Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-04-26
NEWS OF THE DAY
"T5 sho,o the gerry age and body Of the Times

.'1d sho,o the rery age and body Of the Times"
Judge Pearson, of Philadelphia, has dscid-
ed in favor of the legality of the act OF the
PENNSYLVANIA Legislature, imposing tax OF
four cents per ton On anthracite coal mlned III
the State by corporations From the lst OF
January. 1874, to the last of the following
March. the Pennsylvania Coal Company Del.
aware. Lackawanna and Western Railroad
COMPANY, and Hudson and Delaware Canas
Company objected to the payment OF their tax
agprepa,ing SAB SIT So The verdict against
the PENNSYLVANIA Coal Company is 81 ,4O9. IS;
against the Delaware, Lackawauna and West
err Railroad Company, SIS, Sj4 81, and against
m. Delaware and Hudson Caual Company,
slq,31 O3. All the cases will be argued IN the
Supreme Court next month.
The United States District Attorney at New
York has entered uolle prosequi 10 each OF
the various indictments pending against several
hundred persons in that city Tor alleged Whis-
kew frauds. Numbers of the indictments are
said 10 have grown out Of proceedings Instituted
by the fugitive collector OF lnterna revenue,
Joseph L. Bailey.
Brigham Young was summoned before Chief
Justice Lowe of the Supreme Court of Utah,
at Salt Lake, Saturday, to show cause Why he
should not be held for contempt Tor failing to
pay Ann Eliza Young $4,000, or a monthly az
Iowapcc of $500 aimony. The case was argued,
pending suit, for an appeal to the Supreme
Court.
Another case Of suicide occurred 10 Baltl-
more, yesterday, the victim being young man
named John Coldwcl. clerk in the City Wa
ter Office. ColdwclI had been an opium eater,
and the use of the drug caused frequent fits of
depression lately. While suffering from one OF
these atsacks he hanged himself In the yard at.
tached to his dwelling.
The Attorney General decides, in accordance
with various presidents in the rulings OF the
Courts, that the day Oh which an act is signed
cannot be divided, and 40 importation at any
time during the Sd Of March would be charge,
able with the duties imposed by the act slgned
Oh that day.
Accounts of troubles and outraees continue
to come FROM the Texas frontier. Couricrs from
along the line report bands of Mexicans IN az
gressivc motion. The Texans are spoken OF as
being filled with deep sense of indignation,
goadcd to desperation aud determined that the
present state of affairs shall cease.
\ telegram to the London Daily News from
Athens, says considerable excitement prevails
over the approaching elections in Greece. A
state of siege is reported to be impending. The
| Government is concentrating five thousand SOL
diers 10 Athens aud it is supposed intends to
| raise the army to war footing.
Additional returns of the vote Of presbyteries
on the proposition to Institute ROTATION 10 Elder
shin show that sixty-six presbyteries have
voted for and twenty-five against 1t; If eighty
eight vote affirmativcly it will be carried. Fit.
teen Presbyteries are in foreign countries and
will not be heard from for some time.
The Union Pacific Railroad is still so badly
blockaded with snow that travel is nearly at q
stand still. At Ogden there had been no ar
rival or departure Of trains between the 18th
aud the 22d inst.
| The Court of Com missoners of Alabama
Claims will meet again on Wednesday next in
| Washington 1u the recess over one hundred
and twenty-five cases have been prepared for
adjudication.
All the United States miDts have a fair stock
of silver bullion on hand, enough to coin six
millions of trade dollars or the smaller pieces.
| The muts will be run regularly throughout the
year.
A telegram from London says that the report
published from St. Petersburg that the Mar
ouis de Caux had been killed iu duel is with
| out foundation.
During the summer it will be decided which
of the Western cities is to have the new mint
that is to be established 10 anticipation of the
resumption OF specie payment.
A raid upon gambling houses 10 the city OF
Boston 90 Saturday by the State Police result
ed 10 the capture of forty eight gamblers and
quantity OF material.
Moody and Saukey revival meetings yester-
day were we'll attended. Among the distin-
guished persous present last night were MIR.
Gladstone and Lord kinuard.
The Uuion League Club House at New York
was partly destroyed by fire yesterday. Some OF
the books and pictures were saved.
There were two severe snowstorms at Butta
10 on Saturday.
There were $50 deaths in the city of New
York during the past week.
COUNTY AND CIRCUIT CLERKs-OPIN1oN
pt tAllOHNE1 uENbhal lIC AtLuIuty
General has forwarded to the Governor his
construction of the effect of the 5th section Of
an act Of the General Assembly ito provide
for the election, &C., of county officers" ap.
proved March 2gth, 1875 The section pro-
vides that mo person holding the Office OF at
torncy for the Commonwealth, judge of the
county court, clerk of the county or circuit
court, or sheriff. shall hold any other Office in
his county elective by the people; and if any
person shall be elected to Two or more of such
Offices his qualification in one shall be bar to
his qualification in any other, and they shall be
filled as other vacancies
Attorney General Daniel says: II am of
opinion that the fifth section of the act passed
at the last session, concerning elections, for
bids the same person to hoId.the Office of clerk
of the county court and of clerk of the circuit
court for a county at the same time. What
ever may have been the reasons that prompted