Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-11-01
NEWS OF TIE DAY.
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Senior Roberts, the Spanish minister, met al
| the State Department on Saturday and organl-
zed preparatory to entering upon the work OF
making treaty adjusting the differences be.
tween those countries, Secretary Fish presl-
dent The Spanish, the Bavarian and the
were present. The conference adj ourncd to
await the arrival of the Bolivian envoy, who is
expected in two or three weeks.
Simon Wolf visited the President yesterday
| for the purpose OF ascerta lining why the lsra-
| elites had been omitted in the recent appoint
mcnt CT Indian agents. lie was informed that
the persons appointed were, according to the
new policy, recommended by the various re-
ligious denominations who have missionary so
cieties. The Jews having no such assocla'
items was the oaIy reason for not appointing
an agent of the Jewish faith The President
expressed his readiness to appoint some lsra-
ellie ia the office of Indian Superintendent.
During Sunday and yesterday terrific gale
prevailed at Buffalo, New York, Erie; Pa,
aud other points on the Lakes, during which
several vessels wero ioundcred and number
| Of lives lost. There was also q severe storm at
Key West.
Sterret!'s vegetable oil factory in Cincinnati
was partially destroyed by fire yesterday morn
ing. Loss $4,000; Insurance $4,000 d.
| Bidielnans tannery at Dayton was burned
| Sunday. Loss about $4,000 partial iDsur-
ancc.
City Of Mexico advices represent Mexico as
more tranquil than formerly, and the Federal
authorities are generally recoanized and obeyed.
| Escobedo has been declared Governor OF the
| State of San Luis Potosi.
Annie Raraierc, 4 singer ut the New f.!
| Dorado" New Orleans, was burned in horrl
bic manner the other night, through her blonde
lutte wig having taken fire Just as she was step
ming from the stage.
The loss Of property 4! Cardenas, Cuba, by
The recent hurricane is estimated by millions,
though the loss OF life was small. All the
warehouses were destroyed and most OF the
| vessels 10 port were dismasted.
| Tue Southern Trans Continental Railway
| Company was organized yesterday at New
| York. Hon. Marshall O. Roberts was elected
President. More than the necessary amount
| OF stock tv build the road was taken.
A dispatch from the East states that the
persecution OF Christians had been revived ia
Damascus, and so great is the irritation OF the
natives against them that a general massacre
| is feared.
Late advices irom Martinique announce that
| the French authorities have already shot
| twenty OF the .aglcadcrs 10 the recent lnsuT.
rection. One hundred more have been arrest
ed and are liable to be shot.
| u. S. Postmaster General CreswellS Intends
to again illustrate in his forthcoming an
nual report the abuses and expenses OF the
| frankfg privilege, as arguments tor Its aboI-
| ton.
Ordinary gun cotton can be dissolved In cam.
pior, and from it q very excellent species: or
limitation of ivory is produced So perfect Is
this limitation that expert bill Lard players have
pronounced it superior.
MIR. Il. B. Long, u. S. District Attorney for
Louisiana, was found dead at his residence in
New Orleans yesterday. His throat was cut.
|; is supposed it was 4 case OF suicide.
The owners Of the Maryland oyster vessels
rec,Etiy captured and surrendered by the Fir.
ginia authorities have proceeded to Norfolk to
rccovor their property.
1t is said that the SOD OF Brigham Dung
| is about to marry flourishlng female seminary
! at Salt Lake City-ail but the principal and
! the teacher vi music.
Late udscas from China stata that the
| Christian missionaries whose lives were threat:
cucd at FunGc!!'w have hcen rescued anu
| brought 10 = place q. safety.
1t is estimated that the damages to the sugar
cane, in Cuba, by both hurricanes is one quar-:
ter @! the whole crop. The fruit OF the Island
| is half dysIIoyct.
The story publ ;hci of terrible massacre
! OF women and children before Metz, previous
| to the surrcnd,r, rlovcs TO be entirely lahu--
| ous.
| The vault and sales of ~. Rn:hcrau, i'll New
Orleans. have tcen entered by burglars The
| loss is estimated at $4,000.
Snow c in New Hampshire and Vermont
on Sunday night.
j. Wilson Shaf,r, Governor, Of Utah, died
yesterday, Of consumption.
1t is rumorcd in Constantinople that Bacquc
| Bey will not return to Washington.
Horace Greeley has accepted the nomination
for Congress 10 the sixth district of New York.
Dakota has chosen Democratic delegate to
| Congress. This is another good change.
The Maryland Jockey Club is left with ba-
| lance in hand Ct between $40, COO and ST., 900.
HE DIAMOND FIELDS OF AFRIcA.-By
newspapers from the Cape Of Good Hope We
! have an ample and interesting report OF the
diamond fields of South Africa, the new Col.
conda OF that quarter OF the world. As it was
in California aud Australia after the discovery
OF gold, the Care Town and katllrland popu-
latiOn vas teveIed with The thirst Of sudden
gain. 1iIc1c was general exodus from the
cities ard towns to The mines or digeings. In
dust,ial employments we're neglected the colo
nists wished TO become milIionnaircs in mo-
mert. This condition OF the public mind
ensenGered many exaggerated reports as to
the yield OF he diamond fields. Concidcnt
statements coming from various points OF the
territory go TO show, however, that there has
really been a very valuable discovery in africa,
and that diamonds OF vast value have been
found The fading of these jewels constitutes
i very important event in the history of geoo
gical science. -NeaU York Herald.
The PUBLIC MONEY. The Radical nominee
for Congress, in the Rochester, N. Y, district,
in recent letter, thus spoke of the manner 10
which the public money is managed
1t can be clearly demonstrated that frauds
and evasicns are practised to such an extent
that not more than one half Of the amount is
collected that should and would be If the laws