Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-03-01


The SENATE spent nearly the whole OF yes
.,rdsvs sitting with closed doors: IL Is under-
stood that the subject Oh their oGhpeI atlois was
sloou on,;nations of Government Directors of the
INC ntiL IF the Uated States, and that the debera-
DdnA rasnlted in the rejection of'four of the
no n-,ns nominated, and who have heretofore
Pporvad in the capacity, namely, II. ID. Gllpln
IeSn r Sullivan, Peter Wager, and Hugh
McElderry-Nat' "s'
The prices of produce are greatly depressed
- tho West At Cincinnati flour is selling at
ssa $40 IL in small lots, and further decline
o. 20 anticinated. At Pittsburg, flour was sold
az 81 60 I-2 per barrel
T,ha first trial of one of the inclined planes of
.Aa State Portage rail road of Pennsylvania
WAS made on the 10th, and was attended with
comnlete success A car, filled with passengers;
was taken up by the machinery, which is work
al bv steam power, at a rate varied at pleasure
from four to twelve miles per hour. 1t is suppo-
sed that the transportation over the whole road
will be regularly commenced by the 10Th OF the
ensuing month.
Omnibusses have been established at New Or
leans, to run regularly throughout the day be
tween certain points ofthe city.
The New Orleans papers are loud in their
complaints against the wretched condition OF
the streets of that city. The increased charges
characterization, and the disadvantages to trade
in various ways are represented TO be very great,
in consequence of their almost impossible state.
A man was stabbed in the public market at
New Orleans on the eth instant, and died OF
the wounds Immediately. The murderer was
man of bad character, the keeper of house OF
corresponding reputation.
The oath of fidelity to the new Queen of Spain
aLo bxyth a IF M3ntanZdS
vana, with great pomp and ceremony, on the
7th and Sth of the present month.-BdH. Amer.
Disgracefnl riolation of the Sabbath.-We find
the following advertisement in the New Orleans
Bee of the ist Feb.
Great Cock Ffghting.-At the establishment
built for such entertainment Mysteneuse street,
Faubourg Marigny, between ST. Cloud and
Amour street. near the Polar Star Lodge.
Mr. Ling De La Rosa respectfully informs the
public, and particularly the lovers ofcock Tight
ing that Sunday next, ID ofFebruary, between
10 and ii O'clock A NJ. there will be an extra
ordinary great cock fight of five famous cocks
together the prize ofthe conqueror will be 500,
Immediately paid after the fights over. There
will be others fought by the most famous cocks
in tie United STATES England, and Havana till
O'clock, p. M.
The same entertainment will take place every
cts % cents
Gin Palaces.--At shop on Hilborn-hill, gin
is served by young women dressed up like the
belle hmonadiere of a Paris coffee house, and the
establishment in all its parts is nearly as hne as
Very'S or the Cave de Paris. There Is announcer
great gin-Shop, not much inferior to 1t, niue
farther West and twenty-five or thirty not Tar
OFT In half an hour you may visit nearly
hundred. What contrast between the hnefy
OF the shops and the beggarly appearance OF
the customers! Amongst these are few really
old people, but plenty of young people who APP
pear old--lvid cheeks, deep wrinkles, blood
shot eyes, brown teeth, or white gums without
teeth skin and bone, shaking hands, sore legs;
creeping palsy, hacking cough, rags, nth and
stencil! These are marks by which to know the
regular gin drinker. In some great towns
Of the North they have low counters ana small
glasses on purpose for the small Children; IN
London the children stand on up-toe 10 pay ior
hafa glass of Gin, but London VIII improve
AS gin shops London is improving ldPiuIy,
both in number and inery; every week, almost
every day producing q new one, htted up WIN
Spring doors, plate glass, carved mahogany or
rosewood and polished brass; all more "ele-
CAN'T as they say in America, than the gin-shops
which sprung up the week before--doIaaSe0
rom England and america"
Fatal Accident-This Morning at O'CLOCK
most calamitious event took place at the corner
OIL Wall aud Nassau streets. The workmen
employed in the demoli ton of the custom
mouse had proceeded downwardS as lar as the
"p OF the first story of the building, and vast
quantity ofrubbsh was thrown upon the lower
moor, when it suddenly gave way, preclpltating
We whole into the celler, and carrying with IL
, lumber of workmen. Two persons were soon
S sAen out-one German, named Philip Hope,
.ea9, and another badly wounded. AT II o.
s S.ocS, TWO others were dug from the ruins, one
ueao, and the other so much mutiliated that II
vas not expected he would reach the hospital
s s,ve, whittier he and the other wounded one
,s ere carried. The persons killed were sent to
a as Aimns House. We have not learnt the names
~ any but the German. We learn, from the
sOspltal that the first wounded man is likely to
,ecover.-N. Y Com.