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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-12-23

CHRISTMAS Christmas, always thepeculiar
holiday of the people of Virginia: and now more
so than ever, because the only one they can
heartily enjoy, again approaches. Let those
who can, make the most of it, for the time will
soon come when even its joyous festivities will
pass UNDECIDED by, save only as reminders OF
once happy days, gone, alas! for ever. Then
let Old Christmas Nick fill the stockings to
their tops; let powder in every conceivable shape
be burnt, and horns of all sorts blown; let
presents be given and mincc-meat pies be eat
en-. for in a few brief years. at most, such
pleasures will be only sources OF regret
ELECTION OF OFFICERS. meeting of
Ellsworth Post, No. G. y. r., Department Of
Virginia, held at Alexandria on Monday night
last, the following officers were elected for the
ensuing year f. f. White, commander ;
W. Willoughby, senior vice COMMANDER
Charles King, junior vice commander +. L.
Nanauken, quartermaster, (reelected j L. >.
Brown. chaplain 6. Y. Ramcy, surgeon W.
S. Chase, officer Of the day; Thomas Bur
roughs officer of the guard l.. |. 0 Neal
sergeant major W. J.. Penn, quartermaster
sergeant W. Wlloughhy, delegate. - Wash.
TLroui,Io
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-09-23

In Brooklyn, Fenton's party, Thus
DAY night, carried its ticket for the State
Convention, and secured twO.thirds OF
the delegates.
The Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad
depot, at Winnecone, Wisconsin. inclp.
ding telegraph office, was burned YES
terday morning. No particulars.
"A dispatch from Fort Leavenworth
says orders were issued some DAYS since
disseminating Fort Gibson, in Indian
Territory, as military post,
Reinforcement to the Spanish forces
in Cuba continue to be sent from Spain.
Twelve hundred soldiers have just EN-
barked for Havana,
The pattern shop ofthe Novelty Iron
Works, at Toledo, was partially destroyed
by fire Thursday night, Loss 81 600 to
$1,000, Covered by insurance.
AN insurrection has broken out in
Morocco. The Moors arc making Wig
OrOus attack upon the citadel at Mellia, II
seaport town belonging TO Spain. Tho
Spanish Government las dispatched q
large number of troops to the place,
The International Industrial Exhibi
tion at Buffalo is now fairly under way,
a. so GEs'' sgfGegs.. ,SIG9pg0Es from
the Western States and Canada are In
daily attendance.
The boil worm has destroyed the
cotton maturing this month in the cane
brake region of Alabama,
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LOUISIANA.
New ORLEANS, September %.

NEW ORLEANS, September %.
The Times Is unearthing the deeds o
the Metropolitan Police commissioners
and calls them rapacious, partisan plum.
derers. II says the amount Of $1OG 90
was paid to each last month, for special
service, which was utterly illegal and ex'
tortionate.
Much apprehension exists regarding
the levees. The committee from the riv'
or parishes are here urging repairs. The
Louisiana Levee Company Is inactive
The Baton Rouge advocate says the levees
along the coast are cracked TO an extent
that threatens destruction to the sugar
coast this winter.
While Yarmouth, Dunn & Co., arc
quarreling over the spoils, the country is
Lett with ruin staring at the unfortunate
planter, through gaps In the levee, that
neither himself nor the parish in which
he lives have power 10 close.
The Hcdyttne says the levee at the
Bonnet Care Crevasse is only about three
feet above the level Of the river, at the
present low stage Of water.
Augustine Ferdinandcz fell overheard
from schooner and was drowned.
John Hart died Of injuries received by
the explosion Of ammonia at the Ice
Works, Wednesday night
Charles Marx, passenger, was killed
while attempting to board train on the
NJ. N. o. & r. railroad.
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SAINT LOUIS.
TrOtting Match at st. Louis Park.
ST. LoI,Is Sent %.

Trotting Match at st. Louis Park.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. %.
Some 5000 people, including large
number Of ladies, witnessed tho contest
between Goldsmith Maid and Lucy, at
the track Of the st. Louis TrOtting Park
Association this morning. The weather
was uniavorable for very fast time, there
being O high wind, and immense clouds
of dust constantly swept over large
portion of the track; besides, the track
Itself was heavy and slow. In the first
heat Res got q good send of, Lucy slight
ly in the lead. AT the quarter.pole the
Maid shot ahead and trotted steadily home
in 2:24t, Lucy about two lengths
behind. In the second heat Res crossed
the string nose and nose, but the Maid
Immediately took the lead, reached the
quarter pole in 81 seconds, and flew down
the track like the wind. On rounding
the lower turn both horses were entirely
enveloped in dust Coming down the
home stretch the Maid gave ono Of her
magnificent bursts of speed, leaving Lucy
far In the rear, and crossed the string in
2:10 amidst the tremendous cheers OF the
crowd. Lucy was about six lengths
behind. The heat was made without q
skip. The third heat was much like the
first. Both mares trotted steadily and
came home in 22f, Lucy tapping the
Maid. Budd Dovel says, considering an
800 mile railroad trip, leaving Minnesota
Monday last, the heaviness Of the track,
the wind, and worse than all, the i'm
immense quantities Of dust, he regards the
second heat in the race the best tho Maid
ever trotted. The watches stood 2:19t,
2:10and 219t. The mare will leave Mon
day for st. Joseph.
A National Convention OF colored peO-
pie, convened here to-day. L. r. Will
llams, of Omaha, called the Convention
to order and stated the objects Of the
Convention were to determine upon some
particular day to be observed In com
memoration OF the emancipation of slave
ry and the granting Of equal, civil and po.
litical rights to Colored men; to consider
what Is Unnecessary to be done to educate the
colored people; to adopt line ofpolicy, TO
be pursued in the political campaign In
1879 Prof o. L. q. Hughes, of 81. Louis,
was elected temporary Chairman W. G.
Robinson, OF indianapolis, Secretary.
Delegates were present from Illinois,
Iowa, Nebraska, Indiana, Arkansas and
Missouri. The Committee on Perma.
nent Organization, reported two lists Of
officers, but o question arising as to the
basis Of representation, the matter was
discussed until adjournment, and no per-
manent organization was effected
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5000 in number. All were there on the
9th inst, as he went over them to obtain
for the Comptroller a voucher OF Keyser
& Co.'s, which was put back yesterday.
Richard A. storrs, Deputy Comptroller
was the next witness, but nothing new
was elected.
Chas. O'Connel testiaed-Was in the
ComptrolleFs office Saturday night till 2
o'clock; know nothing of any person
coming in or taking the vouchers that
night
Mary Conway testified in accordance
with the affidavit already published.
The court then adjourned till Monday,
and the witnesses were sent to the House
of Detention.
Graham applied for the release Of Mrs
Haggerty, as she had two little helpless
children, Judge Bowling said if she were
before him, lie would discharge her,
but that he could not apply to Ledwith
for her release. The District Attorney
said "There's no disposition to detain
her. l believe in law she can't be held
responsible"
The. acting Comptroller this morning
sent communication to Mayor Hall ask
ing an early meeting of the Supervisors
In order that some definite action may be
taken with regard to the collection Of
taxes. As yet no response has been re-
Ceived.
Samuel ]. Tilden, Chairman Of the Dem
ocratic State Committee, has sent Circu.
lar to prominent Democrats, requesting
their attendance at the primary meetings
to choose delegates TO the respective AS.
sembly districts or county conventions,
which concludes with these words
wherever the gangrene Of corruption has
reached the Democratic party, we must
take knife and cut II out by the roots"
Alta meeting Of the Fourteenth Ward
Irish Independent Political Association,
last evening, resolutions were passed
pledging those present not TO allow them
selves TO be led in the future by the fac.
tionists, who hitherto have made proies.
siOns Of the order to obtain the Irish vote.
Mayor Hall has called special meeting
Of the Board Of Supervisors, for Monday,
In obedience to the request of Deputy
Comptroller Green, to act upon the tax
levy.
Joel A. Fithian, son.in.law Of Richard
B. Connolly, Assistant Receiver Of taxes,
Commissioner on street opening, Com
missioner on Broadway widening, &C., it
Is reported has determined to resign.
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The ohio Valley Railroad.

From the Marietta Register.
The books for subscriptions to the cap
ilal stock OF this road, from Bellairc down
the Ohio 10 the Big Sandy welc opened
last week, but we lave no information of
results, US yet 1t seems highly probable
to us, however, that the work Of building
this line will he commenced at no distant
,lay.
We have received neat outline map OI
the route the road must probably take
from Marietta down, prepared by j. NJ
Elarsha, Of Cutler. II goes by the way
Of Big Run, thence to Savannah, on the
Big Hooking, and across the country,
avoiding the big ox.bow Of the Ohio, in
Mcigs county, striking the river, nlter
leaving Marietta, near Pomerdy. The
route Is direct, believed to be entirely
feasible, In TACT, the best route, II will
connect with the Federal Creek line to
New Lexington, thence making a choice
NJ line to Cincinnati
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NEW YORK CITY.
NEW York, Sept. 90.

New York, Sept 92
Alta meeting Of the Board of Managers
of the Produce Exchange, it was not
deemed expedient to be represented at
the National Commercial Convention, to
assemble in Baltimore the 25th inst,
Deputy Comptroller Green has been
promised moral and financial support by
many wealthy corporations. A meeting
of bank officers was held this afternoon,
when the sum OF $5j0,O00 was offered
him to meet the more pressing needs Of
the finance department.
The Grand Duke Alexis reception
committee held a meeting last evening,
and received reports from the different
subcommittee. General Schell will be
in command during the military parade
and torchlight procession.
Col. Whitley, Chief Of the United States
Secret Service, seized large quantity Of
silks, velvets and lOces, this evening, from
party OF Germans who were just taking
the cars for Philadelphia.
Two young girls named Ella Robinson
and Geneva Fradly, were kidnapped this
evening while returning from school, by
a man who gave them candy and induced
them to go with him.
A fire occurred this evening at Green
point, in r. Q. Ingersolrs chair factory,
on Oak street near the East River. The
flames extended to "a frame building ad-
joining. owned by E. Williams. Both
were destroyed. Mr.. Ingersolrs loss on
stock, machinery, and building 100000;
insured for $4,000 Mr.. Williams loss
on house amounted to $4,000; insured for
$1,000.
Ten employees of Giles, Wales & Co.'S
Watch Factory, Jersey City, were arrest
cd for systematic stealing Of stock. War
rants have been issued for the arrest OF
others implicated in the same businesss,
1t appears from admissions OF the prison.
ers, that II requires ring OF twenty work.
men to steal all parts oEa watch, and these
parts were given to man named Bear,
who put them together and disposed Of
them In Now York, One OF the prisoners
stated that these rings exist in every
watch factory in the United States. In
the trunk ofone, was found nearly the en-
tire works of watch manufactured by
the Howard Watch Company, Of Boston,
where he had formerly worked. The
prisoners were held for examination,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-09-23
Mass Meeting to Endorse Tweed.--
Speech OF Tweed.
Mr.,ur Nr.-,u. Gn.A On
NEW YORK, Sept. %

An immense mass meeting was held to-
night at Tweed Plaza, to endorse VIM
Tweed. Fully $4,000 persons were pres.
ent. Congressman Roberts presided
Great enthusiasm prevailed. Resolutions
were adopted endorsing Tweed, and
placing him in nomination for reelection
Tweed on being introduced, spoke as
follows
"At home again. (Cheers) At home
again, and among the friends Of my child
hold and scenes Of my youth; among
these friends feel that can safely place
myself, my record and all that have per
formed and done as public Official, open.
ly and publicly to their gaze, (Cheers,)
Were | to say that merely the manner
in which have been received, was such
as to make every throb OF my heart beat,
i would be unjust to myself and those
around me, whom lam pleased to see at a
time like this, when to be Democrat, and
hold office, is to be aspersed, maligned and
condemned without trial, and traduced
without hearing, 1t is pleasure to be
a public official, TO come among the
friends of his childhood, to take them by
the hand, to talk to them in friendly
and lee--lSf pubIic cGlG ~ GIiA
preciated by them. Reviled, traduced
and maligned as man has seldom been,
| point proudly to my record, past and
present, which is open to the gaze of all,
and court free, open and impartial in
yestigation into all the official and re-
corded acts of nv life. (Cheers,) NV
friends say, why don't you reply to those
newspaper attacks have only to reply,
no man can reply to newspaper articles
and stop the attack. The proper
place, the true place, and only
place where man can be
adjudged guilty OF charges against his
character, such as those beloved at me,
is before q properly constituted legal tri'
bunal; and tell my opponents and ira.
duCers that am ready ut any moment to
go forward and meet them, But while
they stand behind that mighty engine oi
the worlds power, the press, no man can
do Justice to himself by standing outside
and fighting against those who are inside
of the press. My public life is open to
my constituents and party, and it Is such
that | am able to face my accuSers in any
manly, fair and proper way, tomeet those
who traduce and revile me. lplace my
self in your hands, and / thankfully &C.
Cept your nomination for Senator. eX'
pect ofyou that you will stand by me,
and prove that you resent as untrue and
uni lst the Calumnies heaped on me. l
had a majority Of $4,000 last election.
The next time l expect majority Of
10000, and will be content with nothing
else"
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The most destructive fire occurred at
ST. Johns N. b., this A. NJ, destroying DI one
Of the principal blocks Of the city. the Ihe
and i sydney % streets. The following hotels
we're v, Consumed Fountain House, Union
Hotel, CrawIord's Hotel, and North
American Amer Hotel. Several stores were
also burned.
"A pamphlet has been issued by the
Catholic Bishops Of Switzerland, upon the
dogma of Papal infallibility. The Bishops
insist upon the validity Of the decision
adopted by the Ecumenfcal Council upon
the intallibility Of the Pope as the supreme
head Of the church.
-Rumors are current at Vienna that the
Emperor Francis Joseph Is about TO ab'
dicato the throne Of Austria.
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Firing on n British Vessel by a
Spanish MansofsWar.
NEW YORK, Sept. 22.


The Nassau Herald of the 10th instant
has a dispatch from Port au Prince, Civ
ing the following account Of the firing on
British vessel in Haytien waters by
spaniards:
The commander,oI the Spanish man.ol-
war Churruco fired upon the British sloop
L. Breckwith, which had on board as a
passenger Capt. Conner, who was on his
way to take charge Of the Haytien cor
yette NIenlorganer. A number Of men
armed with carbines boarded the Breck-
with and attempted to fire on the crew,
but were prevented. This proceeding
caused the Breckwith TO return to port.
Commander Gomez has requested the
Government to send o man.Of-war to OBJ
tain satisfaction for the insult offered him.
The English flag, however, has been in.
suited as well as ours, and II remains TO
be seen whether such man as the Brit
ish Consul at st John will put up quietly
with this afTront or not. The only apollo.
gy that was offered was that the Spanish
vessel first raised the English flag and
fired n salute of twenty.one guns, and
then hoisted the Haytien flag with n sa-
lutte Of seventeen guns.
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SAN FRANCISCO.
Rescue of u Wrecked American Crew
.sAttempt to Burn Virginia CITY,.
The Phoebe Fire,
SAN FRANCIsCo, September q.


The Phoebe Fire.
SAN Francisco, September 81.
The steamship Bogota, from Liverpool,
has arrived. The captain reports that on
the 10th of July, while running through
the Straits Of Lemoire, he saw an Ameri.
can ensign, flying Union from the
summit Of snow capped mountain on
Terre Del Fuego, and stood in and took
the Captain, twenty-five officers and men
off the American ship Italia, from Rio
for Valparaiso, wrecked July 10th, and
brought them here.
News was received this evening OF the
loss of the schooner Mary A. Read from
San Francisco, at Cape Lopatko Kan.
schattka, where she was taking of the
cargo of the wrecked bark Catalina. Her
crew was saved.
Incendiaries attempted this morning
before daylight, to burn Virginia City,
Nevada. Rags saturated with kerosene,
were ignited in several places simults-
neously, The attempt was unsuccessful.
The total loss by the Phoebe, Nevada,
fire Is estimated at 100000. The list of the
wounded is largely increased. The con-
victs escaping from the Nevada State
prison at the great break, scattered
through Sierra, Nevada, making towards
California. An express rider from Wei.
lington, Is supposed TO have been mur.
dered by them, his clothes being found,
covered with blood. Many parties are in
active pursuit.
SAN Francisco, Sept. 90.
Wealthy Friscoians have incorporated
a company with $5,0OO,O0O capItalto work
the newly discovered coal beds on Allen
tian Island.
The schooner Maria, which was fitted.
out here, has returned from tho Arctic
Ocean with an extremely valuable cargo
of furs, whalebone and ivory.
Escaped Nevada prisoners are scatter
ing over the country, robbing Rancheros
and providing themselves with horses,
evidently making for Arizona and South
ern California.
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GntGatelLigenftr
What the GreenbaoEs Cost.

From the Chicago Post,
A correspondent asks US to state what
reason tho Secretary ot the Treasury
gives for keeping on hand continually
from seventy TO one hundred millions oi
gold.
for holding so heavy reserve OF coin is
10 prevent the gold gamblers from cor.
nering the gold market and depressing
the greenbacks to any point they saw fit,
and repeating the operation as oilen as
they pleased. Mr. Boutwell, assumes that
If the stock of gold in the Treasury was
less at any time than the amount the
speculatoTS could command, there would
be ireuucnt occurrences Of the Black Fri
day lie thinks that If he let the reserve
of coin get below fifty or sixty millions
he would be IN danger from the specula.
lators, and that in order to be safe he must
keep on hand eighty to a hundred mil.
lions,
Were it not for this alleged necessity
IL. rcss:z4 Gs-a9iR liz the Treasury need
not exceed one or two millions after each
interest payment on the bonds 1t would
he safe calculation that seventy-fve
millions Of gold could be spared for in.
yestment in FiVe.twenty bonds il the
Vrecnbacks were not in the way. The in.
terest that might thus be purchased
would be $4,5OO,OOO per annum. This
sum represents what the government Is
paying 10 keep its greenbacks in circula-
lion. 1t Is common remark that the
greenbaCks cost the government nothing;
that they are In the nature Of free loan
by the people to the government, which
Is far from the truth, as they cost be-
tween four and five millions per annum in
the way stated. And with this immense
hoard OF gold distracted from commerce
and locked up In the Treasury vaults TO
hold the gold gamblers in check, and
prevent them from prcying on the valueOf
the greenbaCks, those notes thus protected
arc only worth eighty.eight cents on the
dollar That Is all any one will give for
them. The National Banks arc obliged
by law to keep on hand as reserve funds,
for the protection of their depositors and
redemption of their notes, more than one
hundred and fifty millions Of gold and
legal tenders; of the latter, they have
one hundred and thirty odd millions lock-
ed up and out of circulation. Hence, the
amount OI greenbacks in circulation Is
not to exceed two hundred and twenty
six millions. For the protection Of this
quantity of treasury notes the Secretary
Of the Treasury retains idle an average OF
more than eighty millions Of gold. For
the sake Of keeping ahoat this amount Of
rredcCmabe notes the Government Is
paying six per cent. interest on not less
Than sCycnty.tivc millions OF Fiyc.twenty
bonds which otherwise could be pur'
chased and cancelled And yet some
people are so simple.minded rs to suppose
that the greenbackS outstanding cost the
Government nothing.
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Asa party o! gentlemen were enjoying
aSallina yacht few days since, they saw
two tinback whales when about womiles
out from Nahant, Mass., each measuring
from fifty to sixty feet in length. Being
curious 10 obtain nearer view OF the big
fish, the party followed them for half an
hour, approaching so near at one time
that when they rose TO blow, the spray
flew into the faces of those on board
the yacht. These huge denizens Of the
deep seemed to be enjoying their visit TO
the bay very much, amusing themselves
with some pretty tall spouting, throwing
the water to n height Of finen or twenty
feet. Those who saw them say they
might have been easily captured had the
proper apparatus been at hand
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hallway Accident in New York.

A Saratoga special train, on the Hud-
son River railroad, at G;2O this evening
ran into a coal train Of the Hudson &
Boston railroad, at the crossing. The
engine and tender Of the Hudson River
train were demolished, and the baggage
car badly damaged. One coal car was
cut in two, and the whole train
thrown from the track. No person in
iured. The accident occurred through
The disobedience Of the rule which re.
uuires all trains TO come to stop before
CROSSING tracks.
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Gen. sheridan's Buffalo Hunt.
Fr. McPnEnsoN, NEE, Sept. %

- A'ANA @''t'l
Gen. Sheridan and party arrived at
North Platte, this morning, and were con.
Quoted TO Ft. Mcpherson by Gen. Emery,
commanding here A review took place
of four companies Of the 9th Cavalry,
Gen. Carr commanding. They depart
across the country tomorrow morning,
guided by the renowned Buffalo Bill, and
under escort of Major Brow, with Com.
pany T of the 9th Cavalry. Buffalo, elk,
antelope and wild turkey, arc reported in
great numbers along the route. The par.
" expect to reach TT. Hays in ten days
The following are the members Of the
party: Gen. P II. Sheridan, Gen. Fucker,
DR.. Asche, Sam. Johnston, Chas Wilson
and Gen. Stager, of Chicago; Com. Jas.
Jas. G. Bennett, j. Leonard, w. jerome,
Lawrence jerome, Carol Seyengton, Gen.
]. L. Davis, DR.. Col. Schuyler Crosby and
]. II. Hickshlre, of New York; i. NJ. Rog-
ers, of Philadelphia, and Gen. G. S. Fitz-
hugh, of Pittsburgh. The party is amply
supplied with all the equipments and ma
terial for successful hunt, and dsaie transit
across the plains.
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PITTSBURGH.
PrrrspuRan, september @.

Barry, who killed his wife July 10,
was acquitted on tho ground Of insanity
and will be sent to the Dlxmont Lunatic
Asylum.
The Directors of the Southwestern
Railroad company, Thomas A. Scott,
President, held a meeting here to-day and
awarded contracts for the grading,
masonery and bridging Of the entire road
from Greensburg to Connellsville, Pa.