Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-06-12
News OF the f2Ay.

issued yesterday. l! is that The principal ard
accrued interest Of the bonds below designated,
known as 6ve.twenty bonds, OF the act OF March
g. 1865, coDsols of 1865, will be raid at the
Treasury Of the United States, il the city OF
Washington. on and after the 18th day OF Sep.
TENDER, 1871 and that the interest on said
bonds will cease on that day: Coupon bonds,
dated July !, 1865, namely $780, No: COOL to
No. IL ,000 both inclusive; 500. No. S,Ool
to Nc. $4,000, both inclusive; $500, No. lUUOl
to No. IS 900. both inclusive; $1,000. No. 90,
O0l to No. Al .000 both inclusive. Registered
bonds, redeemable at the pleasure Of th4 Uolt-
ed States after the fret day Of July, 1870, as
follows: $50, No. lOl to No. 500, both ice |
sive; $500, No. 1,90l to No. 4, $780, both ircu |
sivc; ST 900, No. 1901 to No. II. Co., both in
| elusive; $4,000. No. 2,G0l to No. $50, both |
inclusive; $4,000, Ne. 2,20l to No. 300,
| both inclusive.
Three Years ago the son Of ouc oi the State
officers of New York married woman Of the
town while on one Of his sprecs. and WAS ban
ishcd from his home. Lie went to the West
and remained away for two years or rlorc; tuI
few months ago he returned TO Albany and
resumed his disgracGlu career. One day la:
week he capped the climax by marrying "a
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divorced from tic first. The twain departed
for Montreal AZ sOoa as tha ceremony was per
fornlcd, and rumor nov says that check for
$500, upon which the young ln.n raised the
money necessary for lis outfit, Is i. forgery Of
his fathers name. The motive Of the wuulan
in marrying the young uan Is 1ouud IN the lact
that he becomes possessed ot about So
when he reaches bis majority iu few months
the money being left him by bis grandfather
who was QUO of the former wealthy citizens Of
Albany.
a break of over mile in Ieugth il Iii"
Memphis and Louisville railroad las been
made by the food in Wolf river. Yesterday
there were DO trains rlnniug Gu live 0! til"
roads leading out of Memphis. Repairs ca the
Memphis aud Charleston road were expected
to be COMPLETED last night. The town OF Ar
genta, opposite Little Rock, Ark, is culrcly
ovclfl1Wcd, inc!udicg the depots Of ihr Mcu
phis aud Little Rock aud Fort Smith Railroads.
The river is three feet deep near the depot. \
number Of plantations above and belUW arc
ovellowu The levee OF ID Ward. l,rutcc!ng
over thousand acres O.! cItl0n and curu aboVt
Little Rock, broke last evening, su5mergins
the whole. The worst is 20, yet known. The
river is higher by eighteen inches than LAST
year.
There are apparently we'll authenticated ~
uors in currency in Louisville that the name CT
a prominent Kentucky geotIcman, au cx-U. 5.
Senator, has been forged 10 uOtcs amounting,
it is said, to some $50, 900. Tho alleged crmi-
nal is lady of high social position, but vino,
it is also said, is DOT to DC considered rcspGDsl-
bc for her acts. No money is yet kuowo to
have passed, AMI it is probable that the cntlrc
matter will be straightsnol without legal pro
cedure.
A Boston dispatch reports the bankruptcy 81
H. a. Blood, a prominent and meli.kuosn rail
J way manager, for mi!|ion AID ahaii dollars,
and S. 4. Howe, OF the extensive cry goods
iobbug house at Pierce l. Co., tor four huu
bred thousand dollars. MIR. Blood, it appears,
put all he was worth into a consolidation line
of railroad, and SO los. it. Mr. Have was Mr.
Bood's conGdant, aud assistant, aad put al
his money ioto the same enterprise and shared
the same fate.
The wpucry ut Point Be2cze philadelphia
troting race; yesterday were Nc!tie, beating
Judge Fullerton and Lady Maud, best three i'll
! five, best time 2:25i; Royal George beating
Gen. Howard aud Hauuis, best time 2:3lt.
; The winners at PottstoWn, Pa, were Rose
wood, best time 2:474; Black Frank, best time
2:33; Billy, best lime 3. At Mystic Park, 'os-
ton, the race for 2::24 horses Vas won by Hon
est Harry; best time 2:214.
!, Great alarm and subsequent SuiIa.ilG was
caused to tribe Of Ponca lndaus, who are cu
route to their new homes 10 Indian territory,
On Wednesday Last by their camp being visited
by q severe tornado. Their lodges were blown
down and destroyed wagons overturned and
, broken, aud considerable anouut Of damage
done TO supplies and other property. A NUM-
Der Of the Indians were mare or les injured
and one killed.
At Kansas City, No., the Missouri ;::l i.II
) en- four inches yesterday and kaw ri1cr ahaut
two feet Very little land is visible opposite
Kansas City. The town Of Harlem IS deserted.
At Boonville the warehouse, dykes along tic
river bank and large quantities OF cord wood
have been swept away, ard many houses near-
ly submerged.
4 terrific hail storm swept over McLcin
county. ILL.,, yesterday. The ground WAS a2V-
eral iuchcs deep with hail stones as large IS pl,
geon eggs, and great damage was done 10 corn
and fruit. 10 a0mo places trees were stripped
almost bare Of foliage and fruit. Jhc severe
rains and cold Of he rasL few days nave beer
doing mischief to all kinds Of crops
The fua exercises at the University u Vir-
cinia will be as follows: DR.. John A. Broad
dus will deliver The commencement sermon be-
fore the Young Mems Christian Association
Sunday night. June 24tb; John W. Daniel, OF
Lynchburg, Va, viii address the societies On
| Wednesday night, June 9th, aud Oh Thurs
day night the grand ball will be held in The
museum.
Tic Hartford Aarm Register Company, the
oWccr Of several pateuts for automatic register.
ing machines, has given formal motto, to i. ID.
Johnson contractor for the manufacture Of the
Moffett registers that they will hold him re.
spousiblo for infringement CT their patents If he
proceeds to fulfill his contract VITA the Aadltcr
of Virginia
Owing TO the lack Of fluids twenty soldiers ct
Fort Adams, in Newport, r. l., bavbor, have
been discharged in obedience 10 orders f:om
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