Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-06-14

We are informed that the tempest of last
Wednesday was very destructive in its pro-
gress in some of the neighboring counties OF
North Carolina citizen of Camden, whose
name our informant thinks was Stokely, while
on his way home from attending court that day,
being overtaken by the storm, diSmounted and
led his horse into meeting house on the road
side for SHELTER and while there, the building
was blown down, and both man and horse
we're killed. The devastation in some places
is represented TO have been terrible: not only
were houses and fences swept away like chaf
before the mighty hurricane, but the stoutest
trees of the forest, some of which had proba-
bly withstood the fury of the elements for half
a century, were either up-rooted or broken in
twain like pipe stems.-NorfoM Herald
After a long and tedious investigation, the
House of Representatives yesterday determined
that IL could not determine whether MIR. Letcher
or Mr. Moore was entitled to the contested place
IN that body, from Kentucky; and the election
is turned back to the People. MIR. Letcher was
yesterday within three votes OF obtaining the
seat: and if the members detained from the
House by illness could with safety have attend
ed he would have actually been admitted to
the seat, to which, now the question is ended,
we feel bound to express our belief that he was
Justly entitled, according to the decisions OF the
House itself-Nat. mt
sells lost OF their way to Quebec, with 456 lives.
The last Montreal Gazette contains an addi-
tiona list of the loss of eight other vessels WIN
24S lives; making a total loss OF 704 lives with
in a few weeks. The New York Journal OF
Commerce Justly renaks that either crazy snipS
we're employed, or that they were commanded
Dy incompetent men.-BGH. Amer.
A very useful continuance, to prevent the
wheels OF stage coaches from coming OF While
running. has lust been applied to one OF MeSsrs'
Stockton e. Stokes, intended TO run the w est
ern route. The invention is by Or. Aolhckoi-
fer. We shall not attempt Description % en ~
but merely state that its praetcaoiilty was l9liy
tested Yesterday by driving the coacn ailuueu
TO throngb tho streets the nuts at the end OF the
axle-trees being taken off, and the wheels helo
on by DR.. Zolliekeffer's invention.-BdH' Avn
Death by the sting of LocuSt!-We are IN
formed that a colored boy, about II or 10 ye"is
Of age, died very suddenly on Tuesday last III
N High street. o. t., from the sting OF LO-
Gust, in the thumb This is the third or tourth
instance which we have heard of where chill
dren have died from the sting of these insects.
Bait Pat
Locusts-We have been disposed to ridicnle
the reporS circulated in the papers, OF the death
of several children from the sting OF locusts.
But we learn, tndt inc tleoi 'S no,Ss 'ie,oi
49, in several instances, proved fatal. black
hoy in or near New Castle, (Del) last week,
e,ottb1ere6 several locusts, and put them into his
hat to be carried to school. While thus con
fined the animals bit his head IN seyeral piaces;
in y Short time the places bitten became imam
ed, the head swelled very much, and the a boy
died ina few hours afterwards We saw seve-
raj sores on persons hand, caused by the pite
Of locusts-PhiI. U. s. Gag.
The number of children in the various public
schools of the city of New York. is 1885 The
number of teachers is 40, assistant teachers %,
monitors y: the aggregate of whose salaries for
a wear amounts to $35,65o-Phih 6aF'