Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-13
NEWS OF THE DAY.
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At the request Of Senator Sherman, Judge
Richardson Assistant Secretary of the Ireasu-
~ has drafted bill which proposes to tx the
maximum amount of currency In circulation at
1870, OOO. 900. As the law DOW stands the mini
mum is fixed at 1856, 600 900, and the maxi
mum 800, 100000 The tota! amount now IN
circulation is about $1,000 900 above the mini
mum.
The funeral of Napoleon is to take place on
Wednesday morning next, at IL oclck. 1t IS
reported that the French Government will con-
sent to his burial 10 France if it shall be distinct
| " understood that it is SO as ex-Emperor. The
Prince Imperial it is stated, has already assum-.
ed the title of Napoleon ~, and is addressed
as Sire by its attendants.
The death Of Napoleon was formally amour
ced in the Italian Parliament on Friday by Sc
nor Lausa, Minister of the Interior. Speaking
for the Government, he expressed deep regret,
aud said, 1t was Impossible to forget that Ma
poleon contributed greatly to secure the unity
of Italy. His eulogy was warmly applaud CD
by the members.
People Of all parties, including consider
able plumber Of blacks, united in great de-
1nonstraion in Madrid, 90 Friday last, III favor
of the abolition Of slavery, aud OF other pro-
posed political reforms in Porto Rico. A long
| procession was formed, which, with music aud
banners. passed through the principal streets
| OF the city.
An accident has occurred on Il steamer on the
Chatahoochee river, near Eufaa, Alabama \
hue of the boiler collapsed. and the steam
rushing out scaled thirteen persons, most OF
whom were colored deck handsome died lmme-
datey one was drowned, two are mortally
| injured and one is missing.
AT caucus of the Democratic members OF
the Missouri Legislature, on Saturday night,
eight unsuccessful ballots were taken for Y. 5:
Senator. % the eighth ballot Phelps received
twenty seven votes, Bogg twenty-Slx, Blair
twenty our-thc remainder of the votes beng
scattered among seven others.
The Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections has sent Il deputy Sergeant-a Arms
to New Orleans to summon both returning
Boards before the committee to the end that
they may exhibit the election returns supposed
to be in their possession, and that the Senate
may pass upon the electoral vote OF Louisiana.
Some members Of the commission appointed
to inquire into the dcpredations by Mcxlcans
on the Texas frontier are to leave Washington
TODAY. 1t is reported that CortlDa Is stronger
than ever and will, on the 18th OF March, issue
a pronunciamento taking possession OF the Mex
lean frontier.
Nearly seven thousand men and one thous-
and horses are gathering ice on the Hudson
river, and it averages eleven inches in thick
ness. About niue thousand FIVE hundred tons
arc gathered per day. The crop Will reach
fifteen hundred thousand tons, and Will be
gathered by the lst Of February.
The Berlin Post Of Saturday, in an article
evidently inspired by the government, says that
the proclamation of the dogma Of Papal lntall,,
bility has created new Catholic creed, and
"its believers should be treated in the same
manner as members of other new religious So
cieties"
The New York weekly bank statement shows
an increase in reserves of Que million nine hun
dred and two thousand dollars. The specie
shipments on Saturday amounted to mil.
lion one hundred and ninety Two thousand
dollars.
A special dispatch from St. Petersburg to
one of the London papers states that Count
Schonvaloff has been sent abroad to negotiate
marriage between Prince, whose name Is
not given, and daughter Of the Gar.
The efforts of the Carlist insurgents in Spain
are persistent 1t is now said that the inhabi
tants of various villages of Sau, are voluntari-
ly organizing, and have, in several cases, sue
cessiu!ly opposed the Carlist bands.
Subscription lists have been opened at the
newspaper Offices in Milan, for funds to erect
monument to the ex-Emperor. 1t was the
first city liberated from Austrian rule by the
French troops after the battle Of Magenta.
The members of the Left Of the French Ma.
t;oual Assembly, who seeded last week, vii
not, as was reported, join the Right, but vii
form distinct group in the Assembly, under
the title of Conservative. Republicans.
The bill in the Ohio Legislature providing
for the election of delegates to Constitutional
Convention in April next, and for the meeting
of the Convention the second Tuesday in May
became law on Saturday.
The manufacturers OF American cut nails
and spikes of the Atlantic States, at spe'
cial meeting in New York, on Saturday, de
cided to reduce their wholesale prices httJ
cents per kcg.
In the House Of Representatives, on Satur
day. the bill for the relief of purchasers Of
property at Harpcrs Ferry was reported upor
adversely by the Military Committee.
Four hundred and lightweight Thousand
hogs have been slaughtered in Cincinnati
since the beginning OF the packing season, Is
of November.
Henry Chairs, esq.,, Sheriff Of Anne Arun
del county, died at Annapolis yesterday morn
ing.
A Manchester (Englaul) telegram announ
ces the failure, in that city, Of several cot
: ton spinners.
The total number of cmigrants that left
Liverpool in 1872 for America was one hun
dred sixty-tour thousand.
THE CAREER OF Mrs. LYDIA SHERMAN i:
some what extraordinary even for these days Of
sensation. According to her own confession