Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-10
News of tkle Day.


The Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce has
adopted the following by au overwhelming vote
Whereas, The effect Of the Resumption act Is
in the opinion Of this Chamber, working unnc
cesssrv hardship to the Industrial and hnancial
interests of the country, creating apprehenSlonS
of depression ADD disaster; and believing inst
the Government can make no adequate prcNa'
ration for the resumption and maintenance OF
specie payment at SO early date as nAeo ny
said act, and that with silver remouetl2sd, tue
public debt properly funded, and the exercise
of rigid public and private economy. We may
safely await the time when natural causes ara
hpalthful conditions shall indicate a date when
the resumption should be enforced by law; there
fore Rt<o!rs,l Thatthe National Board OF Trade
respectfully recommends to Congress such modl-
6cation Of the Resumption act AS shall postpone
the time of its enforcement.
Dispatches from Colonel Perry confirm the
report published yesterday Of his second dlsas
ter 10 the loss Of twelve n.eu killed in an attack
UPON his train by Joseph and his band ne
consequence, it is feared, will BE- to str ny the
lndiaos north and east TO the offensive. Inc
settlers ut various points are deserving 'hclr
homes, and flying TO places Of greater safety.
The danger is represented As being now mmI'
neot sloug the borders Of The courn upper
country and business aa having benome shdi!an'
ly parayzed.
Marked houars We're paid to The Union dead
at Poplar Grove Cemetery, near Petersburg,
yesterday. \ large numher Of representative
ladies' and gentlemen aSsemhelat the cemetery
10 honor the OCCASION. The ceremonies com
prised prayer by Rev. Giles b. Cook, former
" Of Geo. Lees staff, and an orailon by MIR.
Thomas G.. Watkins Among those present
were Col. Brady, The new Collector Of lnternaI
Revenue, and Col. d. Il. Potts, the democratic
postmaster.
At meeting OF Hayes or autcu house
republicans in New \ ork, last night, resolutions
were introduced dcnouncinr the republican gen
eral committee for not Endorsing President
lIayess Southern policy, and further, dentunc,
| ing the acts and policy of federal oficeholdeIs
of New York city and State, and their c0ntin.
| uaton in Office as being an impeachment to union
and harmony aud detrimental to the future sue
cess OF The republican party. The resolutions
| were referred after much discussion.
\ reservoir near the village Of A,hol, Mass ,
burst Ga Sunday afternoon, the flood carrying
away several mil dams and causing much dam.
age 10 milling aud other property 10 lis course.
| The reservoir was contract Job, and had been
accepted by the town authorizes on Saturday
last.
President Hayes has appointed George {.
Tauuer, formerly Of Augusta, DOW ot Spartan
burg, S. e., consul to Eerviers and Licgc, Bel
GUM. lie was recommended to President
Hayes by Gov. Hampton. He vas = ConcI
CRAZE soldier during the war.
| An enormous lode Of copper, lead, gold aud
silver, twenty feet in width and extending for
miles, has recently been discovered 10 Milan,
! New Hampshire. The lode crosses the Grand
Trunk Railroad one hundred miles west o!
| Portland.
The dory New Bedford, twenty feet long
bound from New Bedford Mass, to Falmouth,
England, was again spoken on June 25. Capt.
Crspo and wife were well, aud no accident had
o far occurred
At the municipal election 10 Annapolis, yes
tcrday, there being no opposition to the regu'
lar democratic ticket, it received three hundred
and fifty four votes out Of city registration OF
| about twelve hundred
A double scull race, distance three miles, be-
tween Falker and Rcgau on one side, and Ian
1 ders and Davis on the other, at Boston to day,
was one by the former Time, ~ mnntra u
| seconds. The fastest time on record.
Gov. Hampton left New York yesterday
afternoon for home by way of Washington. He
will stay 10 Washington for few hours.
The winner at Monmouth Park, Long Branch,
| 10 ,Iav WAS Pride OK the Village.