Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-29
News OF tho Day.
"70show the Gerry age and 6ody ofMe TINES.

on tne SrOulSell steamers Atlanta ana Mem.
phis. chartered for the Paraguay expedition,
has been suspended, az the order for their
rejection on account of total unftness for
this service, is hourly expected from the Navy
Department. Two Of the new light drausht
steam sloops. of-war now building are said to
be selected as substitutes for the two re- ected.
Two lake steamers-thc America and Onta-
rio-have been chartered for the expedition,
o. 81 900 per month.
The Pittsburs Commercial Journal says:
'Our unfortunate bondholders in the Il ist are
making more comfort out Of the result of the
late election in this county, than the facts war
rant. Unauestionably all those who think
ali trouDle ,s now over on this vexed local
question, and that we shall shortly Commence
10 pay interest on our bonds without refer
ence to the decision of the courts, are destin-
ed to serious disappointment. All the point
Cal organic atoms 10 this eOunty are pledged
TO legal resistance until the courts of last re-
sort shall decide against them"
Another sad affair has occurred near Jeru-
salem. An English lady, spending the sum
mer in tents with the family of Mr.. Finn,
the Eaglish consul, started to % alone to
Jerusalem. Nothing was heard Of her ill q
few days after, when her body was found by
the roadside, bearing marks Ut Vlle5t abuse
and torn by wild beasts. The matter Is be-
ing examined into. All the SheikhS Tor pet
~ rulers Of the vicinity have been I'm 9rlson'
ed. SJue natives who have been
say tina. they saw two talehee 1.-THE lowest
class Of filters Of the soil with her.
The Propaganda at R,mc, has addressed q
letter to Archbishop Hughes, Of New York,
which says:--"rhe holy Father has obtained
toe large AID convenient house which o few
years ago was occupied 10y the religious wo-
men Of the Visitation, with the fine church
adjacent, ard has granted it's use to the Bish.
OPS of the Uaitei States, that youth chosen
bv them 10 ne sent thither may be received
there and Instructed in sound doctrine sndthe
ecclesiastical lie"
A late Paris letter from Mr.. Walsh says:
4 few days ago we bad a singular and i'm
p~ressive process Of nature in the Place Ven
dome; tho annual assemblage Of the swal-
lows from all points of the capital, for their
migration to the South, in three principal
crlumus. setting out successfully, and skill
fully marshal!vd, from the roots OF the hotels
black with the swarms. Ihe rear guard
moved fl On Wednesday.
The last genera! conference of the Metho.
dist Episcopal Church, held at Indianapolis,
Indiana, authorized the election and ordina'
ton of a bi hop for the republic Of Liberia,
- - -.--. 800. Of cha friND ~ StQfn
should SO determine. That conference nav
ing elected one of their owe members, the
Rev. Francis Burns, TO that Office. be was or
dained on the Hin instant at Perry N. \.
According to the Berlin correspondent of
the New York TribuDe, the people OF Prus'
sia have, Tor twenty years past, been under
the government Of an insane man-Fredcr-
lex William Three. The writer supports his
assertions by 81 variety Of statements. lie
saws that the Kirg had lucid Intervals which
were made Use Of by the Queen to oitsilate
ali doubts as to the condition Of lis mind.
A correspondent of the ST. Louis Democrat
who has undertaken a careful exploration OF
the Pixies Peak gold mines 10 hansas, writes
that the storie. Of the discoveries of large
Jumps OF gold and Of great yields ere wholly
uniounded, and that I'll the gold that is to be
found 10 that region is "Wash.gCld," from
which careful men may possibly realize -.
so 10 SO Ter day.
The PHILADELPHIA Press fancies Mr.. }. u.
Jopcs at the court Ct Vienra, conVessine
Through the medium of au interpreter with
the prime minister. The Austrian count, if
be have auy taste for humor. may smile,
while he saw: IAN, Monster PAmbassadeur,
! perceive you owe your appointment here 10
your unfortunate disappointment at hone.
The feuda that always exis. between the
Managers Of rival Opera troops. in n. YORK
in regard to their respective "cclebritIes'"
have grown. of late. into quite an exciting
warfare. Mr.. Uilm8n's ibtroduclou oil Pic'
cnlonini, at tie Academy Of Music, has been
the signal for renewed and increased bitter
uc,s on toe part Of the combatauts AID their
friends.
Letters from Paris continue to state that
the people of that city, English residents H.
cluded, are amazed and Disguised at the ex'
traordinary costumes worn by English Welt
ers, and particularly at tue bronze hats trim
med with lace, end the extraordinary eZpan-
sion of the petticoat, exhibited bY the iadie'.
There was a violent storm on Sunday last,
in AID around New York. The whar'es oil
along North and East rivers were inundated
and the cellars filed with water. TIE GEL
lara of the United States Bonded Warehouse
we're flied, and a great deal o! damage done.
Brooklyn, IIoboken AID Williamsburg suffer-
ed a good deal Of lcss.
A Halifax IN. G. correspondent OF the
Petersburg (Va.) Express, says: "killluger
the laughing man is in town. II you never
heard him laugh you ought to hear him; ne
can be heard ut least one half mile. Qilte
a large crowd surrounded him during the
whole OF yesterday, to eco and hear him
laugh"
Mr.. John La Mountain. Of Troy. n. Y,
processes to have discovered Il motive power,
requiring neither fire nor water to ieed It, Ter
navigating the air, aid proposes to build IN
aerial ship. TO start from Troy next spring,
cross the Atlantic ocean. and land In London
or Paris. as may be agreed upon, provided tie
spm OF -, 500 shall be raised 10 pay expenses.
A singular suit for the recovery OF the
~ IS Iifa Insurance uolicy Is in pro.