Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-07-16
News OF the Day.
"Toshow the rery age and body Of The TINES

'Toshow the rery age and body Of The TINES"
The Vice Regent Of the Mount Vernon
Association tor Alabama, Mrs. Ottawa Wal
con LIE Vert was honored by most hearty
response to the appeal she addressed to her
State. Between seven in the morning abd
seven at night, of the 4th of July, she re.
ceived Seren hundred dollars for Mount
Vernon.
A very serious accident occurred at Mich
igau City ou Saturday night week, while Gel
ebrating the Fourth. A man in attempting
to climb on the platform where the fireworks
were lit, hit the rod of rocket just as the
fire was touched to it and poised it in hor:
izontal direction. 1t went into crowd OF
people who were on the piazza OF the WaVer'
" House, which was Sc PAGES distant. The
rookie, struck boy in the side of the face,
entirely carrying away one cheek. The rod
became disepgaged from the rocket and pass
ed Cd, hitting the wife Of DR.. n. u. Sherman
in the side of the neck just above the collar
bone, and passed through so that the end
stuck out some elk or eight inches.
Anthony Mclaughlin, of Wheeling, Vir-
einia, met with an unfortunate accident at
Martinsville, Ohio, on Thursday last. lie
was walking down a bill near the town and
met with a Mr.. Darreh driving bull, COM
ing up. Mr.. Dsrrah called to Mclaughlin
to look out for the vicious animal, but before
he could get out of the way the bull made
at him ferociOusly, striking him In the face,
breaking his check bone and tearing bis
right eye and its ligaments entirely out OF
his head.
Ameeting Of the Board of Health of Cas-
Teton, Staten Island, was held yesterday al
ternoon, to devise measures to prevent the
spread of contagious diseases from the Quar-
antine ground. DR.. Munday, the Health
| Officer, stated that there was danger to be
apprehended by permitting sailors with their
baggage, and men employed in the Qnaran-
tine ground, to have access to the town and
proceeding to lew York in the Staten Island
boats.
The region at the West recently submer-
eed by the overflow of the rivers, is now al,
aicted by miasma, caused by the decaying
matter left upon the subsistence OF the floods.
Droyes of hogs turned out upon the reclaim
ed lands along the Illinois snofe, are dylng
off rapidly FROM the epidemic which has SUD
denly broken out; the health OF tue lnhabi
tants is beginning to suffer.
We see it stated, upon what may be con
sidercd reliable authority, that thirty thous
and Christians have recently been found
upon an island, north of Celebcs. 1t hac
been ru nored for a time. that there was
Christian people there, forgotten and forsa
ken, which, however, yet possessed three 81
bIes. ard continued steadfast in the faith.
Caspar Heisenbaucher, young German
was very badly injured in Chicago on Mon
day, 9TH instant, by firing, on wager
half dime, cracker held 10 his mouth
lie won the bet, but was most seriously onrn'
his tongue and cheeks were iacerated, an'
two of his teeth blown out.
A party of engineers, mechanics aud la
borers, to the number of one hundred an'
sixty. with an abundance Of materials, haV
sailed from New York in the barque Rapid
for the Istbmus OF Tebuantepec, tor the pur
pose of opening the transit route.
The revenue cutter Harriet Lane arrived
at Norfolk, 18th inst; having on boad Miss
Lane, Secretary Cobb, Hon. E. Ward, 81
w. Gore Ousley, Count Sartiges, Collecto
Schell. and others. She left at L. NJ. 10
Old Point and Annapolis.
The Secretary Of the Navy has assigned
under the late act, one sloop TO be built
each of the ports of Portsmouth, Boston, New
York, Philadelphia, Norfolk and Pensacola
the seventh is yet undetermined, but claimed
by Washington, and urged for Philadelphia
The Germans, citzene of the United States
intend having a national pic Me-" tor tn
nurposg Of raising money to erect menu
nent 70 the memory of the gallant Genera
Baron Steuben.
Gov. Cumming testifcs to having observed
wagon on the road from Salt Lake City T.
Provo, which was drawn by pigs, harnesse'
to the tongue, by an ingenious combination
Of straps and cords.
The salt manufacturers in kanawha anH
the Ohio river, have concluded an arrange
ment by which their salt is to be kept up
far remunerating price in all the markets
The late religious revivals in New York
have produced some strikingly interesting
results. Two converted actors have beer
preaching and giving in their experience
The Cabinet has scattered for summer re
| creation.