Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-08-05
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WASHINGTON, d. T., Aug. ), 1879.
Dispatches received at tIC Office OF tho Ma
tional Board of Health here to-day from Mem.
phis report fifteen clses and two deaths from
yellow fever 10 that city slnco yesterday. One
thousand tents have already been turnlshcd by
the government to the Memph!ans, who have
gone into camp near their city, and rtqul5ltion
has been received Tor FIVE hundred more. The
question whether this rcqulsltloD shall BIO Tiled
by the war department or tho National Board
of Health has been submitted 10 the proper
legal officer, and the tents will bo supplied as
soon az his decision is rendered, there being no
objection whatever TO afford all possible aSsls'
tauce to The sufferers. Tho tents that were
used for the same purpose lust year and that
would have been available NOW were vory fool
ishly burned. The bedding. furniture and
clothing they contained last year were oil saved
and arc now la use, but the tents Wcro oil dc
sIrOyCd and new ones now have to supply their
place
A Cabinet meeting was held to day, but the
| business before it w to tho hour Ut Which The
correspondents OF tho afternoon papers citled
| had been couGned to the consideration of the
report Of the progress Of the campaign in Maine,
which was made orally by Secretary Sherman
| to his colleagues aud MIR. Hayes as they sat
| with thrir feet resting upon the Cabinet table.
| If Col. Don Piatt had entered tho room no
| would doubtless have said, give the cheese a
| chance, but tho nOis0mc tlluvia fr,m the Kid.
we'll bottoms, blowing 10 through tho open win
doWs rendered such remark totally unDcc2s
| sary.
| The inmates Of some III tha soldiers hOmt s
arc nb0ut to apply Tor mRndamui to compel
| tic COMMISSIONER CT PGGslcuI IL pay the amount
Of the arrears OF pensions due them directly 10
themselves and not TO the governors of the
homes as is now done, asserting that 1t they
| can get the money they will leave The homes
and set up business on their own account. The
! law provides that Il pcpsl0ncr shall rcllrquish
his pension when nc enters home, but the
| pensioners alluded TO claim what vas dun them
before they entered tho homes.
/ Tho subject 81 tho canal across the upper
| portion OF Florida is attracting moro and moro
attention. 1t seems that there are two CON-
pauiCs striving for the privilege of constructing
tho canal upon tho terms already published,
an English aud a French company. The pros.
pect Ct speedily realizing upon both the talent
| and money invested 10 tho scheme 10 so favor-
ablo that Gen. }. z. Fremont, who is inter-
esled in the English company, has Left tho ter
| ritory OF which he is Governor TO tako caro- OF
itself, and gone. in such weather as thia, TO the
counry through which the proposed caua is to
run, in order TO prospect il and to further tho
scheme IN any way that may seem advisable.
A British capitalist, who is also Interested in
tho work. is expected to visit this country carly
In tho fsll.
| Col. Roberts, who is now employed in rtvis-
lpg and codlfyi0g the army regulations, has q
4 u ri IA 1
Msj,r Camp, an tx army officer aIu cieIK IN
tho department. ale busiiy engaged in tn,
work, which is o tedious aud luxurious Job, and
| ono that requires ia addition 10 maoy other cs,
senlials thorough practical knowledge not only
Of tho sui cots treated Of but of all collateral
matters. Each section OF the work when com
| plcted il submitted to the chief CiEc,r of tho
braLch Ct tho ScIVc0 to which it has reference,
and 30 far oil Of thom have been passed with
| but few, ii any, alterations or corrcci0us. Col.
| Roberts, it will be rccoiItc;ca, is tic cx Con.
foderatc about whose appointment to The place
no now holds 80 much fuss was kicked up by
! tho radicals. There are doubtless other persons
who aro competent fer The york upon which
he Is now engaged, but mere moro so than
he is, and when lis labor shall have been
COL c udtd there will cot be an officer 10 tho
| army, from corporal up to the General il Chief,
| WIZ WIZ uot W hulo w iuloIul Hluscll ny II OF
all the duties, aud oil the mDutia thereof, no
will ovor be called upon 10 perform.
| A young man named MaroalIul Eowacr, brG
thcr ct prominent lawyer here, was arrested
| this !nor0lug as cJrlilGnco ulau, engaged 10
raising the wiud upon SGde rinpe, which Lo re-
| presented rs Of purcst gold aud rs heir looms.
| a coloIcd man named Hughes, at work on
s,wer iu East Capitol street, was killed this
morhiog by tho cavps in Ct bank of Garth.
A negro named Banks, who, some limo ago,
shot one of his raca named Carter FROM Alex
andrla. 10 the shoulder aud badly Injured him,
was fully committed to day in tho police court
Of this CITY, in default Of bail.