Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-10-14
NEWS OF THE DAY.
"7o sho,g the rery age and body ofthe Times

An opinion in relation to the collection of
tonnage fees by the Collectors Of Customs is
being prepared by the Solicitor Of the Treasury.
His question is not so much as to the Legality
OF the fees as to whether the Secretary OF the
Treasury has a right to interfere to pr0hiptlIt
collector from acting as State otlclal; Inc
Solicitor it is understood, considers the ices
illegal, and disallows any right to hoia 0acA d
vessels papers for refusal to pay them.
The whaling schooner Susan N. Smith, OF
Boston, was lost in the hurricane OF August
% All hands we're drowned, with the excep.
ton of the captain aud four seamen, who ate
remaining on the wreck which was on her
beam ends, for eight days and nights without
food or water, were taken off and carried into
London by the English bark Flatworth, Cap
tain Oxley. The captains vile and two child.
rcn were drowned in the cabin.
Mr.. A. B. Davis, president of the board of
trustees OF the Maryland Agricultural College,
has, with the consent of Gen. Capron, COM
missioner of agriculture, appointed Professor
Antisell to the chair OF Agricultural Chemistry
in the College. Prot. A. is in charge OF the
chemical laboratory of the Agricultural Depart
ment. The College under the Presidency OF
Rev. DR.. Register, is now in more prosper
Gus and Furnishing condition than at any previ-
Gus period.
Yesterday morning, while the work Of COM
plotting the iron roof of the main building of
the Peoples Gas Works at the foot of South
Tenth street, Williamsburg, New York, was IN
progress, the whole structure, without the
slightest warning, suddenly fell in, carrying
with it six or seven men, and burying beneath
it two men who happened TO be at work on the
ground.
An attempt was made yesterday morning to
rob the National Bank at Townsend, Massachu
sets, but the burglars used too much powder,
alarming the citizens by the explosion. The
outer door was blown off, aad considerable
damage done to the building. The burglars
fed, leaving most of their tools
Business generally in New York has been
very quiet during the past week, but in dry
goods the dullness has been exceptional and
unlocked for. The effects Of the gold corner
have been more severely felt the past week
than during the week previous.
In order to test the practical working of the
Fifteenth Amendment, it is suggested in some
circles that q member of Congress appoint to
| the Military Academy at West Point, coIored
boy from the Howard University OF Washington.
Scotch paids are all the rage now, Tor ladies'
and gentlemen 5 wear. The latter wear plaid
scarfs, vests and trowsers the former have
| thus far cOntented themselves with dresses and
shawls Of tartan.
Dr. +. W. Wilson, citizen of the q. s.,
but for many years resident Of Paris, has
mystcr0usIy disappeared from Suez, Egypt,
and it - feared that he has been murdered by
Arabs.
A woman recently applied to physician 10
| Gloucester, whose disease, according to hel
own statement, was Irritation OF the heart
| Quite common complaint among the young
| ladies.
| Adviccs FROM Cuba to the 81 inst. give q
more encouraging account OF the condition Of
| the Cuban amy and lis operations, than those
recently published,
Mr.. Durkcc, Ct Utah, has appointed
two delegates to represent that Territory in tho
| National CAP. tal Convention OF st. Louis. Inc
movement seems to be anguishing.
lii reported that Confederate archives de-
posted in one of the banks Of Montreal include
valuable documents affecting the Alabama
question.
Jay Gould, of gold and stock board fame
was, on Tuesday, unanimouslyrc elected pres
dent of the Erie Railroad Company.
A letter from London says the Oxtords vii
come over next rand row with the Harvards
their own waters.
A number Of murdcrous outrsges have re-
Gently been perpetratcd in Jackson county
Florida.
Mr.. Michael Hughes, eldest brother of tho
late Archbishop Hughes died in New York or
Monday.
Belle Boyd advertised to read in Sacramento
Her only auditor was the janitor.
Chicago has found murdered man boxec
up in tn. wood work of one OF its bridges.
In his will the late Senator Fessendc.n be
oueathed all his property to his own family.