Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-02-19
NEWS OF THE DAY.
:'To shoe the cery age and body Of the Times

| SlStance OF this government 10 iooklug lol Iilo
unknown vessel which collided with the British
steamer Herald in the Baltic and lett all the
crew to perish. 4 circular has been issued by
the Secretary Of. the Treasury to the Collectors
of Custom ut all the ports Of the United States
instruc,iug them to be on the lookout Tor YES
sci corresponding to the one described.
MIR. Cotax notified the Poland Investigation
Committee, on Monday evening, that on fur
Their investigation of his account at the bank 10
WASHINGTON, he found evidence of q draft from
Mr. Nesbitt, OF New York of 81 200, sent to him
in July to take up note OF that gentleman.
| He had forgotten this circumstance when tes-
tifying before the committee.
\ terrible explosion occurred yesterday III
coal mine at Statforishise, Eng land, while all
the men were at work A fire broke out after
the explosion, and was extinguished with dit
hcuty No bodies have yet been recovered,
but between thirty ard forty miners are re-
ported killed
Brazilian agents in the city of London, under
the influence of repeated reports OF suffering,
i'll treatment, and general grcyious disappolnt-
ments to which emigrants to Brazil have been
subjected. have taken steps to suspend enlgra-
ton to thar country until the matter Is lnvestl-
gated
The steamship Norwich, from Boston, Feb.
IT, for New Orleans, sprung aleak or the 10th
inst. off Shinnecock during a gale, and was
abandoned on the 18th inst, after unsuccessful
efforts to reach Sandy Hook. The captain and
crew were saved The steamer sunk soon after
being abandoned.
1t is said that the Committee on Privileges
and Elections, OF rather majority OF them,
will recommend new election in Louisiana
Two minority reports will be presented one
favoling McEncry aud the other Kellogg as
Governor Of the State.
A London dispatch says that Austria Will
recognize the Republic Of Spain as soon as Of
fcially notified Of its definite establishment.
The Spanish Minister at Vienna has resigned,
but it is believed he will be reappolnted.
In the second trial of Jesse ". Uppercu, in
the Criminal Court, of Baltimore, yesterday,
for the murder of his aunt, Mrs. Wheat, no
new facts of any special Importance were
elected.
Yesterday mother in Brooklyn locked her
two children in room and left them alone.
When she returned the house had been burned
| to the ground, and the imprisoned children
had persisted in the flames.
The Secretary of the Treasury has ordered a
revenue cutter to proceed from Astoria to Sit
| ka in search Of the steamer George S. Wright,
some days overdue, and supposed to be dis
ablcd.
A novel written by A. g. Rid lie, of Wash
ington, iu course of publication IN Boston,
will soon be out The scene is LAID on the
Westeru Reserve.
A State Educational Convention, composed
of colorcd delegates, is now 10 session at Louis
vile, Kentucky.
The extreme Left of the French Assembly
have abandoned the idea of sending congrat-
uatory address to the Republicans of Spain.
The property destroyed by the flood at Pitts
burg, on Monday, is estimated to have been
worth $300,O00
Mrs Beckham has been arrested at ST. Louis
on the charge of poisoning two small boys. She
is believed to be insane.
Thalower branch Of the Maine Legislature
has passed a resolution favoring woman suf-
frage.
Advces from St. Petersburg via Berlin state
that the Russian expedition to khiva, will not
exceed in force more than seven thousand men,
Spanish journals in Madrid express surprise
that the French authorities suffer Don Carlos
to remain so close to the Spanish frontier.
CONGRESS YEsTERDAY.-In the Senate, the
House bill to authorize Geographic communi-
cation between the United States, Japan and
China was passed The Vice President laid
before the Senate memorial from B. +, Simp
son. counsel for A. NJ. York and others, ask
ing that the scope Of the Pomeroy bribery in
vcstigaton be enlarged, and after considerable
| debate resolution was passed extending the
| inquiry so as to embrace all allegations OF cor
ruption made against Mr.. Pomeroy in connec-
ton with the late Senatorial election in Kansas.
In the House of Representatives the Sundry
| Civil Appropriation bill was considered, and
an Intellectual attempt was made to strike out
the appropriation of 100000 for sending SCI
cntific commissions to various favorable points
to observe the transit of Venus in December,
1874. Mr. Poland presented the report Of the
Credit Mobilier investigating committee, but
did not ask that any day should be fixed for Its
consideration Mr.. Brooks, whose expulsion
is recommended, denounced the document as
partial and prosecuting report. After short
discussion, it was agreed that the report should
be called up on Tuesday next,
NORTHERN CENTRAL CoNsoLIDATIoN.-
There is no truth in the story, telegraphed
from this city on "Wednesday last, that the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company had leased the
Northern Central railway, guaranteeing annual
eight per Ct, stock dividends. We learn,
however, that the subject Of the lease was
placed in the hands of committees of the
boards of these roads on Friday last who now
have the matter under consideration, and
whose action will doubtless result in recon-
meudiug a lease, which will be submitted for
ratification at the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Northern Central Railway Com
pany, in this city, on the 9th inst. This road
has not been earning over the six per ct. divi-
dends paid on its stock, for some. time past,
and with but little prospect of its doing better
in future without very large expenditure of
money in this city, in the erection of grain ele-
vators, warehouses; wharvcs and facilities for
the Goa! trade at Canton, and other improve
ments to accommodate its immense trade,