Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-11-14
NEWS OF THE DAN.
"To sho,o the very age and body of the Times

"70 sho,0 the very age ana 0ody OF me i"1eS
It is estimated that fully two hundred aud
fifty thousand sides of leather we're destroyed
in the Boston FIRE. Prices in New York have,
in consequence, advanced conslderab y, unhn-
ished leather being ten per cent. higher. sole
three to six per cent, and further advances are
anticipated in the course Of the month. Sheep
skins are held at high price. 1t has been as,
certained that about thirty millions pounds OF
wool, including manufactured woolens, we're
destroyed in the fire. Prices in New \ DIRK
have advanced ten per cent, and will, 1t Is -ex-
pected, go higher.
AT meeting of the citizens of Boston yes
terday authority from the Legislature for the
issue by the city of building bonds, an act OF
Congress allowing a drawback on imported
building ma terials and the reconstruction OF
the burned district on a better plan were the
principal topics discussed and agreed upon.
The city was quiet and the debris of the burnt
district was being rapidly cleared out whilst
safes and valuables were being recovered from
the ruins.
Judge Dykeman, prominent citizen oil
Logansport; Ind, yesterday shot W. &. Mo-
reau, one OF the O'Conor electors from the
State and editor Of the Logansport Sun. The
cause of the shooting was the appearance OF an
article 10 last weeks Sun denOuDclng Dyke,
man. Moreau's wound is serious, but it will
probably not prove fatal. An attempt was
made last night to tar and feather Moreau, but
it was prevented by the police.
Several merchants Of Boston have telegraph
ed to the Secretary of the Treasury asking to
be relieved of the ten per cent. additional duty
charged on goods which have been in the bond
ed warehouses for more than year. The
Secretary replied that he had no power to re-
lieye them 10 that way, but if any OF the sui
ferers by the fire were unable to remove their
goods before the expiration OF the year ne
would recommend to Congress that the amount
should be RENTED.
A murder was pcrpctrated on Locust Point
Baltimore, yesterday. Thomas Hughes a
workman in Coates rolling mill, took affron,
at an injury accidentally inflicted upon him by
Joseph Miller, another Of the employees, aud
struck him with an iron weapon upon the head.
Miller died within a few hours attcrward
Hughes was committed to jail for the action Of
the Grand Jury.
4 number of gentlemen prominent in cduca-
tiopal interests assembled in Washington yes
tcrlay to confer with Baron Schwartz concern
ing the representation of the American sch0o
system at the Eena exposition. General la
ton stated that Congress would be asked tor
an appropriation of half a million dollars in or
der that the United States might be properly
represented,
The silk manufacturing industries of Pater
son, n. j., are threatened by a lock out O.
some of the Workmen, who have refused to &C
cept reduction of wages, The entire interest
Of the city is excited, as it is believed that the
reduction will be made general. ~!
The Boston Journal prints seventeen col
umns of fire notices" in its issue of yesterday
being announcements Of merchants reopenine
their establishments and of insurance companies
paying their liabilities.
George Grant was hung at Westchcster, Pa,
yesterday for the murder of a girl a year aso.
Last week he nearly killed keeper and talkcC
of fighting his way to the gallows, but he went
off quietly enough at the last
Mrs. Crittcnden, the widow Of the man who
was murdered by Laura Fair, is reported tc
be poor and obliged to keep boarding house
as means of living. The murderess, on the
other hand, is understood to be rich
Thirty vacant clerkships in the Treasury De
partment are to be filled by the competitive
examination of all candidates. and through
similar means it is to be decided who are emit
tied to promotion.
The municipal government of New Orleau:
have imposed quarantine on imported horses