Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-09-16
News OF the Day.
To shoe the pery age and body Of the TINES. "

in Paris. 1t is % feet high, and contains
30 cars for pans The construction of the
oven is similar to the one now in use at the
Mechanical Bakery in that city, but the
power to move it is entirely different
Steam is only used for the purpose Of NOV
ing hydraulic pump, which is 80 arranged
that the cars are moved by this power alone.
By this arrangement a large number of
wheels are dispensed with, and the whole
operation of the oven much simpltied, and
but little steam power is required to keep it
in motion.
Burton. the comedian, has pleasant re-
sidence at Glen Cove, New York. A news
paper letter says, "his garden is worth going
miles to see plants, exotics, flowers of the
richest, rarest and most costly description,
here luxuriate, blossom and bloom; the fin
est green velvet is not more soft than his
grass plats, and the nicely boned borders of
his flower beds show the exquisite taste of
their owner. Apple, pear, peach, nectarine,
and plum trees are here in numbers and he.
has, at cost of some $4,000, erected
hot house, that looks more like the Crystal
Palace than anything have SEEM"
The United States sloop-of-war Levant,
Commander Hunt, was at Rio, on July Il.
A fracas had occurred between some of the
men-of-war' s-men and boatmen in the har-
Dor, in which two Of the latter had been
knocked overheard and drowned. The po-
lice were unable to make any arrests. On
the following day an encounter took place
in the streets between the American sailors
and some of the citizens, but it was termina-
ted by the interference of the authorities.
Some one, whe in an evil hour yielded to
temptation, and has doubtless since been
prey to remorseful conscience, made clean
breast Of it on Monday, by enclosing to the
late irm of Jenkins & Sellman, merchants
Of Frederick city, Md, through the post
Office, fifty dollar note on the Central Bank
Of Frederick. The note was folded in a
half sheet of letter paper, with the words,
yours, Honesty"
AT Norfolk, Va, some experiments were
recently made to ascertain the accuracy in
firing and distance traversed by new mus
ket ball, proposed to replace the Minnie bull
let fired from the rife. The new ball is
of 600 Yards, q Of the new balls hit the
target to IA of the Minnie balls; at dis
lance of 800 yards, the proportion was 80
to Ia.
A Cairo Qll,) correspondent of the St.
Louis Democrat says:-"A gentleman from
Vicksburg, who visited ST. Louis in compa-
ny with his wife lately, with the intent of
making some investments in steamboat
stock, we believe, returned this evening in
search of his wife and $1,000, which she is
supposed to have taken with her, and went
down on the Gladiator"
There was terrific storm in Chicago, on
Saturday. The quantity of rain which fell
in the space Of half an hour was immense,
and tho wind blew with such force as to
shake the heaviest buildings exposed to its
power. The rain was accompanied BY hail
stones Of immense size, one OF them which
was measured being over three inches IN
diameter.
The London Literary Gazette says
"Who will believe that Mrs. Stowe is now
in England? That the American authoress
who but short time ago created such SEN
sation, is actually among US without recelv-
ing any public notice at oil 7 The lady.
however, is in this country and engaged up
on her new tale"
A correspondent of the New York Tribune
says that natural fountain of oil has recent
" been discovered near Titusvillc. Pa. A
man, while boring for water, struck assure
in a rock, at the depth of IL feet, when, to
the surprise and JOY Of every one, he found
he had tapped vein ofwater and oil, yielding
400 gallons Of pure oil to every "A hours. ~
The friends Of NJ. dc Sartiges, the French
Minister, are much distressed at learning
that he has been pronounced by the physl-
clans at Plombieres to be in very danger
Gus state Of health. An enlargement Of the
liver In combination with an Inflammation OF
the spleen, threatens the most serious conse-
quences.
A most valuable discovery Of diamonds has
lately been made at the foot of the Ural
mountains, Russia. One consigned to Mr..
R, of Batheston, as a specimen, fetched
the lucky owner the enormous sum OF LOU,
600. There is every reason to believe that
a mine of inexhaustble wealth has been dis
covered.
The Oldest Church in America, was built
in 1851, in ,ne town Of bingham, Massachu-
sets, and is still occupied as q place Of wor-
ship. The bell rope hangs down in the mid
die Of the house, where it was placed i'll or
der that the bell might be rung instantly to
give the alarm of any Indian incursion.
A Kentucky correspondent of the New
Orleans Delta says, that ION the territorial
question Mr.. Breckenridge has always been,
and now is, opposed to the views expressed
by Mr.. Douglas, and his sentiments are such
rs can be safely endorsed by every true
friend Of the Union"
A late conaagration at Guayaquil was
stopped mainly through the exertions of the
crew of the United States frigate Saranac,
and the Ecuador government had made q
public acknowledgment to Capt. Kelly, OF
that frigate.
In the recent election in Utah, three Cen
tiles were elected to the Territorial Legisa-
ture, namely-Ssmuel c. Mills, formerly
Of Washington VIM. S. Osborn, and Chas.
Orocker.
A grand Tournament is to come of at
Leonsrdtown, Nd, on the 9th inst, for
LII .,;JorohIa nrana ration has been