Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-03-28
NEWS OF THE DA y.
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Rear Admiral John B. Montgomery, U. S,
N, died at Carlisle, Pa, on the 2jth instant
The deceased entered the navy June 4, 1872
and was midshipman on the flagship Nl.ga-
"a, at the battle of Lake Erie, i'll September,
1914. He commanded the Washington Navy
Yard from January, 1864, unnl September Of
the following year. He had been Oh the vctc-
ran list about twelve years at the time OF his
death.
At the coal sales in New York "Wednesday,
stove appeared to be most IN request, but as
the offerings were abundant, prices avcrsed 10
cents under the February quotations. On the
ether baud, all the other qualities went OFT Il;
higher figures The average advance on lump
was PSI cents per ton; steamboat 81 cents CRATE
Ii cents, chesuut 22l cents, egg cents
There appeared to be grounds tor the b'''i
in New York. yesterday, that there will not be
general strike of the trades The present
trouble it is contcnded, comes chiefly from
maSons ard gas-men The Germans are sad
to be especially opposed TO a strike, and the
great BODY Of the mechanics seem av"r>c t" the
movement.
The statement which has been widely pub
iished of conferences of Coy. Hendricks, ot In
diana. with leading democratic Senator's and
others for the purpose OF forming new party
organization appears 10 have ceut u:idct o. Il
miScouceptlon
Mr.. James Dixon. VIII represented Connie:
ticut in the United States Senate From lS3i I"
1869, died at Hartford yesterday. lie Will
principally be remembered rs an earnest sup
porter Of An ircw Johnson in the political trou-
bic oil 1850.
Emancipation is said II be wc!l received IN
Porto Rico; ill classes appearing TO be satisfied
with the situation There We're OILY SOM"
thirty thousand slaves on the island ~ { Il
freeing them was L comparatively >lnAll 'nali cF
The Massachusetts Legislature StuhhornIy
adhcres TO its resolution of ccn>urc ii Oh Mr.
Sumner for his proposal to erase the names Of
battles fought during the late w'r from he
reg:lmeu;a! flags of the army.
President Grant yesterday promised L S"n'h
Carolina Delegation that his deferred trip
through the South should be mad. next spring.
The President went to New York on private
visit last night.
Both Houses of the Michigan Legislature
have adopted resolutions urging on CnnsrcsS
the construction Of ship canal from some
point on the eastern shore Of Lake Michigan
to point on Lake Erie or Lake Huron.
A telegram from Vienna announces that the
Lower House Of the Reichsratll yesterday pass
ed the direct elections blli to its second and
third reading by eighteen votes in excess Of the
required two-thirds majority.
The farmers above Peoria, ILL.,. arc orgarlz-
lug for war against railroads. y meeting
was held there yesterday and resolution
adopted declaring that the farmers intend 10
prosecute the war on railroad corporations.
The Maryland and Delaware ship canal bill
passed the lower house Of the Delaware Leeis
laturc on Tuesday, with amendments increasing
the size Of the excavation.
The Bishop Of the Episcopal Church in New
York. recently admitted. with considerable
ceremonies, a number of ladies into the "Orler
of the Sisters of Mercy"
Henry McCausand is on trial. for the second
time, 10 San Francisco, for the murder # Noah
Mulendore, the dramatic critic Of the San
Francisco Cal.
The French National Assembly, yesterday,
rejected motion proceeding from the Left fJr
the abolition of the state OF siege.
Old coppers after the first Of April will be
exchanged for currency at any OF the United
States depositaries
We are on the departing verge of the equi-
noctial storm For to-day we are promised
warner weather and possible April rain.