Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-01-08
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MEMS or THE D.I l.
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# seems that early ia Dec 10 New Y ork man
calling himself n. Brown, called upon MrS
Roctter, representing himself to be All agent
| for lie INSURANCE company, and secured bel
| assent for taking out policy. He then called
| On her with Dr. Kuhn, and tho latter Obliged
her to strip in order to bc examined; she then
paid he fee, $40, for The policy, aud whcu IT, did
not come, told her husband Of the outrage per
petl aleJ, he therefore preferred charges against
lie pair, and TIA ry were held for trial.
|. The purchasers Of the government property
1T Earpcrs Ferry claiul, says the Washington
Star, that the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
COMPANY have no legal right to run their road
through what vas, until the recent sale, Il Gov.
ernuent rcservali0a Permission to run their
track through the llarpcrs Ferry property
was given the Company by tho Secretary OF
War, thirty years ago. 1t is claimed that
this sale vitiaLns this permission.
Instructions have been scnt 10 the SuperVl-
sor of the Division embracing the Indian Terri
tory to seize all unstampcd tobacco manufac
tured therein. Hitherto no tax has been levied
upon tobacco manufactured in this territory,
neutral ground being exempt, tut the abuse
of this privilege has led to it's suspension.
Attorney General lIoar was yesterday
informed by several Senators that they would
support his confirmation as Justice Of the Su-
prcmc Court if he would consent to live in the
Southern Tor Fifth Circuit whilst Il member OF
the Court, and Mr.. Hoar declined the PROMO
siton.
We learn from an English source, says a
Philadelphia paper, that Philadelphia dray-
t,l
for feeding Guadrupcds in hurry. 1t is called
an oatmetcr, and animals can be easily trained
to adopt themselves to its nse.
The Naval Academy bah at Annapolis, last
evening, is deserted as having been very
brilliant affair About nine hundred persons
we're present The Russian Minister, Secreta-
ry OF the Navy, Admiral Porter and divers
other distinguished personaess we're there.
Adams Express Company gives the public
notice that the Company has been robbed of
about $40, 900 orFivc twenty coupon bonds Of
1862, 1868 and 1867. The bonds were sent
to the Treasury Department from New ork,
as stated in yesterdays Gazette.
A murder near Fort Shaw few months ago,
reported to have been perpetrated by Indians,
turns out to have been, committed by white
men and recent reports OF Indian disturbances
in that location have proven without iounda-
ton.
The Mexican state OF San luis is to be recon-
structed. The Governor and most of the
members of the Legislature have been put in
prison, new election has been ordered and a
forced loan Of $500. 900 has been levied on the
people.
Brvt. Major Gen. Joseph A. Mower, COM
manding Department of Louisiana, died on
Thursday night of congestion of the the lungs.
Gen. Mower was native of Connecticut. lie
was with Gen. Sherman in the war.
Several hundred Jewish families will in the
spring b, sent to the u. S. by the Central
Committee Of the Alliance lsraelite at konigs.
berg. The sub committee on the Russee Prus-
sian frontier will soon be in working order too.
Brigham Young is very much excited about
the proposed action Of Congress concerning the
Mormops II is reported as advocating armed
resistance should MIR. CuOm's bill become
law.
The clerks in the Office OF the Congressional
Printer have made application to Secretary
Boutwell, Tor All increase OF compensation OF
twenty per cent, running back two years.
A dispatch from Troy, n. Y, says that the
Glenn Falls National Bank was entered by
burglars yesterday morning at an early hour.
The safe was blown open and $50, 900 stolen.
-Four thousand two hundred Germans arrived
at New York during December.