Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-03-23
News Of the Day.
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1t has air eady been stated that the bark
Adriatic, Capt. Durham, which ESCAPED frcm
TIE French authorities. had arrived at Sa-
vannah. 1t appears she put into that port
short of provisions, having had u boisterJus
passage from Madeira, at which port she
arrived eleven days from Speszia. 1t was
from the latter port she made her second
escape, the first being from Marscilies.-
Captain d. alleges that the collision with the
steamer Lyonnaise which gave rise to his
arrest was no fault OF his, but entirely owing
to negligence On board the steamer, ard he
made his escape in order to hurry home ard
lay all the facts before Uur government Tor ls
disposal.
The brig Alma, Captain Brown, arrived
at New York on Saturday, from Nassau, n.
P, reports that on the 10th inst, when about
four miles from the Hole 10 the Wall. the
wind blowing u three knot breeze at the time,
she got into q whirlpool which turned the yes
sci round in thirty-fve seconds, and kept
turning her sometimes halfway and back,
and sometimes all the way rouI d, for two
hours and a quarter. The breeze then be-
came stronger, and she succeeded IN getting
out Of the whirlpool without receiving dam
age.
The new frigate Japanese, Just finished 10
New York, for the Russian Government,
will start about the lst Of April. She has
orders to proceed direct to China and from
thence to the Amoor river, where she will lie
delivered up to the Russian G~overnment.-
Several missionaries are going in her to
China, having received permission from the
Russian Minister. She is 20 be manned 10y a
full complement Of American officers.
We learn from the Lewisburg Era that o
very promising Lead mine has been dicuVer'
ed ON the land of Mrs. Margaret p. Caliison
near that place. 1t is sad to be exceeding
ly rich, and q gentleman who has a Snowi'
edge. Of lead mines in ether sections, says
that q specimen of this newly discovered
mine, is superior to any he has ever seen
anywhere. 1t will yield at least eighty pei
cent.
A court.martial has been ordered for the
trial of Gen. TWiggs, on charges preferred by
the War Department of characterization, III
the matter Of his published comments upon
an order of the del artment. The court will
assemble at Newport Barracks, Kentucky,
on the 20th of April. Gen. Wool, Gen. Jes'
up and other high officers gre to be members
Of 1t.
The Fredericksburg Herald learns tina;
the Measles have prevailed in SpotsyI'anla
county within the last month or two t. an
extent beyond all precedent. Every mem
Der of many families has been prostrate.-
Iu one case twenty-se'eh persons IN u single
family were down with the disease at the
same time.
The Paris correspondent OF the London
Times is informed that admiral RegauIt de
Genouilly proposes that, after the war IN
China is concluded, in place Of sending an
EXPEDITION to Cochin China, an establish
ment shall be formed in the kingdom OF Co
rea, situated between China and Japan.
An oficial list Of the victims Of the memo
rable earthquake at Naples on the l6'h OF
December, shows the total number o! deaths
to have been $3.50, and the lumber wounded
1859. AT Montemurro alone 5,OO0 per,
sons were crushed to death by the falling oil
houses.
A company has been formed al the South
under a charter from the State Of Aia6a'
ma, for establishing q line Of steamers be-
tween Mobile and ports on the Gulf OF
Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. The port OF
san Juan de Nicaragua is no doubt the prln-
cipal port IN view.
A Captain Travis having advertised ex'
tensively that be would, on a certain day,
shoot, on a wager, al orange flom the head
of a bcy, at Louisville, the Mayor Of that
city has forbidden the experiment, and or
dered the police to arrest the parties.
Tue L~ynchburg Virginian makes its az
pearance in a new and handsome typo
graphical suit. Ditto, the South Side Dem,
ocrat.-Papers Of opposite politics, but both
we'll and ably conducted.
Heavy gales and considerable falls OF snow
have been experienced in England, causing
much delay 10 the mail packet service and on
the various lines Of railway.
The recent absence of the Hon. X. NJ. l.
Hunter from his seat in the Senate was coca,
stoned by the illness Of his sou, who is now
convalescing, although slowly.
1t is stated that the work of reconstructlne
the "Rip-Raps' at Old Point Comfort, will
be resumed about the lst of April next.