Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-03-29
NEWS OF THE DAY.
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The preliminary examination into the case of
David L. Stanton. late Collector of Internal
Revenue for the Fifth Dstrict of Maryland,
commenced before L. S. Commissioner Rogers
Yesterday. The testimony OF the Government
officials went to show Stanton Ia he IN default
to the extent Of $40 964.
The Secretary Of the Interior is of the opin-
ion that the Ottowa and Chippewa Indians,
alter they shall have Dissolved their tribal
relations with the consent of The United States.
must be recognized as citizens. The Secretary
bases his opinion upon the provisions contained
in the Fourteenth Amendment.
The Right Hon. Russell Quincy. English
member of the American and British Joint
Claims Commissions has resigned his position
as Recorder of the city of London. and Mr..
Thomas Chambers, NJ. p, the present Ser
geant of the city, has been appointed Recorder.
The bark Nmrod was burned of Bermuda
on the loth inst. OF seventeen person on
board only ten were saved. lie vessel was
loaded with naptha and kerosene. and al eX-
ploSion from some unknown cause TOOK place
in that norton of the hold behind the main
hatch and running aft beneath the CABIN as Tar
ne the stern. 1t is believed that the captain :
wife and daughter and Il young girl were lii the
cabin a, the time of the explosion. hen tn"
fire was seen from the harbor OF Bermuda 1t
was too late tn render assistance.
\ Coon WORD FOR VIRGINIA. "A great
deal IS said of the advantages of the fertile
lands of the erea' West but we hav" always cob
tended that Virginia. although she may not
have the rich prairie lands yet her nearneSS
to the mercantile centres uIorc than cnunter'
balances all other disadvantages. We tind the
following in the monthly report Of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture for February, 1872:
':Cbny1es nj 7,anspo;tuton-Mr +. Emerys
Jones, of Randolph station, Dodge county.
Wisconsin, writes that in that region the ex-
penscs of marketing absorb luore than halt the
yalle of the farmers products, aud that the
agricultural interest is suffering deplurahly
from this cause. He adds that the first cost OF
raising grain is about s. Per acre
The cost of raising grain is no more III If
GINA than in Wisconsin. The cost OF getting
grain to market does not average IN the state
more than about six or seven per cent. on the
value of it, so one hundred bushels ui wheat
in Virginia would nett as follows al Saya mark
ct price at 81 As per bushcl, taking INT" con,
Sideration only the TRANSFORMATION
Proceeds of grain in Virginia.
700 bushels at SL45. >l45 90
| Freight and charges, II "o
$I34 M
Proceeds of grain in Wisconsin,
loo Ln,bels wheat, $l4j 90
! Freight and cha, yes. 81 per cent, !. o''
S72 ~
1t is the experience of every one who goes to
the West, that the cost OF getting produce TO
the market eats up the profits - R"'""h'
Wiley
INTEREST on TIE DEBT. Gen. Asa Rogers,
Second Auditor of the State, has issued a cir
cular containing the following explanations Of
the acts passed at the late session OF the Gen-
eral Assembly in relation to the payment OF IN
terest on the debt:
Upon the bonds issued under the funding
act of March 80, 1871, two per cent. Interest
on the six per cent stock and one and two
thirds per ceut. on the five per cent. stock,
will be paid for lst January aud lst July 1877.
and upon the principal of the registered and
coupon stock, not funded under the provisions
of the funding act, the same rate or proportion
will be paid upon two-thirds Of such stock.
''The amount paid on coupons and registered
stock not funded will lie stamped on the cou,
poliS and certificates, and they will be returned
to the owners Hence the certificates referred
to must be presented in Richmond.
1.-The interest will be paid upon the new reg
istered bonds to the party in person. or to his
order. without presentation Ut stock IN Rich.
mond No interest will be paid on fractional
certificates. No certificates for balance OF inter
est unpaid on registered stock will be issued.
but it will stand credited on register
No interest can be paid upon arrears OF IN
terest due, until parties fund it, under the act
of March 80, 1871
THE funding OF stock uuder said act will
continue, with the omission OF the words re-
ceivable at and after maturity, Tor all taxes,
debts and demands due the State, on the cou.
| pOns.
parties may fund into registered stock at
once. but coupon bonds will not be prepared
for issue till about the 18th Of April.
The payment Of interest at this office will
commence on the first Of April
| EAITHoUA AXE IN NEVADA "A dispatch to the
San Francisco Bulletin from Genoa, Nevada,
says "A gentleman from 1uys county, Cali
fornia, where the earthquake OF Tuesday morn
ing conferred, reports that Camp independence
is in complete ruin. The courthouse is de-
stroyed, and not single adobe or brick build
ing is standing from Bishop creek to indie
pendence Fears are entertained for the camps
further North in the Sierras. Mrs West: re-
siding near Independence, was seriously in
iured, and her children killed. Stage passen-
gers report that several assures, miles in length,
and from 80 to 200 feet wide and 20 feet deep,
opened along the eastern base Of the Sierra
Nevada, near Big Pine camp. At other places
in the vicinity the ground is heaved up in