Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-12-06
NEWS or The DAY.
"2o aho.c Il: re,g age and body Of IL. I'm,

red to the Minister Resident at the request oil
our Government, is that of the widow OF the
late Capt b. w. Perkins for powder and arms
contracted for by the late Minister, Baron St@
kel, during the Crimean war. The present
minister disputes the claim.
The Baltimore Gazette says: Cheap beef
is really coming. The crowd which gathered
round Mr.. Bankerds meat market, on Light
street, on Saturday last, shows that bis expert
ment is q success from the start He sells beef
at fully twenty per c.. below butchers prices
He gives full weight. There are no complaints
made.
The Junction Cit (Kansas) Union says
Charles Brown, who has been = captive Tor
three years among the Cheyenne Indians, and
who has Just escaped, states that there are In
the hands Of that tribe more than twenty white
boys and girls captives, among them henrietta
Floyd, aged sixteen years, daughter OF VIII
liam II. Floyd, furniture dealer OF Boston.
J. j. Ecke, one of the principals in the
famous Blaisdcl 4 Eckcl whiskcy frauds at
New York, died in the Albany Peuitcntlary
Saturday morning, where no was serving out
his term for that offence Eckel was also no
toriOus from his connection with the celebrated
Burdell murder case.
PIN Il Co., the Dutlin firm. who have Just
failed, owned large tanneTy, brewery, Hour mil.
paper mi boot anu shoe factory, popn fac.
tory, calico mill, leather store, stationery ware
house an! Wholesale and retail dry goods store,
with branches o, th- same in London. 1000
persons are thrown out OF employment.
From every quarter in the South there are
complaints Of the scarcity OF the national eur
rency Applications for additional banks arc
frequent but as there is no currency to supply
for the bonds deposited, circulation must DC
purchased a heavy cost from the East where
it is boarded Tor speculation.
The suit which has been pending in the Su
premc Court between the stockholders oi
Wells, Fargo & Co s Express vas settled ut a
meeting OF number OF prominent business
men in New York OH Saturday. Differences
were reconciled and directions given 10 with
draw al! legal proceedings.
The residence of Sheridan Shook, OF New
York, was entered on Thursday evening while
the family were at dinner, an1 the dressing
worth O: iewelry. The robbers in their haste
overlooked a package containing 100000 in
United States bonds.
The Central Pacific Railroad has completely
rebuilt thc snow sheds which were burned near
Cisco, and has considerably extended the she'd
| ding beyond the old limits. The aggregate
shedding is about thirty.tive miles in length
and projects the road through the deep snow
| belt OF the Sierras.
DR.. Schoeppe, nov under sentence OF death
at Carlisle, Pa, for the murder Of Miss Stei0-
ecke. has applied to Baron Gcrolt, the Prus-
| sian MiliSer. to Interfere i'll the case. Baron
| Gerolt as replied to him that under the laws
and in the courts Of this country no is certain
to receive justice, and that he cannot interfere.
The number OF vessels belonging TO or bound
to or from ports in the U. S. reported totally
lost and missing during the past month is A
of which 81 were wrecked, I abandoned, =
burnt, 4 foundered, . sunk by collision, aud =
! are missing.
| The work on the great railroad bridge over
the Ohio is SO lar advanced that the engineers
are confident on being able to open il for the
passage OF regular trains by December ID. Con-
struc,ion trains, however, will be able 10 pass
several days sooner.
On Friday Secretary Boutwell, sold Tor nc
count Of the Government 100000 gold at
| an average of about 1929. He announces that
he will sell 1000, coo Oh each OF three days Of
this week, Tuesday. Thursday and Friday,
provided the prices bid arc satisfactory.
The fire at Topeka, kansas was more dis
| astrous than at first supposed, All the records
| of the Land Ofiice were destroyed, together
with the Journals OF the House of Representa-
| tives.
L. II. Stanton, cashier Of the dry goods
house of FarwcII & Co, Chicago, has been De
tected in piiioring from his employers. The
aggregate amour; stolen is 81 900. lie rtstor
cd 8, 500, and has been let oil
The lates, returns OF the Texas elections are
about balanced equally in favor of Davis and
Hamilton, leaving the result yet 10 be deter
mined by the votes OF large part CT the State,
which have no, set been received
! Professor AgasSiz has lately been accused Of
havc.: objected to the book nt Genesis. He
now expla!as tha; it IS not Genesis which he
lisbeeyes ia 'he Interpretation OF i.
| Frederick Pratt has been detected in ymt,I
zliug the fund OF the horse railroad company
at Chicago He conieSseS to have taSea So
| eco.
! No serious trouble with the Nlormons is up
! pretended aui no troops have Yet been order
| ed to 90 In the direction OF Utah.
| The u. 8. iron cai monitor, the Dictator
lett Savannah on the ; inst. Tor key West.
Size is conveyed by two tugs
Ga Friday night the Citizen, National Bank
| of Middletown, Delaware, was robbed OF large
amount of railroad and Government bonds.
Cod closed on Saturday at POI, the market
stronger, and with more speculative activity
than at any time sine, September,
Our Government is believed to have sent
out on Saturday important dispatches TO oar
diplomatic representatives. in Europe
WASHINGTON ITEMS. In the Supreme
Court Of the District on Saturday, JUICE Wy
he delivered the unauimou opinion Of theCourt
in the Bradley. Fisher clse, afhrm:nk the decree
Of the Court below, and fully sustaining Judge
Fisher.
About two thirds of the members OF Con
gross had arrived in Washington up to last
night. A large number OF visitors and TER
SOFAS known TO be interested IN various pending
proiects are likewise On hand