Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-09-14
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70 sho,o the ,syy age and bo1y Of the Times"

d 70 sho,o the ,,eyy age and body Of the Tnacs
The Grand Jury Of the District Court at
Washington are making every effort to get to
he bottom of the safe burglary business.
-Four or five of the supposed conSplrators have
already been presented for Indictment, and the
investigation is still going o. IL Is sa,d AS
sistant District Attorney Harrington, Colonei
Whitley and NcttlcShip will certainly DC ~
dictei, and testimony has oeeh 'aAeh winch
seems to implicatc Frederick A. Sawyer late
Assistant Secretary OF the Treasury out the
Grand Jury has not yet passed on Ills cast
The strike of the cotton spinncrs aud weaVerS
at the Bolton Mills, uear Manchester Eogand,
which has been expected for some days, began
Nm Saturday Twcuty-tour mills, which cm-
pIo,ed thirteen thousand operatives, are stand
np idle. Besides being the principal seat OF
the otron manufacture 10 England. Bolton
has extensive bleach and dye works. pint
works, toundres, steam engine and machine
works, paper, fax and saw mills. 10 It's pear
no;pbborhood numerous coal pits arc also
worked.
The Commissioner of the Pension Office has
decided, preliminary TO the consideration oil a
claim, under the Act Of June Is, 18Th, (provlS-
ion of pension for fifty dollars per month al
lepinu permanent and total disability, the ;lp-
pIicaut must present evidence showing conc!u
svely that he requires the regular alo anu at
tendance OF another person.
The bark Henrietta, of Quebec, for hotter
dam, went ashore at Magdalen Island on the
9Th instant. The crew took to the boats, one
If which With crew of five sailors upset, aud
it is supposed ali on board were drowned. lie
other. with the master aud eight men, was
picked up by the steamship Matthew Coy aud
landed at North Sydney.
Postmaster General jewell advert'>es through
the napcrs in ST. Louis on Saturday IL reward
| of 81. 600 for the arrest of The parties who com
mltted what is known rs the hadS-lilIl rob
berry. in Missouri on the 3lst OF January last
aud So 600 reward for the arrest OF the rob
bers Of the Sau Antonio stage, IN Texas, III
| April last.
After several days session, an abundance OF
elimination and recrminatlnu, aud vast deal
Of talk, the South Carolina Radical Cuuvcu-
ton has nominated d. H. Chamberlain Tor
Governor Many OF the delegates are dlSsatiS'
ii ID, and an "Iudcperdcnt Republican Con
vcutiou' is to be called
The resignation Of Whitley, Chief Of the
Secret Service Division, takes effect on the
3Oth inst, in order TO give linn az opportunity
| to close his business, 5. b. Benson, OF Penn
| syivaua has been appointed Acting Chlcl 10
serve meanwhile.
Ex,U. S. District Judge J. 4. Minis and
ex- Congressman Buckley have united With
other Republicans of Alabama in card deny
ing the sorics Of law e>sne-s and terrorism
which have circulated North to the prejudice
Of Montgomery, Alabama.
Francis Huber merchant Of Pine Grove,
Penna., who has been missing since the Alb
instant, was found in the mountains hanging
to tree His face was very much dlshgured.
| 1t is supposed that financial difficulties led to
| the suicide.
Suit has been entered in New \ ork by the
Government, in The U. 5. District Court,
against ex. Minister James Watson Webb to
recover an alleged amount due The BraZ:ilan
! Government on claim illegally paid hllu Tor
the Uuited States
The next trip of the British steamer Van
couvcr TO China aud Japan from San francisco
will be under the supcrintcndence Of the Pa
cifc Mail Company, who have purchased that
and other steamers Of the traus Pacihc Com
pany.
4 dispatch from Woodbury., n. j.. says that
Baruum's balloon, which left the 1ppodronle
at Philadelphia on Saturday, landed 10 that
village IN au intentionally rapid manner. .
None Of the passengers were injured
Two daughters of Hugh Fletcher were
drowned il Sauble river, Ontario, on Saturday
evening They fell luo Il deep hole while
wadiug the stream.
The examination of alleged ku kInx prison
ers from Gibson county, Tennessee, takes place
TO day.
Hon. Montgomery Blair has been called to
Missouri by the dangerous illness of his brother
Frank.
BUTLER. Gen. Butler opened the Congress
siona campaign in the Essex district Of MasSa-
chusetts on Saturday night, with an elaborate
speech, mauly on national topics, the principal
| portion being, as might be expected, on the al
legged ou,rages in The South He declares them
| to be parts of plan TO renew the war. crush
on, the negro aud deprive him of his political
rights, and he adds, this then is war; and the
men of Essex, as on the 18th Of April, If need
| be, will again march to save the country from
traitors hands" H. rcma Ks with character
lstlc modcsy. that II elected to Congress he
will set the matter right. He dc MED ever hav
ing been in favor OF reputation or anything
but sound currency He opposed the re>oiu
ton of Congress adopted IN 1869. providing
that all the bonded debt should be paid IN gold,
| because he thought it uuwlSc aud wrong; tut
the promise having been made, he had never
expressed au opuion otherwise than that the
promise must be kept. He considers the cur
reucy Of the National Banks the best The couu-
try ever saw, and thinks the curse Of the couu
try the high rate OF interest for business pur
poses He defended his vote on the luhitun
bill, and his course on the Alabama Award bill,
aud concluded with an appeal 10 his cousitu
cnts for their support
Alexander NoscIy esq, has resumed the cdi
tora charge OF the Richmond Wing aul the
State Journal thus complcments the veteran.