The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-04-07
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T0-DAY's DISPATCHES.
WASHINGTON.

T0-DAY'S DISPATCHES.
WASHINGTON.
Interesting Summary of News.
Especial to the State Journal
WASHINGTON, April Commissions
Douglass is preparing regulations for tn,
guidance Of collectors of internal revenue
who, after the goth of May next, will b.
sole administrators of the revenue law il
their respective districts. There are two
hundred and thirty assessors, and over ont
thousand assistant assessors to be muster.
tered out of the civil service army.
Il George w. Tyner, has been appointed
postal-card agent by the postofflce depart.
ment at salary Of $4,000 per annum.
His duties are to receive, count and gene
rally supervise the printing of the new
postal cards by the Springfield, Massachu-
sets, company, which has entered into o
contract to print 5000, 900 of them for the
government. He will also be called upon
to distribute the cards at the proper time
to such points as may be designated.
The librarian of Congress has purchased
the files Of the Charleston Courier for
90 500. and they will be brought to WASH
ington. IL is thought that they will estab-
lish the disloyalty Of some who are pressing
claims before the southern claims commits
sion, and thus save the government many
times the cost Of the files.
Senator Sumner Is here still and inn
proves but slowly. He regrets that he
was not able to deliver speech before
the adjournment which he had prepared on
the battle-fag controversy, claiming that
his course in the matter has been entirely
consistent with his record during the war.
Governor Morton had speech prepared
on Canadian annexation, but the senate
refused to entertain during the executive
session any legislative business. @
Recent Investigations into the affairs of
the postoffice at New Orleans show def
cheney or defalcation in its accounts with
the government of about $25 900. It seems
that this occurred during the recent term in
the office of Postmaster Lowell. Similar
Investigations into the affairs of the Savan-
nah postoffice show defalcation Of 90 900.
NEW YORK. sqefa4t
More Details Of the Atlantic Disaster.
New York, April 7.-The following
are among the many incidents which oc-
CURED at the time and after the wreck Of
the Atlantic. An Englishman saw two
survivors fighting for the possession Of
pair Of boots on dead body. They final
ly decided by the toss ola penny which
should have them.
Two Swedes deliberately chose to die
with their wives and children, rather
than leave them, and swim ashore.
Edwin Figgens, a Hampshire bricklayer,
and twelve companions in the compartment
with him, escaped by stripping off their
clothes and squeezing themselves through q
port-hole.
William Glenfeld, from Devonshire, lost
his wife, and was afterwards robbed.
Richard Reynolds, from Queenstown,
who kept diary during the voyage,
charges that many of the crew acted
very cowardly. He says that one Of the
men who escaped by a portfolio, was
wedged in it for some time, unable to
move either way, but finally escaped. He
(Reynolds) lifted up by the hair, through q
portfolio, the lad John Henley, the only
child saved. The little fellow cried out
through the port that his father, mother,
and brother were drowned, and asked to
be helped out. The boy was met here
yesterday by married sister, and was
the observed Of all observers, at Castle
Garden. The affecting meeting between
the sister and her little brother brought
tears to the eyes of all the spectators. u
The Gas Mems Strike in New York-A Por-
tion OF the CITY in Darkness.
NEW YORK, April THE gas mems
strike continues. Efforts to fill their
places with Italians from Wards Island
are futile. The city below Grand street is
in darkness. the newspapers offices and
business places having to resort to candles.
In the Staadt Theatre, where the perform
ance had commenced, the audience was
left in darkness.
No disturbances have occurred at the gas.
works, which are guarded by large num-
Der of policemen, with reserves in readi.
ness.
| Those who have been employed to fill
the places of the strikers seem totally unfit
for the work; being unable to speak
English, or understand what is required Of
of them. The receiving tanks are level
with the ground, and unless others than
Italians are substituted, the strikers must
win.
Two Of them taken from Wards Islant
to supply the places of the strikers, pre-
ferred death to that kind of industry ant
drowned themselves. Others clamored t.
be returned to the Island, to await les
exhausting labor.
Andrew Casey, striker, assaultet
Robert Bloom, as the latter was goin,
home from the Saw Works last evening
Casey was promptly arrested.