Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-09-17

consequent general debility attending it, fol
which he bad been using remedies both ex'
ternally and internally. One OF the autld"tes
recommended by his physician is a prepare
ton Of the %tincture Of a~ruics, q phial OF which
be took up by mistake and administered tC
himself a teaspoonful. In 40 instant be was
aware Of the mishsp. With that presence o!
mind which character;zss the MAJ, ne called
for aud drank down about a quart OF warm
water, which Immediately disgorged the con
tents of bis stomach aud c~leanseo bis system
firm the effects of the poison. lie has en-
| tirely recovered from its effects.
10 consequence of IN article which appear
ed in the Baltimore American respecting
Judge Stump, Of the Baltimore Criminal
Court, Judge S. has stricken the name Of
Mr.. Ful,ou, one of the editors of the Ameri'
can, from the list Of Grand Jurors. MIR. Fu..
TN responds to this exercise OF power, by
most severe attack upon the Judge; showing
that 10 good can come from this sort OF pre-,
oceding. Toe Judge had better leave Mr.,
+. alone"
We have news from S. DJmingo. dated
at Post au Platte on the I'd inst. An issue
was raised on the question Of the location Of
the capital, which had heen changed from St
DImirg g city to Santi" =. and the restoration
IF the c%ont,tution Of 1856. Santana headed
the party dem lnding the new measures, and
President Valverde ielt constrained, it is said,
to march troops against bin. The men
deserted F.lrerie. who fed. and then they
insugurated Santana, the conqaeror Of Bnfz,
As President. Valverde and his Ministers
subsequently, formally resigned their posts
A fashiooably dressed young lady has been
arrested 10 New York. charged with robbiug
a dozen fashionable boarding houses, where
she had been boarding, within q year past
Several hundred dollars worth of stolen jew.
elry aud dresses was. it ia alleged. found in
her trunk. She is rs years of age, and very
handsome, q fine singer, we'll educated, and
otherwise accomplished. She was commit
ted for trial.
The ~''fever" pauic has been revived in
Brooklyn, in consequence OF several deaths
having occurred in a row Of buildings in kel
sey's alley, aud other persons being i'll, all OIL
a disease resembling yellow fever, but of an
certaiu character. The mayor and board Of
health have ordered the houses to be CLOSED
ami cleansed. In one Of the houses a barre
was found containing Il quantity OF rottel
pork.
A correspondent of the American Farmer
proposes as security to the farmers aud plan
ters of the Sontheru States agains: the heavy
losses thew incur by the running IF Of theiI
slaves. that an Insurance Company be form
ed for the purpose of in%suring slaves agains
running off, just as other property is injured
against loss ~ FIRE or otherwise. lie proposes
that a schedule OF premiums be established
according to the risk or loss.
To. day lie to be celebrated by the Union
Democratic Club of New York city 81
the anniversary Of the adoption of the Amer
lean Constitution. Rufus Choate has beer
invited to deliver the address on the occasion
and it is expected that be will, it not able t,
attend, write a letter endorsing the plan Of
establishing the 18th Of September as an an
nual bolyday.
David f. Miller has invented q machine
embracing the three principles of wedge,
lever and screw, with which a workman al
the Norris Locomotive Works. Philadelphia,
weighing l56 pounds. lif'ed with facility the
erormcus weiehtr! 1882 poupds-mure than
eighteen t~cns--merely ty application OF his
strength through bis bands TO the lever.
Prcft ssor Holcombe, Of the University o.
Virginia, has complied with the request o.
the Executive o nmittee Of the State Agrl'
cultural Society, to deliver the Introductory
Address at their opening Fair in Petersburg
on the following suijec:-"The right ct 50
ciety to establish slaveiy--considered as 6
question of natural law, With special refer
ence to Africa Slavery 10 the United States
The Planters Advocate says that up>r
Senator Sluart's recent nomination as the
aiministr alton candidate NJ Governor OF Nj
obi gan, he appeared IN the State CjnVention
81 expressed great sorrow for HE course IN the
Senate, recanted what be had said and done
and endorsed the Administration IN all IL
acts and policy.
The Richmond FL quirer declares that Mr.
Letcher's strength" 10 Virginia has beer
much exaggerated. That is a poinstbe Den
o~eratic papers must settle among themselves
Ills friends soy that il he has not streng'b--
thew do not think a 'strong" man can be
nominated.
The Peoples College. at Havana, tue base
ment story of which has been laid, will, when
completed, contain 900 chambers for students,
each large enough to accommodate two per
sons, SIX cen lecture rooms. ard rooms for
Presto. ut, Professors. Is. 1t is to lie built al
q Cost Of ab, VI Sl15 coo.
There has lately been considerable Incen-
disrisu at Quincy, (Mass') and last week
eight persons, mere lads, Connected With the
FIRE companies, were arrested Oh charges of
having set the frs. A portion OF them had