Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-04-20
NEWS OF THE DAY.
$40 sao,o the rery age and body ofthe Times

The hftn-annual ulectlhS VI 'i1 -'"tiou"l
Board of Fire Underwriters was held in New
York Yesterday. There was Il large attendance
Henry A. Oakley presiding The President, in
his address, gave a gloomy view OF the condl-
ton of fire insurance companies Ill general. the
losses amounting to all excessive proportion OF
the premiums received, owing to improper
risks taken, insufficient rates obtained and
hasty adjustments made
A case is now before the New York city
Courts which may be considered without preee-
dent for singularity. 1t is suit to recover the
little bill of 81 ,395 II, incurred at the burial Of
lady of means The undertaken Is pushing
h;s claim. and the executor is resisting it. The
nlaintiff alleges that the deceased lady ordered
the expenditure, which he admits to have been
extraordinary, and as she was worth quarter
of million, he obeyed orders.
The English war steamer lmmortallte is
ashore on mud bank in the harbor of King
ston Jamaica. Other war vessels and 1000
sailors were unsuccessful in their efforts to re-
move her. Her guns and rigging: however,
were removed and placed on board lighters -
The commander was tried by court martial on
charge of negligence. The paymaster OF the
Immortalite, yesterday, fell out of 4 window
and was killed.
It is understood that Governors Hoffman of
New York and ClaAin Of Massachusetts, have.
accepted prominent parts in the &c Prnnsso OF
Morse in the Central Park, n. \. The statue
is to be unveiled by Governor Clafin, and the
Grafton, it is said. will be delivered by William
Cullen Bryant.
The building erected on Communipaw Flats
by Gen. Newton for the manufacture OF nitro
glycerine, to be used for blasting the rocks at
Hell Gate has been demolished BY. the Amer,
lean Dock Company Association, Incorporated
by the Legislature Of New jersey. The Gen
!: indipnont and will assert the authority OF
the u. S.
\ herd of two hundred and fifty butfaloes
was recently driven into the Missouri river,
near the Milestone Indian agency. A few
reached the left bank in safety, few others
we're killed in the river, and the remainder OF
the herd persisted in the waves OF the rapid
river, which at the time was swollen by the
flood.
Chevaher Rangabee. Of the Greek legation,
was married in New York yesterday to Miss
Gerot. The ceremony was quite private, wit
messed only by a select party, and was perform
ed at the Greek Chapel, in Second avenue, by
the Rev. Nicholas Bjering, chaplain Of the
Russian and Greek legations.
TheWadsforth Iron Works at Buffalo yester-
day New York. suspended business to-day and
over one thousand persons were thrown out
of employment in consequence There Is q
prospect that the creditors will arrange SO as
that business will soon be resumed
The Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pythas,
now in session at Philadelphia, yesterday ad.
mitted the representatives from the two Grand
Lodges of Maryland The representatives Of
the contending factions are to argue the rights
of each before the Supreme Council
At Grand Rapids, Michigan, yesterday, five
boys of ages from six to ten years, while play
ing around sand bank on Lafayette street:
were buried in slide Two managed to get
out and give the alarm, but the other three
were dead when taken out
One of the channel buoys Of New York har
Dor which, during the severe coast storms
which prevailed about six weeks ago, was torn
from its anchor and foated out to sea, was
picked up few days ago on the coast of Eng
land, whittier it had foated.
Rev. Dr. Cheney, of Chicago, having failed
to make selection from the list OF presbyters
furnished by Bishop Witehouse, the standing
committee of the diocese have elected the
court for his trial on the Sd of May.
The Board of Arbitration met again yester-
day at Mauch Chunk to adjust the quarrel be-
tween the miners and operators in the Penn
sylvania anthracite coal regions, but the en-
deayor resulted in Il total failure
Mr.. Henry Bergh has addressed letter to
the Rev DR.. Bellows declining to accept the
proposed service of silver plate from the ladies
of New York, in recognition Of his humane IN
tercessions in behalf Of dumb creatures.
\ conscience striker individual in Greenfield,
Massachusetts, returns to the Treasury 500
by to-days mail, which had been improperly
in his possession.
The unfortunate controversy in st. Clement
Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, has got into
court. 1t is evident that the contending par
ties differ in doctrine as we'll as IN forms.
The arrivals of over one hundred French SOL
dicrs Mt New York Tuesday, looks like the be-
ginning of 4 movement towards French lmml-
grafton.
1t is expected that the opinion Of the Su
preme Court in the legal tender cases will be
delivered on Monday The argument was con-
Guided yesterday.
The New York Evening Telegram says
there is rumor current of the failure of
Messrs Sauer Il Co., on contracts for 81: 0O0,-
00O
Bennett Brothers Il Co. 3 furniture factory,
in Louisville. KY, was burned yesterday Loss
s50,000, partially insured One hundred work
men are out of employment.
The President will leave Washington for
ST. Louis to-day.
REMARKABLE MIRAGE-A correspondent Of
the Rochester Express writes as follows The
was one of the hundreds at Mount
Hope on Sunday afternoon who witnessed, pro-
badly, one of the most perfect and sublime mi
RACES ever seen in this country On the entire
north sky as far as. the angle or bison was
lifted the blue waters Of Lake Ontario while