Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-03-27
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Jury of the District Of Columbia, on Monday
next, in the case of Frederick Fl. Snyder,
charged with the larceny of letter from NOR
marn Wizard to Gen. Schenck, for which 1t Is
alleged Mr. Dana offered 800. MIR. Dana, 1t
is thought, was suspicious that the subpoena was
Tor the purpose of getting him Within the Juris-
diclion of the Court in order to serve HIM with
process, and leegraphed to Judge Cartier
for information The judge, it is understood,
found no law which would exempt him from
summons but found law which would pre-
vent him from being arrested or otherwise de-
prive him oil personal liberty. Judge Fisher
was requested to answer Mr. DIS telegram as
to the case 10 point Judge Cartier, il Is said,
states that any al -mpt to modest Mr.. Dana
will he punished as contempt
A daring robbery was perpctratcd IN Wash
ington yesterday. Gen. g. W. Baloch, cashier
OF the PEOPLES Savings Bauk, 10 the basement
Of the Second Naiuuai BiLk, on Seventh
street, had gone up to one Of the baking
houses above to identify party prosecuting
check, leaving the colorcd messenger 10 charge,
when two thieves entered the bank and en-
gagged the latter in conversation at the counter.
Another of the gang slipped 10 through the
rear entrance and took box from the sale, with
which he made off, rs did the others who were
at the c,unter. Fortunately for the bank they
got hnld of the wrong box. 1t contained raiu.
able papers belonging to Gen. Balloch, none
Of winch will be of any use to the thieves.
Among these papers we're five bonds Tor 81 900
each, which, with other papers, are valued at
$4,000.
Ii is reported that The SITUATION in the lie
high Goa! rcgou remains in the same condition,
aut one OF the large operators giving any hopes
tor resumption. Coal Is getting scarcer every
day. The large stock OF coal at the ilazard-
vile yards is ueary exhausted, and will only
last a few days at the longest. The miners re-
main firm ADD VIII uut 20 to work for less than
1871 basis Coal from the Wyoming req on is
taken 10 The scaboard markets VIA the Lehigh
Valley and Central Railways, but the amount
is not enough to meet the demand, and re-
sumption must sluriy take place.
Tnc arguments before the Court OF Claims,
at Washington, in rhc famous "B ,stOn Bank
cases" begun last VI ondav, were concluded on
| Thursday alicrroon Yesterday the Cour took
| 40 IL, c,sc OF tn" Lax. Superior aud Nlasls.
.lppl halfway Company against the Uhlted
States. The claim is for charges Tor the trans
portatiou OF troops and military supplies. l he
decision o! the qn, siou will effect several other
railroads, the charters vi which contain similar
provisions.
Victoria Woodruff has written a denial OF
some Of the assertions made by the two coorcd
WITNESSES who testified in the Beecher trial
Thursday. She says Tilton never staid III her
house but one night, and that was when he
wrote her biography She never took lunch
with him at Dc!monco's Or kuertZS restau-
rant Never had Il conversation with any ne
gro Oh free love, or talked of making 500, OUU
by publication of the scandal in the presence Of
witnesses, as alleged.
1t is said that Mr.. Gould, who holds the
controlling interest in the New Jersey South
eru, has determined to turn that road over to
the Baltimore aud Ohio, thus giving Mr..
Garrett the long coveted New York terminus,
Gond's idea being that this would settle one
of the conditions that now serve to proract the
war, force settlement aud aid him in his stock
speculalloDS.
Some weeks SINCE in New York, fifty coun-
tericlt coupons were discovered on the second
mortgage bonds of the Toledo and Wabash and
Western Railroad, since which time thirty
seven more couuterleits have turned up, max.
ing eighty seven 10 all. All Of the secoud mort
gage are being registered at the office OF the
company in New York.
The man accused of the murder Of Mrs.
Bingham, 10 Boston, has been arrested, and
had preliminary bearing yesterday. The law
abiding Bostonians showed some disposition to
lynch him, but guard of sixty policemen pre-
vented the carrying out OF whatever violent
designs the indignant mob may have enter
tanned.
The omptroller of the Currency has author
lied the following banks to commence business,
viz Second National Bank Of Nashua, n. h.,
capital 500 900; First National Bank of Au-
burn, Ind, capital $4,000, and the Mauutac
turers' National Bank Of Amsterdam, N. l.,
capital $l0O,00O
No material change in the status Of the ice
gorges OF the Susquehanna are reported.
Heavy rains fell yesterday over the whole re-
gion drained by the ice bound rivers, and
another disastrous overflow is imminent. The
situation of Port Deposit and Havre de Grace
remains unchanged.
Eighty convicts 10 the Indiana State prison
made depcrate attempt to escape yesterday,
but after overpowering their guards and cutting
a hole 10 the outer wall, general alarm was
muzz,e of their rifles forced the convicts back to
their quarters.
The commissioner Of the internal revenue
replies to the protest of the St. Louis tobacco
manufacturers against the assessment Of the
additional tax under the new law upon all to
bacco stamped on the third of March, by reite
rating his previous arguments and rulings IN
support of that course.
The Lcmague-F arwelI contested election case,
which has been in progress in Chicago for
several months past, was 6uay dropped yes.
te:day, Mr.. Farwell, who was declared elect
ed, remaining the Representative from the
Third Congressional District Of Illinois.
About hundred vacancies of naval cadet
ships will have to be filled at the annual cx-
animation at Annapolis in June next, though
members of the House Of Representatives of