Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-06-20

| w ASHlNGT0N ITEMS.-A c0lOreu woman has
! been arrested on the charge OF poisoning wo-
man Of whom she was jealous.
| The bodies Of two dead infants were found
yesterday, one in the vicinity of Seventh street
and Maryland avenue, which bore marks OF
violence, and the other in the river ut the foot
of II street. lntanticide seems to be growing
crime.
The Circuit Court has on trial the case Of the
noted Mrs. Rves- Pollard against Lyon, the
proprietor Of the St. Cloud Hotel Of which
Mrs Pollard once had charge. She sues him
for articles of personal wear lost at the hotel
| during the time she was ut the insane asylum,
and lays her damage at one thousand dollars.
4 difference Of opinion between the champ
ions of the cOlorcd schools here, which are repre-
scnted on one side by 5. J. Bowen and his
friends. and by the Henry johnson party on
the other is the subject of anxious considcra-
ton By the Secretary Of the Interior.
THE INCOME TAX is at last fairly submitted
to Judge Of the Supreme Court Of the |. S.
Mr.. Justice Strong. sitting on circuit in Phila-
dclphia, in the case oil Henry &. Lea, against
VIM. Il. Leeds, an internal revenue collector,
to recover back the amount OF certain income
tax heretofore collected The remarks which
fell from the Judge were few, and dld not lndl-
cate which way his mind leaned lie observed
in answer to some statistics submitted that
Mr.. VIM g. Asor had paid income on more
than the whole State Of crlmont: and that MIR.
| \. II. Stewart had paid more than was collect
cd in unv on. Of twcnty-Scvcn States and Terri
turico--imurc, indeed, tlcn the aggregate
amounts paid by Florida. Arizo,la Colorado,
Dakota, Washington, New Mexico, Utah.
Idaho and Montana combined that no one
was more conscious Of the injustice of the pre-
sent income law in It's operation, but the ques-
ton before him WIS one of power, and not
policy.
SrccEsSrt'I. BUSINESS MEN.-'l'hc Journal
If Commerce replies to the question Of Il cor
respondent; ''What proportion Of those who
succeed in acquiring !; competency in business
pursuits ultimately retain it, The editor says
that of those who engage in business on their
OWN account only three out Of 4 hundred escape
failure. and only five out Of Il hundred succeed
in avoiding III entire collapse Of their first ct;
fort. or those who at some time or other have
in hand Il reasonable competence. and may be
said To have succeeded in business, ninety per
cent. are still the sub rcls of after lrvcrSeS OF
sumc ,urt &n that only ten prr cent. uf the ste
ci.->ul ones keep their fortune mistaken. No
two things. the journal thinks, should Im more
strongly Impressed upon the young men oi "lr
country than the insecurity al riches. even
when acquired, and their ntl>aI>tyn% char
meter.
STRAW H>Il. We are .!I;rd f. perceive Il
/. :. Commissioner i* TAKEN Il step which
will mot probably put = stop t" t he fraudulent
system. hi,r .f;irl>.';l in li- city hy r!n!alnl.,
IL. : Il an,
without means: who We're never backward III
swearing +" tn" la:~,..,"a ii property r.
uui~iir t., III th:n To- h.. securities Ia any
amol:nt. Perjury never seemed Ia present Ii
self iu them Is being involved in tn" py".,'~
>iolr,l !lonl>nrn : yurlllun and MI OStHrrm ::
c,npmilttl ON Thursday 81 person on the
| charge Ut perjury, di.> nair, Il de!lI>lon which
the >trlw,hail fraternity has Ia" long cntrrtalm
! cd ,JuStirr. il is IL :r hui,"d viii not be
| hereafter rhratrt! through he agency ni Pro
l;:;<ionl IonL<mcn. There are hundreds ~
these practitioners who have been assisting To
cheat Justice for years ra~r: and VIII" have
been hircrtn si.nally successful /" their
schemes. .N.Hr i",&: \"$.
LIZ CiRcLE.-lhis new gam is exciting the
greatest interest in fashionable circles and bids
fair to quite supersede cro4uet Upon the
lawns of the finest country houses croquet has
been given over to the children, and lie Circle
promoted to the prominent place as the pref
tier. more interesting. and by far the liveIlcr
gamc of the two.
Mr.. Geo. Ctrotc. whose death WAS announced
Yesterday in a dispatch from London, WAS for
merry member Of the British House Of Com
mons and in politics Il Liberal. He was the
outhor of several works and Of various articles
| in the Reviews, but his fame mostly rests upon
his History of Greece.
Every where throughout the country, the
| harvest this vear has been earlier than usual.