Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-06-30
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tiers, that the administration Is determined IN
any event to sustain all the rIght- and inter
ests which have been secured u our citizens
by grants or charters IL that quarter.
The committee OF the State, city council,
Citizens of Richmond, and military officers
have made extensive arrangements for the
Monroe Obsequies Oh the 9Th Of July. From
the programme We quote: "The residents Of
Main street are to hang their windows with
black, and the bells Of tho city arc to be toll
ed during the procession"
A dispatch from Washington in relation
TO the execution OF Powers says:-"Great
efforts were niede up to the latest hour 10 OBJ
tain a Communication of sentence. | under
stand the president said to one person occu-
plying prominent position, who was plead
ing for mercy, IF you can show me Oh ex-
tenuatiug circumstance, | will grant IT.
The person rejecting some moments, and
finding no other ground OF appeal, answered,
His youth, your excellency." The Presi-
dent replied, Nearly all the murders aud
other crimes OF vioIence so frequent OF late
in the District Of Columbia have beeu com
mi,tsd by such young men"
10 West ROI bury, few days since, as a
lady was making call upon her frlends, an
Irish girl in one Of the adjoining yards loo:-
ed savage watch dog, which Immediately
jumped the fence and attacked the lady,
tearing her dress and skirts into shreds, from
her waist down. la the attack the steel
hoops became 80 twisted around the JAWS Vi
the dog as to prevent his tearing her flesh,
which be only missed by the thickness OF
from the hoops, left, 10 the great relief vi
the lady, who was very much frightened.
There was considerable excitement at
Blanchard's Hotel, in New York, on Sltur-
day night, at which time Capt. Dunham, on
old merchant, boarding at the hotel, was
| dangerously wounded by Edward j. Ander-
son, lawyer aud guest OF the house. The
wife OF Mr. AndereOn had taken ride with
/ Capt. Durham ana his wife and Oh their re-
turn Anderson, after few words with Capt
! Durham, drew u dagger and stabbed him 10
| the right breast.
Mr.. W. a. Hunter, Of Bryan, William
| county, OaiO a printer. has made al I'm
provUmeut on type cases, consisting III max
| ing the bottom Uf the case Of perforated zinc
instead Of wood. BY placing the case on toe
| .Op Of bellows made 70 fit, all dirt can be
/ removed 10 very short time. In addition
! TO the perforated bottom a second movable
one, sliding in groove, prevents the dirt
/ from dropping from one case to another when
| placed 10 the racks.
/ Soma ,,,o b,pIraj lobo ho o.;
Their out Of employment, or won'twork, formed
themselves into a procession in Davenport,
Iowa, on Friday, and marched to the office
/ OF Mayor Cook, and TO the residences of ses
eral Of the wealthest citizens, demanding
work, and declaring that they must either
have work, become charge upon the coun-
ty, or starve.
AT the Old School Presbyterian General
Assembly, which met at New Orleans last
month, a resolution WAS adopted recommend
ing that as the f,urth of July this year comes
Oh Sunday, it should be reigIously celebrated
by a national experimenting at ten O'Clock
a. m, for one hour, in all the churches IN the
Union.
Dr. James p Uambleton, late Of Pittsyl-
vania county, Va, who two or three years
ago pub ished q biography Of Gov. Wise
transcenden,alIy eulogstic, is now the ed.
tor Of the Chattanooga Advertiser, the col
umDs of which be employs in denouhcing
his Excellency.
1t is stated that below Point Coupee, in
Louisiana, there is ono broad field Of su.
gar cane covering thirty thousond acres
There are rows four miles in length and as
straight Il. an arrow. At one point the
traveller can count fifteen trick sugar hOuses
at one glance.
Queen Victoria, i; is limited, will appear in
the venerable character Of grandmother in
the course of few months, when pledge OF
the loves of Prince Frederick William and b,
wife will be preso nted to the loyal people Of
Prussia.
Gen. AImonta, at the last accounts from
Europe, was very i'll al Nice, in Italy, and
was barely expected to recover. The person
who came from Europe to forward the bust
ness Of Santa Anua here, Is GGueral Severe
Castillo.
The American Company, which is at work
in the harbOr Of Sebastopol, under Col. Con
en-, Of Boston, have succeeded 10 raisiUg from
her former submerged position, corvette Of
sixteen guns, in an entire condition aud IN
good state Of preservation.
Mrs. Daniel, the wife Of Mr.. John ii.
Tyree's overseer, committed suicide by
drowning herself near Lyuchburg, las; week
The deceased has been suhjec! TO fits of sad
ness since she lost son suddenly, some time
ago.
Rev. Thos. SPRINGFIELD, OF the IIolston
Protestant Conference, died on the 18th in
slant. Rlv. c. Mitchell, Of the same confer
euce, died in Carroll county, Va, Oh the 10Th
instant.
There were 347 deaths in New York du-
ribg the past week. less thau occurred du.
ring the week preceding. o. these were
occaoIoned by smallpox, and Is BY violent
causes.
The barQue Hopewell recently arrived ct
ID -marara from St. Helena, with 2iO Ain
caus, and the screw steamer Clarendon,
from Calcutta, with 33G Coolies, 50 having
died Oh the passage, OF cholera.
The Methodist Protestant and Euiscopa
Churches have determined to hold no camu-
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