Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-10-24
NEWS OF TIE DAY.
sh.an the rc,y ng' and b"oiu of'h' Times

Young =, ;or, son Of Roger A. Pryor. 1t is
not known in what manner he came to his
DEATH a peculiar sadness is attached to tins
severe domestic uhl.ction, in the high promise,
of this Young man. He had but a little more
than wear ago graduated at Princeton til
kgh honors. The intel 1enlng period had been
srnnt by him in great part at Cambridge, Eng
land where he won Il prize in mathematics.
\ few months ago he returned to the u. j.,
and has since been prosecuting the study OF
law in the Office of his father.
The fifth Of the series of the :accs for the
Amcric Cup was sailed yesterday over the
New York hav course the Sappho being again
selected to compete with the lAronla, and de-
fcatiug her twenty-five minutes and fully five
miles This is the fourth race won by the
A,ncrcan yachts and consequently the cup il
retained on this side Of the Atlantic. 1t y u
be remembered, however, that A,hhr y claim
ed the second Of the races because the Colum
tia, which then sailed against him, rounded
thc stako-boat on different side FROM the
LivoDia
The produce dca'crs and bankers Of Alilwau-
kec are agtat;ng the question OF Il submarine
cable across Lake Michigan to open new
route to Michigan, Canada and the East The
Englcmann Transportation Company otter ito
lay the cable free of expense. The object OF
the enterprise is to have two lines OF com
mrrcation with the East so that II one
fa:'s, az was the case dur 'rg the Chicago fire,
| there VI be another route open for business.
| A committee has been appo tied to confer with
the telegraph compa, ;cs \ Irar>y Of Cana
Jans arc urging the porjcct.
A Hartford Comm letter itcr SAYS -
Many instances have come to my knowledge
| where rcoplc in humble circr instances have lost
their AL by the failure Of the companies that
have gone under In one instance a nlllncr
in this city had put eve; ! cent she cnr 1t save
for years into stock, Which had paid her hand
some I,idcnls but now her entire $1,000 Of
savings has gone. Aud on" most coI$ci Ia'lvc
and careful business men are among the hca.
West losers.
The iron clad Steamer Atlanta sailed from
Philadelphia in December 1869, for Portau-
FRINGE, and was never heard from. Sidney
O?lsmitl, of PHILADELPHIA HOW claims that
the late President Sallavc contracted Tth him
fur tl,. steamer at valuation Of 100000, and
that $50, uUu N;s paid on SAID contract He
has brought suit against President Sagct for
the balance of $lm,u0o. The case Is still be-
fore the cur"tS
The House Of Deputies Vi the Episcopal lien
crnl Convention yesterday continued the dis
cu<sion Oh the subject Of the Ritual, Mr. Judd,
of II ''nois, making strong appeal III iavor OF
the Ritualists Rev Dr. llowSon, Dean OF
Chester, England, addressed the House on the
Church in Italy, especially speaking OF the
adaptability of the American Church to the
work. The report in favor of establishing
Sistcrhools was adopted.
Extensive fires prevail IN the swamlS and
woods Of Monroe, Orleans, Niagara, Gcncsec,
Wayne and Seneca corrtics, New York. y
fire is RI. rg :, tho Shawaa aux Mount" MS.
nea" Po.v nixon Several hrrdlcd acres are
already br ned over. 4 la~gc fire is raging in
the woods at t,atbush, ncar Rnndout The
woods me- r oy and Aub' have, "'So, been
on fire.
ITO. ulaton is received from Cumberland
that the woods ra1iat'ng u =" directions from
that city we're on fire. Inc mountains yeser-
day were completely cnvelopcd in smoke, and
from the i; Y character OF the underground and
the vast quantity Of leaves in the woods 1t Is
feared That great disaster is about to Orcrtakc
those persons who have the hablta'lonS ~
| the mountains.
Gen. Palmer, President Of the Denver and
Rio Grandc Railway, .telegraphs from Denver,
Colorado, that the road was finished yesterday
| to Colorado Springs, scvcnty,s'S miles, and Is
now open for travel and freight. This Is the
pioneer three feet road of the country, and Il
number OF officers Of other narrow gauge roads
throughout the Union are now at Denver to
examine its operations.
The Philadelphia Ledger, referring to the
amount of SITS, 900 OF that cty's money in.
volvcd in the failure of stock broker on Third
street, and which had been improperly loaned
| by city officials says that the dcrcllct parties
now attempt to saddle the loss OF their own
wrongs on to the innocent holders Of bonds du-
y executed by the proper olficers
A petition has been signed by the whole
white population Of Arizona and Southern
| California; setting forth the evils brought on
those districts by Vincent Collycr's inte:lc
renee, and praying the President to allow Gen
cra Crook to reduce the Apaches TO subsection,
without the intermcddEng Of Peace Conrs-
| sioncrs. -
Another mysterious disappearance is report
cd. It's that Of VIM j. Lauson, confdcn
| tial clerk in the employ Of contractor on the
| New Jersey Midland Railroad, who has not
| been seen since he obtained $4,000 from New
York banking house on October 10Th. The
money disappeared with hun.
A case invoking interesting features is now
undergoing investigation at the Treasury De-
partment a party who furnished a lot of
supplies to the Government in 1864 claims
that he received only part Of the amor1t due
to him, and that large balance has been
withheld by the disbursing officer.
a suit has been commenced in New York
against James Fisk, Jr., by Helen Josephine
Mansfield, for $4,000. The money was loan
cd and advanced to Fisk, and which WAS used
by him as agent for her. The process was
served last night.
The revolution in South America is assuu,-
ing such magnitude that President Blanco has
gone to Valencia for the purpose of organizing
troops. 1t is anticipated that the campaign
will be desperate one, but President Banco
( I,,DS