Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-05-12
NEWS OF THE DAY.
10 s1o,o the rely age and body ofthe Times.

Judge Dunning was elected to the bench of
the fifteenth Missouri circuit in 1868. Gov.
McClurge declined to issue his commission on
the ground that he was ''sympathizer," and
issued one to his opponent, Judge Vail. The
now Gov. Brown was appealed to, and he dl-
rectcd the attorney general to bring. the case
before the Supreme Court on 4 writ OF QUO
warranto. Judge Vail refused to issue the
writ against himself Gov. Brown then issued
COMMISSION to Judge Duuning.- Judge Vail
attempted to exercise judicial functions, the
officers of the court declined to recognize him;
he ordered the clerk to enter fines against
them, and the clerk declined So it stands.
In the internal revenue Office the work of
consolidating the divisions of the various dis
tricts all over the country is being rapidly done.
In number Of States the consolidation has
been completed already, and the number Of
assistant assessors very materially reduced. =
There are throughout the country from SIX
teen hundred to seventeen hundred OF these
assistant assessors, and it is the intention o.
the commissioner of internal revenue to reduce
the whole number to about twelve hundred
Thomas Winans, and Johns Hopkins. have
been elected members of the Board Of Cover
nors Of St. John's College, Annapolis. The
trustees are now employed i'll pertecting plat
| for the establishment of Professorship of Min
ing and Metallurgy to embrace Mineralogy an.
Geology, and perhaps Mechanics generally
Revenue Collector Donal dson, Of the Firs
| South Carolina District, writes to Commission
| err Peasanton, saying that the officers OF the
Government are unable to perform their duties
He complains of his assistants being overaWeC
by force and threats and asks for military alC
in the enforcement Of the laws.
The body Of the unfortunate woman, know
as Mrs. Harrington, who committed suicide a
the Stevens House in New York on the Is
instant was daily visited by numbers OF cur
ious persons. No clew. however, to her identl
| ty has been discovered, and the whole case l.
| involved in impenetrablc mystery.
| The British treaty was considered by th'
Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday
but they will probably not report it before
Monday, if then. \ remonstrancc against TIM
| treaty is presented by the heirs of Earl Stlrl
| ing, who claim valuable possessions in Canadc
and on the fishing grounds.
The settlers in Arizona recently avenged
| themselves for outrages committed by the In
dians by organizing raid on them. Eighty
FIVE Indians were killed and some propert!
which they had robbed the people Of Was re
| captured.
Dispatches from Washington state that the
arrest and imprisonment of Captain Griffin, O
the American schooner Lillias, by the Spanish
| authorities at Sagua Ia Grande, Cuba, is I'm
dergoing thorough examination at the State
Department.
A delegation from Westminster, Md, yester
day visited President Grant, and rendered hin
an invitation to the Carroll County Agriculture
Fair, in October next The President accepted
provided he returns from California in time.
The trial Of Foster, the murderer Of MIR
Putnam in New York street cur, was again
postponed yesterday and is now set down for
Monday.
4 Maryland Democratic paper dominates John
John W. Garrett, for President, and jim
Fisk for Vice President.
By the 10th of June enough Of the new
Government loan bonds Will be ready to supply
the subscriptions made up to that date.
Gen. Burnside was yesterday elected Grand
Commander of the Grand Army Of the Re-
public.