed the lonse The clrcum
stances as alleged are that Charles when the above
bin was presented to hin. gave IN payment me
blI ana S87 o5 in bank bills and currency. The
draft was drawn upon Mes'rs. Bancroft Bros. Co
Iunbus Ohio but instead of being honored at sight
was rejected and returned. Meanwhile Charles
left the hotel, and as soon as the proprle-
tors felt that they had been neeced they
MCGOWAN, az the Twenty-ninth precinct, who had
been detailed to work up the case found him at the
hiliard rooms OF q prominent hotel yesterday and
arrested him. In MS Informal examination the &C.
cused claimed that his acts mad been egitimate ana
father the senior mer,ber of the above firm, when
he was .'short.n He was committed for further ex-
animation.
The New York herald., 1869-01-16
MExiOo.
Treaty Ratlncations-PubIic Eiuances-The
Puebla and Mexico Railroad.

Treaty Ratiacations-Public Einanccs-The
PuebIa and Mexico Railroad.
HAVANA, Jan. o. 1859.
The Spanish steamer Paris, from Vera Cruz on the
aoth uit., ana the English packet Tyne from the
same port on the I'd inst, arrived here on the 9Th
and 9th respectively. Mr. Plumb, late Charge d'Af-
faires. came passenger in the Tyne, and proceeds
to Washington by the steamer Columbia. He Is the
bearer Of the Official ratification Of the Seward
Romero treaties. The American claims, after occu-
pying two days. discussion IN Congress, were duly
approved Of the 2sd by lis votes against IL. The
following day Congress held another secfet session
and approved Of that part Of the treaty relative to
the rights OF naturalization. by 9s votes against H.
The amendment as proposed by the American Senate
was likewise approved of
year amount to 50 co. si2 According TO the initia
tive OF the government the estimates for the next
year w o The re
Post ONCE to be $3s9.ss2 and the expenditure
The Minister of Finance is said to have lost all
hopes in the cooperation Of his colleagues to aid him
In his efforts to economize the public expenditure
iree nee nom war, instead OF bringing forward any ma
teria reductions the general estimates have been
inflated, so much SO that it will require twentysx
millions to cover the expenditure. Even in the
memorable epoch OF the dictatorship in 1858 1t
reached the immense sum OF thirty-ni millions,
but did not exceed that In 1854 it fell TO fourteen
millions and In 1851 to one-haIf. Now 1t should GER
tainy not go beyond fifteen or sixteen millions.
The Monitor expresses its objections to the practice
of drawing lots tsorteol making conscriptons for
the army, and prefers the ensting system in order
to provide for the ''reempazos'' In the army.
According to order issued by the police all re-
lgous ceremonies In the temples Of the capital are
to be celebrated in future with closed DOORS It fur
ther orders that all public houses for the retailing OF
liquor shall close at six p M. The opinion seems to
be, first, that the liberty OF conscience Is violated
and then that Of trade.
Accordin2to decree OF the nth ult. all highway
men will suffer pain Of death, irrespective OF the
value or nature OF the effects stolen.
The Legislature of San Luis PotOs has decreed the
prohibition Of bulLfghting throughout the State.
The New York herald., 1869-01-16

About four O'Clock yesterday afternoon James
Ryan and wife and two other women were walking
on the line Of the Erie Railway, near oxford, short
distance from Suf'erns. when an eastward bound
train approached and owing TO some negligence the
Tour persons above alluded to were thrown from the
track. Inc train was due at Paterson at a quarter
past TX O'Clock. and was made up Of way freight
and passenger cars. Mr.. Ryan was severely IN.
Jured about the face. head and leg and one or the
women, whose name Is unknown, was so severely
injured that physician who was called said her
recovery was impossible. None Of the other persons
were seriously injured. Mr.. Ryan and wife came ON
hy the same train TO Paterson where bia Iniuries
were attended TO By his relatives.
The New York herald., 1869-01-16
usrtp STATES cln~IssIosssy couav


The Unifed States us. Durid Ltc1tenhein.--The ex.
animation IN this case was resumed yesterday
morning. 10 came out In the prosecution that
Uoym, the cigar dealer, was forced TO deliver
all his cigars TO one Jacob Freud. The alleged
partner OF Lichtenheim, al twelve dollars thOu.
sand, which was alleged lar below tho valne.
The defence went 70 show that twelve dollars
q thousand was the market value. Seven witnesses,
cigar dealers, were exam ned on this point s1d Mr..
Ethan Alien, Deputy United states Attorney obtain.
ed from every witness the admission that the cigars
IN question were worth from fourteen TO twenty dol
lars thousand.
The examination, efter having occupied the cour
considerable time, was further adjourned to Wed.
nesday next.
The New York herald., 1869-01-16
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

THE WEATHER yEsrERDAy.-The following record
will show the changes IN the temperature for the
past twenty-four hours as indicated by the thermo-
meter at Hudnuts pharmacy, HERALD Building,
dxgav af AIMS utr
The New York herald., 1869-01-16
THE CHURCHILL FUND.

To rHR EDITOR or THE HERALD
Please md herewith enclosed ten dollars, which
add to the Churchill fund and oblIge YOURS. very
truly, syMpAT,Iy
BROOKLYN, Jan. IA, 1862
The New York herald., 1869-01-16
ERIE RAIL WAY ACCIDENTS.
Sp,ash-Up Of Freight Train ON Thursday
NlWhf.

Night.
About midnight OF Thursday last, 10 is reported.
freight train, consisting OF fourteen cars was thrown
from the track Of the Erie Railway, near Hancock,
and precipitated into the Delaware river. 1t was
not known whether any lives were lost; but the run
ming OF trains was considerably obstructed BY the
debris OF the cars. The Western mail train due In
this city 1t eight O'Clock yesterday morning, did
yond time In consequence OF the accident but later
In the day 10 was announced that trains were run
ming regularly on time.
The New York herald., 1869-01-16
SUPREME cousT--cHAmsEHs.

Tho New York Central Railroad Litigation.
Before Judge Inpransr,.
Jenks ~. The Ne,o Fork Central Rnnroad Com.
pany.-This motion came up for hearing YESTERDAY
morning, but was adjourned ttI the ieth.
The New York herald., 1869-01-16
TIE CHILEAN MISSION.
Letters from General Fitzpatrick in Reply 10
General Butler.

General fitzpatrick has written letter to Hon.
John Hill, member Of Congress from New Jersey
concerning the proposition OF General Butler 70
abolish the Chile mission. lie asks after explaining
the case as II stands, "What does General Butler
know OF Chilef Absolutely nothng-just about al
much be does OF finance. He desires 10
pay or the national debt without paying n, and
he desires to reduce our expenses and punish me
without accomplishing either.r Purifier on he
says.-"The effort TO abolish the mission IN WORTHY
Of Butler; 0f the past record aud present efforts OF
the who, In fs60 could vote nfty.two times for
the traitor Davis and afterwards urge upon the
American people the election OF Breckinridge when
he knew that his success was our ruin; who could
In ls6s. advocate repudiation and financial ruin;
who, after hts protestatoDs that he was the true
Trend OF Ulysses >. Grant yet ran away from Lowell
70 avoid him ana on the same day accepted tho
hospitality Of New York democratic club. and
there talked over the reorganlz alton OF the demo-
cratic party when he should have been extending
words ~ welcome To his future President to the city
OF Lowell; the boosted radical who could write 70
the Louisville Journal that although he had been the
bitter enemy OF the South during the war he now
could do them more good than any other man; the
advocate and lawyer the republican and statesman.
who, after most viely denouncing the President OF
the United States before oil the world dares 70 meet
hlm race " lace, extend the two hands OF friend
Year,