Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-07
NEWS OF e DAY.
"7e Mow the ver:y age and bodyofM Times,

The total cost of the new Opera House n
Paris is now given as about forty millions o.
irarce-cight millions OF dollars-a sum which,
expended upon works of utility and 5eneVo,,
lcnce, might have endoweda hospital, tounced
a college for the poor, built lodging houses ioT
the working classes OF TIT metropolis, eXtcnucu
the water supply, which, with all the artcSlan
wells around the city, is inadaq uatc-astaoliShea
orphan asylums. &c, lie.
y conven'ion Of the passenger agents OF the
leading railroads in the United States, met very
recently in New York city to discuss the sub
iect of a reduction of through-rates. Sixty
five delegates were present representing the
leading railroads in the country. After Il care
iui consideration q reduction amounting TO
about five per CT, was determined on, on the
passenger through rates between New YORK
and all important points South.
Mr.. Prosser, member Of Congress from tho
Filth District Of Tennessee, says he will be the
frs; to succeed in getting q colored boy into
the West Point Military Academy. lie has
appointed asa cadet to that Institution A!onzo
Napier, colortd, Of bis district, who, 4hr;
Prcsser says, is thoroughly qualified aDd Will
pass all examination.
The California Wine Trade grows in extent
and Importance. Except where the land Is
more than three thousand feet above the level
otthe sea, the entire State Is well adapted TO
the cultivation of the grape, which Is grown
from the extreme northern limit Ut TIC Stato
to the southern, u distance Of SIX llunurGd
miles.
Gen. Howard is rapidly winding up the
affairs Of The Frccdmen's Bureau, AID about
twenty clerks were dismissed yesterday. Gen.
f. Whittlesey, adjutant general; Gen. II. NJ.
Whit;leScy, uuartermastcr general; anu Vol;
Brown, assistant QuartCrmaStar, also tenoercu
their designations yesterday, anu tluey were
accepted.
The Secretary OF the Treasury has addressed
d letter to the Collector OF Customs II New
York, iusttuctiug him that the acceptance oi
money or other valuable considerations Tor SCI
vices performed by Custom House officials,
either during or outside OF business hours, 'nuSt
be regarded as 4 cause Tor removal.
The President. members OF the Cabinet and
the Congressional COMMITTED will lc ave WASH
ington to-day for Troy, New York, to attend the
funeral obsequics Ct the late General George
b. Thomas. General Sherman left Washington
last night Tor the same destination
The report Is revived that ). McLcary
Brown has been accredited by the Chinese
Government as the successor of the late Honor
able Arson BurliDgamc as the head OF the
Chinese Elbassy.
The railroad officials st Chattanooga report
thar Thirty uu4 thousand blacks have passed
through that place during the past few months
on their way to Mississippi, LOUISIANA and
Texas.
The marshal Of Dubuque, Iowa, must possess
i vivid conviction that the West is a great and
growing section OF tiiis country. Ills vile has
presented hiul with twins three several times
within iQUr years.
astcr General Ores We'll has concluded
a treaty by which letter postage to Germany Is
reduced to seven cents direct and fifteen cents
via England.
In the trial 0! Mcfarland ior the killing OF
Richardson, at New York, yesterday, a jury
was finally made ~.
Tx President JohEs4n, 1t is said, IS about to
visit Europe.