Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-04

spec;ion OF meat 10 retail sores 10 France, the
embargo on the importation of American polk
would be raised.
Mr.. Gladstone was present il tho British
HOUSE OF Commons yesterday for the first time
slrc> bis accident. D,bsto vas resumed on
the Arms III, tn. Wss &C j,ur0ed at All rarlg
no1r, amer Considerable opposition by MIR. Par.
nel. who had returned from Paris. Mr. Dill
ion. 10 haicl baranQua, defended his friend"
John Dsvoy. the New York Fsuisa leader.
Nlr: Heal7 was suspended for repeatedly 20
cuslog Sir William Ilarcourt Of utl1g an Tn
truth.
Mr.. HAYES REAs,Ns FOR VEToINa THE
FUNDING BILL AS stated il yesterdty's
diz:tte Mr.. Hases vatoed tho Fdoticg bill,
giving as his reasons that tho 5:h section sri
ously lnpairs the value, end teujs to the
destruction OF the preseat nsiopal batkjug
system OF the c!unlrg, lie says. Under this
section it is tbaious that no additional banks
will hereafter b, orean;z cxcart, possibIv, in
few cities or localities whero the prevailing
rates OF interest in Ordinary business arc G..
tremely low. No new banks can be orssriz,d
or 20 increase ct the capital Of existing banks
can DO obtained except By tie purchase and d.
post OF per can't bonds. M Other bonds Of
the United States o1n DO used for tho purposa,
The oss THOUSAND millions OF othsr bonds
recently Issued by the uoitcd States, and bear.
log higher rato OF interest thsc 3 DER capt,,
and therefore better security for the DiI!ho!dcr
cannot, after the lst of July next, be- received
as SECURITY for bank circulation This is o
radical change 10 tho baking law. |: takc
from the bal * tho right they have heretofore
had under tho law to purchase aud deposit as
security Tor their circulation any OF the bocds
issued ny tic Unittd Ststts. and depriTps the
billho'd of The best security which tho banks
| are lbIe to give, by rtquiriug them to deposit
| bonds haVng tho lesst value OF nuy binds
| issued by ths government.
10 prevent the further organic ,tion of banks is
| to pu! 10 Jaopsrdy tho whole system by taking
from il that feature which makes it es i! aoa is
| banking system !r;e upon the same terms to
oil who wish 10 engage 10 it, Egep The exist.
ing banks will BIO 10 danger Of being discn icom
| bosloess By TOO additional d:sidvs1tages 20
| which they Ell bo sui .c:ed By this bill. II
| ho prescott efficient and admirable system CT
banking il broken dow0, il viii iat7ila5iy be
| followed by recurrence 10 other ADD nfori0r
| methods OF backing. ANY measure lookieg 10
| suoh result will bs disturbing clement in our
/ StoSC"s IL Viii OC5tTpS COCuuDI CO
and surely cacck the growing prosperity o! the
| country. Believing tha, measure for refund.
| ing the national dt b. is rot oco,ssrri!y conoec
ted With the nalicnal bspking Law. and that any
reiuntiog &C; will defeat its Own objsc! if it I'M
| perlIled the Eationa bal king tystrm or serious
~ impaired lis useiuloes5, | au convinced that
section OF the bill before INC would, it it should
become law, Tols great harm.
| HE APPoRTIoNMENT BILL.-The House OF
| Representatives yesterday passed an apporicn
| mont bill fixing the nuubsr OF mem bers Of the
oexi House at 3l9 By vote Of l3G to l23. The
] bill provides that after Msrlh 3. 1883, the
| House shall consist Of $40 members apportiou-
| cd as follows: Alabama, S; Arkansas, 5; Cali.
fornla. 6; Colorado, l. Connecticut, 4; D.la-
ware, l; Florida. g Georgia, 10; illinois, 20;
lodisna, Is; Iowa, 10; Kansas, 6; Kentucky
II; Louisiana 6; Maine. 4; Maryland, 6; Mas.
saebusetts, y; Michigan. II; Minnesota, 5;
| Mississippi, I; Missouri. IA; Nebraska, 8; Ne.
vads. !; New Hampshire, ,: New jersey, L;
New York. 80; North CaroIina, 9; Ohio, 81;
Oregon, i; PenDayIvauis, %, Rhode Isaod, =;
South Carolina, 6; Tennessee, 10; Tcx,s. 10;
Vermont. .; Virginia. 10; West Virginia, a.
Wiscorsia, 8. The bill was enrolled lod sent
to the Senate. and referred to the Census Com
mittee.
A HARDENED CRIMINAL DR. Thomas +.
Aust, who murdered his brother.in law, James
Huuphriss, at Wi7slow. Pike county, Ind, 10
November last. was interviewed the other day.
He said: IL shot him; of course l did, and [
don't deny it. bad shot at him four times
with revolver, but dlGn't hit him. Then l
bhz d away at him with my shot gun that
fetches them every time. l didn't slip up be-
bind his back to take him unsTares, as these
Clifton police did me. | shot him fair 10 The
fsc,. was the first ono TO him alter be fell,
and picked shot out of bis mouth. The papers
called it cold FLOODED murdtr. 1t YVES DO
| such thing. | got soma Of his blood % mp
hand, and it was Uarn,!' be said, laughing at
| the ebasty puu. II put over two hundred
shot 10 him, ID him, and he's 10 bell noe"
FATAL RAILROAD CoLLIsIoN.-Tbe first
section train No. 9. through freight, on The
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, colded With
materisl train in cut between the White Sui
phur SpiDgs and Caldwell yesterday morning.
The material train was runrlos on the lime OF
the freight train without sending on! flag. j.
II. johnson, fireman, negro on the material
lraiR, and Dr.. Caldwell, Of the White Sulphur
Springs we're killed. John Goheep, hfemsn
Of the material train, Dangerously wounded II.
b. Noel, engineer, badly bruised and scalded.
Edward King. brakeman, badly bruised and
leg broken. NJ. E. Pennington, engineer OF
the msterial train. slightly Injured. Several
colored train hands slightly itiured. The wrcck
wRa tntaI