Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-07-31

his legs, just below the knee, cut OH oy
hawser in the Lumber District. at Albany
New York, on Wednesday. He was stand
inp on the dock, with one foot inside the loose
"bite" of a hawser, one end Of wich was At
,aebed to a steamboat. The boat starting
ont into the stream, stretched the ha"ser
taut, completely severing the leg. one u
bis hauds, also, WAS shockingiy mangieo'
shifting the thmb and tearing OH the Nd
GERS. He vas conveyed to the bospitai as
soon a.. possible, but there is little change OF
his recovery.
George P. Edgar, we'll known as a Leading
member of the Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION il New York and recently the
publisher of religious paper, that lived i, ou'
few weeks and was known IS Inc way
If Life" has been arrested and lodgeo 10
Eldridge street jail. The attidavits 90 ~nlcn
the warrant was issued al!ege that MT. hu-
gar obtained at different times, sl'oVo worm
of paper for the publication OF his journal
on representations that 1t was pTohsaoie
concern and that he was able to pay any
debts contracted for il, while be was 10 real
| ity insoivent.
The public schools are every where becom-
inc the great "institution" of the country,
and now here does the subject occupy great
or space than in the Empire State" Mil.
lions of dollars are annually rnised for the
purpose, on the logical argument that 1t is
cheaper to educate and eulighten the rising
generation and infuse correct moral prlnci-
ples, than it is to punish criminals in Ials
and penitentaries. In New York there Is
but one drawback upon the success OF pri-
mary schools. 1t is the regular and never
ending dispute about the use of the Bible as
a school book.
One or two New England papers are argu-
ing the question, Who killed Masee Ia
murderer who was hanged in Boston few
week. ago, but whose body exhibited evil
dence of life and vitality at the subsequent
dissection. A report of the post mortem ex
animation, published 10 the Medical and Sur
gical Journal, suggests the idea that Maget
was not killed by the hangman's rope, bu
ty the scalpel Of the surgical operator; tina
enough lite remained after the hanging tol
proper appliances to have famed 1t lntt
an active fame.
A boy, ton wears old, named George Prick
ner, the son Of German widow, in Brooklyn
suddenly disappeared on Friday week, ant
was missing until Monday morning, when bi
dead body WAS found in large trunk o.
chest in the house Of bis mother. On Friday
while the mother was absent, the deceased
was at play with companion, and EVIDENT.
got into the trunk to conceal himself, when
selc-adiusting lock closed the lid upon him
and he was smOthered.
The newly elected police Of New Orlean
went into Office on the first OF July, and tn
number of arrests for the first eighteen day
of the present month amounted to one thou
sand three hundred and thir;y-seveD! y
these, 1,l99 we're white persons, and Ia
slaves. The Picayune says that IN thos'
quarters of the city where the turbulent, II
former times, congregated ct night, compare
tive quiet and order prevail.
The Philadelphia Bulletin Of Saturday
.avs:--A huge boa constructor, which wa
kept as show at tavern in Walnut street
above Eighth, escaped this morning, and
working it's way into yard in the neighbor
hood, il mounted tree and bid defiance Il
those who proposed to capture it. AT las
accounts his suakeship was still entrencheC
among the branches of the tree.
We learn from the Troy IN. " Times
that great excitement exists at Bennington
growing out of a remarkable case developed
there, which seems to involve proba bilitJ
of the murder, by farmer of the town, ID
good circumstances, named Nathaniel Spaf
lord, Of his wife, and the dangerous poison
ing of his child and servant girl 10 his en-
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