Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-09-10
NEWS OF THE DAY..
"To s1o,o the very age and body Of the Times.

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Ia Baltimore, yesterday, among the outside
attractions cf the circus exhibition, was adver
tised to be a balloon ascension A large crowd
was attracted 10 the spot to see the show. A
covered trench had been prepared, and at the
end large fire was kindlcd and at the other
huge iron affair was placed, connected by the
trench with the fire, over which vessel the bal
loon was Inflated. Between twelve and one
o'clock the aeronaut took his place IN the bas-
ket of the balloon, which looked rather the
worse for It's summer tour, and, accompanied
bv the music by the brass band, the rope was
cut and the balloon shot rapidly upward. After
reaching considerable height, it was observed
that a large rent had been torn in the upper
mart of the canvas, and the balloon descended
as rapidly as it had assembled. The aeronaut
jumped out upon the n IF Of three-story house
aud was uniDjured reaching terra frma by
climbing in at an attic window and descending
by the stairs. The balloon fell to the ground
in state of inglorious collapse.
The New York Express states in connection
with the difficulty in the State Bank Of New
Brunswick, N. j., that the president, MIR. Ford,
the largest stakeholder, with Mr.. Bishop, an
other large stock holder, who sailed for Europe
last Saturday, were called home by telegraph
on account of the suspension # the bank. The
report now is that not only the entire surplus
but the capital, and even more, is exhausted by
the loans made to the carpet company, aud
further, that the securities on the loans will not
reach over one half Of the ba ance OF the money
loaned by the officers 10 chsrge
The report that the Government is in the
habit of supplying the Indians with improved
firearms is stated, on good authority, to be
false. During two years the following have
been the only issues To Red Clouds band of
OgallaIas, which came East, IS rifles, % revo-
vers, and Ii muskets total 1T. To the Utes,
who were operating against the Apaches Al
rifles to the same tribe at White River agency,
for the same purpose, 81 rifles; By special agent
at Denver for same purpose, l6 rifles.
The annual session of the Catholic Total Alb
stinence Union of America Board of Govern
ment was held in New York yesterday, Rev.
James McDevtt president. Resolutions were
passed recommending new form of pledge
ordering the national union badge to be pro-
cured by all the societies for their members
and decreeing that the badge shall be token
of friendship wherever worn on the continent.
1t seemed to be generally conceded by the
New York journals that Gould lost from ST.
600 900 to 81 500, 900 by the fall in the price
of gold, but the opinion was very generally ex
pressed that his plans for rcim bursting himself,
by tight money and operations in stocks, are
likely to prove successful.
Coffee is higher now than before the duty
was taken off, owing to the lighter supply of
the producing countries, particularly from the
tha bor fhn do
has been so speculative in the last TWO or three
years, two or three New York capitalists almost
controlling the entire market
Some excitement has been caused in Charles
ton, S. c., by band Of colored strikers, who
visited the principal mills 10 that city and by
threats of violence forced the hands to strike.
The employers declining to pay their demand,
the mills have been closed, and nearly. 1000
laborers are out Of employment.
Judge More charged the grand jury of
Brooklyn, N. Y, yesterday, specially in refer
encc to the recent city frauds. He said it was
public reproach that man who steals htty dol
lars is sent to the State prison, while those who
steal fifty thousand 60 free.
A party Of Mormon emigrants just arrived 10
Paris on their way to America have been mott
fed by the project of police that if they hold
their religious exercises in public they will be
expelled from the city.
Chicago is fast regainiug its pristine glory as
a fast city. 1t has more bar-rooms, hotels,
gambling hells rugues, and cyprians than any
city of its size 10 the world, and is now ready
for another special visitation Of Providence.
A dispatch from Salt Lake, dated yesterday,
says: Highway robbers stopped the stage near
Pleasant valley, IDAHO coming south. to-day,
and took the treasure OF Wells, Fargo & Go.
Women of Glen Cove, L. l., last Friday night,
tarred and feathered woman whom they sus-
pccted of being guilty ofimproper actions.
The merchants of the Butter and Cheese
Exchange of New York will inaugurate their
new commercial institution to-day.
Gen. N. p. Banks, it is announced, will lee
ture this winter on 'The American Republic
will it endure,?'
The yellow fever is abating at Galveston, but
increasing at Shreveport, Louisiana.