Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-05-23

ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE
AND VIRGINIA ADV FEETIS + Il,
For tho Country
Published Regularly on TUESDA rs. THURS
DAY and Sd vs. at Sir Dollars per
aanatm.
CLAIM AGAINST TIE RUSSIAN GOVERN
MENT-In the matter Of the claim OF Anna b.
Perkins. administrators Of the late Benjamin
w. Perkins, the Russian Government declined
the offer of our own for an arbitration. on the
ground that it was entirely worthless. 1t how
ever instructed Minister Catccazy to propose to
the Department Of State the examination OF
the case by any public functionary, and accor-
dinghy the President appointed for this purpose
f. Peshirc Smith, the Solicitor Of that Depart
ment After much attention bestowed on the
subject, and both parties being duly advised to
present their proof, etc, Mr.. Smith has in an
elaborate report come to Il conclusion. lhc
Russian Government having denied the au-
thority Of Mr.. Stoeck to contract for the dcl'v-
cry of one hundred and fifty tons ofgunpowdcr,
he has reported against its validity, and III Ill
vor of the other branch, namely the urnl>hlng
Of thirty five thousand muskst<, etc, and Tor
their delivery in Russia. The contract was
made with Captain Libentedt, whose authority
in the premises is not disputed by the Russian
Government The Solicitor concludes that the
claimant is entitled to damages for being pre-
vented by Russian agents from performing the
contract. assessing the damages in the sun "t
1926 900, with interest from July |, lSJ6, ini-
til the money shall be paid. The matter i'll its
official from viii now doubtless he la!d before
the Russian Government.
CURE FOR CANCER. E.--SOmc months ago. Col
Capron. Commissioner of Agriculture, rt-
bark shrub or tree, called 'cunderlngo,
which is found growing in abundance in Er-
uador, and, it is believed in other South
American States. Cundcrango was represe,l-
ted as specific Tor that heretofore supposed
to be incurable and deadly disease. canScr
The Commissioner distributed this liant
among our leading medical professors and ply
sicans One of these Dr. B. w. Bliss, has
been applying cunderango with extraordinary
and unlocked for success, and i'll twenty days
has almost entirely cured the mother OF Vice
President Colfax, and other patients who are
afflicted with cancer. \ Boston physician
GER, sends for the cundcrango, and orders from
medical men III New York have been received,
but it is exhausted except what is necessary
for patients of DR.. Bliss now using 1t. DR..
keene, partner Of DR.. Bliss, sailed last Mon
day for South America. to obtain an invoice
of cupderango immediately and forward it 10
This country and to make himself acquainted
with the history and peculiar!tles nt the plant
Colonel Capron Commissioner oil Agriculture,
has sent the root Of cunderango TO various
nortions of the United States where the rll-
mate is favorable, for propagation.
INITIATED CURRENCY. A correspondent
having raised question as to the application OF
the rules governing the discount ot mutila,e't
United States notes. aud the Use OF the printed
diagrams, ,subdivided into twentieths, furnished
for use in estimating the deductions. the Treas,
urer has made the following reply:
Deductions arc made for only the aggregate
proportion missing, and the diagram is divided
into spaces merely for convenience in estimating
the loss. No matter how many parts OF spaces
nav be missing, no deduction will be made ur-
less the aggregate loss Is more than onc-twell-
tieth of the ori ginal proportions OF the note
Thus, there might be one-tenth OF each o1
nine spaces missing but, as the aggregate loss
would not exceed unc-twcnticth, no deduction
would be made. For loss of more than one
twentieth, but not more than onc-tcnth OF tne
original proportions Of 4 note, but one-twentlc,i
Of the face value will bc deducted: for more
than Une-tenth. but not more than threc-twcn
tieths. but one-tcnth will be deducted and SC
on until the loss equals halt note. III which
case one-haf will be deducted
TrpR1R1E Explosion IN PENNSYLVANIA
A terrible nitro glyc2rine explosion occurred
ON Friday about five miles from TituSville, ol
the road to Tidioutc About four hundred
nounds Of the compound, belonging to Robert:
+ Co.. were exploded while beng Transporter
in a wagon and the driver, Charles I. Clark
"a we'll rs the horse and vehicle were blown t
atoms A barn forty rods distant was demoi
ished, and an excavation, five feet deep ant
twelve feet broad, was made IN the roadway
The largest fragment OF Clark ; body Which mas
been found is Il portion OF his face Inc morse
shoes were stripped OFT and broken No1hln5
was left of the wagon but splintcrS OF wood ani
iron scattered broadcast tor several hundred
Yards \ woman was knocked down by his
sile of some kind which entered the window o
her dwelling nearly quarter OF Il mile distant
THE CENTRAL BnANCn UNION Pacific Raj
road COMPANY is again aSSiduously at work II
an attempt to convince the Secretary OF tn
Interior and the Attorney General that It |
entitled TO land subsidy ofabout one, mIlllo
and half acres, worth 81 500, 600, anu pom
subsidy of about $S,QOO;ooo; whcrc"I'h
build less than two hundred Mules OF ROAD, tina
should not cost more than S3:'oo'"V" "l
this modest request of this tritling amount {
SiO 500 600 is demanded in the absence OF an
3 EXPRESS law authorizing the grant. The com
nany has been besieging Congress for the pas
three years, backed by.a strong lobby to pas
an act comforting Oh this company the subsldle
now demanded under mere construction Il
the Pacific railroad acts OF 1867 and lSt;4.
FRENCH MODE OF FRYING PorAToI.. tu
them in whatever shape YOU wish above bow
of cold water so that hey will trnp mt" IT,.
Then drain and wipe them dry This must b.
done quickly, 50 a. not 10 allow the potatoes t
h,come reddish. Have coarse towel ready
aeu then turn thc potatoes into colanicr, and i'm
medatey turn them into the towel, >hak
them little and quickly drop. them INTO nc
tat. When done turn them into r"Iande'
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