Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-07-19
ALEXANDRIA:
SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 10, 1884.
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Tho Last .ouisiana legislature incorporated q
Chamber of Commerce for the city Of New or.
loans which has been duly organized, and Is
now in successful operation. The next move
ment in contemplation by the New Orleans mer-
chants is the erection Of an exchange, which Is
much wanted.
A. Hasell. M. D., Professor of Materia Medica
in the South Carolina College, has been elected
extraordinary member of the Royal Medical
Society of Edinburg; Corresponding Member
of the Medico Chirurglcal Society of Edinburg;
and Corresponding member Of the Society OF
Antquaries Of Scotland.
Charles s. Hinton, one of The Penitentiary
guard at Milledgevile, Geo. deliberately shot on
the greater part Of bis head with horse piston;
No cause assigned for the act He was supposed
To be under the influence Of liquor, at the time OF
the commission of the act.
The expenses of the city Of New York during
the last year, amounted to S1,444, 3SS-the pup.
lie debt is S59S, 000--being less, by the amount
of Sl73 0OO than at the commencement Vi I've
preceding year.
AT Montreal on Wednesday the 9th instant
the mercury stood at 90, and was succeeded by
a most tremendous thunder shower. AT La Sal
10 a few miles distant, the hail fell as large as
hens eggs.
The Bangor steamer, Ga temperance boat)
had on her first trip from Boston, two hundred
passengers.
The port of St Johns Porto Rico, has been
declared port of deposit for foreign goods.
Among other novelties around the French
emcampment at Misserguine at Algiers, are
the lions and hyenas, who occasionally emerge
from the forests to listen probably to material
music, or tox aze at the rich costumes and bril-
liant manGuvres ofthe grenadiers and lancers.
The Princess Victoria, the future Queen Of
England, is IS years old.
coffin has been discovered among the ru-
ms of EIgn Cathedral, supposed to be that OF
the royal victim OF Macbeth
A correspondent of the London Morning Her
aid relates the following. The joaTneymen
butchers of Dublin, after mass on Sunday last,
agreed unanimously to 60 down on their mar
roc bones 10 the House of Commons, and are
for Parliament, which shall cut ITS mutto" IN
Ireland. 1t only meat that the petitions OF
those who have a steak iR the country should
receive due consideration. The assembly
(sinkiag The ofaD was rather select and ex-
pressed itself vehemently against the parsons
for engrossng the fat of the land. Thanks
were voted to Mr.. O'Connell, and honorable
mention made of our London friends, Messrs.
Clearer aud Fall, and others of that kidney.
Deaths by Health East Hartford, Russell
Symonds, aged 90. In Hartford, Charles b.
MAYNARD, stranger. In East Winsor, John
Starkwether, aged 35-he was pitching hay and
became so over-heated that he felt and expired
m fifteen minutes. In Amesbury Mr.. Joseph
York, aged 40, after drinking cold water
Emigration-The government of England
has seven agents, constantly employed in Civ
ing advance to persons DESTROYS of emgrating
One resides permanently in Liverpool, the
others travel over all parts OF the country.
Republic in IreIand.-The very Rev. Dean
Burke (of Castlebar,) a Roman Catholic digni-
tary, made speech at Westport lately, in
which he said, ave want for Ireland at least
something like that form of Government under
which America is found to be so happy and
nrosperousn