Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-07-09
News OF the Day.

Letters from St. Petersburg state that the
Emperor was gathering about him every day
men belonging to the progressive party; that
the cabine, was Impressed with the necessity
of approaching changes, and that the next
generation will not find any race of slavery
in Russia. This policy is opposed by the old
Russian party headed by Prince Menschlkotf.
Various libraries and institutions of learn
ing, throughout the Union, will shortly be
supplied by the Interior Department, with
complete sets of the documents Of the 34th
Congress. The repositories were designated
by the members of Congress, in accordance
with the law passed at the last session.
The hagerstown Mail, Of July 2, says
1--WE stated last week that six Of the thirteen
negroes who ran away from Loudoun, and
adjoining counties, in Virginia, were still
ut large but would be captured As yet
they have not been taken, and the prnbabili-
ties row are that they will not be. The ne
gro who was badly wounded, and lying at
Cavetown. under the skillfui treatment OF
VIM. A. Riddlemoser, is slowly recovering.
lie received four loads OF shot in different
parts of his body, some penetrating the lungs,
throat and abdomen. Hs belongs to DR.. j..
B. Ssank, Of Fairfax Co., Va"
Porter's Spirit of the Times continues to
give the most cheering accounts of the Amer
lean Horses in EOgland. In speaking of the
race entered into between Sir Joseph Hgwley
and Mr.. Ten Brock, the Spirit say: -Pri-
Dress has to NEE. Beadsman, the Derby VIC
tor of the current year, in q mile contest, at
even weight 5; True, they meet on even
terms, az far as weight is regarded, whilst in
age PriOress has two years in hand; but 1t
must be remembered that the winner OF the
Derby is the pick of the English three.year
olds.
The Yicksburg Wing, Of the 25:h ult., has
the following:-"We learn from tie Mem
phis Bulletin, that in addition to the plumber
ing by the Secretary of State Of Tennessee,
OF some thrty.fVe thousand dollars, and the
embezzlemeut of one hundred and twenty
three thousand dollars Of bonds that should
be in the Conptrolier's Office, by--nobody
knows who--:here has been discovered by
the investigating Committee further pluL-
dering Of two hundred thousand dollars by
aud nobody seems to know whO--ln the
shape of coupons taken in the bank OF Ten
nessee."
On Friday evening gentleman IN appa-
rent health took lodgings at the Girard
House, Philadelphia. Some uneasiness be-
ing excited by bis not appearing on Sa;ur-
day, his door was opened, and the stranger
was found lying upon his face On the floor,
near the bel-ro pc, and dead. 1t seemed as
though be was about to pull the wire When
he fell helpless. From marks npon his clo:h-
ing and the papers in bis pockets it was as
certained that the name Of the deceased was
J. A. Nettles, and that be was from East
Baton Rogue, La.
The New York Sun prints an extra Fourth
of-July edition on Mr.. Beach's Dew press,
which makes the impression on each side of
the paper at the same operation. The press
meets the fullest expectation Of the inventor,
and is pronounced a complete success by
printers generally. Additions are being
made by which the sheets are to be fed H.,
dampened, folded, and counted, all by ma
chnery, after which seven more impression
cylinders will be applied, and then the press
will be used in printing the daily Sun.
Pete, convicted of the murder of Luttreil,
in Scott county, IVA was executed on Fri
day last in grove near the town of E'till-
Vile. The prisoner addressed the crowd for
about three quarters of an hour, telling them
tina, intemperance, gambling, aud evil asso-
Citations had brought him 70 this dcpiorabie
end; warning the youth against his example,
and advising parents to carefully train their
chidreu in the love of virtue.
A curious case has been before the Roches-
ter courts, 10 which mother charged her
son with theft, to obtain bis committsl to the
house of refuge, in order to save him from
punishment in private, at the hands oil his
father, OF whose cruelty the woman seems
to have stood in mortal terror. The boy ad-
ritted the theft, aid was sentenced accor-
dinghy.
John Ii. Clark has been appointed Com
missioner, John Weiss, Surveyor, and Hugh
Campbell, Astronomer, on the part OF the
United States, to run the Texas boundary.
They will commence operations about the
first Of Septem Der, al point where tue oZnd
parallel crosses the Rio Grsnde.
Mr.. VIM. Gulick, son Of the late George
Gulick, residing near Aldie, in Loudoun
County, whilst harvesting on Saturday last,
complained of being unwel, and started for
bis brothers. house, some few hundred yards
distant-About an hour after he WAS found
living in a strip of woods, with life extinct
A large estate was sold at auction recently,
located on Bayou Goula, Parish of lberville,
Louisicua. 1t comprises 1900 acres Of land,
and $50 negroes. 1t sold for $40, coo, and
was bought by free man OF color His
principal competitor at the sale was veal
thy Virginia planter.
A man named Henry Schuckabier, a Ger
man, was found dead in his bed at the Hotel
cf Medly & Dyer, in Marlboro, Md, On We'd
ncsday morning last. Hehad been suffering
with a bone felon, and in using laudanum to
sssuage the pain, is supposed to have taken
an overdose.
The Committee on Annual Taxes for New
York, have made their estimates for 1885,
The amount to be levied is SS,470,7 al, being
an increase of S5O4.l74, over that OF 1851
The valuation of real and personal estate
upon which this tax is based, is So3l, 1885,
290.
John W. Finks, special mail agent for the