The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-10-17
NEWS BY LATE MAILS.

Five hundred Portuguese are coming to
Virginia.
1t appears that Barney Aaron is alive
and in prison at Chicago.
The defaulting pension agent at New
York has made good his entire default.
Charles w. Harnden, an attache of the
Boston Eoeniag Transcript, died Saturday.
In New York on Saturday several me-
groes were sworn in as inspectors of cleo
ton.
The Pennsylvania railroad company
have subscribed $4,000 to the Chicago re-
lief fund.
The whole amount contributed by Balti-
more for Chicago up to last evening is
$4,000.
Brigham Young is in peck of trouble,
but as he has sixty or seventy wives, he
ought to get out.
Major Hodge, the defaulting paymaster,
has been removed from Fort Mciienry to
the Albany penitentiary.
The Rev. E. Hanks, native of Pittsyl-
vania county, Va, died recently in Colum-
bia, Tenn, aged rs years.
The Chamber of Commerce, Galveston,
Texas, has appointed committee to raise
funds for the Chicago sufferers.
There were eighty-nine newspaper estab-
lishments destroyed in the Chicago burnt
district, embracing dailies, weekies and
monthlies.
The st. Louis Republican suggests that
no Democratic candidate for the Presidency
be nominated in 1872. The Cincinnati En-
quirer flares up at the suggestion.
In 1850 Chicago had only 29,963 inhabi-
tants. During the succeeding decade the
population nearly quadrupled, and in 1860
She had 1898 persons living within her
limits. In 1870 the number had increased
to 20S,977.
A short and sharp earthquake shock
awoke the people in Lake Village, New
Hampshire, about 12 o'clock last night. 1t
was passed from northwest to northeast,
and was generally noticed, though lasting
only few seconds.
All Northeast Michigan is in flames.
The loss Of property in that State during
the past week is estimated at 500, ,000, 900.
Northeast Wisconsin is also burning furi-
ously. Nothing can be found in the worlds
history to equal the extent and awfulness
of these monster conhagrations.
An idea of the. tremendous heat of the
flames at Chicago is given by the fact that
on the opening of the vault of the Custom
house. in which one million dollars in gold
and two million greenbacks were deposited,
the gold was found melted into almost a
solid mass. OF fcourse the greenbacks were
reduced to ashes.
Mr.. Bradlaw, the great Republican lead
er in England, has publicly declared that
Queen Victoria is insane, and at a monster
meeting, held last night in London, he de-
manded that a Regency, to be entrusted to
the Judges of Law and Equity, be had
until Republic shall be established.
A rumor is in circulation in New York
that some of the Poles resident there have
formed conspiracy to assassnate the
Grand Duke Alexis while he is in that city.
The report is SO far credited that number
of the more prominent Polish citizens held
a meeting on Sunday, and took steps to
avert any such danger to the royal visitor.
On Thursday last the Common Council
of Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, refused
to appropriate $25, 200 for the relief of the
Chicago sufferers. When the chairman ofthe
council announced that the bill had been de-
feated the crowd in the lobby of the Cham
Der created such disturbance by kissing
that it was with difficulty that the dis
turbance could be checked.