Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-02-08
.R.ElI.S or THE DAY.
ITO stoav tic pery age a"d 6ody OF the I'"CS'

tn the Supreme Court Of New York on We'd
ncsiay decision was rendered regarding pay
ment by express companies for packages lost
while being transported iy th'm. lnc'S OF
the value of $.luU we're sent from Nrw nH I"
Pi1,,hurs by the American Merchants Union
Express Company. and having failed To r.acl
their destination, suit was brought by the ship
prrs for the recovery Of tn: value. The Court
held that $50 being the limit uf damages ~
spccifcd on the back Of the receipts, III c'.c III
failure to specify ,h' value Ut the goods ship
ped, ordered verdict FIR that amount.
Secretary Boutwell, has revoked his order Tor
the payment Of one hundred millions ct Five
twenty b .nls on the It'll Of May The intcn-
t;nu Of calling them in is r:vrkcd because Of
Information irom Lon lon 'hrl subscriptions 1"
the new Loan arc made payable June lst. The
call, it is said, will b. renewed Isl. proX!u"
The Berlin Gazette tavors the annexation OF
thu. Sandwich Islands b. the United States. a
pnlicv. it snys, which uld be Il lcncfit 10 civ!-
Ix,tiuu. But it oppos,s any Incorporation wi1h
Cuha, as it would be difficult to Ancrlc"nzc
an i,land whsre the climate, religion and nan
ncrs are 50 different
\ communication yesterday seat by Comp,
trocr Green to Mayor llavcmcycr, Ut New
York, indicates that of nearly six hundred
thousand dollars expended on the new Court
House, four hundred and thirty thousand found
their way into the pockets of Twends concd-
crates.
a dispatch from Boston concerning the re-
suits of the examinations by Judge Wilson
into the financial affairs Of the Union Pacific
Railroad states that the Credit MobIcr carried
nearly forty three millions Of dollars through
the Ames, Hoxe and Davis contracts Tor tie
building of the road.
The Arkansas Senate yesterday passed the
civil rights bill abolishiny distinctions on ac-
count of color in public schools AID ATTACHING
heavy penalties to inn keepers. and railroad
aud steamboat ompanies for refusing coo:cd
men any privileges enjoyed by whites.
A telegram from Capt. John Frey, special
ageut Of the Post Office Department. announrcs
the arrest Of G. C. Banks, at Bland Court
house, Va, for robbing the maii. ! he case
comes before the Uuit.d States commissioner,
at Lyuchburg Monday
The President yesterday pardoncd L. L..
Stewart and Robert IT, MITCHELL both vi South
Carolina, convicted of ku-Klux crimes and
sentenced to imprisonment in the Albany Pcn-
Tertiary
Harry McNulty, who murdered his wife at
Peoria, Ill.,, was hanged yesterday. He spoke
over three quarters of an hour protesting his
innocence, and asserting that some OF the
States witnesses had sworn falsely aganst him.
The counsel for Lcavitt in Boston, charged
with numbering Abiial Ellis, and packing his
body in barrel, are seeking to clear their
client by proving an aiibi.
The President has parloncd two s>g-ca'ltd
Kuklux Of North Carolina. named Ely Ross
Stewart and Robert Hayes Mitchell
Charles Hoy in New York shot his vile IA
tally yesterday.
CONGRESS- IEsTERDAY.-lu !hc Senate the
Committee on the Library reported adversely
on the bill providing for international COPY
right The claims committee submitted a re-
port asking the passage Of the bill for the re-
lief OF D. Milton Best over the Presidents veto
\ resolution was adopted instructlng the Sec
rctary of the Treasury to transmit Il statement
showing the financial status uf the Pacific Rail
roads 10 1871 and 1872. The bill to Distribute
the award Of the Geneva Arbitration Board.
and bill for the removal OF political dl>all-
ties were discussed until it was found that the
Senate had no Q,loruu whcrcnpOn it at nurn-
ed until Monday
In the House Of Representatives the West
Point Appropriation bill was passed. The
Army Appropriation bill was reported to the
House. The Committee on Public Buildings
was instructed to inquire whether a new Exc
cutive Mansion is needed, and after the sub
mission of Mr. Buffers bill for an Increase Of
salaries the House adjourned.
SCRAPS. "A society for the Suppression Of
Slang has been formed among the pupils of the
girls high school Of San Francisco Said re-
porter to one of its members Your object is
praise worthy one. Do you think you will sue
coed in eradcating conversational slang Said
she You bet
A reverend gentleman in Tennessee named
Acton Young has returned to the pulpit after
an interregnum of thirty years, spent i'll keep
ing nearly fifty different hotels.
Washington Irving's great delight was to
read in the open air. Come and see me, was
his invitation to FREUD land I'll give you
a book and a tree.
The aged Guizot is bringing out another
book The subject is Monarchy, Imperialism
and Republicauism.
One American paper, at least, comes out
boldly and declares jury trials failure.
Mr. Dsraeli's wife was sixteen years older
than her husband.
Mis- Ida Greeley has gone on health and
pleasure trip to Florida.
Chattanooga people are paying twcuty-cight
per CT. for mouey, and yet complain that they
can't borrow enough.
1t is said that a Chicago man has cut four
more Cardiff giants this winter. They will be
planted in the spring, to be dug up twenty years
from now.
AMEs' FINANCES. The following from the
Boston Transcript indicates that the Amcs
finn have recovered entirely from the cm5ar-
rassmcnt that caused temporary Suspension
of the finn two years ago. Is not the Tran
script mistaken as to the cause of the tempo
rary embarrassment Of the firm? We supposed
that it grew out of excessive ventures III varl.
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