Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-22
News OF the Day.
"Toshow the rsry age and body fhs TINES.

lutellGence mas Deen received from tene-
zuela, dated at Caracas on the 25th Of Sep
TENDER. Friendly relations were fully restor-
ed between that republic and England and
France. The country was enjoying repose'
and the people anxiously awaiting the return
Of Gen. Paez, to whom the next presidency
would be rendered.
A Cincinnati paper notices the last soiita-
ry banquet of last mans" CLUB In mat
CITY. In the cholera season Of 1882, seven
gentlemen agreed to meet annually and dine
once together AS long as they lived, q bottle
of vine 20 be sealed and drunk in memorium
hv the last survivor. The first reunion was
held on the 6Ih October, 1892, and on the 0sh
October. 1858, DR.. Waiter, sole survivor OF
the seven. drank from the bottle and pledged
the six dead friends, whose empty plates were
his only society at the last melancholy least.
Acommittee Of the stockholders OF the
New Haven County sank have reported that
more than half the capital has been wasted
by reckless speculation. The report hXes tue
blame on the president who has loaned large
sums without the knowledge Of the directors,
ia one instance loaaing $4,000 to Henry
Dwight, without receipt. A new board is To
be chosen. The bills Of the bank will be
good, the stockholders sustaining the loss
There il IN ,ch excitement.
a womap, formerly Of Newark, n. j., but
who for the past year had been living in Chi.
cage, q few days since started, with a sick
child in her arms to return to Newark
When near Cleveland. Ohio, the child died
ia her arms. The mother, discousolate. and
far from friends, with scarcely money enough
to reach home, rather than leave her babe
among strangers continued on her journey,
and reached Newark, having carried the
dead infant in her arms the entire distance.
The clergy Of England are making vigor-
Gus onslaughts on the customs OF wearing
hoops and diminutive bonnets. AT a recent
meeting of the Britiah aud Foreign Bible 81
cie,y, a Rev. Mr.. Marriott quoted scripture to
prove that both these gay fashions were IT.
religious. 1t is said that his fair auditors
showed no visible signs of contrltlon or re-
pentance.
The schr. +. II Miller, at Providence, from
Gillinone river brings news that DR.. LlUiog'
stone had gone up the Nile with bis small
steamer. The Disturbances with the patiYe
tribes continued, and the new Governor had
started with d force OF three native ana forty
European troops against them. News haa
been received Of a victory over the na1'ss
ct Champanzee, on the Zsmbesl.
At Pvughkeepsie a young lady named
Catharine R,tcher, has recovered 50 5OO Cam
ages from the Hudson River Railroad Com
pany, for personal Injuries, consisting of a
cru-bed foot. She attempted to get out Of
the car, when i, started. threw her down and
crushed her foot. Her father had previously
, recovered $3.50 for the loss Of her services
and for medical attendance.
TIE geological museum Of the lato Hugh
Miller has been Purchased by the Govern
ment for 600. IL addition to this sum an
other of about COCO, subscribed all over the
country, with q view to the purchase ct
the collection, will be handed TO MIR. M'lier's
widow. The collection will remain III the
Edinburgh Museum.
An interesting little son Of Mr.. Widdccome,
a clerk 10 the ciicc of the auditor of the Post
OEccDspartment, Washington, on Wednesday
morning, was chokcd to death by q piece OF
meat getting into the windpipe. DR.. lloiston
was called to bis assistance, bu. arrived too
late to prevent fatal Consequences, although
he made an ~ipcisiOn into the windplpe.
The citizens Of Norfolk are contributing
literally for the relief of the yellow fever SUI
ferers at New Orleans, aud have resolved al.
SO to extend aid to those Of Charleston, If ne
cessary. At the tow meeting, held on
Monday night, a large sum was subscribed
on toe spot, after which collecting committees
were appointed.
The New York Journal of Commerce in a
recent number expresses the confident belief
that the desired Union of the two continents
can be most surely effected by q system OF tel
egraphic connexions extending across the
American continent. via Behring's Straits,
thence tbrorghtho Asiatic and European do
miuions OF Russia.
A dispatch from St. Louis, says, the steam
boa. Flying Cloud was subk on the 18th inst,
at Devils Island. The boat cost S55.OOO,
and was insured for SIS. 900. The same day
the steamboat R.dolrh WAS sunk At G,nse
Hand, valued at 500 600 insured for SD
900. Both boats will be raised.
The St. Louis Republican contains a letter
from the Hon. James B. Clay, Of Ky, in favor
OF the success of Judge Douglas, IN Illinois;
and it promises a similar letter from the Hon
John j.. Crittenden in n few days. uoV
Chase, Of Ohio, is abcat to take the stump IL
Illinois III opposition to Douglas.
Letters announce the affective intelligence
that Rev. S. Keener Cox. b. D., formerly pas
tor of the Methodist Protestant Church Ninth
street, WASHINGTON, and more recently Ere
| sident of the Lynchburg (Va.,) College Is
lying dangerously ill at his residence IL
Lynchhurg.
The London News is quite hopeful tba'
the combined improvements of Hughes
Thompson, and Henly. would, when they
reached Trinity Bay, triumph over the exis
ting difficulty in transmitting lute!lisible sig
mails through the cable.
We notice with pleasure indications OF re
viv;rg business in various sections OF tint
| Union. 1t is not likely that any important
change will take place before spring, but it's
quite certain tina, the feeling has greatly Ion
nrovad within o few months.