Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-10-31
NEWS OF The DA 7.


"7s .hog the rery ace and 6oav u the I.n,e."
The Secretary oil the Navy has transmitted
| orders to Admiral Gibson, commander of the
| flag. ship franklin, of the European Squadron,
| to proceed with bis own vessel, or select an
other of the fleet, to Liverpool, for tho pur-
pose of taxing on board and bringing home
number of euos, aud other naval material OF
war once belonging to the late Confederacy,
recently surrendered by the English authorities
| 10 this Governments and now in possession OF
the u. S. Consul at Liverpool.
The will OF the late Admiral John n. Dahl
greD, dated December l, 1866, has been admit.
ted to probate in Washington, and letters OF
administration were issued to his widow, who
gave $4,000 bonds. The will bequeaths eve
rylhing to his daug hter, since deceased, the
soDs "Esipg able to make their living. The
will directs that "a bronze statue DO erected
over the grave of his SOD, Uric Dahlgren, and
to bis historical vindication &C.
Secretary Cox on Saturday retired from the
Interior Department, and MIR. Delano entered
Oh the duties of the Office Gen. Cox 10 his
letter of resignation in,imates that he can
out provoking conflicts that might be prejudi.
l.
vacate it. The President accepted the Secre-
tary's resignation, and in his letter speaks of
him in warm and cordial terms.
A Washington disp patch says that Major
VIM. P. Craighil has been ordered to relieve
Col. j. II. Simpson OF the charge of all river
and harbor improvements and surveys now Ia
his charge, and Major n Michler Of the charge
of the Improvement of the Potomac river be
tween the Long Bridge and Georgetown, Dis
trict OF Columbia, and Colonel Simpson ordered
10 proceed without delay to Mobile, Alabama.
The LoLdon Court Journal OF October says
"Mrs Lincoln, widow of the late President Of
the United States of America, arrived in Dun.
dee on Wednesday, on visit to Mr.. Smith,
the American Consul and pastor to the late
President. She will be Mr.. Smiths guest till
Monday, when, it is understood, she will re-
turn to the continent, where she had been reSld
lug soulc time before coming to Dundee
Ga Saturday evening meeting of the friends
and admirers residing in Baltimore OF the late
| Gen. Robert f. Lee, was held and large mum
| Der Ut delegates appointed to represent Mary.
! land it, he Convention to assemble at Rich
moud IN Thursday, November 81, to consider
the ject Of erecting monument to the
memory Ut The dcc.ased.
S. T. Cummings, leader OF the labor re.
form party IN massachusetts,, has sued Frank
F. Bird for libel, claiming $40 QUO damages
The suit is brought Oh un allegation that Gum
Mugs pledged the vote or the labor reform
party TO the Hartford and Eric ring, and re-
ceived money Tor the same. to be used in carry
ing on the labor reform campaign this fall.
The people aIuog the line of the Union Paci.
ic Railroad, in order to get satisfaction tor The
enormous charges Tor freight and passengers,
~ ntalr
and will probably collect from them about ono
hundred thousand dollars taxes in Wyoming
Territory this year.
The Postmaster General has inform the post
master at New York that he has accepted the
offer Of the North German Lloyd Steamship
Company to carry the direct mails for Bremen
on Saturday each week on the terms OF their
former contract, commencing Saturday, Novem
Der 5th.
The inaugural meeting of the Maryland
Jockey Club closed at Baltimore on Saturday.
The winning horses of the day were Sanfords
Madame Dudley, Governor Bowie's My Mary
land, BeImout's Gleneg (ot the great four mile
heats roce) and Hunters Midday, the latter
taking the Consolation Stakes.
The steamer Pereire, which sailed from New
Y ork yesterday, took few recruits for the
French army, s., 600 arnls, six and a-halt mil
lion cartridges, and quantity OF military stores
aud provisions. The cargo is valued at nearly
$500 900.
On account OF the accusation sthat in taking
The national census the population OF New
ork was deliberately made less than million,
President Grant has ordered that a second
enumeration be made at once.
The Secretary of the Treasury has directed
the sale at New York Of 81 900, 900 of coin on
each Wednesday, and tho purchase of 81, 00G,-
900 bonds on each Thursday during the month
OF November.
A Terrc Haute bridegroom refused to we'd
when he looked in the family Bible and found
that his lady love was nine years older than her
mother had represented.
The coroner's jury in the case Of the late &C
cident on the Ohio and Mississippi railroad, by
which several lives were lost, found all the
blame resting Oh the sWitchman, w. q. Shep.
herd, who has Got since been seen.
A colored boy was murdered on Saturday
night in Baltimore by another colored boy. The
murderer was arrested last night.
Marshal Sharpe, Of New York, is not Gen.
Grants brother in law. Marshal Sharpe, OF
Washington, is.
John Kerr, president OF the Seventh Avenue
Wv. l.. IalIUau, Is utdu l1c leaves au estate
valued ut several millions of dollars.
No American city, it is said, has had pop.
ulatltn reported by the census takers that is at
all equal to the anticipa,ions of its newspapers
Information has been received of the arrival
of the u. S. steamer Shenandoah at Lisbon
There is project on foot for the extension
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to- Cbicago.
PRESIDENT GRANTS LETTER TO Gov.
Sco7T. of S.C.-The Charleston Republican of
the 9th has the following dispatch from Col.
umba, dated on the same day: