Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-04-28
News Of tho Day.
"B shoe the re,y age and body ctMe TIMES.

naturalist Oh IlaTNaTu COlleSe, anu 4MessrS.
Joseph Peabody and VIM. q. Saltonstall, of
Salem, and Mr.. George Davis. The Profess
sor is in search of natural history specimens
and the other gentlemen of .jaguars. capin-
ches, DC. Mr.. Forbes and companions will
amuse themselves in the ~neighboring waters
for two or three months, when it is supposed
they will have satisfied their search after
specimens and game. Mr.. Forbes took out a
small steamer of twenty tons burthen and
twenty inches draught. for the use Of Captain
Page in his exploration Of the river.
Lola Montez has been le%cturing in Lon
don, on English and American character"
The London Times says, that, PLAINLY at
tired in high bodied dress of lark velvet.
assuming a tone of masculine solidity rather
than of feminine coquetry, wearing a coun-
tenance perfectly calm and perfectly intelli-
gent, carefully calculating every word she
uttered-so a. To be almost monotonous i'll
her Observation-Disclosures Lola Montez was
the very ideal Of one of those strong minded
ladies to whom society looks up for sensible
opinions
A correspondent of the Chicago Tribune
says, that the great billiard match at Detroit
was a regular SELL" got up by the princi-
no stake between the players, and that the
whole thing was an advertising dodge for
Phclan's especial benefit. he being q vender
of billiard tables III New York. Ills con-
federates made their profits i'll the side
bets;" the result having been agreed on in
advance.
The Litchield Conn., Enquirer of April
81, says: I'VE know a man in Western New
York who could not write when he was
married, but who was instructed by his wife
80 thoroughly that within FIVE years after his
marriage he was elected high sheriff of his
county, and within ten years served four
years in Congress, and is now one of the
most prominent financiers in the Empire
State, president of a bank, and worth proba-
bly, half a million Of dollars
The Detroit Free Press states that a young
emigrant from Pixies Peak, who put up at
q hotel in that city a few days since, was
found to be a girl of eighteen or nineteen,
who had run away from home in Canada
She had procured money enough to pay her
fare to the mines, and taken a suit OF her
brothers clothes; but she had no idea of the
distance nor of the dangers and hardships
she would nave to encounter. She consent
ed TO return to her parents.
Count I~gnatius Gurowski, who made som
stir in Europe about eighteen years ago by
running away with the lnfanta Isabella Fer
dinanda, a sister of the present Queen of
Spain, the young Princess being at that time
in a convent at Brussels, has been induced
to leave Spain, where he has resided OF late
years. lie has separated from his wife. as
it is understood, from some incOmpatIblllty
of temper.
Peterson's Detector warns persons who are
compelled to handle bank notes not to wet
their thumbs while counting the bills. 1t
remarks that if the thumb comes in contact
with the tongue after handling a note from
the pocket of a man infected with the small
box. the infection is as sure to take effect as
the innoculation of a child.
TIL. annual meeting Of the Orthodox
Friends" in Philadelphia, has Just closed.
The T~reasurcr's account was reported cor
rect, showing a balance on hand OF about
$4,000. The report on the use and manu-
facture of spirituous liquors, says that less
than 20 are in the habit Of occasionally using
it or giving it to others az a drink.
DIR. Lindner, a professor Of Theology at
the University of Leipsic, has been arrested
for the abstraction Of a valuble Bible and Of
other costly books from the University Ii
brary. His arrest has caused not q little
excitement, in the academical world of Leip-
sic.
1t is stated in well.informed circles that the
adyenturer. Wikof, who has acquired an un-
enviabls notoriety in various capacities, and
is known mostly as u hanger-on and factotum
of Bennett of the Herald. has received a new
appointment TO draw upon the secret service
fund.
Mr.. l.. II. Garnett, Of Essex. is of opinlon
that Sora neither migrate after the first frost,
nor 90 into the state and nature Of the frog,
but simply take shelter in large marsh,
az I'm the middle Of December he killed
four. and ON the 10th of this month, another
was killed about Piscataway Greek.
The Petersburg Express c~ontemplates
running its Hoe Cylinder Press by water
power. 1t has all the necessary machinery
completed, and expects to print 80 papers
per minute. although the printing machine
weighs 10000 pounds avoirdupois.
Queen Victoria gave a child's ball at Buck
inrham Palace, on the 9TH inst, on occasion
Of the sixth birthday Of her son Prince
Leops,d. The children were from hve to
fourteen years old, and were all in fancy
dresses. The dancing began at . o'clock.
Strawberries and all Kinds of vegetables
are becoming plenty in Charleston and saTan-
nah, having ripened this year much earlier
than usual. The steamship Marion. from
Charleston. on her last trip to New York,
brought $50 barrels of vegetables.
Gen. Walker has arrived in California. and
according to the papers. intends again to Try
his fortune in Nicaragua, as soon as oir "ih'
Gore Ouseley departs.
The Legislative Council of Canada have
taken a firm stand against death-bed be.
quests, enacting that 10 beqnest will be valid
within six months of the testatOrs death.
Died, at Jafa, Syria, January 9Th, 1917,
Yseoub Serapion Murad, for nearly twenty
years Consular Agent Of the United States
for Jafa and Jerusalem.