Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-01

owing officers we're elected:
President, DR.. Vim. NJ. Kemp, Of Balsi-
more.
Vice Presidents--Dr. John NJ. Moriarty'
# Bo.ton, Geo. N. Eaton, esq. of Baltimore;
DR.. P. C. Gallsrd, of Charleston. 8. u !.
Secre,aries-Ch.s. II. Haswell. e.q.' OF
New York; Dr.. d. j. Mckew, OF Baltimore
Hon. F. +. Ferguson, of Norfolk. 49,
There was q numerous attendance OF oeie
gates. among whom we notice Dr'. u. M.
French and w. B. Gregory, representing the
City Council Of this city.
The Mexican Minister in Spain, M. La
having received from Gen. Zuloags
az order 70 resign bis functions, has refused
to obey the order. and announces through
the press that, Gen. zuloaga not having been
duly elected to the Presidency. be will con:
tinue to fulfil the duties Of the Office. The
Spanish Government differ with NJ. Lsfra-
qua, as to the legality of the position of Gen.
Zuloags, profess to believe in the fnal sue
cess of his course, and thus have refused fur
Their intercourse with the Minister who de-
MES bis authrity.
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Two of the distinguished men Of the med
cal world Of Paris, recently disd--M. Chomel,
and the Baron Boyer. M. Chomel was the
oh ysioiau Of Louis Phillips, and since bis
death, OF the Orleans family. 1t was he that
refused the oath to the Empire, and was
thus excluded from the Faculty Of Medicine
of Paris, of which he was one Of the bright
est ornaments. Baron Boyer died suddenly
from an imagination of the intestines, M.
Chomel from an internal cancer.
1t will be happy state of things when we
see no specie sent out of the country to Europe
for year, for it is always sent to pay the
balance owing BY our country to them; to pay
the enormous amouRts for silks, champagne
and other articles Of luxury. Ii would be
happier state of things If We could prevent
the shipment of specie for five years. or for
ever. We buy two much abroad and sell too
little.
The Cumberland Telegraph says:-"Cum-
berlsud coal is represented as being in bet
ter demand than it has been since the COM
mencement of the season, for eastern and
coastwise shipment. We trust that the de-
mand may not be temporary. The compa-
MES are now prepared to fill orders of any
amount, and it is hoped that I'D opportunity
may be afforded, then, to tax to its fullest
extent the productive capacity of the collie
ries."
Madame Orsui has LETT Paris to return to
the Italian village where she has long been
established as schoolmistress. Friends OF
Italian liberty helped to administer all the
comfort that lay in their power by subscrib'
ing handsomely to the widow and fatherless,
and a sum Of $500 francs was placed IN
Madame Orsini's hands at the moment OF
to which the principal subscri'
bers are English.
The trial OF DR.. Bernard, the French refu
gee, for completely in the Orsini plot, has
been proceeding at the Central Criminal
Court. London. Upon the verdict, probably,
will depend the Immediate tone Of the new
French Ambassador, the Duke OF Malskot
who has arrived in England with great
pomp.
The Rev. Sullivan II. Weston Was on the
18th ult., on the fret ballot, and by the
unani nous vote of the Episcopal Convention,
elected Bishop of Texas. Mr. Weston is As
sstaut MINISTER Of Trinity Church 10 New
York, and is the second bishop which that
has furnished within the last Six
years.
On Friday morning last one Of the Nation
a! Road mail stage line Of coaches was turn
ed over, at the western end of Cumberland.
There were several passengers aboard, all OF
whom were more or less blurred. Captain j.
w. Wolvipgton, conductor on the Cumber-
land Coal and Iron Compauy's Railroad, had
his head badly cut and was otherwise injured.
A steam fire engine has been completed at
Mass, which throws stream an
inch and half in diameter over roof OF
100 feet high, and throws the same stream
1913 feet horizontally. Two streams Of one
inch we're thrown over the same building and
10 distance from the machine horizontally,
of 20S feet.
The New York papers give an account OF
the descent by the Mayors police, upon
about hundred policy shops, located in va
.ious parts of the city. They succeeded IN
making sixty arrests, all OF whom were
brought before the Mayor, and held to bail
each in the sum of 81 900.
"A Southern Democrat" in the Richmond
Enquirer, denounoes the report of the new
ansas bill as 81 subssrfuge unworthy OF
tatesmep, a cheat disgraceful to Southern
men, and the whole proceedings of the Con-
erenoe Committee, as blot and stain upon
Legislative honesty"
1t is now said that the Secretary OF the
treasury is encouraged to believe that the
eceipts from costoms will be so much in
ressed during the coming fiscal year that
here will be no necessity for call upon
Congress- for an additional issue of Treasury
totes.
The Junior class of Columbia College, will
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