Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-09-29
NEWS OF The DAY.
"T. sIoo the very age and body ofthe 1'"'e''

The Treasury Department mas plcpaieIt
rules and regulations for the transpoita'tou ~
merchandise from ports OF importation " iu
land cities. At the port of its first arrlVai 10
the United States the law requires that the
merchandise entered for immediate transpor,,
tatiop shall only be delivered to and transported
nv common carriers, who are TO DC responsible
to the United States for the safe delivery OF
the merchandise to the Collector or other pro.
ner officer of customs at the port Of destina
ton. the conveyance to be under the exclusive
control Of the officers Of the customs.
Several important af6davits have been taken
at Provo, Utah, concerning the recent outrages
by soldiers. Gov. Shaffer publishes the copy OF a
letter to General De Trobriand, blaming him
for delaying an investigation, and having no
official reports made by the officers in com
mand. He finishes by saying Ut the Uni
ted States sodiery cannot fulfil the high object
in being sent (here) to tho better credit of the
nation and the American armies, we would
much rather be let alone to ourselves.
A Berlin dispatch to the New York Tribune
says that the total captures by the Prussans
since the war began are as follows: one Marshal,
80 Generals, g., 1859 officers, los, $50 privates,
lO,2SO horses, at least, So eagles, 102 mltral-
leures, SS7 field and fortress guns, 400 wagons
and teams, several pontoon trains, magazine
and railway trains, with an incalculable quaint
ty of supplies in arms and am munition, cloth
ing, equipments, forage and provisions.
John w. Forney, Jr., son Of the editor oil
the Philadelphia Press and Washington Chron.
ce, has mysteriousy disappeared in New
York, and it is believed he has been foully
dealt with, as he has always been in the habit
of carrying plenty Of money. He has not been
seen since tho morning of the 22d instant, al
though the police have made diligent inquiries
for him.
The Secretary of the Treasury has had I'm
der consideration for some time the subject Of
tho Funding act. The war in Europe affect
ing financial matters, especially in that part o.
the world, has caused postponement OF put
ting the law into effect. Hopes lave beer
held out to him that there will soon be time
when be can negotiate the new bonds at par
The steamship Berlin did not sail from Bal
timore for Bremen yesterday. A New York
paper reports that the steamer Hermann,
which LETT there on Monday. was chased by s
French gunboat, the race being observed from
the inward bound steamship Scotia
The Prussian corvette Bertha has been sunk
in the Euyine after protracted engagement
with three French irgates.
Troops in Poland are reported to have been
strengthened in consequence of the sympathy
OF the Poles with France.
Ofenbacb; the opera boufo composer, ha:
been expelled from France as German. tie
is now in Madrid.
The yomito is still spreading rapidly at Bar
caoua. Many Of the people are leaving, anc
business is at stand still.
The British Cabinet met on Friday to con
slider the question Of intervention.
On Tuesday there were fifteen deaths from
yellow fever at New Orleans.
1t is reported that the Belgian militia have
been recalled to the frontier.