Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-04-17

i Han,rtment, has been dismissed. Mr: He
'."n,s offence was that the voters Id his AS
sso gan district made him president Of their
oLnb and nominated him as candidate TOR the
Honsc of Delegates on the conservative ticket,
Vim. Z. Spaulding well known as lessee OF
tho National Theatre Of some years past anu
an old citizen of Washington, was appointed an
assistant assessor Of internal revenue tor the
District of Columbia on Saturday :,
Mr.. n. II. Miller, one ofthe PreSluent's APP
nn;ntmcnts on the territorial council: has sent
Ills resignation. Much surprise was exprcsscd
when the nomination was made known
DIR. H. Riesler, a German citizen OF some
prominence here, died last MI ht at Providence
Hospital, and was buried to-day from iS 81
bund Hall: Mr.. II. was gentleman wcllkno"h
here as man Of superior talent
The arrangements as for celebrating the
anniversary of emancipation in the Dis
trict. on the 18th instant are completed
GoLp.-A piece of gold weighing one and
tbroa.nuarter ounces was brought to our Office
vssterday by Col. j. Lucius Davis, OF Buck
;nebam. The story of its discovery is that 1t
WAS found in a gully upon the land OF IT, n.
Sihlev, near New Canton, Buckingham, by
= little son of John Davis, who resides in the
town. The lump seems to be pure, and Is OF
;rregular shape, lust as controlled by the
| mould of the earth into which 1t ran III the
melted state. The earth about 1t was blended
sand and clay, with veins OF rock ", which is Il
mixture of sandstone and quartz, The place
! at which this lump was found is about twenty
| miles from the well-knowu Booker mine and
| about ten from the IIobson mine. SO large
piece of gold has not, we believe, been before
tound in that region of Buckingham. Further
explorations are essential to exp lam illly TINS
remarkable discovery, as to whether 1t lndl-
Gates field of gold deposits rich enough tor
working MIR. Davis intends to make this
exploration Richmond Dispatch
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILRoAD.-The i'll
corporators of the Texas Pacific Railroad
Company held meeting Oh Saturday, III
New York. at the Office Of Marshal q.
Roberts Among the prominent persons pres
ent were Gen. Fremont, j. W. Forney. Sena-
tor Nvc, of Nevada, Thomas A. Scott. Of the
PENNSYLVANIA railroad, Gen. Rosecrans and L
number of other capitalists and railroad men:
Samuel Sloan was appointed treasurer, and
gave bonds for 100000, Judge Plewepont
and Marshal O. Roberts becoming his securl-
| ties. By unanimous consent | |, 900 out OF the
| 20 600 shares of stock were allotted to Marshal
O. Roberts. thus virtually securing entire con-
troll of the road, and presidency in case ne de-
sires il. General Fremont received 5000 shares:
and the remaining 1000 shares were dlstrlbut,,
ed among the rest Of the corporators, and
Immediately subscribed
MARRIAGE OF MISS GERoIT-'ihc Bati
more American says that the Catholic Clergy
in Washington decline to perform the marriage
ceremony next week at the wedding Of Mr..
Rangabe, Greek Charge Atfaires and Miss
Gerolt, the daughter Of Baron Gerolt. The
reason of this refusal is that the parties intend
| TO have the marriage also soemnZed in New
York according to the rites Of the Greek
Church, the young lady being Roman Catho-
lie while Mr. Rangabe is Il member OF the
Greek Church. In consequence OF this: no
ceremony will be had in Washington, and the
contracting parties will proceed to New ork
on Monday, and there be married. This IS
great dsappointmcntto the Washington friends,
| both Of the bride and the groom.
FIRE IN THE MOUNTAINS mountains
north Of this place were set on fire one day last
week, which has continued with fearful rapidity
up to the present writing. We learn that 4
man by the name Of bearing, living on Butler
mountain, set that mountain on fire in order to
clear the ground. Mr.. Haryeycutter lost about
one hundred dollars worth of cord-wood John
NJ. Thomas lost heavily in cord-word,, fencing:
&c. We also learn that Mr. Dunlop lost Il con
siderable amount of wood, sawlogs &c The
fire is still raging, and there is no telling what
further damage it may do -NOntgomeIY In.,
Messenger.
VOLCANIC IsLAND-Capt. Pulver of ship
| Onward. which arrived at New Bedford on
Thursday, reports passing Sunday Island on
| the passage from Honolulu, and states that the
volcanic island near by was three miles long
and from three to four hundred feet high.
Tie air was so sulphurous that he dld not
venture within three or four miles, but he
thinks when the volcano becomes quiet there
will be good harbor between 1t and the main
island, where before there was only an open
roadstead. The island is in latitude 20 south,
| longitude It's west-NeaC LOnt(On Star.
TIE NARRowEsT GAUGE YET-A new style
| of railways will shortly come before the public
in England under the title Of the Pcnnier sys-
tem A single row ofpilcs carries 4 continuous
| girder. on which the train runs, the carriages
| hanging down on each side to within 4 short
distance of the ground The carriages are so
arranged that inequality Of weight Oh one side
to the extent of ton will not affect the action.
The small quantity OF lahu required, Gaea
| of construction, and speed, are advantages
claimed for it.
HArs.-It is curious fact among or hat
and cap manufacturers that different localities
use different sizes Of hats and caps as standard
sizes Boston and the eastern States use the
smallest sizes New York and the middle;
States use the medium to largest sizes, and
Chicago and the western States require the
largest sizes Goods manufactured for one
market cannot be sold for the other onl in ex-
ceptional cases The South use shape pc
culiar to themselves and Of large size. l.:
| Post. -. .....--
The GEN. MALONE IIAr.-The Peters
burg Courier in a report Of the local fashions
of that city tells us that the latest popular
notion for ladies' is the, Gen. Malone Hat,
worn by the fair ad IN OF that dlstin1
IL IS tastafnllv worke ed in to make The whole