Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-14
NEWS OF THE DAY.
"To shoeo the very age and body Of the Times" "

"To shoao the very age and body Of the Tunes.
Mr.. Klcncn, cashier Of the City Savings Bank
of Hoboken, n Y, is said to have absconded
with about $50 900 of its funds The surplus
of The institution at the date of the latest state
meme was $50 900, leaving about $50, 900 to
meet contingencies. The depusis foot up
81 OO0,OUO, chiefly made by the industrial
classes of Hoboken and are mostly loaued on
bond and mortgage, the remainder III State and
township bonds, aud about $50, 900 in United
States bonds 1t is believed that the. dctauler
is near at hand, aud that his arrest Is probable.
1t is reported that klcucn' $ talher-ln-aw, who
is wealthy, will make good he loss Of the tiluk.
Havana adviccs from ST. Thomas to the It'll
inst. have been received. 1t VA, reported There
that an American steaurr had arrived at Porto
Rico with news that Il steamship had appeared
in SANTANA bay with u large number OF cuIonlsS
trom the United States; that when The Amer
cans attempted to dsrmhtik Their land!ng was
opposed 10y the inllirItautS, ami that there was
some blnnt!shcd The rclmrl was not credited
at St. Thomas.
The storm in New York, on Saturday, was
one Of the most severe Of the year DUNG The
morning hail, lain and snow fell 1t intervals,
While the wind blew in fearful GUSTS The tldc
was very high, aud at the ferries great dlhculIy
was experienced IN getting heayity aden trucks
on and off the buats The cellars along the
western river front and 10 South street were
Hooded aud in some INSTANCES valuable ncr-
chandsc was damaged.
On Friday last portion Of the bridge Of the
Cairo and Fulton Railroad, across White river,
was swcpt away by the food. The river was
titly-six feet above low water mark at the time
of the disaster and still rising. The town OF
Jack <onpurt, Arkansas, is entirely under water,
and the Inhabitants travel about IN GAUGES. The
Lttl. Rock aud Black rivers arc reported to be
falling.
BiLwcll, the alleged Bank CT England for
ger, escaped from prison at Havana, on Friday
evening by jumping over balcony. He was
partly dressed He is supposed to he hiding
in the city. BldwelI's Havana friends seeing
the imposSibiiity OF counleractug by legal
means the efforts Of the British consul to Sc
cure his extraditlou, undoubtedly planned this
affair.
The loss by the robbery Of the First National
Bank at Toledo by burglars, few days ago,
proves to be greater than at first reported. Pa
pers belonging TO U. Ii. kctcham, President
of the bank, wero taken, Including twenty
Toledo city bonds Of 900 each. An asgrc-
gate of the losses will reach. So, 900.
\ bill which gives 81, 0U0 mile in straight
bonds to railroads that are entitled to the State
endorsement Of SIC, 200 to the mile, which is
secured by mortgage on the railroad, passed
the Alabama Legislature on Friday. The meas
ure has met aud is meeting with much popular
opposition.
There has been another abortivc revolution
in Hayti Thirty of the insurgents were exc
cuted Michel, who was hairdrcsser in 1883,
aud became a general in 1868, made grandlo-
quent speech on the Scaffold. lie said that
great ncn like Napoleon and others had their
destiny to fulfill and he had fulfilled his.
Though the Gas Workmcns Union Of New
York continued to hold meetings on Saturday,
at which much threatening talk was INDUCED
in, the directors Of the various gas companies
appeared to have no upprehcnsous whatever
Of further trouble.
1t is estimated the Government has refunded
$500, 900 to importers in consequence of the
decision Of the Secretary of the Treasury, that
silk ribbon containing single thread Of cotton
on the outer &c can Gully be appraised oO IN
stead Of 60 per cent.
Saint Marc Giradin, whose death is announc-
cd, was we'll known French author, and was at
one time a member Of the French Assembly.
He was seveutytwo years Old
% Saturday fire broke out on the south
west corner of the First Baptist Church, on
Fifth Avenue in New York, and destroyed it,
with loss Of $50, OO0 Insured for $4,000.
Tie New York Herad's Key West special
has a report that O Kelly died on the way to
Santiago de Cuba, OF exhaustion from close
confinement he endured at Manzanla.
The quarrymcn of the Eughlcu district, in
IIanault, Belgium, who to the number Of two
thousand have been on strike, have returned
| to their work.
1t is said III Washington to be not certain
that President Grant will visit Richmond and
Norfolk next month, as heretofore announced.
A Geneva dispatch says that Perc llyaclnthc
delivered an eloquent discourse, yesterday, in
that city, in prals" Of John Calvin.
The laying Of the new Atlantic cable wis
begun on Saturday at Frrshwater Point, Nova
Scotia.
One George Cole was fined fifty dollrs in
New York, on Saturday, in the Court of Srs
suls for adu!teratiug milk.
TIE BANKRUPT Acr-A very interesting
and important case involving the construction
of the recent amendatory bankrupt act OF Cuu-
gress was argued before Judge Underwood, Of
the United States District Court, in Richmond,