Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-09-13
NEWS OF THE DAY.
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Mr.. Joseph Arch has arrived at Quebec. lie
is accompanied hy Mr.. Arthur Clayden, OF
| Farrnpdon, Bcrks, orc OF the Consultative
Committee of the NV York Union, and Mr..
! Henry Taylor the Secretary OF the Association.
Mr.. Arch is in good health, and prior to his
visiting New York and making tour through
the principal agricultural districts OF the IT, ,.
will spend few weeks IN Canada, with Wow
Of ascertainiug the condition Of the agricultural
| classes.
The Philadelphia Press learns that the Amer
lean Steamship Company, of that city, will, 1t
is said, submit proposition to the next Con
gress asking that bOdyt grant bounty OF 5 III
Der head on every cmigrant brought to this
country in vessels built in America and carrying
the American flag The same COMPANY will al
50 be a connection for the United States mails
in the regular contract lettings, which are to be
made next January.
! A New York letter says that there is good
authority for the statement that the Young
Mems Catholic Association, of that city, are
seriously deIibcrating upon the proprlcly OF a
pilgrimage TO Lpurdcs, or Parayl Mona, 1t
| is understood that correspondence is passing
between them and eminent ecclesiastical au-
| ~
inclined to advise that not hing be done yet.
The annual statement Of the receipts and
shipments Of cotton at the different ports tor
the year ending September l, lS73-tha Is,
the year lS72-'73-as published by the tlnan-
cia Chronicle, shows total crop tor the year
Of J, $50, sos bales, being az increase OF 700
257, as compared with the year lS1l-'12. The
exports are 2,679. 9SG bales, and the home con-
| I bnla
hand at the close Of the year Of 90, 9S9 bales.
Rev. L. O'Gara, Catholic clergyman of
Chicago, was rescued from drowning at Cape
May, on Thursday morning, by boy under
fourteen, named Jacob kuecht of Philade-
pha. Both We're swimming beyond the break
ers, when the gentleman S strength gave out,
and he cried for help, aud the lad swan to him,
seized him by tile shoulders and carried him
through the surf.
The New York World is dcnounciug what it
calls the quinlue monopoly. 1t says that the
duty OF thirty per Ct on calomc makes that ar.
| tcle a monopoly in the hands of three Phlla.
de!phia firms which it names. The total con-
| SUMPTION of cal0mcl amounts to about $780,
600, on which the iuvads Of the country pay
a tax Of *45 900 to the three firms 10 question.
The attendance at the Cincinnati Exposition
the first eight days, closing yesterday was &c,
600, being 10000 more than the corresponding
eight days of last year. AS display everybody
pronouaces it Immensely in advance OF It's pre-
dcccssors while in respect to quantity and value,
especially the latter, it Is without parallel 10
Cincinnati cXp0sitlons.
The Maryland Republican State Convention,
which met at Frederick City yesterday, nsnl-
nate, Henry H. Goldsborough, of Talbot coun-
tv, fox comptroller, and Johu II. Price, OF
Hartford, for the clerkship Of the Court OF APP
peas. Both the nominees have 10 times past
served upon the beuch as circuit judges.
There is a great deal Of doubt concerning the
safety Of the crew Of the Polaris. 1t has been
nearly three months since they trusted them
selves to the mercy Of the Arctic waves IN boats
ui' their Own construction. II they were coni-
PEELED to take any heightened voyage, their
peril vas extreme.
The story Of the delalcatons Of Internal
Revenue Collector Harper, Of Illinois, is being
told. 1t was the distllers who tempted him, and
he fell He has been carrying on his little games
for the past two years, and as he commenced
on S3000D basis, lie must have earned "a
sufficient competence
The aiiliction Of Shreveport, Louisiana, by
yellow fever is terrible Thirty deaths are
reported in one day, and the disease refuses to
Weld to medical treatment. Help from abroad
is earnestly solicited The town is located on
the Red river, 10 the cXticmc northwestern
corner of the State.
4 rumber of European and American jurlsts
have recently been in session at Client, and
have organized into a permanent institute OF
international law Arbitration between nations
as substitute for war is one Of the purposes
of their organization. They will meet i'll Gene
Va next year.
Professor Henry has received letter from
Mr.. John Delany, Postmaster General Of New
iouudland, in which he gives a full account Of
the recent great gale off the coast OF Halifax on
the 9th Of August last lie says it was the
scvcrest gale Known to have occurred within Il
hundred years past.
The Greek Chapel in Second avenue, New
York, was opened on Thursday commcmora-
tive Of what is known as the names day of
the Czar Of Russia. Rev Father Bjcrring con-
Quoted the services, concluding with an aulosy
Of the character Of the rcisnlng Emperor.
Gen. Edward S. McCook was murdered at
Yankton, Dakota, Oh Thursday. lie was from
Stcubenvillc, Ohio, ard was one OF the family
who became known during the late war as the
fighting NlcCookS. At the time Of his death
he was Secretary Of Dakota Territory.
The Treasury Department is informed that
the Mcxicans still deprcdate on the citiz:ns on
| the Texas side Of the Rio Grande, and that
whole herds Of cattle have been driven into
Mexico siuce the Robb commission left there.
| A cable telegram from Vienna briefly an
nounccs the death of Prince Charles E,terhazy,
son Of the distinguished Austrian Statesman,
by suicide.
The Louisville Courier Journal has offered
to equip a company Of men TO proceed against
the ku Klux, in Kentucky, if the Governor
will accept of their services.
A "STRANGE STORY. "-Perhaps, our read
ers may remember to have read, when it first
appeared, or perhaps when it subsequently
appeared in one of its variousrepubllcatio the
story Of the man, supposed to be named Cbas.