Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-05
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IL shore tie rsry age ard d0dy Of tie Nmcs.

we'll suited fur Il burial ground, because it
would be- almost impossible TOR mourning
friends to visit the graves Of their kindred. 1t
is, therefore, proposed to take them all to
Halifax. and there bury them in cemetery lot
donated by the Government. Most of the sur
viyors are on their way to New York. They
viii be landed at Boston, and will be received
and ioagc,iln I1ancui Hall, and al er being prop
erv clothed aud cared for they will be seut 70
New York
Nixon remains completely Frustrated in his
cell in the Tombs in New York, and is only
kent I'D by sti,uulantS He neither eats nor
sleeps, but lies on his bed weeping bitterly
constantly, and seems d. II! to all consnlatlnn
Offered by his lends His wife was with him
was most painful. Unless some change takes
fixed for lis execution.
l. was stated in New York. yesterday, that
the officers Of 'ycrpnol steamer, lately ar
rived, severely condemned the crew shipped
from that cry Most Vi the u,en, 1t was said,
came from he so!k house, and not more than
a ff.h Of those shipped We're ablc-b1dicd sea
men. The ,iiccrs had themselves 10 do the
greater l,nr ton OF the ships work aud WI! re-
fuse 10 70 to sea ag#u with the SAME crew.
The coroner jury or the collision between a
pas.enycr train and Il construction train Oil the
st. Louis and Southeastern Railroad, in which
several pcr,ous were killed. has found the con
drc!nr aud engineer Of the train, to be
the prrsunS who caused the accident, and wrltS
were promptly is.ucl for their arrest. The
engineer has been caught and committed to
t,n tnupl
Ii the money marketu New York city ytsler-
day. til: rate al the opening for demand loans was
fat per day: later there was decline to l.
followed is ii rally to :-l6. Commercial paper
was aI,orcth. r nominal Foreign exchange was
very W ak at the opening, but afterwards i'm
proved fraction G,!d continued Stloug, rang
lug all along from ll7s TO lis.
Louis MclIurray the wcll-known vegetable
and fruit packer in Frederic c,unty, Nd is
preparing. on Il gigantic scale for tn. packi &
season q! 1873 He has between | 300 and
| 300 acre, Of land under cultivation and the
canning establishment is one OF the largest in
the country, covering an area Of iour or five
acres
Sir Charles Dick, Bart, is now in his 10Th
Year, the door attendant ui' a picture gallery in
Brighton, Englan The p)vcrty-stricken TO-
b!emau has Tor years tried u>elcS>ly to get from
the British government E41 900, the remain
der OF il SUN loaned 10y his ancestor, Sir Wln
Dick, to Charles |.
IL the case OF D .niol Sclll vs. the kcnsins-
ton Natona! Bank Of Philadelphia, in which
the jury rendered verdict for $37 900 for the
plaiut!if for the lbs: OF his bond, by the rob-
berry OF the bank in February, 1869, in g.
Williams has SIT the verde aside aud ordered
a ucw trial.
Jay Golll is reported experimenting at
Newport, IT, l.. til: building Of mammoth
steamboat, which is to carry train of thirty
cars from New York to Sandy Hook in Que
hour, conncQting with the New jersey Central
road
At Washington, Pa, yesterday, the motion
Tor Il new trial in the case Of Henry b"ccland,
convicted Of the murder Of JJiln AlIingham,
was oycrru!ed, AMI Bric2aAd was sentenced to
be hanged.
The Penn -y.vania Constitutional Convention
has adopted stringent section regulating both
the Saleanl manu;lc: urn ointoyicatng l;qu rrS.
l. is. however. 10 be submitted to i separate
vote Of the people.
\ telegram from Sytlucy announces that the
Parliament Of New South Wales has voted the
sum of TWO hundred thousand dollars to ad
emigration to that colony.
The Sublime Porte has received assurances
from Prince Charles, Of Rpumana that he
will not appoint 4 diplomatic agent to Wash
ington.
The election FIR president in the French Ma.
tional Assembly, yesterday, resulted 10 the
choice Of NJ Louis Joseph Buffet, by ma
iorily Of nineteen, over NJ Martcl.
Capt Wm y. J1fcrs has been appointed
chief of the bureau of ordnance, Washington,
vice Rear Admiral Case, who will take COM
mand Of the European squadron.
James Munroc, esq, the present Mayor Of
Annapolis. has been rcnpmlnatid by the Re-
publicanS for rc-elcctlnn.
4 dispatch from Pouglk,cpsic reports that
navigation in the North river, as Tar up as
l1udson vii! be open to day.
Tie population Of the city Of st. Louis is
42S, ly6, which is au increase of III ,2b2 over
the census Of 1870.
A later dispatch ON Rome states that the
Pope is recovering from his recent illness
Several bank note iOrgcrS have been arrest,
el in Rene.
. John +. Shcckcll, esq, Of Prince G"orge's
county, Md, died Of pneumonia last Sunday.
BILLS ACTED UpoN By TIE GovERSoR.-
The Governor has approved the bill 10 relation
tn interest, and the joint resolutions expressing
the sympathy Of the people Of Virginia with
the people Of Louisiana in the preseut troubled
condition OF affairs in that State. lie has
''pncket-yeto"d' the bill proposing to amend
the ID and Sd sections Of the funding bill so as
to provide that coupons of bonds hereafter is
sued shall not be made receivable for taxes,
and discla;niog responsibility on the part of
this State for payment Of West Virginia certi-
fcatcs except in 50 far as West Virginia places
funds in her hands to meet the same, &c. The
Senate bill in relation to filing vacancies 10
certain Offices was enrolled without its title,
aud it therefore could not be approved. With
these exceptions, we believe, all the bills and
resolutions passed by the General Assembly IN
tI,a last days nf the session have become laws