Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-31
NEWS or THE DAY.
''7o stow tr vcry age and body ofh" !tnl"s.

$40 shou the ucry age and body ofih" hnrs.
The President Of the B. & D. Railroad com.
pauy has submitted a compromise proposition
TO the Commissioner OF l~nternal Revenue 10
reference to certain taxes due by the COMPANY
to the Government. The propositions arc u1
the Secretary Of the Treasury. The Com
missioner has ordered suit to he brought
against the Baltimore and Ohio railroad com
pauy for the taxes due on the interest and dlvl.
dcnds Of the S.. 900, 600 bonds loaned or en-
dorscd by the city Of Baltimore TO the company
in 1864. The suit will he brought in the
United States District Court in Baltimore.
Commissioner Delano yesterday issued an
OF der to all Assessors of Internal Revenue, IN
s~tructing them that the discharge Of their
duties towards taxpayers, must be conduct
ed with all the courtesy and Cancellation con-
sistcnt with the efficient carrying out OF the
laws.
The coal sale of the Delaware, Lackawaua
and Western Railroad Company at New York
brought the following approximate prices -
Lump 5 4.271; steamboat 81. 80; CRATE S4.52!,
egg 81. 67!; stove $3.50; chestnut $40.
On Tuesday morning a train on the Erie
railway was thrown from tho track near Wells
| burg, New York, by a broken rail. Fifteen
persons were injured, three OF whom 1t IS be-
lieycd will die.
The vote Of the people Of San Domingo in
favor OF annexation to the u. S., is in the pro-
| portion Of thirty in favor OF the measure to
one In opposition.
Z. a. AlexanL cr, who a lew days ago, muir
dered his tather-in-law, Mr. Fandcrhaydcp,
near Troy, New York, confessed his crime,
and then committed suicide.
A ''prominent shipping and commission
house" at Philadelphia suspended yesterday.
The name of the firm Is not given.
According to i Havana dispatch Gen. Jor-
dan has again resigned the command Of the
Cuban insurgents.
The Senate yesterday confirmed the nomlna-
ton of DR.. Samuel Bard, Of Georgia, 10 he
Governor OF Idaho.
W. Hortsmanu, a we'll known merchant OF
Philadelphia, died 1T Rome a itw days since.
LETTER FROM RICHMOND.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette,
RICHMOND, March 0.-The Legislature, to-
day, completed the election OF Circuit Judges,
By the choice Of Alexander Mahood. OF Giles
| county, for the 18th. John H .Fulton,o of Wythe,
for the 18th, and John 4. Kelly, Of Smythc,
for the 10th circuit.
Four of the Judges thus elected are member
of the House Of Delegates.
In the Senate, to-day, q resolution Was III
troducei inquiring into the necessary steps TO
l> .ol.,,, t,, tbo fNorp n,ttan IN m n, N rof fan IN
provide for certain paupcr immigrants now
needing aid in the county Of Amelia.
The House considered further the Regis.
tratiou bill, but took no acton.
4 bill to revive and continue the charter OF
the Alexandria and Fredericksburg railroad
company vas reported from the COMMITTEES on
roads.
A bill TO authorize the Governor to hire out
the cunvicts in the renitentiary for work on
stone uuarrics, or !or other suitable labor. WAS,
also, reported.
The Conservative caucus to day was anything
but harmonious, and finally adjourned without
making any nominations, though Il resolution
to proceed with the City and County judges
was carried. The point at issue was, whether
it was proper to make nominations prior to the
passage Of the bill fixing the Salaries, aud upon
this the discussion bacaule 50 warm that it
was deemed advisable to adjourn.
Gov. Wise to-day concluded his arsunent ia
the injunction case, having spoken, in all, thir.
teen hours. At the conclusion of his speech tn C
papers Were given - tho Judge, who, Il is
said, Will deliver his opinion in the morning.
In the case OF Brown vs.. Burton, pending
in the courts Of Richmond for many years, IN
appeal has been taken to the Supreme Court
of Appeals by Barton. The suit originated in
matters happening over "IEty years age, ard
has been !cnGihg a. 4 suit Tor over thirty
years. TIE printing Vi the record, it is said,
cost 81. 100.
John II. Salmon, charged with numbering
his mother and brother, near charlottesville,
in December, brought to the city Jail sometime
by order If General C&rhy Tor safe keep. !
ing WAS taken before Judge Henry Shackel-
ford 20 day AID remanded to the Jail OF Al
bemarle county for trial.
The Richmond and fredericksburg railroad
have established IL new freight line
hctwern Aqua Greek and Baltimore.