Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-20
Affairs Of Jay Cooke ~ co.

number of the creditors or Jay Ooohe u ~ ~ r
he obtained to the appointment OF Mr. ho'nus {
as trustee for the firm. Should sucn DC .ne
case the legal proceedings Instituted 10 pave {
Ths dsno,itors of the First National Bank have
I'll hecn requested to hand Ill their books 10 oe
balanced. They will then have the satisfaction
ofa fnrmaI acknowledgment OF the exact amount
owpd 10 them by the bank, even II they never
get it, r. 1,v C,oke
.. rn no .nrp.stion was made by a leading
ionrnalis, of Philadelphia, Il friend OF the house
That Congress be asked to iudorse the Northern
pacific bonds. At the time, this was regarded a
rather cool, and but little Importance was at
tacbed to it. 1t is fact, however uat
movement with this object 10 view mas peen
initiated, and has already become quite rcspco
table, so far as influence goes. "A man pun.
in this scheme is the pressure, when Is
pvpected to be brought to bear on Gong ess Wy
the religious press oil the country.
MrRDrR or TIE BISHOP OF ST.. PIERRE-,,-
sr.ppED WHILE AT PRAYER. The New ork
pnst states that private advices have been re-
aa;9ed in that civ from the French settlement
81 Pierre, giving information OF the aSsas
: snatou OF Mons. De We're. the first bishop OF
e that diocese, as follows:
"The bishop was murdered 10 the sactisy
S Of rbe chapel of St. Jean de Dleu, having oeen
stabbed in the heart aud lungs while at prayer
: Two dirks we're found on the NOR, anu que
i Emil Pclletler, cousin OF INC olsn'p' We
charged with the crime and arrested, Ii IS
It ;I s,bat the crime was melted by the fact that
C P;Sbnn De We're Inherited all the fortune OF
n p'JIn,ier's father wealthy Frenchmap, and
once an extensive stockholderin The Messagerie
a INN I'm Der;aIe Steamship Company. The bishop,
& remains Law in state on the evening OF the 't1
il Instant when The murder was perpetraleu
1i'' ch,npl was dcnsely throrged, and grea t
nr,.;,rmrnt prevailed throughout the settle
s. Tbc murdered bishop was consccrated IN
IS Annust last by Archbishop Dupanloup, at Cr-
N leans France The settlements OF st. Iief RI
cr and Miouclon, cnmprlslDg me Islands o' o.
N Pierre and Great and Little Mlquelon,, are STU
&c ated off the south coast OF Ne"iounhu'anai' anu
L. onnnsi,e the Gulf Of St Lawrcuce 81. Pierre
e no ,hs c,n;tal of the island Of the same name
or ,rhcrc the tragedy occurred, has population
1t; nf onlv some twelve hundred. The islands arr
n. nf great inheritance to flaucc asa hshnE rem
'. devious.
r.. FINANCIAL. AFFAIRS IN PETERSBURG, VA,
rs. Notice of bankruptcy was server frluay o'
lrt r, Broncks president OF the McrchanIS :, ia
IS tiopal Bank of Petersburg, Virginia, ana Onl
re- ted States Marshal Parker also Closed up ~, Wv
70 hardware dealers, and +. NJ. Wright Il Co., dr.
hv rnnds merchants, and placed them IN charge q
20 2d y & Carr. This proceeding was III con
. senucpce of an order Of the bankrupt court
cd Richmond These concerns were involved
or rho failure of Mr.. r. 7. Brooks, and the
mo closure is a necessary consequence OF the co
CO. lanse Of the 23d ult 1t is stated that tines
to- closures are the result OF proceedings Institute
his nv the receiver Of the Merchants Na'1oh
hat Rank Mr.. Orsoo Adams, Of Maryland and al
lie founded on legally fictitious accounts TO Gn,G'
wis settlement of these houses. MI III. H. wa
for Iorv has resigned his seat in the council on
inn c v Of his financial troubles, and the resign
nm. linn Of Mr. Brooks is demanded: Mr. Dav
y :; ID Tnnn,nt * suggested as di: M'"TrylH
Is d. lenn" NJ p f Cogbill resigned Friday
ea s sGSS H,., ~. aaiu on the table. 1t
AXE is rninad b ,nnt fhh Merchants National Ban
Planters and oIyJnu redempton but lh9t >.
ION
sh- TlasLEY's CHURCH NOTES. --When NJ
asG Ferguson heard the first bell las: Sunday, an
aio snatchcd up his contribution envelope from tn
bureau and got 10 church in time to drop it
with praycriul spirit, he was astonished whe
rer not more aStonished, though, than the OF
ne derly sergeant was on Monday, when h
10 counted up the envelopes aud found one mark
ed -. apothecary and druggist Gallo
ed mel Fifteen grains. The sergeant quetl
~ deposited it in the spittoon with the remarl
Tn that he didn't think that amount of calome
* would convert any able-bodied heather living
When man hears the last bell ringing Sun
H. day morning. and has only got to the fifth
be eyleet in his wife's corset, and heatedly re-
I'd marks that he had rather fasien the corset O.
~ any other woman than hers, and she say.
re mo doubt you would, " aud sits down on the
es trunk aud cries, he looks out of the window
20 holding on to the other end Of the string. gaz
;S ing at the ready. dressed women passing 10
o. church, and wonders If he will ever be able to
= attend divine service in this world in peace
THE AGE OF TIE EARTI-In Professor J.
y W. Dawsen's Story Of the Earth and Man, be
h seems to pin his faith to Sir William Thou
1 sOns calculations as to the age of the earth
We quote:
10 =" From Sir William Thomson's calculations,
d it would appear that the time which has elapsed
; from the first formation of crust on the earth
= to the modern period may have been from sew.
enty to one hundred millions of years, and the
d whole time from the vaporous condition of the
) solar system to the present must OF course,
have been still greater than even this enormous
scIleS Oh ages Oucn lapse oil tlmc Is truly
t almost iuconccivable but it is only few days
to Hin with whom one day is as thousand
years, and thousand years as one day"
A WAWAsEr CASE. --On Saturday the case
Of Andrew Melville against the Potomac Ferry
l Company was fled having been appealed from
| Justice Moultou. The plaintiff alleges that he
met with severe internal jury by coming 10
. contact with and going under the wheel of the
Wawaset during the disaster on the Sth of
August. He claimed damages from the com.
paDy to cover lost time htecu days-.phy-
sician's bill, &C., including articles lost on the
boat to tho amount of 1923 49, but sued before |
Justice Moulton for $ 900, on which he Oh |
tanned Judgment, and defendant appealed.
Mcssrs Bradley and Bradley appear for plain