Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-08-24
sY YESTERDAY EVENINGS MAILS.

On Tuesday last. Captain John Doughty
WAS washed from the deck of his sloop about
) o'cimk in the morning, when about j miles
at SEA. nif Smiths Island. The sea was run
ninr very high AT the time. and beng uira-
bic to regain his vessel. he swan ashore and
ATTEMPTED To land. the breakers however, pre-
vented his DONG ST., ana he then swain
around the, southern end "I ihc I~'aul. where
hr made !. second attempt; this Jailed also,
and after having passed four miles along the
beach. he w.,, rakrn by Il current and wash
ed inside Of the Capcs; here he MAS picked
ur hv Captain Cnmkln.. after having been
swimming eight hours. aand carried To Al
rXaudria.
Upton Crow. II Sprshtly lad. II years Of
age. son oi Upton ;. Crow, esq, residing
about thirty miles distant from Petersburg.
met with serious accident an Sunday m"r"-
int Mr. VIM. Slrgar was carclcssiy hand
linz " hat hr thought To- T." iii empty pistol,
;lnd ia rnckims it. his lin GER Slipped from the
hammer. the cap exploited, and the ball en-
tered Young Crows face, near the mouth,
larrralimg it in Il shocking manner, and
lodging i'll the lower jaw.
As Mr.. Thomas Warren was entering the
house of Mr.. Pctteway. who lives about -
miles from Petersburg. liz Prince George, his
foot l,v some means became cntangicd, ami
in falling. his gun which he had III his han'i
lhc having Just returned tr"m II squirrel
iuut went OIL and the entire lead was l'Mg-
rd ia the feet aud ankles I'll Miss Caroline
prt!cway. an amiuhlc and Interesting young
lady. 1t is greatly feared that the wounds
which this young lady has received will
prove fatal.
TunAcco.-Farmcrs in parts of the State
where this article lass never been grown. are
beginning to turn their attention to 1t. We
SAW Yesterday. ut the Exchange. lot from
Rappahaunuck. the first that ever arrived
mere it brought ST. aud in quality Is very
like the MARYLAND growth.-RMd. Examiner.
CATrRrIIA Petersburg Press
savS:-"This description of vermn has been
rather scarce this season. All gardens, this
summer, have been comparatively free "i
insects. What does it mcan? Are We to
have Il hard winter"
The corps OF Cadets at the Virginia MIlta-
ry institute. under the command Of Col. +.
II. Smith, has accepted an invitation t" visit
Norfolk during the next Fair Of the Seahoar'i
Agricultural Society, commencing on the tn
November.
The Bayou Sara (La.) Ledger, states that
the slaves Of the Carney estate, VIII" were H.
bcratcd and sent from East Fcicana to Gin
cinnati few months since, returned on the
steamer a few days agn: they prefer slavery
in Louisiana totrcedom IN ONO.
lion. G. dc Fontcny has accepted the Pro"
fcSsnrship OF Modern Languages in the Peters
burg Female College To which position he
was elected some time since hy the board "t
Directors.
An cmhaukment on the Chesterfield side OF
the appomatox river caved in on Monday, So
vrrely iniurins four men VIII" were ut work
under it ut the time.
Mr.. Samuel &. Davis has been appointed
Teller ot the branch of the Bank of Virginia,
in L>nrhhurg, in place of \. i. W"odro'i,
rsq., resigned.
4 company oC gentlemen in Norfolk. Va.
have purchased the Pulaski Alum Springs,