Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-02-13
NEWS OF THE DAY.
"To shoy the rery age and bo3y ofhe Timrs'

It will be remembered that the prosecutions
of the Ku-klux in South Carolina were sud-
denly SUSPENDED few weeks ago, because Of
the disagreement Of the Circuit Judge and the
District Judge. sitting together for the trial of
these cases The cases have been certified
TO the Supreme Court Of the L. ). and will
soon be brought up there.
A collision between the freight trains on the
Ohio and Mississippi Railroad was greatly
magniicd in its consequences by the reports
Yesterday. The accident occurred near Mitch
ell, Indiana. Two locomotives and several
| freight cars were damaged, and a passenger
train eastward was delayed ten hours. No lives
| were lost
The House Committee on Public Buildings
and Grounds will, on Wednesday next begin
an investigation of the quantity of Seneca
sandstone now being used i'll the construction
of public buildings, with particular reference
to the stone being used in the construction OF
the new State Department building.
The House of Representatives of South Car
DINA, yesterday by ii vote of seventy tc nine
adopted a resolution demanding the resi- gnation
of Senators Sawyer and Robertson on account
of their opposition to Summers civil rights
amendments to the Amnesty bill =!
The telegraph ON the Sth instant. reported
that the Georgia National Bank, of Atlanta,
had been attached at the suit Of the State
The amount involved is Sl22 $3.50, funds of
State deposited by Governor Bullock on
Especial! account.
The Secretary of the Navy has ordered a
court. martial to try Captain Stevens upon the
charge of not exercising due diligence as com:
handing officer, and by carcesSness permitted
the T. S. ship Guerrero to run upon the edo
shoals, on the coast OF Italy
Rear Admiral Goldsborough has been desig-
mated as president of the court martial, to try
Commodore Stevens, of the Guerrero, on
charges growing out of the disaster which oc-
Cured to that vessel some months ago in the
Mediterranean sea.
The Ways and Means Committee held an
other close session yesterday, and it is said
they discussed entirely tariff matters. Each OF
the principal suhjects-lron, salt, leather, TO-
bacco, and whiskey-was up for u short time.
Secretary Boutwell, yesterday closed the pur-
chase of Bigelow Block, in Chicago, gu which
to erect a custom house, post-oHlcc, court
house, and sub treasury building. The price is
81, 250,0OO.
A partial investigation of the Fire Depart
ment of Chicago, is said to have developed
some startling facts Many of the officers are
charged with lncapacty: drunkenness, and dis
honesty.
General Ransom will appear before the Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections at its next
meeting to argue his claims to seat in the
Senate as one of the representatives of North
! Carolina.
The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations,
at their meeting on Saturday, agreed to report
in favor Of the nominations Of Mr.. Hale to be
! Assistant Secretary Of State
INSURANCE. In recent message sent in to
the General Assembly, Gov. Walker said
la the month Of October last convention
was held in the city of New York, composed
principally of the insurance officers of the diff
ferent States, the object of which was the cen
| sideration OF the subject of insurance in all it's
branches, its principles and characteristics, and
to take such action as might aid in harmonic
ing the LEGISLATION OF the different States and
securing uniformity both in theory and prac-
tice in the business of insurance, which so
largely involves the interests and wcll-belng OF
the majority of the American people. Al
though we had no State Insurance Commits
sioner who could, in his official capacity, rep
resent Virginia in the convention, yet through
the courtesy and by request of MIR. &. W. Mil
Ter, the able Insurance Commissioner of the
State of New York, appointed a delegate,
Mr.. i. NJ Afriend of this city, who was ac-
corded a seat in the convention, and took an
active part 10 its deliberations.
The report of Mr.. AIiriend is herewith sub
mitted for your consideration and contains H.
teresting and valuable information and sugges-
tons fully coincide with the convention in
the importance which it attached to the organl-
cation of an insurance department in each
State, and so far as circumstances will permit
the enactment by each State OF similar laws
upon the subject of insurance. Insurance has
| become science with fixed and well defined
principles of almost universal application, and
there no longer exists any reason tor the great
diversity of laws which have heretofore OBJ
tanned in the different States for the organlza-
ton, management and practical working OF in
surance companies.
The same principles which should control
the organization and management of insurance
companies in Virginia are equally applicable to
companies organized in Massachusetts or Cali
fornia.
In each State insurance business is transact
ed, whether by domestic or foreign companies
by authority of the laws Of the State, and those
laws should be such as experience has demon
strated afford the most ample protection to the
insured and insurer alike. submit herewith
the draft of law prepared and adopted by the
convention, and by it recommended to the
several States of the Union Many of it's pro-
visions meet with my hearty approval, and |
commend the whole to your careful considera-
ton.
THE EVANS DEFALcATIoN IN PENEsYLvA-
MIA joint committee of the Pennsylvania
| Legislature is investigating the transaction by
which George .. Evans retained 100000 of
| the State funds, claiming the amount as COM
missions for the collection of war claim on
the United States treasury. AS to the dispo-
sition of this money, John W. Forney, (then
collector of customs at Philadelphia and pub
Usher of The Press neWspaper,) among other
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