Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-01-09

ave all remember the OStend Manifesto.
This was the substance OF that famous pa
per: The possession Of Cuba by the l nited
States is essential to the welfare of the Re
public; wherefore, if Spain will not voIunta-
riiy release its hold Of the island, this Gov
ernment may appropriate 1t by violence
.'Cession or seizure" was the formula by
which the philosophy of the Ostend Nantes
to was understood over the world. In other
words, it involved the precise principle OF tllIi'
bustcrsm, aud as such was signed and ap-
proved by James Buchanan. Nay, he Is au
thor of the paper"
The ship Serempore, Captain Stone, from
New Orleans, December 20, for Bost1u, with
cargo of 74O bales of cotton, 20 hhdS. OF
tlbacco 1850 barrels -four, 1920, do. molas-
ses 100 terces tallow, 1000 pigs lead, 5000
slaves, 100 bundles, and 222 hides, and 10
packages merchandise, went ashore during q
snow storm, on Wednesday morning, on
Black Ledge, Cohasset. The captain and
crew were stved, but they were badly frost
bitten. At the latest accounts the vessel was
fast going to pieces
The Richmond South thinks that ''as Gene
ra Cass telegraphed prayer for the success
of Walker SO Mr.. Buchanan will avenge bis
foul defeat" We trust both the President
and the Secretary of State have taken "a So
Der second thought" Gen. Cass, though on
old man, is rather impulsive, and doubtless,
rushed to the telegraph too soon.
The philadelphia Marine Exploring Com.
pany" have not abandoned the work Of rails
ing sunken ships at Sebast)pol. The Bos-
ton Company, who contracted with the first
named company, has withdrawn from prose-
cutting the work. The Philadelphia Compa-
nv have despatched to Liverpool $40 OOO OF
property recovered, and have large additional
amounts on shore waiting conveyance.
The Legislature of Maryland organized on
Thursday. The House elected all the nomI-
nees of the American party. j. Summerfeld
Berry, OF Baltimore county, was elected
Speaker. and j. Vaughn Smith, of Somerset
county, Clerk. The Senate elected Edwin
II. Wester, Of Hartford, President, Chapman
HargoQd, Secretary, and DR.. Jingle, of Wor-
cester county, Reading Clerk.
The Academy of Science in New Orleans
has received paper purporting to demon-
strate the fact that the waters Of the Cult,
on the borders of southwestern louisiana,
aud thence TO Texas, are the safest which
have been submitted to scientific tests; and
that, nv the process Of evaporation IN tanks,
colt of a superior quality, equal to Turks
Island, may be obtained.
By the arrival Of the the schooner Sarah
L. Hills, we have received advices from Turks
Island to the 25th ult. The quantity OF salt
on hand is very large, but there are no yes
sells to take it; it is selling at 6! and cents
per husbel. There were no American vessels
in port when the S. L. II. sailed.
In the Senate, on Friday, on motion OF Mr..
Gwin, the committee on foreign relations
were instructed to inquire into the expedlen-
cg of making al appropriation by law for the
conversation of q minister plenipotentary 10
the empire of Japan, and for other officers Of
the United States government IN Japan
Wm. Ii. Cloves, formerly identified with
the pro-savery men in Kansas. who suose-
quently served under Walker in Nicaragua,
and was afterwards connected with the Mem
mis- Bulletin, committed suicide in Rich
mond, on the 9th, by means of laudanum.
There have been fifteen removals IN the
New York custom-house, and others are e1-
pected to follow. 1t is probable the late IN
cumbents failed TO walk the chalk" accord
ing to party requirements.
The Vestry Of St. James Church, IN war
renton, have passed appropriate resolutions
of respect for the memory of that excellent
mao, the late Robert l.. Randolph, OF Eau
9uier.
On New Years eve the famous CowbelIlan
de Rakips Association in Mobile, celebrated
its twenty-seventh anniversary. The scene
of the festivities was the theatre where there
were tableaux, dancing feasting, &c.
The wants of Walkers men, brought to
Norfolk, by the U. S. chip Saratoga, and
there discharged, are said to be very pres
sing, many of them suffering for the neces'
saries of life.
Mr.. Scruggs of the Warrenton "hlg' aud
Mr., Helm of the Warrenton Flag, both
made eloquent speeches at the dinner to MIR.
Dennis.
II is said that ex-senator Badger, OF n. T.,
who took a prominent part i'll the passage
Of the Kansas-N Nebraska act, sustalns the
ground assumed by Senator Douglas.
A. Nj. Brown has been appointed Post
Master at Glebe Cottage, Alexandria county,
vice Abner W. Law, resigned.
Ganeral Pillow is out in another long
letter about Gen. Scott and the Mexican
war.
Ex-Gov. Geary has defined bis position on
the Kansas question. He opposes the LIE
compton convention.