Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-03-21
NEWS OF THE DAY.
80 shoe the very age and body Of the Tines

NEWS OF THE DAY.
80 shoe the very age and body Of the Tines ;
The Washington Star states that in conse-
qucnce of the small number of pictures and
statues at present on hand, the opening of the
Corcoran Art Gallery in that city is postponed
until next November Meanwhile Mr.. Wn.
It. Walters, of Baltimore. who g0cs to Euroi c
as one of the Commissioners to the Vienna Tx
hibition, has been authorized to purchase for
the collection works of art to the value of not
exceeding $4,000
The suspension Of the Bulls Head Bank iu
New York, took place yesterday, and created
considerable excitement in business circ les
Nietts, the cashier, admitted that detalca-
ton had occurred in the clerical department.
which made it absolutely necessary to suspend
payment. He thought that the deposltors
would not suffer to any great extent, but that
the stockholders would be heavy losers.
The Attorney General decided on Monday
last that the starting point of the Union Pa
cifc road is in Iowa. and that the bridge was,
therefore, an essential part OF the road, whose
revenues belonged to the common fund. HAY
ing received this assurance they took occasion
to have Jubilee at Council Bluffs to which
Omaha declined to put 10 an appearance.
The American ship Europa, from New Or.
leans 90 the 1th, for Liverpool, with cargo of
3,476 bales of cotton, 500 terces Of lard and
1000 slaves, was totally destroyed by ire on
the 18th, three hundred miles off Southwest
Pass The loss is estimated at 1915, OOO.-
Captain Fulton and crew Of the Europa were
saved
Secretary Bclknap leaves Washington next
Thursday for Chicago, where he will be joined
By General Sheridan, and together they will in
spect the military posts of the Department OF
Missouri, and especially 10 Texas. During his
absence General Sherman will be Acting Sec
rotary of War.
A train of cars which left St. John. N. B.,
on the Sd inst. for Halifax, returned to that city
on the Sth, after five days spent in an inetfect-
ual attempt to reach Halifax, on account OF the
depth of the snow and the severity OF the
weather. The snow along the hue ragged
from two to fifteen feet Ia depth.
George Mcdonald was arrested yesterday on
one of the inward bound English steamers in
New York Bay on suspicion Of being concerned
in the recent torgeries on the Bank OF Enga
In his trunks was found large amount of
money, bonds and jewels. He has been COM
mitted to Jail.
Judge Leayitt, of Ohio whose death we
mentioned few days since, was thirty-seven
years a judge of the United States District
Court OF Ohio having been appointed by Geu-
eral Jackson in 1854 lie retired from the
bench but recently, the iuirmities Of age de-
manding rest
The Navy Department will soon invite pro-
posals for the construction Of the engines OF
some OF the new war vessels authorized by the
last session Of Congress- OF these new steam
ers five wooden ones will be built at the Navy
Yards, and three iron ones constructed by con-
tract
The railroad war, which has kept the New
Jersey Legislature in turmoil all the session,
has been ended by the passage of a general law
permitting the Incorporation OF any company
desiring to construct road III the State. The
local option bill has been indefinitely postponed.
The French Government has made formal
complaint to that of Spain Of atrocities COM
mittcd by Cariists upon certain of its citizens.
1t represents that four Of It's officials were killed
and four others carried prisoners 10 the noun.
tains.
The Government clerks in England have Pc
toned for increased wages on the ground that
it is impossible for them to live on their pres
ent pay, with higher rcuts, higher priced fuel,
higher prices for all kinds OF marketing.
Senator Casserly will take no notice of the
charges made against him to the effect that his
election to the Senate was secured by the Bank
of California, having made 1t rule OF bis life,
he says, not to notice such attacks.
Secretary Richardson says he will not depart
from the financial policy of his predecessor,
Secretary Boutwell,, that policy having been ap,
proved by the President.
a thrifty Philadelphia detective has been
making 5000 per week by soliciting money for
a benevolent society-the society being com
posed of himself and his family
General Hawlcy, Of Connecticut, adds his
name to the list of congressman who refuse to
take the increase of back pay.
ENGLISH VS.. AMERICAN Holsters. -Au
English groom gives the American hostler "a
talking to- in this way:-"When horse
comes in all wet with pcrsplration, you let him
stand in the stable aud dry with all the dirt on.
In England we take the horse as he comes in
from drive and sprinkle bood-warm water all
over him, from his head to his feet. Then We
scrape him down and blanket him, rubbing his
legs and face dry. Thus, in an hour, he is
clean and dry and ready to take good feed,
while with your way he will stand and swelter
for hours and finally dry sticky and dirty. Our
horses never founder and never take cold. We
never use currycomb. You scratch your
horses too hard. The only care necessary is to