Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-09-13

cially on the line of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, has been much frequented
this season by American artists, many of
whom have diligently explored the country,
and sketched it from all the best points Of
view. Among those who have most tho
roughly applied themselves in this way, is
William L. Sonntag, of New York, one of
the best of American landscape artists
Mr.. S. has spent nearly two months in the
Harper's Ferry, Upper Potomac, Piedmont
Grade, and Cheat River vicinities, and is
said to have carried home with him the am
plest materials for the most faithful repro
duction of the fine scenery for which these
places are noted.
The new steam gunboat Seminole, one of
the last seven steam vessels ordered by Con-
gress, was launched at the Pensacola Navy
Yard on tho Oath Of last June She is 500
tons burden. barque rugged, minus royals,
measures 2l9 feet in length, and 81 feet in
width. She is, like all gunboats, principally
intended for carrying very heavy metal into
shallow water, and combines strength and
solidity with roominess, and yet comparative.
ly small proportions. One Of her guns will
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most destructive sort. Besides this formid-
able piece of ordnance, two thirty-two poun-
ders, throwing shot with precision, will be
| board.
John L. Van Allen, Postmaster at Weno-
ma, Illinois, was last week arrested OH charge
oflarceny, on complaint of William Ehret.
1t appears that Van Allen is station agent
at that place for the Illinois Central
Road, and that Ehret owed him a bill of S.
| so. Van Allen had received notice to send
! forward all moneys received for freights, and
Ehret not being there at the time, he opened
letter lying in the Office for the latter, con-
tanning 500 and paid himself the money
due, and then loaned the balance to his bro
ther-in-law. To this method of collecting
accounts, Ehret objected and procured the
arrest.
Last June, the Palmerston-Russell Coali-
ton turned the Derby-d Israeli Ministry out
of Office, by vote of thirteen, in the fullest
House Of Commons on record 1t has since
happened that sepen of the members who
comprised this majority have been found to
have been "unduly elected and have been
unseated." This exactly makes such diff
ference in the division on the want-of conf
dence vote, on which the whole ousted seven
Joined that, had the realty elected members
been present, Lord Dcrby's Ministry. instead
of having thirteen majority against them,
would have had majority of one in their
favor.
A difficulty occurred at Compromise, Ken
lucky, at on early hour on Sunday morning
last, between two residents of the place,
Shultz and Starr, in which pistols were drawn
and freely used on both sides. After sever
al shots had been exchanged, one fire by
Shultz took effect in the left breast of Starr,
when the latter seized shot gun and was
about to discharge its contents at Shultz, who,
to escape the impending danger, ran to the
river, and plunging in, was drowned before
assistance could reach him. Stars wound,
though serious, it is thought will not prove
fatal Both the parties engaged were highly
respectable citizens.
On Thursday last, Blondin again crossed
the Niagara River at the Falls, on a rope,
for the last time this season. He cucumber
ed his feet with willow baskets, lG inches in
diameter and eleven feet deep, as well as
Stacking himself us he did on former &C.
casion. When about one-third of the way
across, he went through his performance of
standing upon one foot and then upon his
head, &C., then started at rapid rate, and
reached the Canadian shore in thirteen
minutes.
A new phase in the ranking privilege
has appeared The custom has been to send
packages of documents to members of Con-
gress under one address, with a single frank,
50 that they could address singh documents
under their own frank to such persons a.
they deem fit. Postmaster Jones has in
formed the Secretary of the Republican As
sIiation in Washington, that this will no lon
be allowed where packages OF documents
Weigh over two ounces. This is correction
of another abuse.
The citizens of Norwich, Connecticut, have
had an interesting celebration OF the two
hundredth anniversary of the settlement OF
that town, and amongst the notables pre- sent
were Ex-President Fillmore Ex-Chancellor
Walworth, Professor Slliman, two Congress
men, and several literary gentlemen. The
procession was more than mile in length.
Several Mohegan Indians were in it.
A division of the Episcopal diocese of
New York is agitated, and plan has been
devised for the erection of northern and
southern diocese, thereby opening the way
for the appointment of another Bishop
The question Of restoration of Bishop On
derdonk is to be submitted to the Conven-
ton of Bishops next to assemble ut Rich
mond, Virginia.
About 300 laborers have had employ
ment during the summer at Central Park, IN
New York. As the cold weather approaches,
the force is being gradually reduced. Some
two hundred and fifty men already have been
discharged The winter force ordinarily
numbers from one thousand to fifteen hun
dred men.
The disastrous fire at Hoboken, \. D.,
by which the Harmonic Hotel, was destroy
ed, has created great sympathy, from the
fact that Mr.. Boise, one Of the proprietors, and
three of his daughters persisted in the flames.
Mrs. Boise and her elder daughter escaped,
though much injured.
The New York Tribune's Washington cor
respondent says:-"Mr. James Gordon Ben
net the editor of the New York Herald, has
been entertained BY the President ut the