Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-08-30
FROM H:dSEIEG TGT.

ASHlNGTON, -. Vi, aug on 1913.
The receipts at the Treasury to day from 10
tcroal revenue amounted to $347 ,0jG, ftor,
customs TO $685.. 5lI.
The Acting Assistant Secretary Of the Treasu.
~ received 10 day SO from GO unknown per
s5n, in an envelope postmGrked Brooklyn, n.
Y. which wes deposited in TIE Treasury 90 &C
cou1t Of conscience.
Up 10 aud ocludng the 7th Instant there has
been destroyed 1851 ,lSI0l+ Government
notes that circulated as cash, Inclusive OF notes
OF National Banks that have suspended or gore
luto liquidation, end exclusive OF those which
have been otherwise redeemed and retired and
notes Of all other kinds and denominations de-
s.rOysd 10 c0Dst quorcc Ct inpeltection 10 print
llG.
Dispatches received at the office Of The Ma
tioasl Board OF Health here to cay give the
following as the yellow fever bulletin 10 that
cl:y since yesterday: Twenty two new cases, SIX
white aud sixteen coorrC; nine deaths, seven
white eud two colored.
The report that all the youog men who were
recently examined for Pad lleutenaotcsis in the
army passed satisfactorily ia Incorrect All but
onH Gid, however, and he is NJ. d. Parker,
!7ho Gid ret rcach the required standard, and
was cGn:'qlenI!y, r,:cted. Fortunately fer
him, however lie is the nephew of his uncle,
Attorney Gcrcrg! DsveDs, who declares his
utettioo Of having him commissioned irrespec.
1--WE 81 the report Of the examiners, and points
to Gu!ncr,u instances as precedents Tor such o
c9u:sc Oh tnc pag. e; Mr.. Hayes. among them
that Of sou OF ii. y sCoOkc, who filled in q
similar examination. but Was, nevertheless,
COZ lniS,loned by Gtaut. and John L.. Clam,
knoTu a the drummer boy OF Chickamauga,
who, after falling in two trials to pass the cx-
animation requisite to enable him to enter W
f1lnt, waa also commissioned by President
ufani. and nov rauks ty two years these who
cntcr Il West PCiot at the time he failed to
gain adms,ila. Which ali goes 10 show that
examinations are costly humbugs. aud that
military, like other appointments under radical
nilsrule, 20 by iAv0ls.
Senator Bruce is absent from the city, hut
tho clerks he employs arc still at work over
las already been discovered that leaves have
b:ea GU; out IRON tho original ledger. other
leaves pasted together, BALANCES not. brought
forward. aud OF which. to this time, 20 trace
ha3 been cuad. Many Of tho books ar, not
even lnicScd lrdood it seems that tha bapk,
from the jump. vas intended solely for the
purpose Of ssOd'iog the poor deludcd negroes
who were lniuc:d To eutiu,t their little hard
@arncd wages 70 tie robbers who managed it.
Aa a;;Gmpt has been uadc by s.mo OF Sc
rt;ary Shcsman'o h.irngs 10 create tic i'm
iTcss!Un hat the GeW houses tclcd On lots TO
"H:cA stccG:A, Park, sgas and water were subsc-
qaenlY cxicudod ty the Washington lior, be-
Cog tt HiT. john She1man, the real estate
"srnt - ;hs c.tg, but ttst gentleman says be
has - may CT his eva sias 10 answer for that
n' c:n"3; tear q" addition II any Of the OH.
nrr"ns 0aCs Of his Garao sake. tho Secretary.
Secretary IhuDpsou has returned from his
pisii 20 L)udouu county, Va. aud was TO day
Ia Bis e:il9!, upon the walls Of which still hang
tic trace OF pistols be hored Gen. Woodfold
wCu'i accept aud defend himself against the
attacks q the blrb.r0us Misjissipiaus, who be
rTnrncscd would attack him wheu he went to
'ha! state As the escort OF Mrs Chisholm. Tho
Secretary IS COW absorbed 10 arrangements for
, il" &tand review Of tho practice ships Of the
Navy, To como I'll eatly next October ia
i!amltln Roads. his crctohct baiDg not oDly
~ mat tho na7y WIKI American born seamep,
tn: that :hc ma0!i:y OF them shall como from
sections CT the cjual1y whtra the canoe is the
l. rIrst I'D craft. eLL q mill rtc1 the biggest
sheet CT water
\ gentleman who returned from Ohio last
nlGht says ihGre is muoh marc excitement here
apsu' He l.! iCG 10 that State than there,
"al INA: ihcuSh The radicals ASSERT they will
cary the STATE, they are dOng all they caa to
":akH BE soldier reunions now 10 IrJsrcg5
here, conducive to that end
Heuc'Hl hOyntoa, who first published The
.i2@!1 Ie.'cT the l9;!cr written 10 Col. Moore
: 4 MocFl, Gut nreueJ By ar. Moor ropub
H9iH, says he wlit not tell from whCm he got If,
E'n' i!a he bought j, as ucua ord is willing to
buy a9To Of the s.mo snrt ca tho same terms
Secretary AlcCrary says that Sitting Bull
ha1irg ltit the cauat!y o. his own FREQ will aud
th@ Hs2adlafS having token charge Of him
:h2y ialst :ub;ait to such ircor.veuieuces ard
uru3''s euasfq1nnt thereof, apd hist this Gov.
f'na'ent cannot receive him back agaio exsept
upon coGdlcns.
The L12chbGrs News thilks that a North
ora company uCu'd be formed, ard for the mo,
nVrc!y OF tbs oyster beds belonging 10 Virriuis
agree to pa I'll he. cGlire dept, adjusted at
$50 100000.
LADIES, READ THIS CAREFuLLY.-Wc have
lIit succeeded 10 purchasing large lot CT Ham
burg Ejelags AID losertlngs 1T auction, and
offer them ioc sa!G at prices hat will astonish
sou al. Thcrc is about 200 pieces il 900 yards)
o! elegant stylrs and designs, and they will, no
doubt pc !un eft quick. Call and examine
theu ISAAC EICupepG
Nv Successor to SIsymaker %.
GRAND FALL OPENING. The first Grand
Openlng G.! Piece Goods "a new featured will be
giTnu hnnd:y. Sent. lat, at the establishment
Of y Waterman K San Dvnr thrnn hur6rcH