Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-04-04
From Washington.

Comptroller Hur|burd, Of the Currency }u-
reau, sent his resignation to the President on
Tuesday afternoon, and il was accepted yester,
day morning.
A preliminary meeting was held yesterday
under the auspices of the Morse Memorial
Telegraph Association, looking to a general
demonstration of the citizens to take notice OF
the death of the electrician
TIE British and American claims commits
sion resumed their sessions yesterday Several
memorials were filed by permission of the com,
mssoners. and in two or three cases extensions
Of time to take testimony we're granted.
Yesterday morning about , clock, the sta
bic tent Of Forepaugh's Circus, on the mall,
was destroyed by fire. and a quantity of feed
with it. Several horses we're badly burnt.
; Loss about $500.
The House Committee on Appropriations
yesterday had up the Sundry Civil Appropria-
ton bill and nearly completed it. The tora
amount appropriated by the bill is about $l6.
600. 900 instead of SIS, 000. 900, as last year.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has
decided. in regard to the use oflabels on cigar
packages. that whenever the manufacturer OF
dealer covers up the caution notice on packages
of cigars by athxing over them any labels OF
imitation stamps such packages are to he re-
gardcd as not having on them the caution no
tce prescribed by law. and revenue Officers are
warranted in the seizure of all boxes of cigars
when tie notices arc thus concealed.
The bill recently passed by the House OF Rep,
reScntativcs relative to bouutic< has been agreed
to by the Senate committee on military affairs.
Ii provides that every volunteer who entered
the army prior to July -, 1861: under the
proclamation of the President, and was actually
mustered before August 9th of the same year.
shall be paid the full bounty of one hundred
dollars, provided that the same has not already
been paid. This act will cover the cases of
those who were refused bounty under the bill
passed in 1866 in consequence of some terhnl-
cality in the law.
Mr.. Brooks, of New York, has presented in
the House Of Representatives the petition OF
the workiugmen of New York, asking Congress
to charter the ';Workingmen Cooperative
Colonization National Bank Of America. 4
bill accompanies the petition which provides
that the workingmen shall have power to e>
tablish bank with the above title. the capital
stock to be one million dollars, with the priv.
lege of increasing it to ten million dollars if
necessary. The plan is to have branches in all
sections of the country. The matter was re-
ferred to the committee on banking and cur
rency.
Secretary Boutwell, appeared before the ways
and means committee Of the House of Repre-
sentatives yesterday, and asked for addition
al financial legislation regarding the negotl-
alton of the rest Of the new loan abroad,
| J4bo b,t hop mol hon Is nf rbor
six per cent. bonds for banking purposes. He
desired that authority shall be given the secre-
tary by Congress to negotiate bond to be reg
istered in London and the interest on the same
to be paid in that city. He also requested an
act recurring the national banks to use other
than the six per cent bonds as the legal depnS-
it for securing their circulation.
The HEBREW FEAST OF PASSOVER, cele-
brated in commemoration Of the exodus of the
Israeltes from Egypt, does not, as usually,
coincide this year with Easter. 1t occurs on
the fourteenth day Of the first Hebrew month
Nissan, falling this year upon the 23d of April,
and is celebrated the eutre following week. the
Hebrew community abstaing during that time
from salted bread, aud using instead the
'Mazott' or Passover Bread, in remembrance
of their ancestors, who, in the hurry of their
leaving Egypt, had not sufficient time to pre-
pare their bread, and thus taking their dough
with them, left it to dry in the searching sun.
Passover as all Hebrew festivals has twofold
significance and is also celebrated as feast Of
the resurrection of nature from its long winter
sleep, and the blessings of God upon mankind
for the ensuing spring and summer season are
invoked. This is the Hebrew leap year, which
occurs once in every seven years, to the twelve
months there being added Eeadar, making
the Hebrew leap year consist of thirteen
months.
THE Doc LAW IN LoUDoUN:-The new Dog
Law for this county has not yet been received,
but we are informed by one of our representa-
tives, that it is not materially different FROM
the old law The old law imposed tax of %
cents on each dog-the proceeds to be applied
to the payment of losses for sheep destroyed by
CANNES which usually averaged less than fifty
cents on the dollar. The present, or new law,
increases the tax from % to IS cents on each
dog, which is appropriated to the same pur-
pos; the surplus, if any, to be divided among
the several townships of the county, in proper
ton to the dog tax collected 10 each. and APP
piled to the school fund of said townships
The law took effect from its passage and the
whole subject is left in the hands of the County
| court, ana requires 10 action on the part VI
the supervisors Of the county, as is generally
supposed, to put it in force. -LmdoR .]Mrvr
\ CENTRAL AMERICAN CONFEDERATION
The movement for confederation OF the Re
publics of Central America has, Tor long
time, had warm advocates, and now appears
in a tair way OF having trial. -Four Repub-
lics-Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala and
Salvador-sent representatives to meet at la
Union, with the object OF establishing the base
OF such confederation. They brought their
abors to an end on the 18th of February last
when they signed a Pact of the Central AM
erican Union This pact provides for the
autonomy of the territory without the power Of
any portion to secede from the Uuion. The
Republican form Of government is agreed to,
and slavery and capital punishment for political
crimes are prohibited. An effort is to be
made to secure the adhesion Of Nicaragua.