Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-05-22
NEWS OF THE DAY.
"7o Mo,o the rery age and body cfthe Times

The banking house of Jay Cooke, McCu-
loch g. Company, Of London, has been des'gna-
ted by the Secretary Ct the Navy as foreign
financial agent of the Navy Department. Ihls
appointment, it is understood. is not intended
wholly to supcrsedc that Of Messrs. Barring,
Brothers & Company, who, tor nearly forty
years, have acted as financial agents OF the
United States The disbursements to the
Navy abroad through London, since the close
Of the late war, have amounted to about four or
five millions annually
A dispatch from San Francisco says 1.-THE
certificate of incorporation Of the California,
Pacific and Eastern Extension Railroad will be
filed tomorrow The capital is fifty millions
and the incorporators are Milton S. Latham. j.
Friedland, W. I. Roelfsen, Col. }. b. Frisbie,
and Julius May, of San Francisco, and Ran
dolph Sulzbach, of Frankfort on-the- Main,-
The length of the road is to be 97S miles: The
capital has nearly all been subscribed in Europe
and the immediate construction OF the road
determined on 1t will form part OF contln-
uous line to New York.
The funeral of the two miners killed hear
Scranton was attended on Friday by process
sion of some 5000 persons Kearns, the labo-
rer who fired the shot, is in Jail at Wilkesbarre.
Mr. Scranton announces it as his intention to
stand by Kearns, and no expense will be spared
to Justify the shooting and acquit him. The
miners are all eager for the conviction and
hanging of Kearns, and threats arc made that
in case he is acquitted by the Court ne shall
die
The official reports Of the military authorl-
ties on the late massacre Of Apachcs at Camp
Grant are published by order of the department
commander. They charge that the Indians were
peacefully engaged on their reservation: and
were entitled to the protection Of the United
States as prisoners OF war, and that OF the
whole number killed only eight were men, the
others being women and children. The butch
cry is denounced rs simply IN unprovoked muir
der
In the Gerlnania, arrived yesterday, was
brought over from Germany the statue OF
Lincoln, which is be placed in Paramount Park,
Philadelphia This work Of art, modelled
by the sculptor Rogers, is 4 seated colossal
figure in bronze, of imposing proportions. 1t
was cast in the celebrated works at Munich,
where the order for it has been in the course of
execution over three years. Its location on the
Paramount grounds will be at one of the gates
OF entrance.
The controversy between Morgan Il Sons and
J. +. Tapscott in New York, both claiming
possession of the ship VIM. Tapscott, is aSsum-
ing serious dimensions On Saturday, by or
der of the I. S. Commissioner, abody of |. S.
Marshals, with platoon of marlness from the
Navy Yard, took forcible possession OF the
ship at her wharf, to be towed to the Navy
Yard to await the action of the t. 5. Commits
sioner.
There is authority for saying that 4 recent
telegram, dated San francisco, and purporting
to give details Of Il gigantic railroad combina-
ton on the Pacific coast, under the control OF
the Pennsylvania Central Railroad Company,
has no foundation whatever in fact. No such
combination has been entered into
The Democratic Executive Committee Of
Hamilton county, Ohio, have endorsed the
Ealandgham platform promulgated by the
Montgomery county committee. At the But
Ter county Convention, called to appoint dele
gates to the State Convention. the new depar-
tlre was ignored.
The Lackawanna Railroad is now bringing an
average of six hundred car loads Of coal daily,
or about the same rs last year, and will run
thousand car loads daily by the middle OF next
week. The Jersey Central Road is delivering
five hundred car loads daily 1t is expected
the price of coal will be down to So in week.
Tho action against the Central Bank Of
Brooklyn, n. Y, which failed sonic time since,
brought to recover deposits at the time. OF the
failure, has resulted in the Directors being. de-
cared liable for losses sustained by such depo-
sitors
Jules Favre has notified Mr.. " ashburne, our
Minister at Paris. that the French Government
intend to revive the passport system which was
done away with by Napoleon
Mr.. Treilhard, the French Minister, has OBJ
tanned leave to return to France. MIR. De Bellon,
who arrived here few days ago. will act as
Charge d Affaircs.
John Hcnning has recovered $l0,0OU from
the New Orleans and Chattanooga Railroad
Company for damages sustained by falling
through an opening in the company's VIII arr:
The room of Senior Pho Eychenique, at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel New York, was robbed Of
$4,000 worth Of gold and jewelry during the
owners absence There is no clue to the thief.
SINGULAR SHOOTING AccIDENT.-Thc
morning papers furnish US with accounts OF
the accidental shooting Of young gentleman
BY young lady, which are in substance cor
rect. The young lady who had the misfortune
to shoot the gentleman: nau Decn prcSenteu
sometime before with Il small single-barreled
cartridge pistol, which she kept either in her
trunk or bureau. Desiring to show the gen
tleman some letters, she left him on the porch
and returned to her room to get the letters
The pistol being quite small. she did not dis
cover that 1t was between the package Of let
ters until she had left the room. Cpon hand
ing him the letters the pistol was discharged,
owing doubtless to pressure upon the trigger.
she being ignorant that the hammer was raised
which must have been the case, the ball strik-
ing the young gentleman near the ornerof the |
eye. passing downward into the nose. !
We lean that the gentleman rested quietly |
last night, and while ii is impossible for a |
wound of its character not to become sore and |
troublesome, we hope he may soon recover
to attend to the business in which
he is onpaped