Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-23
Monetary Reports.

Monetary Reports.
The New York Post 10 connection with re
ports hat the President has decided to pnr-
chase one million sterling 10 bills on London Oh
account Of the Navy and State Departments,
and to issue legal tender reserves to the extent
Of three or four millions weekly Tor III: ncxt
three or four weeks, says that its tinaIcal ,d-
tor was yesterday told by the prcs.d.u Of the
Metropolitan National Bank that he had re,
ccived a private letter from the President as
suriug him OF the willingness of the President
10 do all in his power for the financial relic! Of
| the country; and that this letter was brought
to him by MIR. Anthony, of the dry goods com
mission house Of Anthony & Hail, who, ON
delivering it, said that he had had a
conversation with President Gfaut, who pro-
| posed as N assure of The relief referred to i'll
the letter, to buy sterling exchange aud issue
legal tender notes at the rate of three or four
millions per week, if necessary The Post also
says: I'VE understand that an informal meet
| ng Of some Of the more influential bank prcSi-
dents was held yesterday afternoon in the par
or Of the Merchants Bank, and the statement
as before made was repeated, a letter being
held up to those present, though not read. "
The Post also says IN lis fourth-edition hnan
cial article: AT the request Of John +. Viii
lians, president of the Metropolitan National
Bank, and other bank officers, meeting ofthc
Clearing house Association has been clc1 for
to morrow at clock, for the purpose ct con
SilCrug the proposition Of President Grant tur
financial relief as made in u recent interview
. Ola New lOrk merchant with the President,
and also in letter Of the President to Mr..
Williams
The special correspondent Of the Post at
Washington says there is the highest official
authority for denying the report that the Pres
ident has determined to do as above stated
The Post says private dispatch from its cor
respondent says this high authority is Secrea-
ry Richardson and General Babcock; and it is
thus particular in rchearsing the facts with
DANES and details, as its Washington special
raises question Of accuracy.
LoUDoUN County. From the Loudoun
| Mirror I'VE were particularly struck On
Thursday, with the neat and healthy appear
ancc OF Mlddleburg, aud the many Signs OF
business thrift and enterprise visible all around.
Her merchants were bu>ily engaged in opening
their new goods and the country generally
looked smiling and prosperous. The old Baker
Hotel properly was undergoing thorough re-
pair, preparatory TO being occupied BY our nll
friend Mr. W. 5. Pickett, who proposes short
" TO open first class boarding house. Mid
dlcburg will afford Il lovely place for summer
resort, aud as Billy is perfectly at homc
when catering for the wants of einner man,
We doubt not he will do we'll We hope 50, for
lis own good, as we'll as the credit Of the hos
pitablc people among whom he proposes to cast
bis lot.
Saturday was the first time We have visited
| llill.bOrough since she took on city airs and
l Il Il
glad to witness the many signs of improvement
going on. The streets have been graded aud
drained, and the sidewalks are being laid with
neat. broad stone pavcments which give to the
place Z; decidedly pleasing Appearance The
spirit of Improvement does not seem to con-
fine Itself to the village alone either. but We
heard Of several new buildings and barns iu
course of construction 10 The immediate nrigh-
bUrhuod. deDutlng he enterprise aud thrift II
the people. The fine mill Of Mr. James {.
jauncy. advertised lew weeks ago for rent,
is still waiting tenant. The silver mine, to
which reference has heretofore been made
does not appear to have been Il success. The
operators, however, keep occasionally digging.
trusting that thereby something will turn up.
We hope it may either Of the precious ore
or something else equally valuable.
Everything moves grardly Tor successful
exhibition Of the Louioun Agricultural Society
this fall New buildings and stables are going
up and the grounds otherwise much Improved.
The address Of Gluten Lloyd, esq, will, no
doubt, be an ctfrrt worthy of the occasion,
which, with the presence Of President Grant,
will naturally attract larger crowd than ever
| before assembled 90 the grounds. The s"rvi
ccs Of the TankervilIe Cornct Band have been
secured for the entire occasion.
I AZ bo In
of this county, have convinced Us tiar the
road law of L5udoun is success that the
road tax is money well expended and that the
whole system might be protitably initiated By
every county in the Commonwealth. We haz
ard nothing 10 saying that our public roads are
| the best IN the State
The fall term Of the Circuit Court for Leu,
| doun was COMMENCED on Monday. Judge Keith
| presiding Without the transaction OF any
business, the court adjourned until Tuesday
morning. at which time the case of the Com
monweath VS.. Cross, for unlawful shooting,
was taken up, and is progressing.
| One night last week valuable young horse
belonging to Mr. A. Ell. Rogers, got hold oil
bag of seed wheat, aud tearing the bag open,
eat perhaps a peck Of the grain. The next
morning three hundred dollars worth Of horse
| flesh lay dead in the barn-yard.
| w regret 10 learn tnat hr CharcS w Fry,
living near Bongton, while hitchine his horses
on Sunday last to his carriage, was kicked in
the stomach by one Of them and very severely
injured. -.. .@-a
BoBERr CANDIIsH was almost seventythrcc
years Of age, having been born in Scotland
about the commencement of the present ecu.
fury. He decame an eminent preacher and
one of the leaders of the ''nou-intruslon' party
during the discussions which induced the sepa-
rations of the Scottish Church into two distinct
sectioni and the establishment the Free Xix.
He was appointed Moderator of the Free
Church Assembly in the year 1861. The rev.
erend gentleman was author of IAN Exposition
Of the book of Genesis, and OF works Oh The
.ionement" THE Resurrection, Life 10
Risen Saviour Scripture Characters and
other books of note. He was vasty respected
by his countrymen, A writer who heard him