Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-12

A California paper says that a lazy fellow,
who had H1ated about Columbia, for long
time and had never done days work iu the
mioes, was recently driven by want Of means
to live to obtain pick aud shovel aud sally
forth to try his fortune OF gold digging. lie
worked with but little success for two days
but on the third he dug up lump OF soio'
nearly pure, which weighed seventy-t"o
pounds, The lucky fellow took bis piece TO
Wells, Fargo & Co., in Columbia, by whom
il was valued at fourteen thousand COLLARS!
The place where this monstrous nugse' ~ae
dug is within mile or two OF Columbia.
At the Protestant Episcopal General Inc
olopical Seminary, N. v, the Rev. DR.. 5. II.
Turner, Prof of Biblical Learning delivered
an address before the alumni, on Friday even
ins. on the occasion of the fortieth auniversa-
RI OF his appointment to his professorship.-
Professor Turner reviewed the early history
Of the institution, and lis progress up to she
present. period He stared that among It's
Graduates il counted tea right.reverend iath.
ers of the church, seven living bishops, and
a large humber Of highly usefn! ana energet-
ic cie-gymcn scattered over the Ualon from
Maine to Florida.
Some naughty boys in the streets Of Louis
Vile cried after their school teacher, zone
scyths, two scythe, three scyshe, Forsythe,"
aud as the last sey,he is his lame, be natu-
rally turned to correct them. The father Of
one of the lads demonstrated with the pro-
voked teacher aud received blow on the
head with poker. subsequently he attack
Ell Mr.. F0rsythe with cane and burt him
so badly that his life was in peril. Louis
Vile is DOT a very salubrious place for school
masters.
The 6f,ietb anniversary of Mount Sc. Ma
rvs College, at Emmittsburg, Maryland, the
leading Catholic collegiate institution of the
country was celebrated on " edne-day, the
6tn last, with great ec!at TIE event Is
lroked upon by oil Catholic communities
taruugho the United States with cztra>r.
d.nary interest. as two OF The archoishops
and many OF the bishops and clergy oil Tue
Union were students, and some OF them
Presidents and Professors Of this ancient in-
st!tuti0n.
A Norfolk paper states that new military
company will be shortly raised in that city,
to be composed entirely Of Jews. The mum
Der already enrolled amounts to thirty, Which
will probably be doubled. Its the first tune
We have heard of this elias. of our popuia-
ton turning their atteation to military pur-
suits 10 time Of peace; bat, as in the days OF
David, there were mighty men of valor among
tue Jewish nation, We presume that toe spirit
which animated their forefathers, still exists
among them.
The Limerick Chronicle mentions the fol-
lowing case of extravaganza: "A landed
proprietor, who came of age two years ago.
has been obliged TO leave the country in con-
sequence Of bis embarrsssments. On at
tanning the age Of twenty one he had ESQ.,
900 in bank, which he has got rid OF, and
accumulated debts since to the amount OF
G4OO, 900. lie kept open house for nigh and
low"
A few weeks since, Gays the New Orleans
Crescent, we mentioned as singular circum-
stance the marriage Of German widow, IN
the third district, to her fifth husband--not
one of the previous four having outlived bis
wedding year. "eii, 'em u"yS ein'o, wv
fifth husband took the yellow fever He died,
and on Friday he was buried.
Twelve cas,-ron columns, said to be the
largest in the United States, are now in pro-
cess Of construction at Cincinnati. They are
each fifty feet in height, four feet two inches
diameter, weigh between two and three hun
dred tons, and will cost about $4,000 -
They are designed for the State House, Mad
isun, Wisconsin.
The Christian Advocate of the 5th instant,
has the following I'VE regret to be com
PEELED to say, in answer to auxions inquiries,
that Bishop Simpsons health has not i'm
proved, and that the present indications do
not promise an early recovery. Lie Is greatly
reduced in flesh"