Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-08-25

"Toshoy the rery age and body of the TINE

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The Utah correspondent Of the New York
Times writes There is rupor abroad
that it is probable another exodus Of the Lat
ter.Day Saints may yet take place. An agent
has been here from Col. Kinney, protfering
the sale Of land in Nicaragua to Brigham
Young, for the future location OF the MOT
mon people. it 10 currently circulated, Ike
wise, that Brigham has declined the pur'
caase."
A letter dated on board the United States
ship yiuoeupes, dated at Porto Praya on the
18th June, states that Lieut. J. w. A. Mich
olson and Purser nsnforth had been tried by
courts martial on board that vessel. Inc
fist named gentleman had been honorabiy
acquitted, and was at duty. ln the case o1
Mr.. Danior,h the finding OF the court had NOS
been promulgated.
The celebration in New York, In honor OF
the great Telcgrapbc triumph, on the first
of Ssp,em Der, will be grand affair. Exten-
sivo preparations, in various quarters, are
eoirg on, to make it worthy Of the event, and
TO I'm Dress it on the minds Of the rising gen.
GRAFTON. The city authorities will receiSe
MIR. Field and the officers of the Niagara and
Coz g,n, at the Battery.
An analysis of the Arabia's stock and
money account served to dtfuse avery cheer
fol feeling 10 Wall street. and the New York
stock exchange. The change of sentiment
in regard to American securities. was par
,iculaily gratifying feature, and is generally
regarded as significant OF important move
meuts 10 the stock market on this side.
The steamship Cabawba, from New York
and Havana, has arrived at New Orleans
Su ,ars were firm AID active, numbers II to
II of the Dutch standard being quoted al
from st to 5, rals whites 7 to 8 rails. The
stock on baud is l40 coo boxes.
While tho apple crop in this part of the
country is generally considered failure, ii
will be good news to learn, as we do from the
Boston Transcript of the 9th Instant, that ;be
ample trees in that part Of New England
give promise of great crop OF excellent
| fruit. The early kinds will soon be 10 the
marke. and the best winter apples will be OF
large size and superior quality"
Early potatoes have been sold at Manches.
ter, n. H., IS low as 50 cts. per bushel, and
the Granite Farmer" advises the farmers to
held them back. The Amherst Cabinet
SAYS: "Our opinion is, that farmers bad bet
| ter get that than less. IL the crop should
rot, as last year, they would hardly reallze
tina, for them, aud if it does not, they Ger
tainly will not. The Farmer thioks thai
potatoes with the present yield cannot be
raised at that price to profit. We think 9th
erWise."
A terrific thunder storm passed over VIII
ner's point, Kent county, Maryland, on
the 5th iostant. Mr.. Wilmer and several
hands we're in the barn at the time, en-
gagged in thresang wheat. The storm was
| 50 terrific that they were comle!led to sus
mend their labor. The electric fuid descen'
ded twice upon the lightning rod With tear
| tul power, aud although all we're more or less
shocked, neither the barn or its inmates sus'
tanned any serious injury.
The New York City inspector reports 66s
deaths In the city during the past week,
decrease of fitty-scven as compared with the
mortality OF the week previous, and sixty
two less then occurred during the correspon'
ding week in last year. The diseases preVs.
lent are these incidental to the season, and
the victims are principally children OF ten
der years.
The feat ofriding two hundred consecutive
miles within ten hours, was accomph- he'd
June lS,b 1858, by Mr.. Thomas MeNab,
over the Union Course, San Francisco, Cali
fsrnia, before 40 immense soncourse OF spec
tators. Mr. McNGb rode California stock en-
tirely, forty-twc of the best horses in the
neig hbcrhood having been provided Tor the
occasion.
a Mr.. Strcleigb, one Of the proprletors oil
the Now York Tribune, recently sold his It
tercs, 10 that esta blisbment, from which may
be Inferred toe pecunary responsibility and
success of that great Black Republican jour,
nal. The price was tbirty-tbree thousand
dollars, which SUN pays for tenth interest
in the paper, making tie value OF the Wboie
establishment $4,000.
The lofty and prominent station attained
OV tnat uiuluEuisHtu 'ao WV V""'N" 49,
thr one of France with Napoleon ILL.,, has
attracted public attention Of late to some law
proceedings which took place some tins past
at Yaladolid and Misunderstanding
which throw some doubts upon tho paternity
of that ilus;rious lady.
The Trenton IN. j. Gazette says. either
the cool weather, the heavy rains OF the
lsteness Of the season. has thinned the grass
honpers very much. so that 10 some places
here they nbcunded, they have almost dis
appeared. TIE ravages they have commit
ted, though severe, have been much over
stated.
Madame G,ssier, the celebrated Prima
Donna, with her husband, NJ. Gassier, one OF
the best baritones on the lyric stage. arrived
10 the Arabia on Friday last. They are en-
gagged by Max Mare'zek for two months
season Of Italian opera at the Academy OF
Music, New York, after which they will pre-
coed to Havana.
A letter 10 the Abingdon, (Ns.l Democrat
saws, 10 tba. region cattle buyers arc Offering
come 81 to SIS less for cattle now than they
were six weeks ago, and the result is that
mspy who did not sell early have declined to