Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-02-18


A Starring has been on foreign tour Of insp;c-
tlon. His special duties under the appoint
mcnt OF President Grant were to investigate
the condition OF the United States ConsuatcS
in the different cities of Europe Asmight have
been expected, he has reported much ignorance
among the ConSals, both Of the language OF
the countries to which they were accredited,
and of the requirements OF the Office they were
dcruted to fill. He has also discovered that ii
the consular salaries are small, the consular
fees are so generally stctohea beyond thoir legal
limits that he knows OF shut two consulates Tin
Europe where an: ovcrcharge is not made.
lie reports further that scarcely any OF the ar.
chives Of the different consulatas have been
properly taken care of. 'tn some places they
'havc been partially lost and destroyed and
''in one place they were mutilated by cuttin
'out signatures from dispatches anu letters to
make collection of autographs. " But these
are trihes to what follows. General Starring as
serts that quantities of goods arc sent from
these consular cities to the United Stales,
which, by under valuation, false representation
and other frauds have deirauded the Gene
raj Government to the extent OF millions. "A
nerson qualified to Judge expressed to him the
opinion THAT the United States was "detrau-
ded to the amount of nine millions OF dollars
annually from the district Of Lyons alone.
A GREAT TRADE IN HORNS. - The Boston
Commercial Bulletin of Saturday says;
"A cargo of horns was landed on one of our
wharves this week direct from California. The
number received into Boston annually is i'm
mensc, and they come from very distant lands.
South America sends the bulk OF them, though
many come from Texas and not few from
California. The last lot received numbered
27,500. They arc mostly OK horns, and are
very large Some buffalo horns are received
from Asia, but in small quantities. Thcre IS
quito speculative business done in these arti-
ces and they arc put to very many uses un-
known to most Of our readers a short distance
from Boston is the factory where these arc all
sent, and at that place they undergo cheml-
cal change by which they ore trans formed into
.4any articles which arc both useful and orna-
mental combs knife handles, paper cutters
and buttons. Besides these, they are now
making q great variety ci' parlor ornaments,
and piles Of icwclry, some OF which is very elc'
that changes horn into nearly every color, and
much Of this jewclry bought cheap for pure
rubber, is made from OK horns and colorcd.
TuES DOMINGO JOh.-Tho Samana Bay
tonic is being illuminated by the text OF re-
cent loan from lartmont 4 Co., of London,
presented in it's relations to the question OF the
dominican debt, and the hypothecation OF
part of the property thought to belong to tho
United States This Hartmont loan was ef
iected about the time of Mr.. Fabens's visit to
St. Domingo in the interest Of the United
States. Fabens, it will be remembered, re-
ported to MIR. Seward that the total Dominican
debt was only $6U0,0 000. The contract for the
lIartmont loan was made Immediately thcreaf
ter, but it was kept profound secret for SIX
months, and is only now generally known. The
loan was for G420, 900, to secure which the Do
mincan government mortgages upon the coal
mines and woods belonging to the Htate in the
Peninsula OF Samana as also upon the duties
which shall come into the treasury tor the ex-
portaton of euano from the Isle of Alta Vela.
the working of these mines and the control OF
the woods and guano having been conceded al.
ready to the Senorcs llartmont Il Co.-Butk
NM.
lIEROIsM OF A YOUNa I.ADY.-Eunico Red
man. the daughter OF 4 Jackson county tarm
rr, was awakened the other night by peculiar
noise under her chamber window. Ieering
ont, she saw a man slowly ascending a ladder
,vhicn he had placed in position with the cvl-
Icnt Intention of entering her apartment. be-
iur Young lady of spirit and resolution, she
Instantly decided on her course OF action.
kcrninp out of sight and very quiet until the
man was some fifteen feet from the gTonna'
She leaned out grasped the top Of tue ladder
and instantly threw Ii over. The 'r'lo" gave
= veil ot horror which awokc the male members
of the family. who, OH rushing to the Scsno VI
The midnight disturbances, captured stranger
with broken leg, and having on his person
>.,nLrv burglars tools and deadly wran"ns -
y. L. Nhyram.
Tus ANCIENT Romans -Thr Rom tns iau
,ei;hrr run, nor gin, nor whisk'y, nor brandy
they had neither clgarS, nor r'rrs' nor Tnun
and tobac.o was ~ unknown /" them as efr'
lrl Fuego they were unacqnant'd win lh'
Lnor. n, revolver, the hnbe'ts c"'pHS' and tn
Exc railroad! they were destitute OF aa'''
newspapers, monthly magazines quar'st'y q,, IT,
views, electric icreraphs, and Sieamroa's
they we're badly oft for soap; and' 10 eS.en,
nr. Arhuhuot' y remark concerning Aus"S'us
n"l one q. their enpcrors had either H'"s' u
las windows or shirt to his back
A sell sacrificing physician Of Boston mas n as o. o.
llrd to try the effects OF intoxicating i'quoI
nIon himself for the public good, IN order !na ia
Nr State Board of Health may have inc Uei