Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-07-01
News or the Day.

I LShNcu"OitH uiePetcucS VI luc -Ilu arc
received, stating that tive companies Of the
I'd infantry, now at Leavonworth, and two
companies at Fort Scott, have been ordered
back to Fort Randall The movement is uu-
derstood to have reference to the hostile atti-
tuIe Of the Indians il NebT iska.
1t is stated that on Monday, the govern
ment sent dispatch to s.. L,uis ordering az
express to be sent after Gen. Harvey, for the
purpose Of recalling him from his march to-
wards Utah. The design is, probably, to
turn bin towards o egon, to meet the
aspect OF affairs there, growing Out q! the
massacre Of the troops uDicr CJl. SteptOe, by
the Indians.
The Secretary of the Navy has instructed
the bureau of construction to prepare draw
ings and plans for building without unne-
eessary delay, the eigh; vessels Of war recent
ly authorized by Congress.
Tue British guuboat Ssyx, arrived at Ha
vana on the lGth, from a cruise of the north
east coast CT Yucatap, AMI pleads IN aiibi to
many charges Of ou,rages- preferred against
her.
Large and influential meetings have re-
Gently been held 10 England to devise means
for the relief OF the poor sewing women.--
The introduction of sewing machines has
greatly facilitated the labor heretofore per
formed mannally by this industrious and un-
recompensed class OF workers, bu' has not
put stop TO the oppression Of employers,
who engage the services OF pror girls 10 0pe-
rate these machines and pay them for their
labor barely enough to afford sDC means OF
subsistence.
Steubenyille, Ohio, stands upon a coal bed.
The Herald, of that place, says shaft has
been sunk in Marke. street, and coal reached
at the depth Of 800 feet. Tue vein is four
feet thick and the coal is Of o superior quail
ty for household, mechanical, misunderstanding
aud gas purposes About | 900 bushels are
raised daily, and tho amount will soon be
Increased to ) 900 bushels. The Herald very
aptiy winds up It's account by hoping that
the coal bed will never take FIRE; if II should
Steubenyie will have hot time Of It.
The Editors and publishers Of toe Peters
burg papers have very properly and success
fully resisted the attempts made by certain
ljourneymen printers TO interfere in the resu-
laton Of their ofces, and dictate 20 them she
management OF their own concerns. Inc
consequence is that the would tc-dictators
lose their situations which will be forthwith
supplied by other bands, that the community
and all Just men, sustain the publishers, and
tba: these attempts will lie irQwncd down.
The mischief makers alone suler, as they
ought.
The Richmond correspondent of the New
York Herald "stgrtles the world" by the an
nuuciation that there is movement on foot
among the leading adopted ctizens" CT the
| United States to make Gov. Wise the next
President. lie says further, that these lead.
ing adopted citizens" intend to make the
nomination Of Wise 10y the Charleston Con
vention the Indispensable condition OF their
cooperation with the Democracy IN the next
! Presidential canvass,
Over forty suspicious packages, pnrpnrtng
each to be "one newspaper" have been over
hauled by the clerks at the post Ctice, ut 81.
! Paul, Minnesota, and found to contain contra
band mattel--coliar patterns, Indian mecca
sins, baby dresses, gloves, daguerreOypcs,
| letters, ard every conceivable thing which
could be wrapped up in paper 20 as 70 avoid
| letter postage. The postage assessed On these
parcels ACQUITTED to about fifty dollars.
The Philadelphia papers announce the
death of the Rev. DR.. Jupcway, one Of the
most eminent Presbyterian cIergymen in the
country He died at New Brunswick, \.
j., Oh Sunday, in the S+.h year of bis age.
lie was formerly president Of the Western
Theological Seminary, in Allegheny city,
| Pa, and pastor of rhe Second Presbyterian
church in Philadelphia.
Salem is thriving village situated 10
beautiful, romantic valley of the upper R1a-
noke, 10 southwestern Virginia, on the route
Of the Virginia and Tennessee railroad. Tho
! people Of this village, IN addition TO the
| health OF the locality, have the advantage OF
no less than six mineral springs. finely I'M
! proved by the enterprise Of COMPANIES, With
in a circuit Of twelve miles.
| Gold has been discovered in the central
aud southern counties Of Iowa. Of this there
can be no more doubt than that it has been
discovered 10 Calf ,rnia. The only question
now t. be determined il, does the gold exist
in sufficient quantities to compensate for the
/ labor and expense Of procuring 1t? THIS
question it is impossible to answer satsiae-
torly now.
A Rev. Mr. Sanford, has received three
cents damages, for an article in the Duchess
| On. y. J Democrat denouncing 10 very bitter
and personal terms bis Fourth Of July ora
ton IN 1856, which was 80 Hnctured with
Abolition sentiments as 20 be very offensive
to his audience. The first verdict al u pre-
vious trial, wac $500, and the second, three
cents.
A "las" young man who was lately arres-
ted in a neighboriug city for rapid driving
through the streets, on being brought before
magistrate, protested that he was not 20.
ing more than mile in four minutes"
which be seemed 70 CONSIDER very mode
rate pace The magistrate thought other
wise and fined bim
A lue exploded near New York, juno %,
On board the steamer Joseph Bclkuap, killing
Lansing Devil, the fireman. The passengers
| for Philadelphia were taken off by the steam
or John Nelson. The damage to the boat is
but ;riding.