Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-04

railroads chartered By the State of Maryland,
was on Saturday night passed by the Maryland
House Of Delegates, and will be signed today
by Gov. Bowie and become the law Of Mary.
land. 1t includes the stock and property, real
ard personal, of any railroad companywhose liue
or lines of railroad passes or may pass through
or over any part Of the territory Of the State,
ana repeals all laws exemptlng them from tax
alton. This will bring under immediate tax.
alton property to the value Of fifty millions of
dollars, including that OF the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad.
A cable despatch announces that j. II. Mor-
gan & Co., London bankers, had introduced
the St. Louis Bridge Bonds 10 the London
market. They have purchased S2,5OO,OOO OF
the bonds with the option for thirty days OF
taking the remainder OF the four millions.
This, with the 81, 200, DOC paid in by the stock
holders in this country, completes the financial
operations Of the Bridge Company. The con-
tract for the superstructure OF the bridge, TO
be completed BY October lst, 1871, has been
given to the keystone Bridge Company Of
Pittsburg at 81, 500, 900. This places the cost
OF the bridge within the estimates.
The import of specie at New York during
the past week, 5,7000,0 900 francs, or about
$l,4OO, 600, by the steamers Hammonia and
Bremen, has created considerable talk. La
connection with this fact the New York Ex-
press mentions that some time since 4 South
ern Railroad Company negotiated its bonds 10
the extent of 81, 900, 900 in Europe, and says:
''The exchange against these bonds was drawn
at the very time when the exchange market
was greatly depressed and at its lowest point.
The bills could Mt be sold unless 4; 4 great
sacrifice, and the BANKERS drawing them order
ed the gold from Europe. This is the explana-
ton OF the present fow Of gold from Europe
1t Is expected that the Ways and Means
Committee will to day finish the Funding bill,
and report it to the House Of Representatives.
1t is believed that section of the bill providing
for the funding of grcenbaeks into the four per
ct. bonds will be stricken out, while the contest
will be upon the compulsory clause requiring
the National Banks to take the new bonds,
with a probability Of its adoption. The o Il
mittee will advocate a reduction OF the tax on
the banks.
The Lynchburg Republican says that the
amount of property lost by the wide spread
theft and robbery that is prevalent in many
counties in this State, must be enormous, and
some prompt and adequate means should be
taken to arrest the evil. The newspapers 90
not report one half Of the robberies that are
committed by those who make their living al
most entirely by plundering in the night time.
At one of the Fifteenth Amendment jubilee
meetings, in New York, the name and memo
~ of Joha Brown, ofHarpcr's Ferry notorie,y.
were lauded and his rebellion and MURDERS
referred to as ''originating measures which
brought about the result now being rejoiccd
over. And so in one Of these celebrations in
Washington, o speaker, in referring to John
Brown, exclaimed God bless his memory
The number OF persons on board the missing
steamship City of Boston has at length been
authenticity ascertainea. The whole number
was l9l, namely, 81 officers and crew and l07
passengers. Of the latter IS were cabin and
81 steerage passengers. Besides severa! mill.
tary British officers, there wer: on board a
considerable number of the lending business
men Of Halifax.
The Darien Canal treaty now before the
Senate differs from the former convention in
that it is pccuniari!y ,aore advantageous
to Colombia, but politically much more valua-
bic to tho u. s., since the eleventh article
comedies to this Government Il virtual protcc.
torate over the proposed canal. Doubtful.
Judge Brockenbrourlr, in a lecture before
his Law class at Lexington a lew days ago,
gave it as his opinion that in the case OF Cha
hoon vs.; E!lyson, Judge Underwood had no
legal jurisdiction whatever. Judge 3 is, him
self, one of the abIess lawyers ia the State, and
formerly a u. S. judge.
The Cumberland (Md.) Transcript reports a
great rise in the Potomac river in that vicinity.
At a late hour on Friday nigh: the water il
Wills creek was rapidly rising, and a portion
of the city was inundated. Some leaks are
reported IN the canal and greater damage i
apprehended.
An indignation meeting was held on Friday
night in Dublin, and resolutions we're adopted
repudiating the peace preservation bill as
threatening to destroy the remnant Of the liber,
ties of the Irish people; also resolutions ure iog |
q repeal of the union between England and
Ireland.
At all the cities through which Gen. Lee
has passed he has met with a quiet but cordial
reception. At Columbia, S. g., and Augusta,
Ga.. be was waited upon by large number OF
citizens, both white and colored. He made no
speeches, but cordially greeted every one he
met.
10 several counties in Maryland, the regis.
tration Of colored people as voters has CON-
menced. and at the election In Wilmington D,l |