Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-12-04
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"1o shoe the uny ogr ond L"~ir u tic Times

burned last Thursday.
Mrs. John L. Cleveland sister Of Horace
Greeley is lying dangerously i'll at her resi-
dcnce in New York city.
The London papers OF yesterday all publish
the Presidents message, and generally speak
in complimentary terms OF It.
The Eighth District Court Of Louisiana has
dismissed the suit OF the Custom louise Re
turning Board against Governor Narnoth
Returning Board.
The trial of King, who deliberately murder
ed O'Nci two or three weeks ago in New
York, has been set for today in The Court OF
Oyer and Tcrmincr,
TIE New York State Senate having dIspos-
cd Of Judges McCunn, Card"zo and Barnard,
is now engaged in the trial Of Judge Curtis,
who presilcs over the Marine Court.
1t was rulnorcd in London yesterday that
Namyk Pasha, who was Governor III Djcdda
1T the time of the massacre in 1879 will prob
ably be appointed Grand Vizcr of Turkey.
An extra session of the Legislature OF Lou
iSiana has been convened by Gov. Warrnoth,
as it is said, for the purpose ot making hun
Senator.
Tcegrams, dated Melbourne, Australia, yes
terday, say that confederation III Auckland,
New Zealand, has destroyed buildings ami
other property to the value Of two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars
Mr. Lucicn lIawlcy has been appointed SUI
pervisor Of Internal Revenue for New York vice
butcher, resigned. Mr. Hawley was the Revc-
nue. Agent under Mr. butcher, and his appoint,
mcDt is in accordance with the Civil Service
policy
The case Of Tweed vas called in the Court of
Over and Tcrminer New York, yesterday,
when his counsel read long affidavit to show
that the indictments were improperly found
against him, and delivered a long argument in
favor Of quaShng them.
The tombs OF Gen. Cavaignac and NJ. Bau-
din, ia Montmartrc Cemetery, were decorated
on Monday in the presence Of three thousand
people The demonstration was quietly con
| Quoted, and there was no interference Oh the
part of the police.
| The legitimate branch Of the -Aahama leg
islature, owing to the death of one of It's mem
bers and the absence of another, was without u
quorum Yesterday The Radical branch, which
| holds its sessions in the United States Court
House, re elected George +. Spencer to the
United States Senate by unanimous vote.
| The women Woodruff and C!ailin yesterday
gave bail in IS. 400 each in the civil and crim-
nal suit in the United States Commissioner 5
Court, New York, Mr.: Jourdan; of ' lrslnIIa
and J. NJ. kinley furnishing the bail. In the
case of ChalIiS, for libel, they gave bal! in the
police court in $1,000 each, and in another
civil suit in $5,O0u each
The French Assembly, it is believed, will
divide into two great parties the Left and
Right, for the election of the Committee Of
Thirty as proposed by NJ. Dutanrc ) rcso luton
| The Rcpubliquc Franchise says that 10 the
event of defeat on organization Of the com.
mttee, it is possible that Pres dent Theirs and
his supporters on the Left will withdraw from
the Assembly,
\ report comes from Oregon by Way of San
Francisco, to the effect that all the settlers on
Sink river have been masSacred by the tlodoc
Indians, and that squad Of thlrtytivc United
States soldiers from Fort Alacld is all the
available force that can DC mustered to tight
eighty warriors. Militia companies arc said
to be organizing in the Northern part OF the
State.
William Mofitt Graham, President Of the
Waikiki National Bank of Mddlctown, y. j.,
was held 10 $40, 900 bail yesterday by Commits
sioner Osborne to answer the charge of having
Jointly, with Charles II. Horton, Cashier, de-
trauded the bank by means, of false entries, OF
soue SlOO, 900 Horton, it is alleged, has alb
seconded, and Graham claims to have been igno-
rant of his populations.
The New York Evening Post pretends to
have discovered conspiracy between certain
Republicans and the late members Of the New
York Ring, by which all reform legislation IS
to be defeated. The plan contemplates the
resignation of the officers appointed by the
Mayor, to the end that Mayor Hall may fill
their places with Republicans Of easy virtue
before Mr. Havemcyer is inductcd into Office.
The whole thing is doubtless fabrication.
Reports to the Internal Revenue office show
that the number Of grain and molasses distl-
Ierics operating on the lSt instant was two hun
drcd and thirty-six, with daily producing ca
pacity of two hundred and sixty-two thousand
three hundred and torty-thrce gallons. The
number Of such institutions in operation on the
first of November was two hundred and SIX
with daily capacity Of two hundred and TWEEN
weight thousand four hundred and ninety
gallons.
Itappear fsrom the official statement Of the
Court of Claims that during the year ending
December lst one hundred and twenty cases
were decided, seventy Of which were on ac;
count of proceeds of cotton captured BY United
States military forces The aggregate amount
claimed for the cotton was S2,27U,OUO, and the
award Of theCourt in these cases wasS ,4l30O0.
The highest award wasS474 900, or $1,000 less
than was claimed The Court allowed sal 600
for proceeds Of sale Of sixty nine thousand Bank
of Louisiana notes, being the amount Of the
claimants deposit with that bank at the date
of the seizure Of the same, under order Of
General Banks, August, 1863.
MYSTERIOUS DISCREPANCIES IN New YORK.
The New York World gives a list of the
names of fifty persons who have mystcriously
disappeared in that city since August last.
What list What sin and misery would we
have unfolded TO view had we the history and
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