Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-03-19
News OF tho Day.
"7odtow the rery age and body Of the TINES.

"7oshO,D the uery age and body Of the TINES"
The project of uniting the shores Of Eng
land and France by some more permanent
and available means Of communication than
the present uncomfortable steamers which
ply across the Straits of Dover. has called
out propositions for tunnel, and for mon
srer viaduct, both OF which have been elabo-
rately described. and recently. as we learn
from the London Civil E>g and Arch. jour
nal, for floating tunnel to be constructed
above the bottom, but undsr the level Of the
sea, and through which railway is to run.
The burning of Tbos. P. Remington's barn
on the Lancaster pike, aud the great loss of
valuable cattle, cause much regret. The cat
tie were all imported stock, and of the most
valuable description, comprising bulls, cows,
and calves, of short hcrn.d Durhams, Alder
neys. &c, besides four full blooded hOrses.--
Mr.. Remington paid much attention to bis
stock, and his assortment was esteemed as
su ong the best in toe country.
The WASHINGTON correspondent of the Rich
mond Wing says, among the useful Iu'en'
| tions of the day and for which patent is
about to be obtained, is one Of New York
/ Drug firm, who have bit upon plan to re-
volutiunizs the whole art of compcnnding
physic. Every drug swallowed by man Is
pot up by this New York house in sugar
coated pills, and in the exact doses prescribed
by physicians!
MIR. Stephens, of Ga, will offer resolu'
ton discharging Mr.. " olcott from the Gus
tody of the House, under the charge of con-
tempt, in order that he may be tried 90 the
indictment found against him by the grand
! Jury, under the act Of the last session. The
cour, of the District has decided that while
Mr. WolcOtt il held under the charge of con-
tempt by the House, be cannot be tried under
the indictment
The Philadelphia Inquirer says: 1--WE are
informed that the present mental condition OF
Thomas Washington Smith, who shot Rich
ard Carter, at the st. Lawrence Hotel, in
this city, and for which murder be was
tried and acquitted, is now of most painful
character. He is Represented as almost q
perfect maniac"
At recent meeting OF the New York
Historical Society, Dr. Bacon read paper
on the languages spoken in New York. lie
said that eighty languages are used in tusi
ness and social intercourse among the inhab-
| itsnts of that city, and asserted that more
languages are spoken there IN IN in any 9TH
or city in the world.
The recent invention Of DR.. Terry, OF De-
troit, demonstrates that excellent paper mey
be manufactured from moss. There Is an
abundance of the article in Texas and Lou
/ isiana, aud it is expected that large export
will be made OF it for the purpose OF paper
making.
There were eighty-three deaths reported
10 Washington during the month of febru'
sry, from some tbirty-;wo different causes
Among them: consumption, 10; scarlet fever,
| 10; measles, e; pneumonia, I; old age, 8: IT,
TEMPERANCE, 3; and gunshOt wounds, =
Thirty-one were FIVE years old and under.
Capt. Clausen, of the bark VIM. WoOdside,
from Barcelona. reports on the 9th ult be
was forced to heave to by British mar-oi-
war, and subsequently, was boarded by men
from a British gun boat, who examined his
papers.
The New York Sun states that Victor Mix,
resident Of Hume, Allegheny county, New
York, has been seated for the last four weeks
upon two dozen eggs. for the purpose of
hatchng the =, by the direction OF the
spirits
The Uuion says:-Profes,iona Beggars in.
fest Washington, and impose upon the char
table by pretending to be lame or manned,
or by the exhibition of papers, probably
m lnufsctured to order.
Mr.. Burtou's old Chambers Street Thea
tire, in New York, has been leased for the
purpose of holding religious meetings there
in.
The boarders at the United States Hotel,
in Augusta, Ga, were RECALLED with lamb
and green peas at dinner on Monday week.