Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-08


nounce that during the month, ending Oc'o-
Der 2lst they will te prepared TO pay the
fourth il staImcpt OF their engagements On
general account, also the fourth and last 1t
stalment on Australian accuuat, due respec.
lively on the 30th jane and 3lst July, ls3S.
Some idea Of the magnitude OF this opera
ton uay be formed when we consider that
the cash thus paid 10 anticipation, reaches
the enormous amount Of some IL. 3OU,Ooo,
leaving for future iustalments the compara'
lively moder ate amount of EoOO,OOU.
A notorious individual, Colin LIZ Blew,
who had long been the terror Of ST. Laudry,
and Calclsieu, Miss, was killed recently at
the latter place. As be WAS approaching
the hotel four heavily loaded guns were dls-
charged at him, lodging forty or fifty buck
shot 10 bis body. Three young men were
arrested for tbs deel, bat subsequently, re-
leased, the deed having bean done by the
general sanction of the community. lie
Blew, on one occasion, forbid the Judge To
hold court in Calcasleu, and actually, oy
pointing a pistol az him, made him leave the
bench.
Tue London Times Of the 2lst of Sep
tember has some very Tree remarks upon
Lord Derby's connection with the "turi,"
ostensibiy On tn, ground of congratulaiing
tue Prime Minister upOn isretlrement there
from. I'VE have nothing to d." says taat
journal, with Lord Darby's private concerns
aud i, whe . he quits tic Treasury Bench, he
should like to return to the turf that Is
matter for his own good taste aai feeling, up
on " hich we shall never venture to intruie.
Lewis Laurlat, the celebrated Gtonaut
died in the hospital, in Sacramento, Oh the
3lst ut. at the advanced age OF niuety-two
years. l. iurlat pursued tue avOca;iou OF as
saying metals al Sacramento, California, un.
iii within the lasttwo years lie bad iatterly
fallen into very di5sipated habits. lie
WAC Distinguished a. practical chemlst.-
HIS tame as a bold and successful GfOnaut
vas worldwide.
Letters from Naples say that numerous ar
rests were made 90 the eve Of the festival OF
the Piedi Grotta. OIe account iS--that
more than 900 persons were taken up, In
GLIDING men OF all professions aud trade
priests. The festival over, they were set at
liberty. a dispatch in the NJrd, talks of
arrests made the day after the festival.
The Frederick md Examiner announces
the Disappearance OF respectable citizen
doing business there, and adds lit ap-
pears that sundry notes, discounted at banks
and passed to private hands, by (tae said ''ab-
sen ee'' ard bearing tie names OF Isaac
NcidIg and Oliver lIOltz, esqs., as endUrsers,
are alleged 10 lie fOrgere5."
The Charleston papers d, not confirm the
private advces said to be received ut New
York, that 1.-The yellow fever is raging there TO
an awful extent" The Mercury OF Monday
says, the fever continues 10 decline.
Some of the vessels appointed for the Pare
quay expedition gre reported as unfit for that
service, aud the propricty Of substituting
others more suitable, is under consideration
by the Secretary Ot the Navy.
The War Department has issued orders d.
rec,ipg beard of officers to convene at West
Point on the llth instant, for the purpose OF
C. Il. Wheat
The Sons Of Malta have been adding to the
mystery of their organization bya midnight
parade in Cincinnati, but the experiment
seems only to have excited ridicu!e, IN that
city.
The health along the line of the c. Il o.
Canal is better this season than 1t has ever
been since the existence Of the work. There
are very few complaining Of fever and ague.
The rite of Confirmation was administered
by Bishop Meade to eight persons, in the
Episcopal Church of Martinsburg, on Monday
last.
j. NJ. Taliaferro, esq, is a candidate tor
reelection to the Virginia Senate, from the
Prince William district.
The Richmond Examiner appears in new
and handsome dress. 1t is one OF the most
able and efficient organs of its party.
The report that the ports OF Algeria
(France) were about TO be declared free, is
cpntradcted by the Paris MJuiteur
The report that tho Pope intends to make
a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, has been contra
dicted.
The career OF our gifted young couuryman
Paul Morphy, the great chess player, Is Gre
ating an unexampled sensation in Europe.
The hog cholera has made its appearance
10 Berkeley county. Va.