Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-10-31
NEWS OF TIE Day.
"7o:sho,otht rery nge and b"iv Of the 1in'cs

| Boutwell, has been sued in New York. on 4
claim of one B. Clifford Gllvcn who alleges
that in 1869 he rave Mr.. B. 1 sketch OF what
has since been put in practice hy that gentle
men as his Financial policy also that before
giving tho secretary said sketch. Calvin claim
cd tobc paid for it; by accepting it and acting
upon if. he insiststh that the Secretary is bound
to pav, the full value Of which he places at
| $2.UmmD!
The steamship Austrian, Of the Allan line
arrived at Baltimore on Saturday morning, and
this day will sail for Liverpool with a very
full laling. comprised of tobacco. cotton
wheat. corn aud oil cake. The North Amer-
can will sail from Liverpool on November 1ih
for Baltlnorc and following her there will he
steamer every Two weeks, which. with the
ships of the Bremen line, will form weekly
steam communication between Baltimore, Iii
yerpool Southampton and Bremen.
Col. Wickerseer has declined the appoint
ment for Z. s. attorney for Utah, for the rea-
son that the Postmaster General would not
consent that he should hold the Office Of postal
accn, and attorney ut the samc time Chief
Justice Mexican has designated Robert NJ.
BuSkin as attorney. and has recommended HIM
for appointment Major llcml>tcad who re,
signed rs attorney. Is at present Icailng c"ull'
sci for Brigham Young.
Debtors held in civil suits. in the Ludlow
street jail in New York have suffered 50 great
H. that the attention Of the Courts was finally
U,''i.u H. 'i Lad thn hro1unht h. nro him lie
rrlr,s,J twn and will hear the cases Of the
others Imprisonment for debt exists in New
Ynrt after il has been abolished almost in
ryrrv other State the country.
~, ,.t,rn,.r General At th, II s WAS ]ateiy
-. v~,I.,,;IIo : y onJ will himself arn,or for
H. r,rornmor+ n tho nr,l;u,n,rv ryamina
t;nnS "a he h,1 hrf1rc the u. S. Commissioner.
mnLr tLn EuLlk Inv. He has associated
r;,L him h,.;drs thr l. s District Attorney,
| - - IN, ,i ,'Jnr,J r,,..,i,.r uI rurrrrss
| Fam rho FIrrfrn district.
Gnst,v. T,nno,z Ian, ,.le|ra,cd IN Paris as
A., ,u,n,,r.,r 81 :, ,r,s b,. died If :, tLr,,t
r, n.,rrl .c,u,.pco on. wunld say
u''I|So g. Enst,vn ,y,s .,uI,Ilv ce.
i''lu W a',I,,ra 90 rJ,; ,Ln,. .nl whilr h..
pr''::' a. a e"','n"' ~ w." ,,I;. tn,, bn en-
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'rIo'i' ""' W W ''.''~ w., o,nr;nt;.,u
20 y, '''' - 49, ....,,,,, onl
that ne viii steer clcIr o' .''L 'ti.'''i,
ti''l' ~" T''In M '''t, L;If ND ,,',t
tou' uI' III: si,; ta;,I .';'r. H.. I-n,rJ
State . ' cnurr>,
Andrew Stever. farmer living six miles
east Of D,lphos. Ohio, WAS confined in his own
bor.o ~, : ,,tur,l,v u;,,ht Tx = robber. who, af
Ter .kinr for mnichrS. presented Il revolver
~ ,M"S lI' - thn r,r,rnr frnm rho rohbrr :
LauJ md StaII,od him "a d,,ih with = rnrkct
knif, The cnruucr's Jury cxnnrratcI Strvcr.
The heaviest loser bv the Chicago fire is said
to have been the estate G. +. W. Peck, who
wont 70 tb,t city in 1921 and who is now dead,
I,.,v;n,, m rst,te still worth millions. 1t is
S';j he never ravc 4 note or signed one for
annthcr and never took or gave credit or
grace. ....:
The Montgomery (AIa) Mail states that
Captaiu William Forrest, Il brother of Gen. n.
p C,u.o,t r,s .Lot and Liv|r1 ,h,ut two
Dool.s no IN Tcy,s On the Kio C,rande No
nor,;cul1rs ri his death have been received cx-
cent that he WAS slain in Il personal rencontre
with some Texans
The report OF the Register OF the treasury
will show that during the fiscal year ending
1,o +bo 9ntb 1871 IN, t,nn,rr }u;t within
tho u Im;ts If thc grand divisions into Which the
United States is divided was 5, G3l tons h<s
than for the preceding fiscal year
Samples Of the socallcd tin ore received from
Utah Territory where supposed tin discoveries
ho.o orooto1 srcb or oxc;tomort h,vo hrcr
I;a..'J ~ tLa Enn,r.I I.,uj OI,.n ~ g,
chemical ANALYSIS. and also to a crucible assay,
but in neither case could the least trace of TIN
be found
They have begun in Canada to cultivate rab-
bits * an article Of food, initiating European
o,. nboro brndrol. of ,,;Ins nf coast
IanJs arc n>cj as rahbit warrcps, and their pro-
ducc furnishes Il cheap and nutritious food for
millions, while the iurs have considerable value
III trade H..
Accounts from Texas say that the tax asses
sed by Governor Davis on the people Of Lime
stone county, which was recommended to be
put under martial law, will he fourteen per
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