Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-08-05
News Of the Day.

the election III kentucky LOT members oi Tie
State Legislature be correct, the democrats
have secured small majority OH joint ballot;
thus giving that party Senator of the Uni
ted States. in place Of the Hon. John j. Crit
tendcu. 1t is not improbable that the choice
will fall upon mc-Presidcnt Breckenridge.
Mr. Crittenden's term expires on the 4th OF
March lSGl. at which time MIR. Breckin-
ridges term a. Nice-President also enls
A letter from Paris says there II much
gayety there just now. The Americans arb
there in swarms, and are sqnanderIng thou
sands of the old folks hard earned dollars.
No foreigner soas into the folirs and plea
sures of Partisan life with such a perfect
"ionsan-ss" ~ the American, and he Is. III
consequence, ndoreL by the sh"pkeepers'
cafe waters, restaurant proprIetnrs, PACK
men, gamblers. Wallets de place. nnd l"rctteS'
The Louisville Democrat ives III account
of the spontaneous bursting OF barrel oil
whiskey at the. establishment ct Cheuw"rth
( Co., of that city. in which the barrel was
rlyen to fragments by the force OF the eS'
plpsi,n, Twour three similar disasters have,
-. we are informed, occurred in Cincinnati,
sine, tie commencement Of the warm wealth
sr. Such accidents, dangerous rs they are
to human liz. are calculated to provoke a"
inquiry intsllkeir rSasea
There will be f"ufapgaat assnfere"ees of
the NJ. Esshurch. hs M ,Eenth Of Au-
gust--EaseGenesee, to b. Trumans-
burg, on the 10th inst, Bish5[ einpson pre-
siding. Gu the same day the Oregon Con
ference, at Albany. in that state, Bishop
Baker presiding. On the 24tl, the Upper
Iowa Conference, at Iowa Guy, Bishop James
presiding; and on 'hss the Ohio Confer
ence at Columbus, Bisn9P Ames presiding.
The ladies are introducing new and
beautiful ornament for the parlor, mantel, or
centre table. They take large pine burrs,
sprinkle grass seeds Of any kind III them, and
place them in pots of water. When the burrs
are soaked few days, they close up IN the form
of solid cones, then the little spears OF green
grass begin To emerge from amongst the lam
in;e, forming an ornament OF rare and SIM
pie beauty.
We learn from the Boston Merchants Ex-
change books that the British steam propel-
lers Andes, Alps, Lebanon, Taurus and Ten
eritfe, all OF the CuRard liue, have been sold
to the Spanish government They viii be
replaced by five others "t greater rapaeity
aud power On the success of the Grcat
Eastern depends the adoption Of the propel-
Ter Tor the new steamer Scotia now building
by Messrs Mclvors.
4 letter from Niagara Falls says that
where the SUSPENSION bridge originally sagged
only two or three inches under the weight OF
train, it now sags nearly twenty inches.
The general impression in the neighhohood
is that this wreat work Of art will one OF
thesr DAYS give way and fall into the river.
Visitors now walk over the bridge instead OF
crossing in the trains as formerly.
Henry Grattan, the younger, is dead. lie
was once member of Parliament for Meath,
in Ireland, and only surviving son Of the
great Henry Grattan. The event took place
rather suddenly on the 10th ult., at his resi-
dence in the enlGty of Wicklow. Mr.. Grat-
tan was among the faithful few who adhered
10 Mr.. OConnel throughout his stormy ca
reer Of Irish agitation.
At the new hotel in New York the board
ers ascend from the first to the sixth stories
by steam elevators, continually moving ON
revolving perpendicular screw shaft. The
next Improvement will be II mechanical loco
motive waiter, to pass continually arouhu
the table, to carry the food to the b"arders
and to take away the empty plates.
On Monday night. Harrisburg, Pa, was
visited by a severe storm Of wind, ra'n' and
hail, very duiicately interspersed with thun-
der and lightning. The Union says the Gel
lars under the United States hotel were
flooded with water to the depth OF foot, and
mucb damage was done in different parts oil
the town.
The correspondent Of the London Herald
alleges that the apologize speech addressed
by the Emperor to the deputation OF state
bodies, already printed in the Gazette, as
officially given in the Moniteur. has neu-
ualized the effect of his military triumphs
upon the dangerous classes" Of Paris.
The Cincinnati papers contain dispatches
from various sections of Ohio, Kentucky, In
diana and Illinois, giving accounts OF fine
rains in those localities on Sunday and Mon
day. In some places it rained very heavily
for several hours, and in others the shower
was light.
A grand banquet had been given IN Lon
don to MIR. Charles Kean, on his approach
inc retirement from the management OF the
princess's theatre. The Duke of Newcastle
presided. There were about SIX hundred
people at the banquet, including many uis-
tinguished men.
The valuable steam grist and saw mill,
belonging to James IL. 5. Gibbons, esq IN
the lower part of Prince Georges county,
Nd, WAS entirely CONSUMED by fire ON Mon,
day morning, the LIST inst. slr Gibbons
loss S is very heuvy-probubly $4,000.
In Analysing the condition OF the LONDON
sewers, Dr. Letheby, the chemist, asserts
that the lime thrown into them ia almost use
less. 1t retards, but does not prevent decom-
position and the disengagement OF maluriouS
gases.
A letter received in New York ny the
Ocean Queen, dated London, l9th, says that
nothing had been heard thsre from k"ssuth
for several days, and it was feared that ls had
been treacherously dealt with.
II is said to be ascertalDed that several
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