Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-08-19
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"B shoW the uery age dnddo'iy q the TINES"
The Richmond Grays. under the escort OF
battalion of the National Guard, were re-
ceived on Tuesday afternoon in front OF the
CITY Hall, n. York. by Mayor Tiemann. and
Mayor Mayo, of Richmond. Va. and the
Common Council, besides host of invited
guests and military men. The affair passed
of with great eclaf In the evening the com
mon Council gave u banquet to the Mayor ot
E;cbmond ard the Grays at the Metropolitan
Hotel, which WAS partaken Of by upwards OF
four hundred guests. Speeches were made
by Messrs. Tiemann and Mayo. Captain FL
lot of the Grays. Captain Diinmock and 9th
ers. The proceedings Terminated ut md
night.
Full particulars Of the wreck Of the whal-
ing ship Lexington, Capt. Fisher. OF Nantuc-
ket. which occurred on the LIST of April last
at Strongs Island. are given in the dispatches
received at the Navy Department from the
Fennimore Cooper. The vessel was cast up.
on rock, her keal was torn oat. and
her cargo of oil proved d total loss
The violence of the sea stove every boat
launched. and it was only by the ctf'rt OF
the Christian natives, who. urged by the Rev.
Nh. Snow. missionary, swan with arope to
the vessel. that the crew were saved.
Whilst the late Oberlin anti-fusitive slave
law demonstration was going on i'll Cleveland,
Col. John johnson, u veteran of the revolu-
ton, and sole survivor Of the few who bore
upon their shoulders the remains of Wash
ingtOn to the tomb. was in that city on his
way to West Point. The Piaindealer says
while Looking upon the crowd, the old gen
tlenian remarked that it was 'disgraceful,
a reasonable demonstration. aud was An
drew Jackson in the Presidential chair, he
would hang every one Of them
The New York Express says:-"The MEM
hers of the late DR.. Alexander church. some
time since, raised the salary from $4,000 to
$1,000 per annum, which the doctor declin-
cd on the ground that the former sum cover
ed his expenses for living The appropria-
ton WIS not however revoked. anu some
portion IF it WAS placed upon u life insurance
of $1,000. 1t il now tho intention OF the
church to increase this to u fund OF SO, oOO
or $4,000 for the support Of his family
W.T.. ~. VI D"''""N'S' 5000
Just arrived home, after All absence OF TWEEN
ty years in the Indian countries in Suuth and
Central America. bringing with him specl-
mems Of the Chirique gold images. Some OF
these are "a carats fine, tw" representing
eagles and alligators, the latter belnSa great
curiosity, aud are Deposited at the store OF
his brother, opposite Baruums Hotel where
they may be inspected.
There died recently at Guanabuevs. Cuba,
wealthy Creole planter named Francisco dc
Ia O'Gracia, who is said to have left about
S4.OOO.OOO. He was the intimate friend OF
Narcisco Lopez, und was arrested during the
Pinto troubles. lie gave freely OF his wealth
to aid the cause Of Cuban Independence anu
has bequ eathed SlOO. 900 to establish schools
at Ma,an zas, and for other charities.
The Postmaster at Warren, Ohio. writes at
the request of Mr.. Timothy Bradley ofJohn'
ston. Ohio, to say that the story announcing
that Mrs. B. was the happy mother OF eight
children Mt a birth, is malicious hoax. Mr..
and Mrs. B. are both respectable persons OF
respectable families--have been married
about six years, and never had any children.
The movement of grain at the West is be
coming more active, and the roads running
iuto Chicago are busily employed in trans
porting it. The Illinois Central brought III
forty car loads on Monday and the Rock
Island transported 10000 bushels in two
days.
On Sunday night. l4th inst, Benz. Aithey
charged with the murder of }. Il. kraniz. at
Laurel Factory. and }. 4. Magruder, charg-
ed with larceny, made their escape from the
Jail of Prince Georges County, Md, by the
removal Of the sill from one Ut the windows,
thence letting themselves to the ground by
tying the blankets together.
There was shock of an earthquake ut
Waterford, Troy. &c, in New York, on the
llth. First, there was heavy explosion,
then low rumlling noise. and II trembling
of the ground, which shook the houses, and
then second explosion.
For several years but tw" or three deaths
have occurred annually in Boston OF small
pox, until the present season, when the dis
ease again became prevalent. with several
hundred cases of small pux and varioloid, and
about forty deaths.
Mr.. George W. Riggs has offered to sap
mort a youth selected from the public school,
of Washington City. at Columbian College
and the offer has been accepted by the
School Board.
NJ. Jackson Sisson, of Orange c.. has
purchased an interest of one third IN the
Blue Ridge (Culpeper County Republican
and the paper will be conducted under the
name Of Garland & Sissun.
The Croton water is pronounced sil right
by DR.. Chiffon, the well known chemist, by
the President Of the Croton Aqueduct Board,
and one of the assistant engineers, who WISH
ted the dam and examined the water.
George Loring, the Ascending Grand
Master of Masons in England, has turned
M in Clifton, C. w. 1t will be recollected
that before leaving England he stole 800, O0C
of the funds belonging to the Order.
A woman named Mrs. Frances Temple, Of
Il ,stsn, publicly c"whided Russell X. Ro,
gers, q baker. in Dudley street, R"xbury,
Mass, on Tuesday. The provoking cause
was Islander, and the scene WAS rich.