Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-08-11
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NEWS OF THE DAY.
"71 show the Gerry age ana body ofthe Times.

tobacco III lrRlnll is llulCaleu Wy tHc hSuic"
ofcollectons of the revenue tax the amount
received during the last twenty nine months
| being $9,2I0 al, an excess of nearly eight
millions Of dollars over the collections Tor the
preceding torty-four months. For the past
month of July alone the payments on this ac-
count were larger than during all 1867 or 1868.
Judge Blodgett, in the {. S. Circuit Court
at Chicago, yesterday. decided that the shares
of National banks must be taxed upon their
par value, no matter whether they are worth
more or less than that amount. He also held
that such shares owned by nonresident of
the State cannot be taxed in the State in
which the bank is located.
The Coroner's inquest on the body ofRuffen-
barger, the wealthy Ohio farmer, who is a!leg-
ed to have been poisoned by his wife or her Sc
cond husband, Calburn, yesterday returned
verdict that arsenic had really been admlnlste-
red. This finding will produce further proceed
ings in this remarkable affair.
The number of applications for pensions I'M
der the act of Congress- from persons said to
have served in the war oflSl2, is something
more than thirty thousand Precautions have
been taken for the detection Of any swndle that
may be attempted.
The steamship Bolivar of the British West
India line, which recently arrived at Balti-
more, found no difficulty in securing a profta.-
bic cargo, and yesterday sailed tor Liverpool
with valuable freightage of corn, wheat, cot
ton, cheese and cloverseed.
The yellow fever at Buenos Ayres has caused
vast amount of suffering and restitution
among the poorer classes of the city. An ap-
peal is made by the American Church there,
for assistance from the United States. a gene
rous response is hoped tor
Secretary Boutwell, decides that the mate of
vessel, cannot legally be charged with the
duty of exhibiting the manifest and other
ship $ papers when desired, and that for any
violation of the law regarding the production
of such documents, the captain is responsible.
4 train on the Houston and Great Northern
Railroad of Texas, was thrown from the track
on Wednesday by distractions placed there by
some scoundrel, and President Young and I'm
gineer Wilson, Of the Railroad Company, were
| killed.
The race for ten thousand dollars between
Kingfsher and Longfellow, which was set for
the August meeting at Saratoga, is now declar-
IL.
his horse Longtellow will be run to endeavor
to beat Lexington time.
4 dispatch from Louisville, n.y., says IA
dispatch from the Assistant Secretary Of State
at Frankfort, says the Republicans will have
about twenty members in the lower house OF
the Legislature Lcslie's minority will reach
4U.UUU:'
The wounded by the railroad disaster at Ban
gor on "Wednesday night are doing well. No
more deaths are expected AS sixty persons
were injured it is singularly fortunate that the
result was fatal in ouly two cases
The Kansas Central Railroad COMPANY has
made arrangements to negotiate bonds 10 the
amount Of 81 900. OUJ, which insllres the con-
structon y. Il narrow gauge road from L.aren-
worth to Denver
Hog cholera which has within the past few
years carried off an inuumerable number of
swine, is at this time prevailing to an alarming
degree in Jefferson county, West Virginia.
4 SEA SHORE DRESS Correspondent
OF the Boston Post I-"What pretty jacket
How queer and what lovely effect9' was
heard on all sides of the Ocean House parlor
the other evening as young girl came in from
the piazza, where she had been walking up
and down, to have waltz, just to vary the
monotony. 1t was a pretty jacket of soft white
material, with an edge of scarlet aud white
stripes the sleeves were finished with cuffs of
the same and the rolling collar and pocket-lids
were made Of the stripes IVY hat Is it,? que
ried some lady, 1T must be some pattern
material. Isn't it lovely?' The mystery was
L. II,
blanket the striped ends forming the trimming
1t was jaunty, double: breasted affair, and its
clinging warmth made it very desirable gar
ment for seaside wear, for it is almost the only
thing that is impcrvious to Newport togs, and
| consequently necessary of late, for there has
scarcely been day for a week when the sun
has shonc brightly all the day through. The
wearer was Miss Ludlam, from Baltimore, /
very stylish, pretty girl, counted by some the
belle the Ocean House. This honor, how
ever, is divided with Miss Craig, OF the same
city. and Miss Chaplin, Of Providence.
\ HARD Blow The fcrce<t of Grant'sas
salants have not dealt him harder blow than
he receives in the last ''Harper'S Weekly. y
1t acknowledges the great decline of Grant,
personal popularity and assigns as reasons
| therefore the following:
Inc quallty OF Tue TeSluenl llteuusiilps
the intimate influence which surround him,
the alienation Of some men of culture and high
character from his counseLs, the appointment
of certain unworthy officers, his passion for
San Domingo, what is. called his nepotism,
ignoran &c, indifference to real reform and pro-
gress an political publication.
a more comprehensive epltome OF unfitness
for the Presidency could hardly be put FORTH
Fredericksburg Neacs.
SINGULAR Casa youngl lady Of Pittsburg
to all appearances laid deadtor % days When
she died (?( there was such peculiar e9-
preston on her countenauce, aud decompvsi.
ton not appearing, her friends refused to allow
her to be buried. On the 22d day she arose
with start, as if just awakened from a refresh
ing sleep, and was surprised upon being in
formed of her Rip Van Wrinkle slumber. About
her first motion was to 60 to the cupbord and put
herself outside of a couple Of pies. She then
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