Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-03-05
~REIGN MEMS,

,o,,sN, March At h-s been definitely
Ia chat Brand, Speaker of the last House
ssegGommons, shall be reelected to that $posi
PRAYERS were saidin the churches to-day for
the safety of the Ashantee expedition.
Preparations are being made fur IL monster
demonstration in Hyde Park on the 18th inst,
in favor OF amnesty to the incarcerated Fe-
mans. II; ;.
cal writer, is dead. - -.....--. -.
BERLIN, March 4.-George Bancroft, United
States Minister, has issued invitations tor
grand banquet to-day 10 celebration OF the an
niyersary Of President Grants inauguration.
PARIS, March THE French Academy has
postponed the contemplated reception to Erulll
Olivier, because he persists in retaining 10 bis
inaugural address a eulogy OF the Emperor
Louis Napoleon.
SwINDL1NG IN WAsHINGToN.- Washing
ton dispatch to the New York Times says
A bold aud ingenious fraud, leaving score
or more of victims, has recently come TO light
10 this city, 1t seems that party OF .dven-
turers, whose nativity will be recognized by
their Names viz: Rudolph BIumenberg and Z.
Frank, of this city. and Michael Mandl, OF New
York, began here, shortly after the opening OF
| Congress, the busn Of loanlug money upon
securities Of the District OF Columbia as collat
erals. These securities consisted Of the sever
al classes OF bonds, and what are known Us au
ditors certificates, such as are issued to con-
tractors in the settlement of their clalms
They loaned chic fly upon the latter, and made
their loans for the period OF six months with
interest generally at the rate OF one and halt
Al 81, SlIaH
per cent on the amount OF the loan. They
found numerous customers among the brokers
who negotiate loans for holders Of securities,
contractors and Others Upon these latter Sc
curiies they loaned from thirty to forty cents
on the dollar They then turned around and
sold the security in the market at from forty to
fifty ceuts on the dollar, aud were ready to re.
invest their money. These operations have
been repeated to an extent covering, it is be-
lieyld. over 500, 900, and only within week
does their real purpose seem TO have been sus-
pected Two Of the party have now fed from
the city, and it is estimated that they have
reaped profit Of from $4,000 to 5000 by
their operations. 4 considerable uumher OF
brokers, bond holders and Contractors are their
victims, without other recourse than suit tUr
breach of trust Five or six victims came to
light to-day, with losses varying from $4,000
to $4,000 each Blumeubrrg is We'll known
as former detective, who was 10 the employ
of the Liberals in 1872, and who victlmized
them out of large portion OF their North Ca
roioa funds Mandl professcd 10 work n the
Republican side in the same cause.
CASE OF Rock ANToNI. - From the Nor
folk Virginian "A case Of Involuntary bank
ruptcy. of considerable importance 10 the qurs-
| haS nDHPr l.
S. District Court sitting here for the last two
days 1t was terminated yesterday, after a
hard struggle between the able counsel engaged
in it, by verdict of the jury 10 favor Of the
petitioniug creditors Ii is now entitled the
case of Rock Anton bankrupt, in bankruptcy.
The points decided were presented in form and
detail 10 the charge which the Judge delivered
to the Jury before their retirement. The last
clause ID
You have nothing to do with any violation
of State law; your sole inquiry is, whether the
acts of bankruptcy have been committed a.
char ged ID the creditors petition aud set forth
and de6ued in the goth section of the genera
bankrupt law of the United States
The following was the verdict: ."
"We, the jury in the above entitled cause
find that the defendant, K. Autonl, has cUm
milted the acts of bankruptcy as charged IL
the first, second, third fourth and fifth aver
ments of the petition Of the petitiouiug credi
tors.
The prosecution was conducted by II. r.
Garden, esq, and the defence hy h. Taylor
Scott, esq, both Of Warrentop. The argument
} as conducted by these gentlemen, was praised
very highly by members Of the jury aud the
auditors of the case.