Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-11-20
ALEXANDRIA,:
Ne Ws OF lhe DAY.
"Toshov the gerry age and body ofMs lines

1Qe DGW6 VI III oSSi3SAs w
ar Of the Bremen line is not calculated TO
give confidence to the sea going people,
First. the Austria is burnt; the usmmon'a
Immediately afterwards bias barrow escape
froo, u similar agency; and no" there Il In
formation by the Vanderbilt that taiTd yes
sci of the same line, the Hudson, was de-
stroyed By fire 10 the port OF BremerhaVen
on the % instant, on the eve OF her departure
for Now York.
The Uaited States Economist estimates
the consum ption Of boots aud shoes 10 the
Uoited States at sesenty-six million pairs
per year, ,lued at eight million dollars
Tue same paper adds that one-thlrd OF tue
leather made INTO bot. and shoes Is dead
loss on account Of the i'm perfect manner In
which they are manufactured. TINS OF itself
would seem to account Tor the increase IN the
price of leather which has taken placs withiu
the last few years.
Mr.. S. 5. J,nes, late President of the Iowa
Central Air Line Railroad, in letter TO the
Directors, resiguiug his office. ssates that the
COS. to bis company of getsiog the lowe land
grant through Congress, during the session OF
1854, was seven hundred thousand dollars. -
Tue original ''pecunlsry compliments were
bestowed IN shape Of lands, VI which the AIR
Liue Company got something near moe bun
dred thousand acres: but subst quenty the
lands were exchat ged for the stock OF the
company to the amount stated!
The Uoited States D,stric: Court at BHtfa'
10 has under consideration three suits against
as many steau-.ugs employed in carry
ing passengers, q year ago, last June. to
the prize fight st Pint Abino, Canada
These ve.s sells we're hbsllsd for carrying pas
sengers without having complied With the
laws Of tn United States requiring passen-
ger steauers to be inspected aud licensed.
The San Antonio Herald states that Cen.
Twiggs bad barrow escape OF his life re-
gently. He was standirg on the street. IN
conversation With some gentlemen, when
mu .ket in the bands Of o Mexican csrman,
some distance of, aas accidentally d,scha1g-
cd, the ball striking the General on the back
but the ball bsirg spent 10 striking toe
grouud, the only damage done was severe
bruise.
Professor Silliman 10 bis lecture at the
Cooper Institute, New York, on Tuesday
night, expressed his belief that the difficulty
experienced 10 working the Cable was owing
to some defects which were caused by i's ex'
posuIe TO the great heat OF the sun whllo "
lay coiled 10 the factory at Greehw'eh. Eng
land.
The story that Sir ii. L Bulwer, British
Minister to Persia, vas arrested at Pera, w.
tober 90, and taken to the police station, IN
consequence OF collision, while riding IN
the street, between biz attendant groom ard
some Of the Sultsn's suite, as reported by
telegraph, seems to have been an exaRgera.
ton.
1t is stated that the table of estimates fer
the next fiscal year, prepared ~ the Secreta-
~ Of The Treasury, shows an aggregate Of
$4,000. The expenses Of the govern.
ment for the first quarter Ut The present fis-
cal year have been SCI ,I00,lIa, aud the re-
ceirts for the same period have Teen SO
250,S79.
lis now November, ard bot about IO,0 600
immigrants have arrived THE year in New
York, 10 place Of four times tina, number.
which used to be the average until within a
few years. The coDs' quence and causes OF
this change are worthy VI attentive considera-
ton.
The Cincinnati Gazette notes the fact that
a female was arrested in that city Oh Tues
dsy night. laboring under mania potu, and
committed to the station house. A few years
ago she occurred a COED social position 10
En gland, aud possessed considerable proper.
ty.
Senior Yrissari, the minister from Nicara-
qua to our government. feeling himself sg-
erieved ty certain statements derogatory to
himself, in the New York TiUes, has sued
the proprieturs for libel. LAYING the damages
at the moderate SUN OF S25. 0OO
The Welt of Hiram Powers, the sculptor in
Florence, to the United States, has been post
poned 10 consequence of bis receiving a let
ter from Mr Peabody begging bin to delay
his d part ure, as al order had been sent MIN
for two statues, one vi Jefferson.
The whole nuu Der Of deaths from yellow
fever 10 New Orleans, during the past season.
foot up within elk Of five thousand. 10 Mo-
bile the total thus far is 356-a large in
crease, compared wi,h the PREVIOUS yellow
fever seasons Of 1853 and 1857.
The project Tor a library for women Is
urged With much zeal 10 New York. The
object is to iurn,h such publications as al
ford solid and useful reading, instead of the
trashy lite. ature with which the country Is
oyerruo.
In pursuance OF resolution Of the Board
Of Oh ,-en FreeholGers Of NJ onuou,b county.
IN JD the clerk has published statement
of ,bs EXPENSES incurred in the trial and exc
c,,ion of j .mes P. D,nnelly. 1t foots up to
$3,759.49
Ttursd y wss observed as a day OF thanks
giving aod prayer in New York. Ne" Jer'
.e, and Psupsy lvauis. by appointment Of
their several executives. The great body OF
the States will, however, unite IN observing
Tbursday next. the 25:h mat.
Mr.. r ,hert Strong. late cashier OF the City
Rank OF New York. died last Monday. lie
had been a bank oEeer for more than forty
wars and the directors have passed warm
euluvium upon his character.
A, ox,;,;,c ooutest ie just DOW 10 progress