Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-09-02
NEWS OF IRE DAP.
"7o ,ho,o the roy age and body Of the Times. q"

| the steamship Panther, Capt Bartlett, KNOWN
as the Bradford Hayes expedition.
Commissioner Dalano received his pay ior
the month of August on Monday, amounting
to nearly $500 The money was handed to HIM
| in q sealed envelope, and that is the last the
commissioner has seen of it. Whether he lost
| it out OF bis pocket, or whether the envelope
| found its way into the mail bag by mistake he
has not yet been able to ascertain.
The Boston Journal says that Miss Griuncll,
of New York, now at the Kearsage House,
North Conway, New Hampshire, has become
insane since learning the recent accidental
death of her brother, who was killed by falling
from a window at the Isle of Wight
The Chinese, according to the recent reports
Of the British cOnsuls in that county, are begin
ming to use foreign goods more freely for cloth
ing, and some curious facts are mentioned In
reference to their habits in the matter oil
clothing.
Daniel Clarke, esq, as Trustee last week
sold the farm of the late Mary E. Sansbury, q
few miles from Forestville. Prince George S
county, Md. 1t contained 200 acres, and was
purchased by Hon. S. ii. Berry, for $50 per
| acre.
The annual Montgomery County (Md.) Ag,
ricultural Fair commenced yesterday morning
at Rockville, and will continue until to morrow
evening There is large exhibition Of stock,
implements, wooden goods, harness, fruits, veg
etables, tobacco, -four, &c.
| u. S. Commissioner Osborn, at New Iork
yesterday, decided that the non-production OF
counterfeit money known to be in possession Of
a defendant before him, was prlma faclc evi
dencc Of guilt and was sufficient to warrant
his being held for trial.
| The Directors Of the First National Bank at
Albany, mysteriously state that the reslgna-
ton of their cashier, Adam Van Allen, did not
arise from any detalcatiOn or any defcie ncy
| in the bank s assets, but from causes having no
connection with the assets or stability Of the
| bank.
Three men were killed and eight wounded
Monday night by the explosion Of a boiler on
one OF the vessels engaged in relieving the
British ship Ann Eliza, on the beach at Smith 5
| Island Mr. Joseph 4. Baker, of Messrs Ba.
ker 4 Co., wreckers, Norfolk, had his head
blown off.
Gen. Lltorre has resigned command of the
Spanish troops in the Eastern Department Of
Cuba. Valmaseda has been made Comman-
| der in Chief, with headquarters IN the field
| Gen. Lasca has returned to Havana, improved
in health.
An attorney for parties now on trial 10 Texas
| before military commission was assured by the
| President that the arrangement in regard 10
| the haneas corpus in the \ orger case would be
| adhered to in similar cases.
| Yesterday National Temperance Conven-
ton assembled at Chicago. The object OF the
gathering is to form Temperance party,
tor political purposes. 1t that is done, tenn
perance goes by the board.
The old Legislature of Tennessee cannot be
rcassembed by reason OF a constitutional pro-
vision of the State, and therefore the hope OF
| thus securing ratification OF the Fifteenth
| Amendment must be abandoned.
| Private letters received at Montreal from
| Jefferson Davis state that accounts ct his ii
health are greatly exaggerated, and that he
will probably remain outside OF the United
States during the rest OF his life.
The postal money order system between the
United States and Switzerland went into opc-
| ration yesterday. This is the first attempt tC
| establish the system with any Foreign Govern
ment.
Hon. Mr. Rose Canadian Finance Minister
it is reported, is TO take u position at the head
of an American banking firm. The ROya
Canadian Bank will open its doors on the 18Th
| instant.
Father Murphy, well Known Catholic priest,
engaged in establishing churches, was killed
Yesterday at Vinceuues Junction, in Missouri,
| In leaving train while in motion.
At Mount Washington hoary winter has
made his appearance During heavy storm
there on Tuesday night, ice formed two inches
| thick, and the thermometer fell to IS degrees.
The shoemakers of Montreal have struck
for higher wages Many employers, who have
engaged orders at old prices, refuse to accedc
| to the demand.
Gen L. d. Scwcll, late Inspector Genera
! of the Freedmen's Bureau. has been appoint
ed by Commissioner Delano to superintend the
resurvey Of oil the distilleries OF the country.
During the last of the present month there
will be a meeting of the United States Lodge
of Odd Fellows at San Francisco. Sixteen New
England delegates left Boston Yesterday.
Mr. Justice Grier docs not intend to resign
his seat on the bench of the u. 5. Supreme
Court. His health is good.
The President yesterday appointed Isaac
Jepkinson, of Indiana. to be u. S. Consul al
| Glasgow, vice James Haggerty.
Gov. Walker, OF Virginia, and Gov. Scnter
of Tennessee, had interviews with the Presi-
dent yesterday.
The tenth Of the Spanish gunboats now
building at New York, and under seizure by
the U. s., was launched yesterday.
Attorney General Hoar is expected to return
to Washington next week. Wonder il he is
ready with the opinion on Virginia?
A Cuban filibuster expedition, it is said, is
being fitted out at Halifax.
GEORGETOWN, D. C.-The canal arrivals
during the past month number SS3 loaded boats,
on which tolls were collected amounting to
S., S5925.
During the month of August the -four inspec-
tons amounted to 20,S06 barrels, as follows
Family, 9,96S; extra, 9S2l super, G30; fine,
327 first middlngs, II second middiugs, 8 !;
broad arrow 40