Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-20
News OF the Day.
"T6sHow tie rery age aud body Of the TIMES.

ing the line between Virginia and Tennessee
have finished their work for the winter
They traced the line from Bristol to White
Top, and found several Offsets in it. They
then went to Cum berland Gap, and found 1t
to be due west from Bristol, and precisely
on the latitude of &c 80. The Gap, there
fore, is not several miles north of the true
line, as here. fore reported. They will be-
gin their work again early in the spring
1t is stated that the religious revival has
caused novel proceeding at the West. A
number of prominent laymen have organized
themselves into an association called the
"Flying Artillery" They send messenger
before them to prepare the way" and then
the laymen preach sermons 10 the peo-
pie. Thousands bad been collected together
in several towns and villages throughout the
country to hear distinguished laymen preach
the gospel.
In view of the increasing abundance OF
silver, the director of the U. 5. Mint, in his
annual report, inquiries whether some mea-
sures cannot be adopted whereby bank notes
under the dent mnation Of twenty, or at least
of ten dollars, may be Withdrawn from circu-
lation, and whether it would not be expedlont
to extend tue limit to which the silver coinage
is entrusted as legal tender, to fifty or even
one hundred dollars.
During the last visit of Mr.. jerome Bona
partc and his son, the Lieutenant, now Cap
tain Bouaparte, to Paris, visit which extern
ded over period Of six months, they had no
interview with the Emperor, and their com
munication with the palace vas limited to
few formal interviews with the Prince
Jerome and the Princess Mathildc.
An attempt was made to fire the Asylum,
at Newport, r. l., by filling some hollow
sticks With powder and placing them among
the fire.wood. When the sticks were used,
severe explosion took place, scattering bum
ing Goals 10 all parts Of the room, and setting
fire to the building. The flames were ez-
tincuishcd before much damage was done.
In the Prussian standing army of one hun.
dred and twenty-six thousand men, but two
soldiers are unable to read; and Of two mil
lion nine hundred thousand children between
the ages of seven and fourteen, at the last
census, two million three hundred and tWen-
~ eight thousand were actually attending
the schools.
There was not little excitement created
on Wednesday, 10 Fredericksburg, BY the dis
appearance of Henry LANCE a German, who
| for some time past has been carrying on an
extensive Grocery store on Commerce street.
1t turned out, from subsequent developments,
that he vamoosed fu!lhanded, leaving any
amount Of debts unliquidatcd.
The Fredericksburg Recorder sayt:-"A
large number Of chickens have died in varl-
Gus parts of tho town from an affection re-
scmbling the black tongue. One gentleman
alone has lost forty. TIE fowl is taken with
q swelling at the root Of the tongue, ard lives
but very short time
President Buchanan gave bis first Congress
sional dinner last Tuesday evening. Several
Republicans were present. 1t was noted as
significant that the entire Judiciary Commit
tees Of both Houses were invited. with one
exception, That exception was Horace r.
Clark.
Hon. Sherrard Clemens is stil. at the Central
Hotel in this city, (says o Richmond cores
pondeDt Of the Lynchturg Republican, and
he is improving slowly. The bone in bis
leg has CT nlmenced knitting, but FIN sorry
to say that be is far from being out OF dan
ger.
Marley Loeke, imprisoned on a charge of
murder, aud who escaped in the general
stampede from the RychcsteE Jail on Sunday
night week, was arrested at Mount Norris On
Tuesday evening. The next day ho was lods-
ed 10 his old quartsss.
The Charlottesville Jefersonian says:--
".Amopg those SPOKEN Of as likely to be
brought forward as candidates to supply Mr..
Letcher's place in Congress, are Judge Kin
ney, OF Rockingham, and Samuel G. VIII
liams Of SbenaDdo ah."
A meeting of the Opposition will be held
in tho city Of Richmond tonight for the Pur-
pose of commencing a time and plaza for
holding State Convention to nominate Op-
position candidates at the ensuing Spring
election.
1t is said Judge Douglas has prepared, and
will soon publish, declaration Of his inten-
ton not to be candidate for the Presidency
in 1860. We shall wait We see bis "decla'
ration"
Dispatches have been received by the Nary
Department., from the commander Of our
squadron On the coast of Africa, stating
that the slave trade is carried on very extern
sively.
The appcrtionmeut for members Of Con.
eress, under the census Of 1860, will make
great change in the representation oil seveF"!
States, judging from the recent election re-
turns in some Of the Western States.
An expedition is now fitting out in New
York by number Of entcrprising young
men, of various trades and professions, for
the settlement of one Of the Papuan Islands
in Central Oceanica.
The minimum estimates ct the South of the
present Cotton crop have at last been raised
to 3. 500, coo bales, md the maximum to s.
600, 600 bales-a very small range for the es-
Inmates so early in the season.
"Flying Cloud" the celebrated Morgan
horse of the Sherman family Of Morgans. an!
sired by old Black Hawk, sold 10 Missouri!
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