Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-11-19
News Of the Day.
To shopth uery age and body Of the TINES.

A Dublin correspondent Of the New York
Herald gives pleasing report Of the add
vance of Ireland in social reforms, and her
progress in national greatness. BY the az
ton of the Encountered Estates Court an
extensive native proprietary has been es-
tablished in the land Crime has diminish
ed and pauperism decreased. A number of
American tourists were scattered over the
island, but the most useful were John B.
Cough, who had reformed many druhkards,
and MIR. Rary, who WAS to tame all the vi
cious horses. The Galway Steamship line
had all its shares taken up.
The Mobile Tribune publishes the certi6-
Gates and correspondence concerning a con-
siderable quantity of sand in lot Of cotton
shipped from that port and sold in Manches-
ter England. The certificates prove that the
sand i'll 100 bales weighed 900 pounds, and
that the samples by which the cotton was
bought were free from sand The purchaser
makes reclamation; the cotton is traced u
the factors: and they refuse TO pay the re-
clamation, and give no reason for their re-
tusal.
Mr.. Logan, the defeated Republican can
didate for Congress from Oregon has given
notice that he will contest the election of
Mr.. Stout, the returned member. Should
the Republicans obtain the ascendancy IN
the House, they may put Mr.. Logan III MIR.
StOut's seat, and thus secure the vote of an
other State, in case the election comes before
the House The admission Of Kansas will
give them another State.
The St. Anthony minnesota Express
says that firm in Minneapolis is engaged
in building eight large ice-boats, which they
intend to load with ice ut the foot of Lake
Pepin during the winter, and run in the
spring to Memphis, Tenn, and other South
ern markets. The boats will be each l25
feet long. % feet wide, and 6 feet deep; they
will hold, in the aggregate, about $500
tons.
One of Philadelphia most estimabe citi-
zens, Mr. Frank Lewis, son of the late Nor
dica Lewis, and who was 10 have been mar
ried on Wednesday To daughter Of Commo-
dore Stockton. died after an illness Of 4 few
DAYS, in that city. on Monday last The in
vitations had been issued and preparations
had all been made for the wedding ceremony,
when he was suddenly taken away.
Last Monday night week. ten negroes, five
males and five females, ran off from La
grange, Lewis county, Missouri. They be-
longed to seven different persons, and being
valuable slaves, were worth not less than
$4,000. They stole a fat-boat, with which
they crossed to the Illinois shore, with the
help, no doubt. Of Abolitionists. A reward
of -, $50 is offered for their arrest.
John Brown narrowly escaped being 4
clergyman. When about ~ years of age
he studied theology in Plainfed, Mass. un-
der the direction Of Rev. Moses liallock.-
While pursuing his studies. ho was attacked
with Inflammation OF the eyes, which ultimate
ly became chronic, and precluded him from the
possibility of the further pursuit Of his stu
dies, when he returned 10 Ohio.
The statistics of buildings erected in St.
Louis, for ten mouths previous to November
lst show an aggregate expenditure of 81
l130O0. This amount does not include the
appropriation for the Courthouse, of Sl25,-
ONO nor the amount expended this year on
the Lindell House, of Sl50.O00. The num-
Der of buildings erected is 2,43O.
The government expects the ratified treaty
with China will arrive in time for the Pre-
sideut to speak Of it in his annual Message.
Up to this time no official or direct intorma-
ton of its ratification has been received at
the State Department, but no doubt Is enter
tanned as TO the reliability of the informa-
ton indirectly received.
Workmen are busily employed in removing
the natural distractions to navigation in the
James River, little below Richmond
Heavy machinery is constantly used III the
work, and already many very large blocks OF
granite have been removed, and now he on
the shore.
The Harrisburg pa Telegraph says
I'VE recently mentioned that typhoid fever
was raging in some of the eastern portions Of
the State. We have since learned that 1t
has proved very fatal in some localities. In
BerIs county, thirty-tive persons who had
fallen victims to the disease, were buried III
one grave yard in the course of a month
Robert Stephenson, the great English ar
chitect, left requests to the amount of Sl25,-
600 10 charitable objects. $4,000 of which
was to charitable infirmary, and S2O,oo'I
to two societies for tho religious education Of
the poor.
The Brooklyn Times calls loves Balloon
"a humbug," and says, lin our opinion, 1t
was got up to attract visitors at twenty-five
cents head, instead of to make an ;erial
VOYAGE" Nevertheless, Lowe says he will
certainly 60 up.
Richard ii. Dana, jr., Of Boston, was
passenger on board the ship Massiff, which
was burned ct sea when five days out from
San Francisco for Hong Kong. lie was
saved with the rest, and carried to Honolulu.
An immense pigeon roost is now estal-
lished in Chepango swamp, Crawford Coun-
ty, Pa. The pigeons are numbered by mil
lions. The hunters IRE staying them by
thousands
Near Quebec, on Saturday evening, man
was rescued from perishing in an immense
snow drift, into which he had wandered
The Winter has fairly set in along that part
Of the St. Lawrence.
Democratic meetings have been held in
twenty-sx counties in Kentucky. Fourteen
have instructed for Mr. Guthrie for the Presi-
dencv. and twelve have left their delegates
uninstructed.
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