Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-07-23

them reports himself slave of Miss Re-
becra Dyer. and the other the property OF
VIM. Dyer, esq, Of Pendleton county, Va. -
They were arrested near Homecoming, and 1t
was found necessary to Use firearms to cap
ture them. One TT them WAS wounded IN
the shoulder, and the other WAS shot IN the
back. The runaways were well armed with
guns, pistols and buwiekniyes. On Satur-
day Of last week, Mr. Barnes lodged in jail
here Il runaway belonging To James Byrd,
esu., Of Pendlet"n county, Virginia. Some
man. arrested and secured in jail on Satur-
day. Il fugitive muatto boy belonging I"
General James Boggs Of Pendletun county,
Virginia.
Al readers of Shakespeare will rerollect
the excitement created by the publication, III
1852. Of Mr.. John Payne Golfers edition Of
Shakespeare, corrected from marginal notes.
said to have been found in :: copy oi the
folio edition of 1922, purchased by hun III
1919. This famous volume WAS purchased
hy the late Duke Of Dryonshire MIR. y. r.
). A. Hamilton, Of the British Museum,
writes long letter 10 the london Times,
saving that the present Duke has allowed
discoSerie, that 20 to show that the pretend
ed old marginal alterations, notes, and stage
dlrectl"ns ARE vi quite recent date
! At II late meeting Of the Glasgow PhIlo-
sophical Society, paper was read Ivy MIR.
( Dnwnie, on constructing steamboats, Tor the
( Clyde, provided with the spacious and com.
! Portable accommodations of the American
river boats. Some Of the members objected
to the top cabins of American boats, and as
/ serted that they would not answer Tor the
high winds and frequent storms IN the Scot
tish coast: but I'LL admitted that reform
was necessary III their boats, and that they
/ must combine the American system II they
/ wished to increase the comfort Ut the paSsen-
gers.
1t seems to us, says y. Y. H., writer
from the Fauquier Springs, Va, that this
place is not sufficiently known t. he thorough
. " ppreciated-situalcd 50 pleasantly on the
slope Of the Blue Ridge. Nesting so quietly
in It's lcaty beauty, its walks aud groves re-
dolent with bird music-spnciouS ball rooms,
cool piazzas, billiard rooms. and bowling al
lcys. The company is principally composed
Of ladies, charming and agreeable, win" diff
fuse an air of home aud social life rarely
found at Il public resort.
\ serious accident occurred to one of the
men employed in Sears Co.'S menagcrie ut
Middlebury, VT. on the 9th inst Mr.. Brot-
ten Robinson was giving water i'll 4 tin dish
to one of the tigers, when the animal made
pass at him with his paw. und scratched
his right hand Mr. Robinson attempted Ia
strike the tiger with his whip, when the
| brute seized his hand with his teeth, and
with his paw tore his hand completely oft,
drawing the cords from the arm ~ far as the
elbow.
l.. Preston, postmaster at Preston, Mime
sofa, and his halt-hrother, John Merrck ot
Peoria, Illinois, with the wife ar mistress oil
the latter, have been arrested, charged with
deprcdatons in the post office at Preston. --
Sundry drafts and land warrants that had
been missed were found in their possession.
| The manner "t proceeding, 1t Is stated, was
for Preston to open the letters, aud mail them
to Mcrrck under the assumed name OF Stan
ton The latter negotiated them and sent
half the money t" Preston.
The ST. Louis Evening News, Of July 18th,
has the following A great impetus has
been given to all street railroad enterprises
in this city. by the expedition with which
the Olive street road has been hurried through
Ia completion. Citizens are already loud IN
their praises of the horse railroads, and truly
they should be, for better contrIvance to
facilitate and expedite m increasing city ira
vel, was never devised"
The wife vi IL broker, of Columbus, OHIO
having cause Ia suspect the fidelity OF her
husband, and knowing the residence OF the
mss To whom he was paying attentions, re-
paired there the other day, aud eXclalming,
"lou have dlshonored my bed uncerem"-
niOusly assaulted the girl with Il knife, IN
dieting several severe wounds. The girl
finally rallied and put the inturlnted woman
out ot the house.
A letter from Salt Lake City, jane Il.
notices the remarkable fact that the instnu-
tion Of polygumy is becoming unpopular
among the Mormons since the accession OF
the recent large emf grations from the States;
and that Brigham Young is hesrt with ap-
plicatl"ns for bills Of divorce. La conse
quence Of this state of affairs the "PI phet
has issued orders to suspend the ceremony
Of sealing
Major Hurst, charged with the murder OF
two young men by the name Of Rector, at
Fort Arhucke. has been captured and Ia
ken to Jail Mt Van Buren,, Arkansas. Hurst
Is connected with the army, but Is not IN oil
ficrr.
A Government vessel has been sent to st.
Andrews Bay, to search for tillihust"rs.-
The government had information that they
were rend-zv"usins there IN considerable
numbers: some accounts say to the number
Of 800
- Statistics OF Suicide.
4 work on suicide, recently published by
a Frenchman, NJ Lslr, states that III France
from 1896 To 49,. inclusive, there were fifty
two thousand one hundred and twenty-Slx
suicides, or - mean of three thousand and
sixty-Six wear Before lS::G the proportion
was one suicide to every seventeen thousand
six hundred and ninety three inhabitants