Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-04-01
NEWS OF THE DAY.
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The total amount of U. S. currency ontSland.
ing at the present time amounts t. sloO,-
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\ Jisnatch from New York latc,! NJ 20 clock
this morning, says "Prof.Ssor Morse is sink
ing fast, and his death is momenarlIy ex-
pected.
Connecticut votes to-day for Governor State
officers and members Of the Legislature. The
canvass has been earnest on both SIDES, and the
result is doubtful.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has authorized
the Assistant Treasurer Of New York to pur-
chase one million dollars nt' bonds on each Wed.
nesGav. and to sell one million of gold IN each
Thursday during the month OF April.
The repeal of the Income tax provided Tor
in the Senate bill, reducing taxation, Is to take
effect Immediately on the enactment OF the
bill, although the repeal OF the other Internal
Revenue taxes named does not 20 into effect
until the lst vi next July.
The French Assembly took recess on Satllr
day until the 22i OF April, and previous to the
adjournment President Theirs guaranteed the
maintenance Of order, declared the army was
faithful and assured the Chamber that France
was not entirely isolated, and that she was not
without alliances.
Mr. G. 4. Dana, editor Of the New York Sun,
was arrested on Saturday morning willie pass
inc through Philadclph in IL sleeping car
The arrest grew out OF u suit Tor libel, lnstltul-
ed bv ex State Treasurer kcnble Of Phlla-
I ~, IL
case. Mr.. Dana was held to bail in the sum
of $1,000.
The small pox still RACES in New York,
Brooklyn and Philadelphia. In Brooklyn it is
increasing TO such an extent that the Board oil
Health are forced to prepare additional hos
pltal accommodations for patients. In PhIla-
delphia last week the deaths from the scnurge
amounted to eighty-three, Il decrease OF eleven
| from the previous week.
To-day the President will send to the House
of Representatives reply to the resolution
calling for information relative to the trial and
conviction of DR.. Howard by the Spanish au-
thorities of Cuba. which. it is said, will show
that not little difficulty has arisen to deter
| mine whether the Doctor was really Il cltlztn
! of the United States.
III.
Department at Washington, asserting that
great lawlesSness exists throughout the State
| of Mississippi; that there exists bitter aud
resenttul spirit against the fedaral Govern
| ment in many portions OF it, and requesting
that more l. S. troops, cavalry particularly: DC
sent him for the preservation ot ORDER
In reply to the inquiry whether National
Banks are compelled to receive more thar 80
| of fractional currency on deposit at any one
time the United States Treasurer states that
fractional currency not being legal tender for
the payment of private debts, National Banks
| not designated as repositories are not required
by law to receive it in any amount nor are
Nationl Bank repositories required to receive
it except when presented 10 payment OF dues to
| the United States other than customs Or for re-
demption.
The subcommittee Of the Committee Oh
Commerce of the House Of Representatives,
have investigated the acts Of the Southern I'm
provement Company, aud iud that the scheme
| of the company was of colossal proportions
The company had made contracts with railroads
centerng in the oil region to raise the rates of
freight one dollar and twenty five cents barrel,
the company to have rebate Of Que dollar per
barrel and if the arrangement had gone into e.!
feet the Improvement Company would have
pocketed S6,O00,0 900 per annum As the case
now stands all the contracts with the railroad
companies have been abrogated.
Information has reached the Secretary Of the
Interior to the effect that expeditions are he
ing formed with the view Of invading and open
Ing to settlement that portion Of the reserva-
ton set apart for the Sioux Indians known as
the BLACK Hills of Dakota, and it is also
stated that Federal officials have been giving
encouragement to such illegal combinations the
excuse for violating the treaty stipnlatons with
the Sioux indians being that the Territory has
valuable mineral deposits, as well as large
quantities of timber fit for lumber. Such an
invasion, it is considered, will be certain to pro-
woke hostilities between the Indians and the
whites The attention of the President has
been called to this matter, and an official letter
has been written to Governor Burbank, request
ing him to give warning that such violations OF
law will not be permitted.