Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-02-17
VEINS OF THE DAY.
"7e ,ho,o the very age and body ofthe Times

some wears "a a sort OF loDDylSt In COnRfeS'
and po-between in the Departments, in October
lnst obtained a patent for q peculiar mode OF
making aud printing revenue and postal
stamps. 1t now turns out that he WAS not the
inventor, but had stolen the idea from Mr. u.
Il. Jones, the we'll known bank note engraver,
who had in q business manner impaired TO
Thorp his process.
The subject the removal OF the Brooklyn
Navy Yard was yesterday again before the
House Committee on Naval Affairs. The OBJ
iections to the continuance OF the yard at the
present locality, and the reasons why 1t SHOULD
be removed to the site on Thames river, Con
necticut, already in possession OF the doVerh-
meut were stated by Representative StaIkWea'
Their.
The Pennsylvania Senate has passed over the
Governors veto the bill to allow wrlts OF error
10 criminal cases to the Supreme Court, Which
was intended especially for the benefit OIL Dr.
Schoeppe. The final decision OF the Court
having been made, it is not probable that tins
legislative action will be OF any effect. The
House Of Delegates has yet to act upon the
veto.
Gen. ST. John Lidlcll, Of Catahoula parish,
Louisiana, was killed yesterday, near Monroe.
The party killing him consisted oil Colonei
Charles Jones and his two sons. The llnmc-
date cause ofthe homicide originated IN some
transaction out Of which grew the killing OF
John Nixon. jr., at the Boston Club House,
at New Orleans, some weeks ago. .....
There were over four hundred counterfeit
fractional currency notes-tens, twenty lives
and tiIiics Of the old issues, lllies OF the new
issuc--reccived at the Redemption Division OF
the Trcasurer's Office yesterday. They came
from every section OF the country, and the
banks or haukerS who transmit them Tor re
le,nptioE, will stand the loss.
The House Judiciary Committee has instruct
ed their chairman to report that there IS no
evidence before them to warrant the lmn"act''
ment Of Judge Busted, OF Alabama. The
minority--thc Democratic members OF the
committee do not quite agree with the major
ity, but do not propose to make minority
report.
\ South Carolina paper is pleased by the Iu
dicious manner in which tile muniGcent heancst
Of Caleb Dorsey OF Maryland. for the relicl oil
the suffering poor OF the South is being dlstrlh
uted. 1t says 50, 500 has been sent for schoo
in Charleston, and $1,000 to a young lady OF
Columbia Tor distribution to the poor ct that
community.
The body OF Greenwald, one Of The Amer
cans recently murdered in Havana, has reached
N. Y. in the steamer BeuviIle. and was taken
in charge by Kemp, OF the firm OF Langman ~
Kemp, in whose employ deceased was. Inc
funeral will take place at an early day. with a
large demonstration.
The business OF ice cutting On the kennebcc
river, III Name, between Richmond and Gar.
diner, ia unusually lively Large gangs of men
teen inches thick, and apparently OF good qual,
ity. 1t Is Thought the amount will exceed that
OF. iormer years. ,--s
The Secretary OF the Navy has an order pre-
pairing ready to despatch to the different Navy
Yards, directing that all the nen be placed al
work at once, when he receives information OF
the passage by Congress OF the Navy Appro-
priation bin, OF which he will give notice by
telegram.
The House Committee OF Ways and Means
las de elded to recommend that the Department
OF Internal Revenue be made il separate de
partmeut, aud that the Comm lssloner be Il
member OF the Cabinet.
Died, ia Philadelphia yesterday, Charles 3.
Peacock, one Of the oldest captains in the
merchant marine. and hlr". Emile Anderson,
wile Of Professor Anderson, magician, and a
once popular actress.
The House Committee on Postothces and
Postroads have agreed to report iavorably upon
Mr.. Cakes bill for freight or c1al raj lroad
from Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, across
New j crscy 70 New York hatbor
VIM. Jones, the driver of wagon which
takes the mails from the Chicago posotlice to
the Rock Island Railroad Depot, has been ar
rested, charged with robbing the mails "i over
100000.
The Baptists OF Ba lGmore last evening sub.
acrihed $25, 600 to assist 10 the erection Of Flu
taw Place Baptist Church, three gentlemen
$4,000 each.
John King, Jr., Vice President OF the Bal
timorc and Ohio Railroad Company, was yes
terday re elected President Of the Marietta and
Cincinnati r. r. Co.
The u. S. steamer Seminole, from Key
West has arrived, at quarantine at Portsmouth,
N. H. whittier she had been ordered in consc-
qucncc oil having the yellow fever on board,
Charles Durang, veteran actor, aged 10
years, and the author Of I history ofthe Phlla-
delphia stage, died in that city yesterday.
The Houston (rexas) Telegraph hears an
excellent report OF the performance OF the CHI,
nesc iaborers en- the Central Railroad.
Tho Texas gi,ature has ratified the Fli-
tcenh Amendment.
WASHINGTON ITEMS. "A gang o' lnccn-
diaries were ut work carly yesterday morning
and three alarms were sounded within two
hours. The first two were caused by tires
lighted in shanties near the corner of Four
teenh ard J. streets. The third one about
half past a o'clock was occasoncd by the burn
ing OF three carpenter shops on Massachusetts,
avenue.
Intllp Equity Court, Judge WyIie, in reply
ng to question of counsel engaged in dl-
aorcc suit said that the jurisdiction must clear
y appear before the court would act on divorce
.asc$. lie did not mean that this District
, o,,Il n ,,rncd into an indiana