Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-19
NEWS OF THE DAY.
10 sio0 the very age and badly ofthe Times.

aWaDa and w eStcrn nallTOau SoiupduS, lCnpcCl-
ing their liability to pay five per Ct penalty tor
failing to pay tax assessed on coupons OF the
last five months Of 1870 within the time pre-
scribcd by law, is one affecting railroads, bank
ing and insurance companies throughout the
conntry It was upon the order Of the Com
missioner that collectors were instructed not to
collect the tax for that period. subsequently
Secretary Boutwell, ovcrruled the order OF Com
missioner Plcasonton, and directed him to COL
lcct the tax for that period Now the Com
missioner decides that in all such cases the
penalty should be RENTED in collecting taxes
assessed under the order of the Secretary OF the
Treasury,
\ dispatch from Augusta, Ga, says
Heavy rains, accompanied by destructive
winds, have prevailed for several days. The
dams of Langley cotton factory and Bath paper
mill. six miles from Augusta, broke and the
volume Of water striking the South Caro-
lima Railroad, swept away the embankment and
track for half mile The damage to the road
has been repaired and trains are running
Some three hundred operatives in the mills
were thrown out Of employment. Loss fifty
thousand dollars
\ vile story is going the rounds Of the sensa-
tiona press to the effect that Mr.. Jefferson Davis
ran off with another mans wife on Tuesday
night, the 18th instant, from Memphis. Tenn,
taking the train for Huntsville, Ala. He was
at Barnum's Hotel, in Baltimore, on Nednes-
day the 18th instant, which would have allow
ed him about twenty-four hours in which to
make trip Of some 900 miles. He has been
tcleeraphed to come on to Memphis and the
author of the story will probably be found out.
The Secretary of the German and Swedish
Immigration Aid Society in Savannah, Ga,
gives notice that European immigrants can
now be brought directly to the port of Savan-
nah at $50 each, gold, passage money: he
adds that the new steamship line, the Baltic
Lloyd. will be induced to send one Of its steam
crs to Savannah, provided sufficient number
of p aSscngcrS are secured.
The Knights Of St. Crispin, Of Baltimore, held
Il mass meeting last night, in honor of Il small
delegation of Massachusetts, Crispins who came
on TO work. but who resolved to return home
when they found that they were to take the
places of others They all expressed themselves
as opposed to the employment OF convict labor
in the manufacture not only OF boots and shoes,
but ali other articles Of merchandise.
The dispatches to the War Department an
nouncing the progress of the trial of Big Tree
and Samantha. the kiowa Indian Chiefs were
direct from San Antonio, the place Of the trial,
and ten days later than the dispatch from st.
Louis. which stated that they were killed in
irving to escape. The latter account cannot,
therefore, be true.
\ dispatch from LcavcnSworth says:-''Ihc
CITY Council last evening granted the right OF
way through the city to Chicago Southwestern
and Pacific Railroad, provided the Company
machine aud repair shops be located within the
corporate limits Of the city. The Mayor
promptly approved the ordinance.
There are prospects of a race between Long
fellow. who recently made mile in lao, and
Enquirer on the last day of the August meet
inc at Saratoga LongielIow will be run to
beat Lexington time, aud Enquirer, his hall
brother l. put np In beat HIM III Jour mile
dash.
On Sunday Jesse Foulke, of Shelby June
ton. Ohio, attempted to light fire with coal
oil can, when it exploded, killing his daughter.
Another daughter was terribly burned about
the hands. Samuel Gilliman. Il boardcr was
burned, but not seriously.
1t is stated that the late H. }. Raymond S
interest in the Times: about one-third Of the
propcrtv has been bought by the other
owners for s377j,UO0 This is probably great
cyaggcraton as are many other stories about
New York newspapers.
The Governor of Illinois is determined to use
the whole power Of the State, if necessary, to
effect the arrest of the parties engaged in the
late yuchng Of Martin Mera, the man who
whipped and burned his son to death. in lro-
qu0lS county.
Blacurc Bcy who was the Turkish minister
to this government for some time. and who had
been transferred some time since to Greece,
and SIT out for that post We learn is now again
to return to the /. :. and continue to represent
his government here.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has forbidden
the collection Of the fee Of twenty cents at the
Custom Houses for the Collectors official Ger
tificac to the oath of shipmaStcr bound to or
arriving from foreign port.
Steps have been taken in Rhode Island for
the sale of the division of the bankrupt Hart
ford and Erie Railroad located in that State.
Similar proceedings arc expected in Massachu-
sets. Connecticut and New York
The immense increase of the consumption OF
beer in this country led to the Internal Revenue
Department being temporarily unable to turn-
ish enough stamps to the brewers. The diff
Guilty, however, has now been remeded.
The Methodist Church in Virginia City,
which cost $4,000. fell last evening and is
now mass of ruins. \ house adjoining, be-
longing 70 family named Nyro, was crushed.
No lives were lost.
4 colored man, in Drake county, Ohio, has
been arrested. for an outrage upon q young
lady, and assaults upon two Others previously
Great excitement prevails.
\ soda fountain exploded at Lebanon, Ohio
yesterday dangerously iniuring two persons
while they were engaged III the manufacture
of soda water
Work is being rapidly pushed on the Citi-
zcns' Passenger Railway Of Baltimore. and it
will not be many days before the new line is in
running order.