Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-26
NEWS OF THE DAY.
80 sho,o the very age and body of the Time

The Baltimore American is glad to know
that some progress has been made IN teretlng
out the robbers of the Third National Bank of
that city. 1t says: 1.-THE Grand Jury of our
CITY Criminal Court, acting upon the intorma-
ton of two professional New York detectives,
have found indictments against Joseph IS.
Chapman alias Joseph Bartlett, Jos. A. Randall
and G. 4. Mead for felonously and burglari-
ously breaking and entering the Third National
Bank and stealing theretrom. &c, &c. They
have also presented, as accessory, thereto be-
fore the fact, Henry Y. Clinton, who was ar
rested some weeks ago. 1t is darkIy limited
that the detectives know where the trio above
named are to be found. 1t is affirmed, and
again denied, that they have gone to Europe
and have been arrested there
Newspaper correspondence continues in Lon
don in relation to the abuse practlccd upon
storage passengers, several of the communion
tons bearing testimony to the statements OF
had treatment. The agents Of number of the
steamship lines publish cards denying that
Storage passengers by their vessels are not
properly taken care of. 4 passenger in the
Storage of an ocean steamship to New York
gives a detailed account of the horrors of over
crowding, bad food aud outrages suffered on
recent voyage
It is announced in Berlin, on official authori
", that as the Bishop of Ermeland persists in
his refusal to acknowledge the sovereignty Of
the State, the Government will, at the next
session of the Prussian Diet provide means for
| meeting the scruples and reservations Of the
| Church. At Geneva, Notwithstanding the de-
| claration that cXcItmeut exists there in regard
! to the removal ola Catholic priest, BY the Swiss
Government, the utmost tranquility prevails.
The North and South Alabama railroad has
been recently completed, forming direct COM
municaton by rail via the Louisville and Nash
vile railroad between Louisville, KY, and Mont
gomcry, Ala. a distance of about 800 miles.
This is expected to become soon thorough fare
of great Importance between the northern and
southern portions Of the country east OF the
Mississippi.
The Norfolk, Va, Manufacturing Company
have built two canal boats to compete for the
New York State prize of $lO0,00 Both boats
are constructed to hinge together bow and
STERN by patent process, the latter portion OF
which will carry the motive power, which con-
sists of a screw propeller and engine OF forty
horse power.
The Central Pacific Railroad Company desires
to bridge the Bay Of San Francisco, and the
Board of Supervisors of the city has voted a
subsidy Of two and a-half millions Of dollars to
assist the project The people are opposed to
the grant, and the writ Of injunction has been
applied for TO restrain the Supervisors from con-
summating their legislation.
Forester, suspected of having been the MUIR
derer Of Mr. Nathan, aud recently discharged
from custody for want of evidence against him,
is reported thave offered to divulge the name
Of the murderer on the condition that the re-
mainder of his imprisonment in the Illinois
Penitentiary is RENTED. The report is ex
ceedingly doubtful.
4 destructive storm of wind and rain swept
over the eastern portion Of Iowa on Tuesday
afternoon. Houses were blown down at Monona
and Dubuque, and at Dunleth, Illinois, prop
erty was destroyed to the amount OF four or five
thousand dollars Probably the same storm
struck Louisville, Ky, and did considerable
damage.
At conference of Independent Democrat"
held in New York city, yesterday, resolutions
were adopted, endorsing Grant and Wilson and
the Republican State ticket. National and
State committees were appointed also one to
|
Democrats. No longer 'Straightouts.
\ dispatch from Denver tells US of the dis
covery of a mountain of silver The ledge,
as it is called, is sxty.three feet in width, and
has been traced over five miles. The ore will
assay from S15 to $1,000 per ton. Great &C
tivity is reported in the mining regions.
The special committee appointed by the over
seers of Harvard College to inquire into the
proprety of admitting girls to that institution
reported that they regarded it as inexpedlent
that any action should be taken in the matter
at present
\ New York firm yesterday obtained YER
dict for Sl7S, 0G0 in the United States Circuit
Court for Missouri against the United States
Insurance Company. The suit was brought to
recover the value Of cargo of cotton burned
on the steamer Progression during the war.
Eighteen thousand Communists are still held
in France awaiting trial. Of these some ten
thousand will soon be discharged without furth
er proceedings. DULY persons accused OF as
sassnatlon, thieving or arson vii, be held for
trial.
The London Gazette publishes the opinion
of Sir Alexander Cockburn, disagreeiug with
| the decision OF his colleagues in the Geneva
Tribunal. 1t makes pamphlet Of two hun
dred and fifty pages
The Cotton Trade of St. Louis is growing
apace. The cotton receipts there for 1869 were
only little over 1000 bales 1870 10000;
ISL, II 5772, and in 1872 We can safely predict
| from $4,000 to 100, 900 bales
Geo. VIM. Curtis, one of the Radical Presi-
Dental Electors for New York, has resigned,
being Chairman of the Civil Service Commits
sion, and John A. King has been chosen to I'LL
the place.
The authorities of Berlin yesterday stopped
the transmission by telegraph of dispatch,
in cipher, of four hundred words, signed by
Napoleon.
Both the English and Spanish courts have
gone into mourning for the death of the King
of Sweden. The Princess of Hohenlohe half