Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-06-17
NEWS OF THE DAP.
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Last year an attempt was made 10 remove the
hull of the burned U. s. iron clad New Iron
sides to the Jersey side Of the Delaware river
below Philadelphia. This failed. esterday
torpedo, consisting of hogshead, with nVe
hundred pounds OF powder, was exploded un'
der her, breaking the hull into FRAGMENTS SO
that their removal will be easy: The force OF
the explosion was sufficient 10 throw some OF her
immense iron plates sixty feet into the air'
The ways and mcaDs committee have agreed
on new bill repeating the duty on coal In
stead Of including repeal of all kinds OF spe,,
cial taxes as provided in the bill recommltted
70 the committee by the House on "Wednesday
this bill simply declares that bitumlnoous and
anthracite coal shall hereafter be placed Oh the
free list. The vote of the House on this ques-
ton will be close either way.
Before the Cuban investigating committee
Yesterday the correspondent of the New York
Post submitted documents to sustain his
dispatch giving the names OF members as haV'
ing been approached by the alleged Cuban
lobby These were in the shape OF certified
copies of affdavits that contain the names OF
certain members, but there Is nothing to SUP
staniate these afhdavits.
The reconstruction committee have CONSIDER
ed the Georgia bill to-day, and agreed to report
it for the admission OF the State at once, at the
same time repeating oil laws which prohibit
the orgaz1tioa OF the Georgia militia. II was
decided to allow the Bingham amendment-to'
new election OF the Legislature this tais-tc
be offered in the House tor vote.
Supervisor Emery, ofTennessee. reports the
the seizure, in Henry county, Tennessee, Of
forty-four boxes OF tobacco, which had been
concealed The tobacco was without stamps
or the marks required by the law. While be-
ing carried to the collectors Office party Of
masked men attacked those in charge OF II, anc
succeeded in recapturlng It.
Red Cloud yesterday made, through All IN
terprcter, public speech at Cooper Institute
New York. 1t was very simiIar % his Wash
inrton utterarccs, and intlm ited that bis East
ern trip had not at all satisfied him. 9eife,a
~ Cox has promised him the horses that lie
asked tor to convey his party across the Plains
The Il S steamer Talapoosa will leave Wash
iucton in the course OF few days ior Norfolk
Annapolis, Philadelphia, New York, Ports
mouth, Portland, &c., on all inspection tour
the yards and docks at those places Secr'tal!
! Robson and some friends, arc IL be SIN 'ug ia
| passengers.
There has been much attention atIrace
late to what is called thu system Of cart
closets, device by which the purifying nuall
ties of dry earth are avalIed ct al diSIniec
tants and dcodolizers. Their use is cX.chdlo
throughou the country
Although the late election in San Francisc
has been declared to be in favor Of subscrihln
| 81 900, O0J to til. Southern Pacific Railroad
| there is conviction that great frauds wcr
perpetrated to carry Il.
A Union Reform Party in South Caroi"
Yesterday nominated for Governor, Il. IS. Car
pc,,trr, an cx-Coloncl OF the UOion army, an'
II. e. Butler, an ex-Contsdcrate officer TO
Lieutenant Governor.
A train o. the Vermont and Massachusetts
! Railroad broke through bridge yesterday
| Three persons were killed AMI number OF OH
erS wounded.
Everything il very promising: in Cincinnati
| incu:!iuy the weather, for ila crmpc'
success O! the .reAt SaenGereS;. aow IL pro
\ uiam Shakespeare aud Walter Scott ar
| PARTIES 10 actions in Southern couri, an
Francis Bacon Is COUNSEL n both eases:
News i:nm Ia surveying expedition "n Ia
Isthmul OF d lrinn still continues to hc rathe
uniavorablc.