Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-30

LdtS iutelIlRCuSO lOW
Atlantic shows up the renowned Phiness L.
Barnum 10 a new aspect. lie has been lee
turing before the people of Manchester Eng
land) on the art of money-making, and ap-
pears to have "recked his own rede" 10 The
undertaking very neatly. His lecture was
the result of q lesson from his own book,
and was as successful as bis enterprises have
generally been. At the conclusion OF bis ad-
dress he explained and defended "humbug,"
which he defined to be the art of dressing up
an object 30 as to render it attractive, and Ut
putting on glittering appearances for the
sake of arresting attention. lie seems to
have pleased bis audience, a large one, for
they cheered him heartily at parting.
The "Soutbron," published at Vicksburg,
gives the particulars uf the loss by fire oil the
steamer Ben Franklin, together with three
thousand bales of cotton, about two o'clock
on the morning of the Dist inst. The steam
er was descending the river, and was a few
miles above Lake Providence when toe ire
was discovered. The pumps were imne-
distely put in motion, the boat headed for the
shore, aud a landing soon effected. Upon
the first alarm the passengers were aroused,
and as soon as the boat was landed they
all succeeded in reaching the shore with
their baggage and other personal effects
Not a single life was lost, nor was any one
Injured.
Au attempt to enforce the code Of Judge
Lynch was essayed at dam No. S, on the c.
4 0. Canal, on last Friday. 1t appears that
some money had been stolen, and suspicion
having designated a man named Robert Me.
Carly as the guilty party, be was approached
upon the subject, but denying all knowledge OF
tho matter, he was unceremoniously taken
in charge BY those present, q rope placed
around his neck AID be was at once strung
up to a derrick, and there suffered to hang
until life was almost extinct. lie WAS taken
down just in time to save the vital spark
There was much difficulty in the work OF
be too severely censurcd, and those engaged
in it cannot be too severely punished.
The York pa Gazette states that Messrs.
Billmeyer & Small, of that borough, have OBJ
t.ined q contract from the Northern Central
Railway Company for building one hundred
large eight-wheel coal care, which, in ad-
dition to the large number now owned by
them, the company are obliged 20 procure to
convey the immense quantity Of coal which
passes over their road. The amount OF the
| contract will BIO nearly $4,000, and the bull
ding of the cars will give employment to a
large number Of hands during the greater
part of the coming winter.
Another mammouth bono has been found
near the same place where the huge bones Of
a mammoth were discovered by some work
men who were digging in EllenVille, New
York. 1t is o large tusk. measuring about
eight feet in length and over two feet IN
circumference at its greatest part. AL
though much decayed it still preserves
its original form, which is that OF an
ox's horn considerably curved. 1t appears
| that the bones already discovered are the
largest that have ever been dug from the
earth, and preparations are being made to
dig up the remainder.
The Cumberland Telegraph states that NJ.
j. Longabaugh, of that town, has manutactur-
ed go far this season about two hundred gallons
of sugar and molasscs from the Chinese cane,
and expects to make four hundred more. The
same paper says the drought still Continues,
and the fires on toe mountains arc get raging.
Mr.. John w. Weaver, formerly associated
with the late James Reeside of the stage line
on the National road, died in Cumberland on
Monday.