Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-03-29
NEWS OF THE ia y.
. 70 sAor the rcry age and badly Of the Times.


NV lo.,,nr 4 connection with the Northern
Contra! Ii irnai from near Tow>"ntown To a
y,in, near tic Relay House. Alter tins work
!. ini ,h,l. il i said that the engineer c"r'>
Will he transferred to the nclghborhoud ol Bel
Air, and that the location III the ROAD, AS lar
IS the Su.quehannn, will be vigorously ushcd.
Two of the ''sawduSt'' swindlcrS, men who
,tI.r counterfeit money for sale, aud after get
ling the morley .: fol sh people, return them
box !u!l Of saw,lust, were up IN the New
Y rk Court Of General Sessions on Thursday,
and, being proved guilty, were Sentenced tn a
- 900 tiuc each and sent to prison Tor Que
year.
The Senate committee Oh the lcrccs OF the
Mississippi. he'd a meeting yesterday and took
measures for obtaining specific information on
the subject 1t is stated that at the next scs-
sion they Will urge that the General Govern
arut take charge of the ovecs is works Of ma
iunal Importance
b, the terms nl the contracr, the Morgan
Envelope Company, of Springfield, Mass, are
- have !. 900 Un1 ri the new postal cards ready
;ur delivery on the Ii # May. The card viii
he ) hy Il inches in size, and will bear one
cent stamp AMI The water mark II. ). +.
o. D.
rhr Secretary Of the Treasury has decided
thu. f;.c, slal: be cha. gcd by collectors Of Gus
cons for certifying in the original invoice i'm
ported soo!s presented by merchant or i'm
porter. uut that no fec shall be charged tor a
ccrili. cate ot The officer to duplicate invoice
received as ii vcy;ii.aion of til. original.
L tiers FROM the Treasury Department have
informed the agents Of the various British lines
OF steamers running to this country, that the
trcatie, between Great Britain aud the United
States DO not support their claims for the cx-
eln;,,icn of their vessels from the tax Oh Ton
mage imposed by law
Cincinnati viii send very unique coutrbu-
ton TO the Vienna Exhibition. 1t consists of
three charcoal drawings each thirty feet in
length and five feet in height, illustrating the
mauIer in which they XII hogs on the banks
of the Oo and prepare them for American
kitchens.
B. c. Berry, Supreme Chancellor Of the
world in the Order Of Knights Of Pythas, has
issued his order su<pcnling the Grand Lodge
oi Penn lyaua and taken away their chatter:
The grounds assigned are INSTRUMENTATION aud
continual disregard Of authority.
The unfinished portion Of the Western Mary
land Railroad between llagcr>tpwn aud vii
Transport. was put under contract on Thurs.
,lav. aud work will be resumed III the course
Of IA week or ten days, and vigorously pushed
to complctlnn.
Stokes counsel arc submitting legal bubbles
to he New York Courts at the rate Of two or
three week There is Il prospect that Stokes
wi, de of I'll | age before the Bench will have
rendered decisions upon all the points raised.
\ dispatch from ST. Louis says: Geo. Bry-
an, c0lored man, WAS hanged rs Il mob at
Chi!lcorhe, Wednesday night for rape on Miss
Fi,kc. Il highly respectable young white lady.
living about twcn;y miles from that place.
The wouan arrested in New York as acccs-
sorry t, the murder If G olrich. is uamcd Lu-
crctia Myers. alias Kate Stodlard. She had
previously claimed Goodrich n her beau. Her
arrest has created considerable excitement.
At Towsontcwn. Nd, yesterday, John
Schwal.z va, convicted o.. the murder Of Cas-
par EichYInan. the jury bringing in a verdict
Of murder il the second degree, with Il recou
menIa'i;n 10 t3e mercy OF the court.
4 ruu.bcr Of nominations to various ciilc@s
sa:l,d Of confirmation during the closing hours
OF The S mate. Several of them We're appoint
mcn.s in the Diplomatic service.
c. ". Ward was arrested in St Louis yes
to-day for a mnfderous assault Oh his wife, in
which he stabbed her with knife, tract ured
her skull and beat her in Il shocking mauucr
Another meeting of the Railway Presidents
with regard to the postal cars will be held IN
Philadelphia to day.
Two contributions were made 10 Treasurer
Spinner conscience fund ycstcrday-S50 from
New Yorker and IS from a Washlngonlan