Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-07-21
News Of the Day.
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m"re--aII action t" recover S'o.'W" alleged
~ damages consequent upon the breach "i
contract I" build the city jail has returned
IL verdict III favor at the plaintiffs AMI asses
sing the damages at ?%'''h". Unless tine
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will have 10 add mi, l,r.. aru,.,ut If damn
yes Ia the already excessive cost Of the ,.rw
Jail.
In the list of phenomena in .Jnly. i'm the
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eT''P'e 81 "r'sh' S'ar OF i'ia"e' 10y announcer
tha, a.,h"n. :, 49,. .a'.' na,, j., ~;
c,un,rv md ~ 80. h.l;.,. ,ar,n,uly n,t
within thelust 81 wears. Even very near
approach ~ seldom happens, that the alien
tion ut most ASTRONOMERS was drawn t. that u
"Wednesday morning
Sometime since President Buchanan be
c,o,. ,,;ts IN and ~. ;rdisn.,si,;,, l.;ng
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refused t. receive any conversation. On
Thursday the Dc received from the Prr-I-
dent beautiful chased gold healed cane
bearing the inscription, james Buchanan
to DIR. Thomas Buckler
Drinking fountains continue to lie erected
IN many of the l,rye t,yn, IN EoolapJ and
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r,',, g ra;,,..r -, ,ha Is,rant ,,,,;,n. TL.
movement il rnnsiI.r.J an ;m,orlout ouyil-
iary to the temperance reform. Ia \. York
and Philadelphia free drinking hydrants wall
soon take rank among the institutions. -
We wish they could be introduced every
where.
The bill Of rights now before the Kansas
Constitutional C,pv.ptiop rr,v;Irs that there
,ho,, J.. -, I;.,;,ct;o, L,.,ws., .,;.,s and
citizens in rel,t;op T., the n,ss,.siou Of pr,u.
erty, and that no slavery shall he allowed IN
the State. There is decided majority IN
favor OF lnStructlnS the Judges al the Sn-
preme Court To disregard the fugitive slave
law. Provision is made for homestead
law.
Among the wounded conveyed to Nrrrrll.
Italy. recently. was youI:. woman, a ranlin-
iere. belonging 10 one of the regiments, who
received IL ball in the thigh, in the affair of
Turbgo. Having seen several "i The rrhch
soldiers tall around her, she se'zrd on mus
ket. and continued To night until shot down.
Her conduct has been specially mentI"hcit'
the Emperor.
A few days since. Mrs. jackson, resi-
dent of Cincinnati, wishing to get rid of Il
troublesome dog, strewed around the yard Of
her dwelling several bits of meat, Sprluklrd
with stryclnine. Her littl" daughter uht"r-
tuna,ely, picked up u piece and ate H. when
she was instantly attacked WIN '"ih''lhS'
followed by terrible spasms, which, after i"nr
or hve days terminated III "e"'h'
We regret to hear OF the death OF tn" editor
Of the Virginia Baptist. the Rev. William H.
Powell. lie died at Goshen l'eP"'' on MS
return from k"rkbrIdSe Alum springs.
where he hal gone H. recfu't MS ''eh'tii' III"
was buried at his residence, IN SpotSH''ai'';'
county, OH Saturday last. MIR. Powell was i
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