Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-10-10
News Of the Day.
"7o shop the gerry age and body Of the TINES"

Recent advices from Genoa state that while
the United States frigate Wabash was lying
at that port, large fire occurred in the city,
when her commander, desiring to assist in
subduing it, dispatched to the aid of the city
a portion of her officers and crew with the
fire engines Of that ship Shortly after the
occurrence letter was received by the com
mandant Of the Wabash from the Vice Pres
ident Of the Royal Chamber Of Commerce,
attesting their gratitude, as well as Of all
Genoa for the important services rendered.
The Post Office Department has been in
formed by the contractors for furnishing the
improved self-ruling envelopes, that they are
now ready for the service of the post offices.
The samples submitted to the department
have been approved, and on this day 1t is
believed some post Offices will have them Tor
sale. The principal post Offices OF the Union
will he supplied during the week, and pro
badly by The close of the month OF October
the experiment of introducing the patent en-
vclopcs will be in full tide.
A new saline deposite has been discover
ed at Central City, Marion County, Southern
Illinois. A shaft was being sunk to the
depth of one hundred and seventy feet,
when, not finding coal in workable qualities,
boring was carried down one hundred feet
further, which penetrated the salt-bearine
strata, the salt water rising to the top of the
boring and flowing out at the rate of from
eight hundred to one thousand gallons per
hour.
Ten Brock, the American sportsman in
England, has made bet OF 100000 that
his horse Umpire will defeat Sir Joseph
IIawicy's Loitercr in the Derby races OF
1860. llawley is the most successful tur,
tite in England. having carried Oft the Derby
both last wear and this. The extent of the
wager and the character of the horses will
make this race one Of the most exciting tor
many years.
The Batavia Herald, speaking of brass
band lately organized in that place, says,
that it "discourseth music which, when II
comes floating on the soft air, mingled wih
tie moonbedms of Il light like that Ut Satur-
day, is melowed to the tone Of the gentiest
heart" We have heard Of all sorts OF mix,
cs," from French soup toa Dutch stew, but
never anything equal to this Batavian-mu'
sic and moonbeans are decidedly good.
The German smokers are i'll an ecstacv OF
delight in consequence of a report that Pro
fessor Liebig has discovered a mode of i'm
parting 10 ordinary tobacco the perfume and
flavor of the finest Havana. 1t is said that
the most experienced connoisseurs have been
put to the test, and have smoked the prepar
cd tobacco in the belief that it was the finest
Cuban.
In the Investigations Of the New York
Sanitary Association the startling fact was
discovered that $4,000 Of the population Of
that city sleep in cellars. the ceilings OF
which are, in many cases, three or four feet
below the level of the streets. The unhealth
mess of tenement houses" was also the sub
iect of discussion at the last meeting
The farm known Us Bloxton's, situated in
Spotsylvania County, some seven miles from
Fredericksburg, was sold at public auction,
at Spotsyvania Court House. on Monday
last, at 50 20 per acre. The farm Comprised
one hundred and sixty acres and was well
wooded and watered.
The editor of the Leesburg Washingto,
Man was shown. last week, by John Jan
ney, esq, a stock Of corn grown on his farm,
several miles east of Lecsburg which had on
it ten ears of corn, most of them large and
well developed. 1t grew eleven ears; one
was dropped in pulling the stalk.
We see it stated that public spirited as
ISOLATION in Massachusetts,, of which the
Hon. Edward Everett is an active member,
is about to erect a monument at Lexington,
to commemorate the patriotic and heroic
scene al that place in April, lis, which
ushered in our glorious Revolution.
Only, near Onancock, 50 long known as
the residence Of the Hon. Henry \. Wise,
Governor of Virginia, was sold by that gen
tleman recently 70 Capt. Finney for the sum
of $4,000. The farm contains about 40O
acres of fertile and productive land and lies
in Accomac county.
The widow of the late Mr. Harris, who
was killed by the locomotive explosion at
Cameron (says the Wheeling Intelligencer,)
has not touched food nor slept since the unfor-
tunatc death Of her husband. Her friends
fear that she may eventually lose her rea-
son.
We learn from the Philadelphia Southern
Monitor that Gov. Wise intends visiting the
North for the purpose Of defending himself
against the assaults which have been made
upon him by some of his New York Demo
cratic friends, by reason of the expose of the
Donnelly letter.
The Lutheran Observer states that the
Rev. DIR. Eichelberger spent the last year OF
his life upon history of the Lutheran
Church in the United States, and was about
to make arrangements for its publication
when he died.
Dried Blackherrcs are used for coloring
stuff which is sold for Port wine. The Fay
ctteyillc Observer says that $1,000 worth
have been sent from that place to one man
at the North, from July | to September Il,
1889.
Rev. Dr. Slas Totten has resigned his po-
sition as Professor of Moral and Intellectual
Philosophy and Belles-Lettres in William
and Mary College. lie has received call
to the West, and has accepted it.
Miss Dollie button, the smallest girl IN