Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-12-12
NEWS OF THE DAY.
$50 Mou the cery age md Jody @tAe Times.

10 MON me tery "9e dHd oooy ~ ''c 1"'tH'
Baron Gerolt, late Pussan Minister to this
country, in q private letter to a friend, says
that he is enjoying himself hunting on his es-
tates on the Rhine Before his departure from
the United States his friends in Washington.
Baltimore, Philadephi New York and Bos-
ton subscribed So, 100 i'll order to present him d
testimonial. This has just been finished by a
jeweller of Philadelphia.
The Boston papers contain letter from
Prof. Agassiz, who has just sailed with the q.
S. Coast Survey Expedition. He anticipates
the discovery of number Of proofs OF his own
theory Of glacial period, aud speaks of find
ing many of the animal remains of former pc
RODS of the earth, which will he OF Importance
in solving some Of the probcmS Ut natural sci
encc.
An explosion of Il coal oil lamp caused fire
Sunday night in Perth street, in Philadelphia,
in which the boly.c q man who had died of
the small pox was csasshued. The mother and
three children were turned OUT and none Of the
ncighbors would give them shelter, for fear Of
the infection. They were subsequently con-
veyed to the Station House.
In the trial Of Mrs Wharton, yesterday.
the entire day was consumed in the examina-
ton and cross examination of Professor Aiken,
who testified as to his search for arsenic and
| finding Of an antimonic compound III the sto-
mach of Gen. Ketchum, and that he then be-
l*came certain OF the presence or tartar emetlc.
The New York Tribune reports that one day
last week Mr. Tweel's magnificent residence
was offered to well known steamship and
stock atSrator for 800, 900 less than its value.
When he4ubmitted the bargain to his wife she
replied that she would not live in the house il
it were given to her.
The owuerssaS the Nova Scotia coal mines
arc much plei.tast Secretary BoutwelIs re,
commenda,ion to reduce the duty on coal to if
ty cents per ton. They:Aave hopes that Con-
gress will make coal free
1t appears that Samuel Wallace, arrested III
New York, as swiDdlGHsMts Colonel in
| Sherman army. and Is held Oil the charge OF
having forged check.
Alex. Fl. Stephens has purchased the Al Ian.
ia ga. Sun newspaper, and opposes the Mis-
souri, passive policy.
A dispatch from Bombay states that the
cholera is raging with great fatality among the
natives in Lucknow and vicinity.
The Grand Duke Alexis will not reach Can;
ada until about "Wednesday or Thursday. H.
is to be in Ottawa, Monday the 18th.
\ New Yo,k hotel keeps pew in Il ''fash
iouabc church. for the use OF its guests.
Rev. Edward T. Higbcc, minister of Trinity
Chapel, New York. died suddenly Sunday
TIE PUBLIC DEBT OF VIRGINIA We copy
the following from the Wheeling lnteligencer,
as showing the view taken in West Virginia.
in relation to the public debt =
''Eirginla took upon herself IA settlement OF
,hc whole For two-thiras Of it she gives new
bonds for the other third she gives a certif-
cate of Indebtedness, which she binds herself
to replace with bond when settlement, be-
. tween herself and West Virginia has been
effected The creditors surrender the old bonds
and accent instead these new bonds and certlti-
Gates. They accept Virgnias obligation for
the whole two thirds being as We may say. a
present, and ne-third deferred obligation.
Thus, taking Virginia alone for the entire debt,
the creditors give up their right to look to
West Virginia for any part OF it. The only re-
lation West Virginia now has 10 them Is that
the time when they will get Eirginia's bonds
for their deferred one third. will depend on when
we settle with Virginia.
But there has been no change in the obligation
of this State to Virginia We arc exactly as
much bound as before to settle with her for
our equitable proportion Of the debt whenever
she is ready to settle Her action in funding
the interest that accrued during the war, and
thus swelling the debt some eleven millions
above what 1t was in 1860, may compllcatc that
settlement 1t is held by some that interest on
public debt. under the common law of nations,
cannot be claimed for the time the debtor was
| - Ipt To r,1o M rt
of that interest it will have to be shown that a
as is contemplated by that rule. We do not
believe it can be shown. But whatever may
be the details or difficulties Of our settlement
with Virginia, that settlement must be made
whenever she demands it, and in that settle
ment we must account to her for an equitable
share of the debt for the whole Of which she
has bound herself to the creditors.
If Virginia does not choose to ask US tor a
settlement, we have no interest in forcing one
on her unless we think there would re bal
ance in our favor. She may not choose to ask
for one She may find land certainly will
that what she would get from us would not be
a compensation for funding the remaining one
third, and she may choose to postpone funding
it indefinitely by delerripg her settlement with
West Virginia This view of the case has APP
parently presented itself to the present authorl'
ties of Virginia, and that may explain their In.
difference about responding to the action OF
this State in appointing commissioners For
the future We should not be surprised if Vir-
ginia' policy in reference to a settlement with
us would be one of mastery inactivity. 1t will
be no fault of West Virginia. however, if one
is not speedily concluded, for she is ready to
proceed with it at once.
| OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ON LARGE SCALE
F NJ Imboden (brother Of General j, D.
In,bodenj writes the subjoined letter from
Richmond in answer to an enquiry from Mr.
| W. L. Clarke. of the General Assembly Of
Georgia, who furnishes it for publication to
the papers of that State. Mr.. Imboden says :
Your favor to my brother j. D. Imboden,
received. He is usually, and is now, in New
York. can reply, however, to your query:
"Our State has done very little to encourage
or aid immigration. No practical legislation has
| been had on the subject, much as has been
| nuhlis she'd in recommendation Private antnr