Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-05-28
FROM WASHINGTON.
Special Correspondence II ii: Alels. GGzeae

WAsuINa1oN. o. g.. May %. 1851,
II is understood to day that the Secretary Of
Tao Treasury las .: LAST been Induced to believe
that tho y ,losioa Ct the steamer Mystic was
not SO uosvoidsbl, as the Inspectors represent
ed i! 10 b., and ,hst Ito has instructed Inspector
General Dunon: 10 lasu, En- order for tho iD-
vestigation Of the. cxplossu.
1t 10 said here that 10 tho recent examination
OF MIR. Carmichael 10 A!eyaodsi,. for seeding
postal card to S:nstor Vsrc, about General
Malone. The couosI 10 The case overlooked the
fec: that there is I3i.oihcs oid,r specially
prohibiting p0s.ctic1 clerks from roa!ox the
postal cald pssslng through th"lr hsnGs ana
that it was Issued by General KY. because
suit was lost 10 Tennes,9 by information giyea
10 opposing cjunse Iy clerk in postofios il
that Sta:e. who 0h,alned i. by resdIrg postal
card.
Yourg IIanbcton, inc tbrcs card monte
and iEl,s Atogtoa guide man uo@ on tri,l 10
Alexandria. is mes: respectfully conu' c:ed He
is the SOC OF DR.. ltanble!Oo, orig iotl y Of PITT
sylvaDis cJuoty, Va, UlJFe rec ,ntIy Of Georgia.
e1d nov Of this cts, wl0 les. his oftioe here
because i; WAS falsely reported tina. he bad
pemcd sou JohG Wilkes 3 Bottle, and bis
wealthy Ciliz,n Of GeJ!gi, wln. With his two
sors. lost their lives Z; ha batll:oi Gouysturg
l, was decided o%e years ST., that o, 0r tlInd.
nes5 WAS onIy Cd hereditary stllc.ion, sud thai,
consequently, pjl)t who had onco pnsJd au
examination in that rcsp:ci need pass 20 % orc.
Subsequently, mtdcal ulcu hgVe decided that
the sill c.ion is rot ouy hereditary, bu; Dan be
scd1red. ecd uadGr this UcW decision it Is cow
crtercd that pilots SHALL b. examined yearly iur
color blindncss.
Toe discharges in The Census Bureau, dread
| OF which hs5 nsde til, cei ks 10 that bureau
| uncomfortable for some time psss. commenced
to dag, when lsrg5 lumber CT tho clerks we're
| ir formed that their services Gcu'd bo required
| 90 longer. Oo!g tho II s. efficient clerks have
| bseu retained and anoGg those are many !aiies.
| Miss Mary Shnu WAS 30. removed from her
clelk3biD 10 the Csrsul Bureau, eS STATED Yes
terdey. bu! resigned IN or icr II accept mOro
| lucrative place IN the Pou:ioo Office.
| A runUf was current here LIS. night Rat
indictments had beoc + uod by the Grand ilrY
| egaiost Thomas J. Brady, Stephen w. Dorsey
| and John H. French. but tho !crCrt Gu d not
| be traced TO any Authentic sCu:oo. !h,s morn.
| ing pcr5cpa p;OniosnllY couD cted With the
Pasofioa Department deny that the grand jury
! have Indicted any orc connec.od with tho star
riu:c oontrao:s. InElntai ling inst The case il
| still Incomplete. and that 10 part Cf It has been
! submitted to the grsud jury. Per contra. there
Is another report 70 tho tiftc! hat the grsud jury
| OF tho Dsflc, tl Columbia is 10 g. ,lou to dsp,
! ard Is understood 10 b, considering prescott
meats iG the stcr msll route oIs:s IL l., re-
ports Il thGt among those nrCnontcd SIC joe
Mchl0laau Dorsey, Ssu!bury, Walsh, Adams
Chidea:cr. P'iae. Arms roug. BtadY, Ffcrch
ard several olhcis, oil for conspiracy. Mr..
| Brady ssy5 no is totally u1c)I ;rntd r, spactiug
the snlcu ct the grand jury. as he can satisfy
any twa,V, men that hs t6s dono nottiog that
he Should no: have d0ns cx,ep! 10 rotain his
| ofiios ~ long as h, dc; thnt size, he hss left
| II he hos msdc ln0uuy, ADD would hsvs made
much more if tic had resigned long ago. Il is
said that Nj. Brady is largely intercst ID in the
extensive rrw maDuteaoijs that will pr0bab y
| BIZ established IN Alexandria.
! Is teIesrsn received here 10 day annnurces
| the III 3den dsaE, uosr Winchester Va, of
tho ~Its OF R:s. Mr.. Porter, of tho Nj. j..
| Church. who wss the d:ushter OF the lato Col.
Burke Of Fairfax cCuoy, Va.
The books st the House tiGo Of tho Capitol
have been undergoing Al overhauliag for some
time past but there ls nothing t) show that Mr..
Thorn pson, Sergeant 1T arms Of The House,
isn't perfectly square in his accounts, snd it is
understood that the recently reported crooked.
mess there was based upoa nothing more sub
star ts Il ~ The failure OF one Of iha cticers Of
the Euus. 10 psy his poker debts.
IMPORTANT INSURANCE CASE -Thos. N.
Burke. nov decreased, resided near Goshen and
insured his iir, 10 tho VsIIoy Mutual Company
of Ssuoton for 81 900 for the b.ne6t Of bis
children. lie w.s sillic:cd With hydrocelo at
the time OF his examination. but failed to state
10 the examining physician aud Was passed as
insursble. Whco Bnrko c!me to make Ii,
(;rst uay mert at the hone clio, 10 reply 10
qu~s lots, he admitted that be- was diseased az
named. aud hsd Enthusiastically omitted to
state il, aud thereup)n fJrmslly agreed to sur,
render his policy ii DR.. hlcChesosy 90 Y .miua
.ion pronounced him uon,urable. That physi.
ciso did s, pronounced him. hut before the
surrender of the policy Borke died. The heirs
brought sut and last week tho csse was tried
before Juigo Mclaughlin 10 Lexington. The
curt rulsG out Tie agreement OF Bu,ks With The
company snd also b 8 admissions TO the com.
pany bob being st;er his policy WAS issued. it |
hOlding that the Iile to the policy Was vested |
10 Dukes heirs ut lis Issue and co not of bis |
after thst c.ud inVslda,e ii. The Jury gave a |
verde; for the heirs 10 The amount of 1870. |
The case will 90 up to the Court of Appeals.
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