Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-11-29
NEWS OF THE DAY.
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,nouth Of Louisiana, on charge OF altering
his nav rolls as Assistant Adiutant General,
and forging Gen. Lcngstrcet's signature to
them, Yesterday A. S. Badger, Chief OF tho
Now Orleans Police, arrived IN New York,
with rcouisition, and declares he will cause
his re- arrest, if he can be found. Granger,
when arrested, was on his way TO Boston. to
marry Miss Thorndyke, who came to New
York on hearing OF bis arrest, and was married
to him on Saturday, pfter his release.
The marriage Of Senior Roberts, minister
from Spain to the u. S., to Miss Angela Ter
~, Cuban lady residing in New York, took
place Yesterday at St. Stephens (CathoIicl
Church The church was denscly crowded with
Spanish and Cuban residents The Austrian,
Prussian and italian ministers, and charges
d. affaires from Portugal, Turkey and Colon
bia, with their attaches and secretaries, were
also present.
The result of the recent Government survey
between Nevada and Utah locates several I'M
portant mining districts heretofore conceded to
be in Nevada in Utah, among which are the
Phoebe, Shoshone and Smoky Valley. These,
at the late election in Nevada, gave Demo
cratic maiorities. The discovery will probably
cause the return of Fitch to Congress: The
Democrats, however, still elect most OF their
ticket. -..
Bishop Potter, of New York, has initiated
the example OF Bishop Littejohn, OF Long
Island, ia relation to the new order OF Engllsh
Ritualsts, whose members have attempted to
of6ciate in the diocese. The bishop has pro-
hibited any priest or missionary or the organl-
cation from performing ministerial acts as
cergymen Of the Episcopal Church in his sec.
An attempt was made in Potsia, Mo-, few
DAYS ago, by mob, to break into the jail there,
where Two men charged with murder were con
fined. so as to take the prisoners out and lynch
them. The Sheriff resisted the mob, and be-
ing compelled, ordered his posse to lire luto
the mob. Ono was killed and tho rest dispersed.
Schooner Clara T. Friend, of Gloucester,
captured by the British steamer PloVer about
seven weeks ago, was rescued from the custody
of the Provincial Government on tho Oath. On
the 25th tie steamer Plover recaptured her,
and the Captain and four others arc now held
as prisoners
A Washington dispatch says that the work
Of consolidating the internal revenue districts
throughout the country has thus lar resulted
in dispensing with over tour hundred Assistant
Assessors, and it is thought that at least two
hundred more will be dismissed by the close OF
the year.
One feature OF the siege OF Paris, which pre-:
sents curious study for tho philosopher and
the physiolosst, is the question Of the food sup
ply, whereby 1000, 900 of people, without com
munioation With the world outside, have loul
| managed to subsist without serious discomfort
The election in the Raleigh district of n. o..
| On Saturday, to fill the vacancy in the Forty
| first Congress passed off quietly. The ndlca-
tons arc that Manning, Democrat, beat =. W.
Holden, Radical, son OF the Governor. by
an increased majority over the August elections
! Gen. Sherman desires that if the military
arc TO be used in connection with the clVl
authorities there should be some explicit &C
ton by Congress to define their duties. zen
Pope states at length the condition OF India!
affairs in the West.
Can't. Charles E. Phillips, Of the Euginee
Corps, on duty in Missouri, has been ordered
to report to Major Craighi at Baltimore, th'
| Superintendent of the improvements IN th(
channel of the Chesapeake Bay and the foto
| mac
Holheimer Brothers, whiskey manufacturer:
and dealers, in Cincinnati, suspended paymen
Yesterday. Their liabilities are s5OO,O00, ant
assets $6jO0OO They ask an extension, and
think that they can pay the debt.
! In Alabama the political difficulty has locked
| the wheels OF Government. The military have
| been collected around the State House.
| PNEUMATIC PASSENGER CARS. "A pleasure
| trip on new line of pneumatic cars was taken
by seventy invited guests in Chlcag go onSaturdal
! LAST. Tho pneumotic car was found backed
M TO portable engine at the rear of the depot
The car resembles 40 ordinary street car, cg--
cepting the peculiar formation OF the roo!
| which looks like that ola palace sleeping Cal
and on this account it was ut once dubbe:
"thc palace street car" by the visitors. Ihl'
heavy TOP renders the car about twice as heavy
as others, and is of great Importance to tht
| pneumatic car, for it contains the propene
| power. 1t consists of four hollow tanks, made
! of copper, praised together, and OF sutholen
capacity to hold $50 cubic feet of compressed
air, and of sufficient strength to resist pres
| sure of $50 pounds to the square inch. These
tanks arc filed or charged, by means OF ar
air force pump worked by the steam engine.
Beneath the seats, on either side, ct one end
] of the car arc two small machines operated
| prccisely tho same as the ordinary steam CO.
CINE, coppected with the wheels by cranks. -
! The engines are controlled by the conductor
! on the platform by means OF wheel placed In
iuztapostion with the brake.
| After the filling Of the tanks, which &C.
| cupied but few minutes, tho company was
| divided into two parties to accommodate the
size of the car, The first load consisted o
thirty men. The car started with about the
same celebrity as ono would drawn by q pair OF
horses, and bowIcd along very nicely at tho
rate of six miles an hour. Tie pressure OF
the gauge at starting was IS pounds. Alter
passing up the track for o mile the c3r re-
turned, making the last milo in few seconds
less than ten minutes, and the gauge indicated
that only 80 pounds OF pressure had been used.
The Car was reloaded, and went another mile
and one quarter, when the pressure became
exhausted The tanks were only calcu ated
to hold sufficient dir to propel the car three
miles, and it vas go stated by Mr.. Myers be
| lore tho start was made. The trial was pro-
nounced to be entirely satisfactory by the rail-
| road men present. --.'
FAILURES IN New YoRK.-The failure Of a
German cloth house and the Northern Trans
portation COMPANY were announced yesterday.
The liabilities of the latter are about $500, 900,
of which 100000 are due to banks in Ogdens