Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-06-11
News Of tho Day.
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April. Mr.. Buchanan will thus he Il little
older than was Gen. Jackson when his Sc
cond term expired. and older, by more than
five years, than was General Washington,
John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madi-
son, James Munrue or John Quincy Adams;
by twelve wears than Martin Van Buren,;
and by upwards of fifteen years than John
TYLER. James X. Polk, Willard Fillmore and
Franklin Pierce, at the termination of their
political life.
A fire broke out in the Mansion House
stables, on the 9Th, in Salem, Massachusetts.
BY which the hotel and twenty other build
ings were destroyed. Two men are missing
and eighteen horses were burnt to DEATH
The buildings destroyed were the Mansion
House and stables, the bookstores of Whip
pie & Co. and Weeks & Co. and other bust.
ness places. The buildings destroyed were
on Essex, Peters, and Church streets. The
fire is supposed to have originated from care
~lessness in the Mansion House stables.
A letter from Cairo, says:-'The general
subject of conversation in this city is n dis
covery which has just been made by the
we'll known archeologist, VI. Marriette. He
has found at Thebes, after long and difficult
researches, the tomb still intact of Pharoah
Amosis. The king is lying in his coffin,
completely covered With gold leaf, ornamen-
ted with large wings painted on it. Thirty
Jewels of great value were found in the same
coffin by the side of the king, as was also
II Ratchet of gold ornamented with figures in
lapis lazuli.
Between the hours of one and half-raSt
three O'Clock on Wednesday, the celebrated
counterfeiter, Washington Taylor. made his
escape from Camden Jail. lie was arrested
recently at Long-a-coming, with $4,000 of
counterfeit money in his possession. The
prisoner, who is u man of over sixty years OF
age, has long been engaged in making and
selling counterfeit money, and has been an
inmate of a prison for n large portion ot his
life.
The Louisville Journal Of Tuesday says:
A terrific storm Of gnats prevailed here last
evening. Places of amusement were rem
derpd unbearable They were shnwpred on
the hotel tables until the chandeliers had 10
be put out and lights placed at a distance.
Streets. Sanctums. and in all places where
lights we're visible, gnats prevailed. Eyes,
ears and mouths were exposed to the annoy
ance. Everybody strained at n gnat, If they
didn't swallow IL camel.
The brig Eusebia n. Rnyc, now lyingin the
harbur of New York, and loading 10 sail on
the 18th inst, for the Western Coast of AZ
RIGA, is the first vessel that has brought the
Liberian flag into either of our ports. She
is a fast sailcr, of oyer 200 tons, carries lii
berian register and %colors, and arrived full
with African produce. which realized about
$4,000. Her owner, Edward j. Roye is II
pure black.
Mr.. Edwin Forrest, the tragedian, has
presented to the Grand Lodge Of Free and
Accepted Masons now sitting in New York
through Worshipful Master r. ID. Holmes
"A check for $500 for the use and benefit Of
the widows and orphans of Free Masons, the
same being the amount a verdict recovered
by Mr.. Forest against Mr.. \. p. Willis In
an action for libel.
As the down train on the New York and
Erie Railroad was crossing Well Creek, n.
j.. last Tuesday afternoon, a droyer with
1900 sheep was crossing ut the same time
The drover jumped from the bridge to a
passing boat, but the locomotive ran in
among the sheep, and was thrown of the
track into the creek. The sheep destroyed
are valued at $4,000!
There il at the present time, AT Boston, one
Austrian vessel, the ship l~mparagible, Capt.
Housier. Captain ll"u>i"r who is a Hun
garian, proposed to take his vessel to st.
John, n. b., in ballast, and there load a car
60 for England. He has heard however, Of
the arrival of a French man of war at Hall
fax, and he has his fears that she may be
cruising in that vicinity.
ghany county, Pa, was bitten by a rat in
two places, OH the ID inst, while lying in
the cradle and died from the effects the
same day.
The general Convention of the Sweden
borgians has commenced it's session in Phil
adelphia, in the church of Rev. Mr.. Benede,
Cherry street. Delegates from all parts of
the Union were present.
Col. John W. Holt, an old and highly res
pected citizen of Bedford county, Va, was
violently thrown from his horse a few days
since, and severely bruised by the fall.
DR.. R. NJ. Janney, an eminent ply
stefan of Philadelphia, died at his residence
in that city, of apoplexy, m Tuesday even
ing last.
A gentleman residing in Dinwiddie, in
forms the Virginia Herald, that he expects to
pull ripe watermelons from his vines about
the 25th inst.
Peyton Leftwich, esq, died at his resi-
dence, near Lynchburg, on Friday last, at
the advanced age of % years.
A box of ripe peaches, raised in Burke
county, Georgia, has been sent TO the editor
of the Savannah Georgian.
Two barrels Of cucumhers, the first of the
season, were sold at Portsmouth, Tuesday,
for 500 per barrel, and shipped to Baltimore.
The Synagogue recently destroyed by fire
at Norfolk, is to be rebuilt by the lsraelltes
Of that city.
The editor of the Portsmouth Transcript
has been presented with a fine lot Of new
sweet potatoes.
Singular Incident-sudden Death.
On Tuesday last, a woman by the name u
Nrs Culbertsnn accomnanied nv her two