Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-06-17
NEWS OF TIE DAI.
40 sAom he rs,y age and Jody ofthc Times


will be resumed in the lykcns Valley coal
mines on Wednesday. Therefore, whether
operators in other districts resume or not We
may rely upon this, that the lykens mines
will throw into the market whatever amount
Of coal they are capable OF producing, with Such
working force as can be secured. The same
paper says that private ad7ices from the
Schuylklll miners state that work Will be gen
orally resumed throughout the county on yeSter.
dav "Wednesday J" h. Wilkesbarre Coal and
Iron COMPANY vii resume operations TINS
week,
President Grant arrived at Boston yesterday
and had an enthusiastic reception from the
authorities and citizens generally. la response
n IN address of welcome from Gov. C!allin,
the President said 1T affords me great plea
sure to visit the Capital Of a State which has
done so much for my support, and Tor the
support OF the Union in the time Of the great
rebelion-a State whose principles did so much
to give me whatever political position L have
attained, and State where have received
such hearty welcome IN other days.. lie
reviewed the militia commanded by Gen. put
Ter, aud subsequently, attended the Peace JUDI
lee.
Secretary Boutwell, has directed the assistant
treasurer at New York to make his purchase
Of bonds for the last week in this month on
Tuesday Goth instant. lie has also directed
the purchase Of bends to the amount Of S625,
600 at either of the next two weekly purchases
in addition to the regular purchase OF 81 ,OOo,-
600 weekly, in order to increase the sinking
fund by tic close Of the fiscal year to the pro-
nortionate amount for the four months or the
present Administration, the law requiring one
per ct. of the entire debt to purchased be dur
ing each fiscal year for that fund.
Mckinney, the referee in the prize fight at
St. Louis, between McCoolc and Allen, gave
the following decision at midnight last night:
II Valentine Mckinney, give my decision
in the late fight between McCoolc and Allen IN
favor of McCoolc, there being lou! commit.
ted by Allen on McC0oc on the last round by
poucirr his eyes" After this decision, the
''rcterree" cleared out for fear Of being lynched.
The whole set OF these rullianS ought to be
sent to the penitontiary.
MrJamcs Watson Webb, the US. Minister to
Brazil, has taken his passport, owing to ques-
lions at variance between himself and the
Brazilian Government relative to claims against
the ship Canada. The Government expressed
determination to treat with the authorities
at Washington through lis own representative,
Mr.. Webb's successor was appointed seine
time ago.
The LEGISLATURE of Forila, has agreed to
resolutions ratifying the Fifteenth amendment
to The Constitution. Florida is the twenty
fifth State that has siCnifcd us approval OF
this amendment, and the votes Of but three
more are necessary. There IS but little dUIbt
that before the first Of January next the rati-
fication of the amendment viii be accomplished.
a nan named Thomas Watson has been
fined $50, aud sent to jail ia default OF ray
ment, in Madison, Indiana, for bfuta!v whip.
| nGc his little step.daugh!Cr. The girl had
been sent out to beg, and returning at night
with less money than her unnatural protector
thousht she ought to have, received the Hog
| glng.
Charles NJ. Haney, aged A., warden OF the
Baltimore city iaiI, died yesterday. Hle was
formerly baggage AGENT between Baltimore
and New York, then conductor on the Wash
ineton Branch, and afterwards general passen-
ger agent OF the Seaboard and Roanoke rail-
road. lie was universally popular
A letter was yesterday received at the Irea-
sury Department, signed Zone who would be
honest" from Brooklyn, n. y, enclosing
$500, which the writer asks may be placed &c
the credit OF the L. S. where it belongs.
Thomas G.. Nichols, colored man, has been
appointed Night Inspector OF Customs at Gal
weston, Texas. Nichols was formerly resi-
dent of Virginia, but for several years past has
resided in the city OF Galveston.
An Augusta, Georgia, dispatch says that
disturbance occurred during circus perform
ancc at Sparta. in that State, on Tuesday, be-
tween whites and blacks, in which one Colored
man was killed and another mortally wounded.
The Society Of Friends has recommended the
following us Indian Agents for the Central Su'
perintcndency: Cyrus Becde, John d. Miles,
Jonathan Richards, Thomas Miller and Nah
lon Stubbs.
A patent waa Issued on Tuesday to Edward
Douglass, of Gorham, Maine, for a compost
aon to destroy the appetite Tor tobacco.
The death of the Iutcndentc OF Havana,
from vomito, is announced.
BUILDING AND BUSINESS. Business has been
so unusually dull, that few have any profits to
lay aside anything from. The South has only
expended what money was necessary TO buy
implements and food. The great bull; OF The
money made IRON cotton has been retained at
home to control labor. The West has had very
little, if any, surplus from its grain and pro-
ducc, and the influence OF low prices and light
demand has very naturally been tct here
Trade has been very stagnant. The heavy IN
terest with which builders who build on specu-
laton, aud purchasers who borrow from build
ing societies, have consequcntlyto pay, is prov
ing ruinous, and not a Jew Of them must nc
cessarily go to the wall.
Of course, heavy losses give men heavy hearts
ard their dark iorebodngs Influence their as
sociatcs. There is a cessation in certain class
of building, and many permits issued will not
be used for some time to come. Ce!lar-diggers
will work cheaper for some time to come, and
bricks which have already declined twenty five
per cent. may possibly decline more, which
they can we'll do and still pay handsome profit
to brick makers.
For those, however, who anticipate any
heavy and permanent decline in property or
material or labor, there will be disappoint
ment.- Bat. Gd-ehe.