Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-02
News OF the Day.
"Toshow the rsry age and body Of the TINES"

Inc steamship 1nulao LupIre sai'eu hou
New York on the 23d of October for Galway,
via Halifax. After boisterous passage she
reached Halifax Cd the evening of the 29th'
and sailed for Galway on the 3Oth Of Ooto'
Der. AS her arrival at that port Is not re-
ported by the Europa, she has been twenty
two days at sea without being heard ifom'
The Pittsburg Chronicle notices the TACT
that there has lately been circulated IN that
CITY number of counterfeit FIVE dollar oiiis
on the Northwestern bank of Virginia. Ii
saws: The general appearance Of the bills is
excellent and many OF our oldest and most
experienced merchants have been deceived
by them. The conductors Upon some OF the
railroad, have been very badly bitten. we
have already given an account OF the oiIer-
enee between the counterfeit and genuine
notes.
The Harrisburg Union ridieules the state
ment of the Cumberland (Marylandl Allie
ghanian that John Brobst of that county,
had come in possession of 40 immense tract
of valuable land in Pennsylvania, which no
had sold for 81 600. 600 The Union says:
!
| Jouy ciulerS too many as the sum mention
ed, ana moreover don't believe that single
word in the statement alluded TO is true. ex-
cept that there - q person named John broost
who lived in Maryland
The Da'ch brig Sophie Elizabeth arrived
at New York, on Monday, having on board
the captain, his wife and child, aud the
{ 10, ha oil oh ha RI
Jeapie Johnston, which became weterlogged
while On the voyage fron Qlebec to Europe,
With a cargo OF timber. Tcese unfortunate
people had been nine days in the maintop of
the bark, exposed to piercing northeriy
| winds and snow and nail storms, without
drop Of water save what they could secure
as it fell from the clouds.
At the recent banquet and ball for the
benefit of the Jews hospital in New York,
the Individual 81 inscriptions varied in amount
from - M to $3.50, aud the aggregate sam
was Sl4.0l5 90 After deducting the eI-
oenses OF tho dinner, there was handed over
10 tue treasurer in cash, S9S96.ll, and 10
bills for collection 81 293, 50 that supuosine
all the donations to DO made good, the net
receipts Of the hospital from that source will
be Sll 1911.
Tae neighborhood OF the corner OF Baltl-
more and Canal streets, in Baltimore, was
thrown iuto q state of excitement on Tues
day night. by tho shooting of James Pryor
at the lager-beer house of man named
uucbner, NJ. North Canal street. 1t ap-
pears that the difficulty originated at the
club Convention ball, on Monday night,
when David Houck was ordered out OF the
nall bg Pryor, who was one OF the committee
o! order for tho evening.
An important SANDER suit has just been
decided in Wauskesha county Wisconsin, in
which the plaintiff claimed damages of S.
600, and .eeove,eG $4,000, for the mos. out
re reous ISLANDERS against the daughter Of Mr..
John Williams. The Islander was perpctra.
ted by q man named Poe, several years ego
whom Miss Williams was only lG years Of
ago.
1t appears that silver cain has become ex-
tremely scsrce in Chill, mere than 50 OOO,
600, having been sent oct CT the country
within niue months, and there is some ex-
notation of the i'm position of an export duty
Ia Guatemala, the expectation OF silver,
either in bullion or coin. is also prohibited
under pain of Ere to the amount OF the
expectation.
Ii is stated that seven hundred shares OF
the seven hundred and fifty composing the
Norfolk city interest in the Seaboard and
Roanoke rairusd, have been sold to the estate
of Mr.. VIM Mcdonald Of Baltimore, as an
| Investment, aud not 20 the Baltimore Steam
! Packet COmrany as has been stated. 30
says the Norfolk Day Book.
On Sunday night three inches of snow
fell at Boston. At Albany the thermometer
was only l3 degrees above zero on Monday
morning, AID four inches snow fell TIE pre-
yious evening. At Rochester, New York,
there wss fpe sleigbins. The Erie cana! is
considerably INSTRUCTED by ice, but boats are
still! moTias.
We announced on Monday that the agent
10 Baltimore for the Cumberland Md.
City Bank had declined any longer to re.
deem it's notes. in consequence Of the protest
of one or two drafts drawn upon New
York honge. We have now to announce that
tho bank closed lis doors Oh Friday last. 1t
had but few notes in circulation.
The screw steamship Scotia, from Havana
has arrived at Savannah, Geo., in search of
freieb,s fer Liverpool. This is the fret ship
seeking freight for Europe that ever arrived
at Savannah. 1t is said to be in contcmpla-
ton, and with much hope OF success, to es.
;abi;sh line Of screw steamers between New
Orleans end Liverpool.
Mrs. Johanah klingeuan, in suit sgainst
the n. Y. and n. II. Railroad Company.
for damages for the loss of her husband,
caused by carelessness Of their employees. Oh
tanned q verdict in the Supreme Court, West
chester county. New York, on the 22i inst,
| for the SUN of IS 600
The bill which has been pending IN the
Georgia Senate for some time, Tor the repeal
| of that clause OF the Constitution OF the State
prohibiting the African slave trade, came
up as the special order last week, and was
lost.
Charles Macksy, en- Baltimore "canvas-
back" duck, occupies nearly three columns of
the last London Illustrated News. lie gives
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