Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-11-24
News OF the Day.
"TosAov the Gerry age and body Of the TINES.

MIR. GOODS estimates OF new apFrorfla-
tons required for the service of the next fs-
cal yesr, amUunt to S52,57S. They we're
las. year s50,3l2O0O. The increase indea.
ted by the present Report is S2,066 600
These estimates uuder the modern improve
men,s Of legislation, are scarcely an index
to the probable amount Of appropriation
which will be extracted from Congress dur
ing the session.
The Paris Moniteur de rArmee publishes
some interesting details relating to the Empire
Of Anam, against division Of which joint
French and Spanish expedition is 10y this time
10 full operation. The Empire of Anam com
prises three great and separate disisons--Co-
cain Chine, properly 80 called, with Ts.ampe,
Csmbodis and ToDkin are each governed by
viceroy.
Tbe report of tho judiciary committee Of
the House on the case Of Judge JJhn c.
Watrous has appeared III pondrous volume
Of fourteen hundred pages. This report
cOatsins the allegations against the Judge,
his answer to the same, tho testimony OF in
disiduals taken before the committee and 40
appendix with documents connected with the
case.
The Secretary Of the Interior he's just ap-
proved grant of 2S4 568 acres Of the land
inuring TO the State of Florida under the
provisions Of the not of 18th May, 1856 to
aid in the construction Of that portion OF the
Florida Railroad, extending from Fernandina,
on the Atlantic, to Cedar Key, on the Gulf
Of Mexico.
The railroad from Aexandria to Sucz was
expected to be completed by the first OF De-
osmber, when all the difficulties and disagree
mems of ",rossiug the desert" will be avoid
cd, and the route to India, China, and Aus
trslis rendered as complete and comfortable
as travelling by sea and land can be made.
The Prince Napoleon recently gave grand
dinner, at which several dishes were Chinese;
some of the wine drunk was from Siam (hav.
ing been sent by one Of the kings Of that
country to bis Imperial Highoess,l and one
Of the guests was Chinese mandarln.--
Among the dishes we're swallows nests, cook
ed in the Nankin mode.
A discovery of the utmost importance for
the trade of Prussia and the countries Oh
the Baltic generally, has lately been made
ct place called Stassfurt. near Stettin, con-
sis,ing of an inexhaustiblc bed of pure rock
salt. The large i'm portatons of sal. annual
ly received from England, will OF course alto.
gether cease.
Professor S. S. Haldemsn, Of Delaware
College, (another account says Of Columbia,
Pa has been awarded $3.50 by Sir Wm. c,
Treyeyn, of Newcastle on.Tyne, England
| for 40 essay on q reform of English ortho
graphy, for which no offered prizes about q
wear ago, open to British and American
competition.
The excitement in England, produced by
the quarrel with Portugal, i, fir from being
Quoted. The French would gladly see The
discussion at IN end, but the affair passed sc
rapidly that foreign approximations did not
begin to arrive till after the solution Of the
difficulty at Lisbon.
A young man in Ireland was recently car
RED away BY o large Spanish kite. By some
means bis arm became co tangled in the cord
and, a strong wird prevailing, he was forced
along, until finally he was stepped by STONE
wall, which cut the cord and released him
from his perlous position.
1t is rumored that the Staten Islanders
who arc opposed to the continuance OF Qnar
sntine in its present location, are preparing
for an attack on the new buildings now near
| il, If Il dJC
Metcalf has tended to encourage hostile de-
signs.
The wife OF Thomas Roper, Of Hartford,
Conn was frightened to death on Wednesday
night, by fire which was near her dwelling
| When the FIRE broke out she was standing IN
| the sink ROOM and the sudden fash of the
flames upon the window of her house, fright
ened her 80 that she fell dead upon the floor
The statement that Senator Pearce. Of
Maryland, was the Senator who won $780,
900 at gambling house last winter, at Wash
ingtop, has called cut letter from E1-Gov
ernor Corwin, in which he says he knows MIR
Pesrce we'll, aud the statement cannot be
true. lie lie mot that style of man.
correspondent of the Glasgow Free Press
writes from Greensburg, Kentucky. that the
m % have organized curt in Csmpbells-
Vile, and Esquires Moore and Wilson are
sitting as Judge and jury. Their decision
will be final upon the lives Of those recently
arrested.
A meeting Of the physicians OF Albany has
been held for the purpose of consulting on
the rice, progress and cause OF the sore
throat disease which has been prevalent
in that city for the las. four mouths They
state that it is less virulent than is generally
supposed.
The English ship-owners are still com
planning bitterly Of the depression OF their
business, which they attribute to the repeal
of the navig alton laws. The London Ship,
| ping Gazette says the business has not been
20 bad for IS years.
The dead trees in Independence Square,
Philadelphia, have been removed, and among
the trees substituted is the Westinghouse
Gigantia, the great California tree, which in
its native State grows 800 and 400 feet high.
The Brownsville, Texas, Flag, learns that
the small band of Indians, which for num-
Dor of years, have been committing murders
and robberies 90 both banks Of the river,
| have been exterminated to the last warrior.
III. D-o,;Jon,o Jnuroal arsertl that a liza