Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-10

Inc seventy nrst anniversary vi tne eellie
ment of Ohio was celebrated at Marietta on
the Sth inst. The Hon. Thomas Ewing de-
livered the address. The only survivor Of
the party of fortyseve who arrived there
in 1887, was present, as were also several
who were born in the first block Of houses
built in Marietta and Belpre, the three Oldest
living white natives Of Ohio, and q number
of their descendants and revolutionary sol
diers.
A letter from New York says :-"Tbe Cos
pei Influences have not yet penetrated the
sinks cfioiquity here. New York is "a moral
lazaretto, in which is congregated all the ele-
mepts of human depravity. The public
mind has become so accustomed to enorGi
ties that nothing startles it. Surely it would
be cheaper and better to enlarge the means
Of prevention than to spend thousands and
tens of thousands 10 fruitless attempts to
catch and punish offenders"
The Baltimore Sun says" From infor-
nation which has reached us, there would
seem to have been considerable stampede
of slaves from the border Valley counties OF
Virginia during the late Easter holidays,
We have heard of seven having made their
escape from the plantation Of Mr.. Mason, IN
Loudoup county, near the Point of Rocks,
aud two from Berkeley county. 1t Is sup
posed others have also gone"
A great charity ball came of on Thursday
night. 10 New York il the Cbrystal Palace.
The floor of the nayes, equal to about four
squares of ground, was prepared for the
dancing hall. and outside of this was
promen ade 20 feet vide aud 1900 long, beside
a large space of standing and sitting room
and the galleries which were used for
promenadiog.
One of the first acts of the new Board Of
Directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
was to appropriate sum sufficient 20 COM
pIete the new stone dams Nos. A and 5, at as
early period as possible. This is commend
able, simultaneously with the completion
of those dame, confidence in the efficiency
of the Canal, as q means OF transportation,
will be in q great measure restored.
The Norfolk Argus has long article in
condemnation of the Bank Act recently
passed especially that portion providing for
the establishment of the paying agency at
Richmond or Baltimore. The Richmond
Enquirer also denounces the measure. line
Argus thinks the act is blow at the vital
interests of Norfolk" This act was pub
tisbed in the Gazette Of the I'd inst.
The religious movement has at length
reached NV Orleans. 1t bad been preVi'
ou,lv manifested in all the cities of the
South. The New Orleans Picayune says
"Tbe movement, however, in this city, COD,
sists. az vet, only in the opening OF places OF
worship, daily. 10 all parts of the city, and
in an unusual attendance on religious ser
vices"
The forty-sbird anniversary of the massacre
at Dartmoor prison, (Euglaud) was celebrated
at New York. by meeting of three sur'lv'
ors, on Tuesday last. The old veterans talk'
ed over their-hardships and suferings in the
prisop. and of the uptimely deaths OF their
eompapions. Mr.J. English, who was one Of
the pri, oners at Dsrtmoor, is the only one OF
them now living in this vicinity, We believe.
The body Of q man, named Benz. Jones'
aged forty-haine, belonging to Baltimore, Was
found floating in the dock ct Baltimore, on
Thursday, with marks Of violence, indicating
that he had been murdered. The deceased
had some money, and few weeks since be
left "a was understood, for Texas. 1t is
supposed be was robbed and then murdered
A dispatch received at St. Louis, confirms
the accounts of foods on the Mississippi and
Arkansas rivers. From the mouth Of White
river to tho Louisiana line. but few places
escaped. Plantations have been Submerged
and the destruction is immense. At Napo-
leon. the water is higher than during the
food of 1874.
According to the published statements OF
the Contracts made for supplying the Army
in Utah, the prices given to the CONTRACTORS
do not appear to be exhorbitant. or sucn rs
would lead US to suppose that the govern
ment has been oyer-reached.
The Democratic Convention in Frederick
County, Va, have nominated Col. j. P. RE
ly, for Clerk of the County Court; Wash
ugton G. Singleton. for Clerk Of the Cir.
cult Court; and DR.. Lewis A. Miller. for
Sheriff.
The South Side Democrat says:--"The
temple of Democracy is always open: any
bodv can enter there who plesses, Worship,
as long 40 be chooses, and retire without let
or hindraIce"
A contract was formally entered into on
the 9th instant, BY the Ladies OF tho Mount
Vernon Association and John A. Wsshios'
ton, ESQ.,, for the purchase OF tho Wssh'ng-
ton estate It Moupt Vernon.