Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-11-21

! ton. that the moncycd men and the national
! banks Of the North and West deemed it advis-
able that General Grant should be elected in
order to have stability 10 the mouey market as
we'll rs unitnrmiy in the rates Of interest.
But since his election the money market IN
! New York, which controls the markets OF this
country. seems TO get harder instead Of easier
One day it Is at the legal rate Of interest
seven per cent per annum The next day it is
one. sixteenth of Que per cent per day, which Is
twenty one per cent per unhun. The next day
! it l. | 81 per day, CT ten and One-haf per CT
per unnum. Cold instead Of declining, is
! thirteen per cent premium, and all this 10
/ city where there is an immense capital, and III
addition has nearly all the balances of the
NATIONAL banks deposited from Maine to Cali
frria. which, Of itself, is large sum, and all
ihe ~ur 'nS capital that cannot be used 10
! ;';:irila for it seems the Montreal bank comes
III 10 n"lY to regulate matters when 1t Is neces
saIy IT, make squeeze; aud who can tell how
much European capital besides?
According to my observation (tor the past
twanty years. New York is the very first to
cry NJ, in case Of difficulty, and the very last
% !,c depended upon 10 an emergency.
HE rational bahks, their presidents, dlrcc.
tor. cashiers and dcpcndauts all said the cleo
ton Of NJ. Greeley would not do. lie will re-
sum" Spccic payment by the government before
Sc az" ready, ana bril- 9 about trouble They
made Tie people believe it was not wise to vote
| for him. and they r.: elected Grant. They We're
willing to help the stock jobbers and money
brokers to keep things in contu>l sion ty their
is no earthly advantage, as far as | can see,
except 10 aid to the wealth of what are termed
! Balls and Bears and Rings.
have no doubt that the banks bled freely,
aud certainly the rich brokers in order to Sc
sure The resale obtained So the rich are TO be
; made richer, and the Industrious who have to
horrow money To carry Oh their business,
poorer. This l. the way it works. Perhaps
things would be better if Mir. Boutwell, could
! blow up the stock Spectators. Just before the
election he sold five millions Of gold in order to
east the market, (or bought five millions OF
! bonds bnt ii would not stay easy. After the
| Boston. fire two millions Of bonds were offered
him at less ;Ean par in gold, and he took only
onc Million !ha, didn't suit, and up Jumped
| interest again, aud apprehend the rings III
! New York will keep him busy until he gets
iut, 'hc Senate. They are too much for our
! tluanc!cr.
Seriously. however. our importatons con-
tinuc enoruous-gcwg aws, silks, watches,
.icwclry. stationery. wines, paintings brandles
. / StS3l@ dHi CfcH 'iiuu. llS CunsuhPliob vi
! this latter article is largely increasing.
We are lrcadtuIy extravagaut nation,
without saying anything about the example it
sct- for the rising generation. Every body
now. both white aud black, must dress as if
they were born rich and had not a living to
work ior. People who fnd it difficult to scut.
Fl; a.ous must dress their children like their
! rich nei ghbors. so the nose OF the father and
, mother is always at the grind stone, and it they
| happen 10 have funeral during the year they
are dead broke. Ii i better example is not
soon set and pride and extravaganza checked
the lay is not very far distant when we shall
! have il tremendous blow up.
\ DIVORCE SUIT AND MURDER james
! c King shot Anthony I. o Neil in New Iork
! Yesterday. irin- three shots at him, one OF
which entered his lungs. The particulars of
the affair Is reported by telegraph are as follows:
! Some time ago Mrs. Anna I. King brought
suit for divorce against her husband, JamesC.
| King. on the ground OF cruelty. The matter
was referred TO Judge Switzerland as referee.
The case came on yesterday u his chambers at
- Pine street Among the witnesses for the
plaintiff were Miss Froude, Anthony +.
o. Neil. and the wife Of the latter Both MIR.
and Mrs O'Ncil testified, it is reported, to
cruel treatment witnessed by them on the part
Of King toward his wife. After the testimony had
bccn completed all parties to the suit lett Judge
| Suthcrlaud'> room. King walked last, some
feet behind q Neil As the latter was descend.
ing the stairs leading from the third floor, King
fired three shots at q Neil, one Of which pene-
tratrd his lungs King then turned and ran
| back into Judge Southerland's room, when he
gave the pistol to the Judge, and darted into an
inner room and locked the door behind him.
| In the meantime O'Ncil staggered into an
adjoining room, where he died in a few minutes
The Police quickly arrived, and as King re-
fused to unlock the door Of the room in which
he was, it was broken open, and he was arrest
cd and taken to the police station. The body
Of Nh q Mil wa>aso taken TO the same place.
| There is said to have been some quarrel be-
| tween the two men IN San francisco. The
affair caused great excitement on the street.
| Az INTERESTING REMC-Au original por-
trait o Patrick Henry, OF Revolutionary mem
Dry from life. is now in New York in charge
! OF Mrs Carlton Belt, late of Georgia, who
is at present residing at the Coleman House.
This head which is of miniature size. was
painted in 1875 for Miss Martha Syme, daugh-
ter of Colonel John Syme, of Virginia, who
was Il half brother Of Patrick Henry. 1t is
painted on ivory and very beautifully exc
cuted. Ali OF the portraits of Patrick Henry
which illustrate publications are said to have
been made from this miniature but it has
never been copied large size, as the original
owner aud her descendants always refused to
let it 90 out Of their possession for any such
purpose The portrait is now owned by Mr..
John FIemmiug. Of Goochaud county. Eir
GINA into whose possession it came by descent
| from the original owner. 1t is now offered for
sale, we believe Rtch State JournaL
| \ SAD ClSE-A hard working and honest