Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-06-27
From Cuba.

vaua, dated the Goth instant, says: The pros
poets are that general reputation Of the bills
of the Spanish bank will take place next week.
Several cigar manufacturers have notified their
customers that after next week they will not
receive paper money, but will demand gold
and silver. Ii this should really take place
and become general, there would be many fall
ures.
HAVANA, June 6-An address has been
presented to Captain General Concha, slgned
| by business men of all branches OF trade. Ii
represents that In view OF the trighttuI con-
dillon of financial affairs, which threatens the
| ruin of the country, and menaces the authority
of your Exceliency it is the duty OF every good
Spanard to come to the aid Of the Government
| with such resources as he can command. Gold
to day is 292, and will undoubtedly soon reach
900 if speedy aud supreme efforts are not
made to check the rise. The rates of foreign
exchange like those of gold, are also going up
indefinitely This upward movement, if con.
tinucd, will soon bring about general bankrupt
cy, aud will make the cost Of the necessarlcs OF
| life so that the people will be unable to endure
it. The consequences of this dcplorable state
of things would be incalcuIable.
| 1T Is the duty Of all to try to prevent it on
this account, and for the above reasons We ask
for the imposition of tax of five per cent. on
the riches of the island, represented by landed
property in the city and country and by COM
mcrcial and banking institutions and others to
be paid quarterly, for two years, beginning with
July !, 1874 1t is hoped that at the end OF
this period the war will be concluded, and there
will be no further necessity for extreme meas
ures. The subscribers OF the above document
| pledge themselves to pay their part Of the tax
and anxiously await a decree lcvying the same
and making the necessary provision tor entorc-
| ing its collection
| A meeting is to be held tonight at the pal
ace. The Captain General will preside. All
the heads of the different branches Of trade are
invited to be present and discuss the situation.
Article l6 Of the law Of July T. 1870, provd
| ing for the gradual abolition Of slavery, de-
cIares that the Government is to indemnify
the owners of slaves emancipatcd by law, aud
for that purpose an annual tax is TO be im-
| posed on all slaves between the ages OF eleven
and sixty years Of twenty-five cents each. -
| Captain General C0ncha to. day issued decree
| increasing the tax to seyeuty-fve cents per
capita.
1t is reported that the Government intends
| to establish penal COLONY on the Isle of Pines,
| under charge Of officers Of the army, whittier
will be sent all traitors Migrants, and lncorrlgl-
bles.
IMPORTANT SUIT-At the last term of the
Circuit Court, Judge Mclaughlin presiding,
the case Of j. W. Slower (infant) VS.. John II.
Crawford, his late guardian, was decided in
favor of the plaintiff, the court giving him
S., 6OO with interest from the fail Of 1868. The
facts are that Geo. Crawford ST., died before
the war, leaving plaintiff one of his devlsces
MIR. Crawford qualified as bis executor, and
Jno. H. Crawford qualified as guardian of the
plaintiff Before Geo. Crawford's death he
sold large portion Of his real estate to Dr. Ed.
Norman In June '63 Jno. S. Norman, one
of the administrators of DR.. Norman, applied
to VIM. Crawford, ex'r., to receive $500
Confederate mouy in part payment OF his faith
er's Indebtedness to Geo. 3. Crawford, ST. The
executor declined to receive it, but agreed that
if Jno. H. Crawford would receive the money
and execute his receipt to him as guardian of
the plaintiff, he would give the required credit.
John H. Crawford agreed to receive the money
if the court would allow him to invest IN a
Confederate bond, and Judge Thompson, then
Judge, so allowed the Investment, by order OF
court. Norman paid the money to John ii.
GRAVEYARD, who executed his receipt as guar
dian to VIM Crawford, ext, and Mcorman
took the receipt to the executor who allowed
the credit desired. The court set aside the In
yestment as void, and directed the guardian to
pay the money over again to his ward. The
case will be taken to the Court Of Appeals
lStaunton Vmdicator.