Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21

:. QtQaFS on tdeH JUG uuuo!c =" uoit"io ~ 49, w
! .ssssed yaluo of.the real estate In Washington
Is mud & GEORGETOWN, and one dollar and fifty cents
I IN the, county The rates last year were one
= dollar and seventy cents in Washington, one
dollar aha f5rtyt6ve cents IN Georgetown. be
sides, special tax Of twenty-five cents for erect
Ing. school bui!ding,) aud one. dollar in the
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80 E.. Pountales, of The u s. coast survey,
saattrbutes the decrease 10 the supply OF oysters
,,sst1t6e Wasseiui process Of using the same bed"
!ahcausin ueuiy, as in October, when the season
-i'se or1rnehces, the spaw1is still too small to be
xideiached from the shell and throw back into
%sthe water, and is carried off and destroyed in
=. large anaudties. He thinks that some system
\. aot t.tation in tho fishing of the different beds
!. Would Would prod1ce more equal supply.
4 " ashiogton letter says: 1t is reported
that therP President has determined to appoint
to the, vacant chief justioeship the hon. b. Il.
.. Huar, of, Massachusetts,, Attorney General.
-sIhe President, -ence sent in the name OF Mr.
Moaf Tor. the position, Of. Associate Justice of
the Supreme. Court, but in consequence of his
70 ihBrulatitI with Senators by reason of his
.ydsseanors toward them when. at the head Of
Tie DEPARTMENT of Justice, he was rejected
Referring to the report Of the investigation
ss>into the Polaris expedition, the New York
:.'Herald says lit would be unjust to condemn
: Captain Buddiogton without according him
far hearing Therefore, although the gravest
doubts and suspicious may be awakened against
l--hiar by the testimony of the rescued men, the
public must in simple justice, suspend juds-
.biHscl bis conduct uotil he has an opportunity
oaanswering these charges 10 person
- ID the case of G. B. Lamar against Albert
g. Brown and others, claim for five hundred
&thousand dollars as compensation for eighteen
-hu6dred bales of cotton seized in Georgia
duriug the war, and turned over to the defend
Pants on trial at Boston the Court yesterday de-
-.cifel that DO action could be maintained. The
sscayc Will be carried to the u s. Supreme
Court
= Jacob Loriliard, of New York, has been at
b:Norfok; making arrangements for establishing
"a new line Of steamers between New York,
.oteeing, encouragement. Four steamers, adapt
led for carrying vegetables and persbable
s'ftcigGt, will be placed on the route early in
bOctober: .7Thcy gre now being built with the
latest IMPROVEMENTS.
>! Tie Mount Vernon cotton mills, (manufac-
1tunDg cotren duck VIM. Kennedy president,
SITUATED: gu Fails road, two miles from Balti
-aaieresg were burned yesterday. Loss 5000, 900.
mills. were insured for about $4,000, ineud
lang nrsehiuery, stock, DO, About two hun
ssdred hands were thrown out Of employment.
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= = Tia estS Of London gave a grand ball last
might 4ors the entertainment of the Shah Of
Persia. Ilsee. thousand guests were present,
lncludi1g. princess n6blemen, diplomats, and
splnch of the rank and beauty Of the Kingdom.
.Ihe Shah was. presented with an address by
the Lord Mayor, being enclosed in q gold
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Is atis now said thatso far from agreeing to
return the: captive Kickapoo Indian women and
Children los their tribe as was reported, the
ifeSluCut <suu SCCielaty VI " aI udVe uettT-
sppiued not tesllow' them. to be returned The
Government wfretaio thesecsptives
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,IQal!eotions: are making in New York and
Baltimore TO delay the: expenses of excursions
sdto tkeccnntr.s, for poor children who have not
Vie ,i6eals 70 pay for recreatons Of that sort.
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's,Iudgs Hopkins, of Atlanta, in his charge to
the jnryalast Tuesday, said that ''the authori-
ies.of that aty are personally ameuable to the
lasv for-the sanitary condition thereof
The Board Of Health Of New FORK is max
ing sweeping raid upon the low dens of
SShhs St thaH ihiest portions Of the city 10 the
gssms Of 50 hiittaarl reform, - Ii.
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W Tic farmers about Richmond are now har-
sssiRts;,ases ,hrst new wheat soIdin Peters
bagg ii 81 Is per bushsl. ~ 80
Senator Sherman OF G hie, declines to receive
the. tsbaak pay in the congressional grab,
The President left Washington for Long
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-sLlttell' 5. Living Age for this week contains
an; excellent selections from the last British |
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