Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-08-17
NEWS OF THE DAY.
so shoe the rery age and Lmtp "''i' Times.

nlosion Of the steamer WeStfel returned
verdict Yesterday. that the explosion OF the
boiler was caused by i flaw in the iron and by
negligence of the engineer III CARRYING an over
pressure of steam The Staten Island Ferry
COMPANY are held responsible for the disaster
4 recommendation to the District Attorney to
take prompt action in the matter was followed
up by warrants being made out by the Coroner
for the arrest of the President, Directors and
Superintendent of the Staten Island Ferry
COMPANY, and the Engineer The jury also
expressed the opinion that the Government
inspection, as now conducted, isyery imperfect.
The military peace establishment of the I.
S. consists Of 40 troops of cavalry, S. batteries
Of heavy and of ght artillery, go companies
of infantry, ) companies Of engineers, aud AS
artifcers and privatcs of ordnance in all 80, 900
enlisted which arc at present distributed as
follows: Southern State 1870 companies, tron-
tier and Pacific States and Territories DIP COM
panies, Middle and Northern States - com
panies: total $50 companies. a portion OF
the CT companies which are stationed in Texas
may be regarded as on frontier duty.
Secretary Boutwell, states that the withdraw
al OF four, four and a-half and five per ct.
combinations bonds is only temporary, and that
the loan will be again pl laced upon the market
when the condition Of the money market war
rants. lie also states that the sales OF the
regular five per ct. bonds on Tuesday we're
over half million dollars, and that he had no
doubt they would reach $l.000,O00 per day
very soou. The sales yesterday were $50, Ooo.
The Gov. of Kansas has committed the SEN
tcncc to imprisonment for life Of Mrs Sales
and Ford, who were to have been hanged to-
morrow for the murder of Mrs. Sales husband.
The Judge and jury refused to sign the petit
ton for communication, and there is surprise at
the Governor course, as the murdercrs had
confessed the crime and there were no extern
uating circumstances
The monument to Scott in New York, will
be an exact duplicate Of the Scott monument
at Edinburgh and the work has been planned
By the same designer. The .superStructure
will represent Sir Walter in 4 sitting posture,
and his stag hounds, one on each side, lying
down, with their paws stretched out before
them and their heads erect us if on the alert
This figure rests on il square granite pedestal.
4 New Orleans dispatch to the y. y. Tribune
says: dispatches received from Washington
to-day are TO the effect that the President
! strongly denounces the conduct of the Federal
| officers in relation to the late Convention. and
| that to save the Republican party and keep
his Administration free from embarrassment,
he will remove Casey, Packard, and others. 81
\ curious hindrance to accurate weather OBJ
servations is reported from Lake Huron. The
forest fires On the Canadian shores have caused
such dense atmosphere rs nearly to put an
end to lake navigation. Aud now the volume
4. Ian, d boo CT II. a
Pennsylvania: in 4 wedge-like form.
Miss Mary Clemmer Amos says. the Sisters
Of St. John in the city of Washington. are COM
posed almost exclusively Of young ladies in the
world, who voluntarily leave it in turn, for q
month at time to live in l hospital to nurse
| the children Of the poor.
! The August race meeting coEnncnced ut "a
ratoga Yesterday The first day developed
nothing specially interesting, expect that Hun
ter aud Trayers two year old colt won the
s., UOU stakes, making nile in La: the, best
time Of the day.
The towns and counties of Kansas are sub
scribing literally for the building of i narrow
gauge railroad from Leavenworth to Denver
CITY. Work is IL begin Immediately, and
fifty miles will be completed this fall. The
whole line will be in operation in two years.
The New Workers continue their active per
cautions against an epidemic visiting their city.
Henry Bergh has been appointed sanitary in
spector, without salary, with special power to e1
anime all stables within the city limits
An ex-asSiStant paymaster Of the royal navy
died in Montreal the other day OF apople1y,
after eating three pounds Of ham, one pound
of bread, drinking gallon Of water and pint
and and a-half OF brandy.
The project of ship canal between the
North Sea and the Baltic has been revived
with apparently some prospect that it shall be
carried ont.
Commissioner Douglass has reversed the de-
cision of ex-Commi>sioner plcasonton abolish
ing the stamp tax on insurance policies. and
! the tax on such policies will be renewed.
More mackcrel are caught this season off
Halifax, Nova Scotia. than they have salt to
cure.
SCENES IN TIE FAR WEST bull and bear
fight is thus announced to occur on August )
by the Territorial Enterprise newspaper Of Fir
ginia City Nevada: 'To-night says the
writer, "the much-taked Of bull and bear fight
will take place at Piper's Opera House. The
bull, a very fierce looking beast, has been
brought in from Walker river He is Of the
Spanish persuasion, white in color five years
| old and weighs between 900 and ,onI pounds.
His horns stand forward, and are very sharp.
In order to get him to this city it was found
necessary to drive small herd with him. One
of this herd was the savage COW that was shot
in Main street, Gold Hill, day before yester-
day: she had gorcd boy and put to flight
all that vent,rei within block Of her. So it
seems tn" bull belongs to fighting family
Yesterday the carpenters were at work board
ing up the stage for the battle The whole of
the stage is comprised in the arena, and being
firmly plankcd overhead and on the sides, with
front of round iron bars IN inch in diameter,
the whole presents the appearance of huge
cagc-which in fact, it now is. The front of
the cage. containing the bear, is built into the
arena on one side, and the stall of the bull on
the other The whole den is made strong
enough to hold pair of fighting elephants, but
to guard still further against accident, two
men armed with Henry rifles will be stationed
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