Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-10-03
Il appears that the terrible bridge acct

rope to be stretched from the roof of the
Mansion House, on the north side Of the ca
nal, to u building on the south side, and an
| nounced that he would walk across or it..
4 The rope was about two rods west of Main
street bridge an iron arched structure like
most Of the new canal bridges, which OF
course offered an eligible standpoint from
which to view the performance. The bridge
was accordingly crowded with people and
\ teams.
On Friday last freight car on the ILL
nois Railroad took fire, and while all a-blaze
was subjected to pour bath, which soon ex
tinguished the flames. A portion OF the car
and large amount Of the freight was burned
Among the latter was box marked Goldfish
which SO badly charred that on attempting
to remove it, it fell to pieces, and was found
to contain two kegs of gunpowder. An Hi
nois editor with dry humor, which such an
event is so liable to provoke, closes his &C
count of the affair with the remark that IN q
few minutes more the engineer would have
received the worst blowing up he ever got"
Somebody from this country has visited in
England, Miss Muloch, the auther Of John
Halifax. She was enjoying a common cane
backed Yankee rocking chair, which friend
mad sent her. You can have no idea how
suggestive Of home rocking chair becomes
10 a wandering Iankee-it is an epitome OF
| New England-an oasis Of comfort IN the
midst of a desert of four-legged, stiff, unrest
full denominations: the rocking chair was a
bond of sympathy at once She asked many
questions concerning America, and expressed
a warm desire to vistit.
In New York. on Tuesday evening, mys-
terious affair came to light in the Sixth ward,
the dead body Of man being found in
bed in a house on the Five Points, corner of
Worth and Little Water street, covered with
blood, he evidently having been murdered
but few minutes before. From the papers
found on his persem, it is supposed that the
name of the deceased was McGee. The
house in which he was murdered was occu-
pied Nv man named John IL. Benjamin,
and his mistress, Jane Bradford.
On Monday night, John Cannelly, who
resides in New York, going home drunk,
berated his wife for having gone to bed
His angry words awoke his little girl, Mary
Ellen, aged six years aud she wenttoward him
to pacify him. The drunken man had sho-
vel in his hand at the moment, end, in bran
dishing it. the blade came in violent contact
with the child's head and she fell bleeding
to the floor \ physician was called, but
the little victim continued to grow worse,
and died Friday morning.
| We learn that most sanguinary fatal duel
was fought in the new diggings on the Colo.
RADIO, recently, between L. Warren, of Indi-
ana, and q. W. Harrison, of Virginia. Both
were candidates for Justices fthe peace, and
| Harrison was elected, from which arose the
difficulty. They fought with Colts navy re-
volvers, ut fifteen PAGES. AT the second fire
Warren was killed, the ball penetrating his
heart. So the story comes to us-we cannot
vouch for it.
The Schooner Burroughs, Capt. jerks, arri-
we'd in Charleston on Monday, and reports hay
ing fallen in Sept, 18th, with the fishing
smack Belvidere, Capt. kcarney. which left
the Bay Of Chaleur, New Brunswick. August,
/ 9th, bound fer Salem, Mass. The smack
was short Of provisions, aud the captain
somewhat out of his reckoning, supposing
his vessel off the New England coast when
he was near that Of North Carolina.
Senator Hale of New Hampshire, lately
made political speech at st. Paul, Mime
sota and the Democrats anxious for reply,
called upon the eccentric and variable Tom
Marshall, Of Kentucky, to take the stand, sup
posing him still to belong to the true fold.
| To their utter amazement, however, that I'M
stable politician proceeded to denounce
Douglas and the Democracy with great bit
terness, and all efforts to stop him proved I'M
availing.
The Leesburg Washingtonian says:-A
large quantity of the wheat and straw OF
Loudoun county, in stacks, have been seri-
ously injured, by the late continuous rain.-
Many farmers have taken their stacks down,
to dry the wheat and straw. They will be
delayed in their seeding, week or ten days,
in consequence Of the rain. The corn was
considerably blown down, and the fodder
materially injured.
The Pittsburgers are greatly excited about
some startling exposures which have been
made concerning alleged immoral practices at
the House of Refuge Mr.. Thomas Ruth
erford, the Superintendent OF the House VI
Refuge for Western Pennsylvania, man
who has stood high in the esteem Of the
public. is seriously compromised by these
revelations.
The Superior Court of Stafford, Judge Ty-
Ter presiding, was in session on Monday and
Tuesday last The Jail was empty. There
were no criminals to try. The Grand Jury
made three presentmen.s for petty offences.
The only litigated case tried was that of
Goodrich vs. Stones Executors" and in
this the jury could not agree, and were dis
charged.
It is stated that Gen. Ward B. Burnett, to
whom the gold snuff box was awarded un-
der the will of Gen jackson, for being the
bravest man from New York in the war with
Mexico, has recently been dismissed by the
administration from the Office of Surveyor
General Of Kansas and Nebraska, for ha-
bitual drunkenness.
The Queen of Boni, South Pacific, after
having spent some time with her serag-
lilo of twelve husbands at Pasempa, has alb
Dictated the sovereignty in favor of one OF
her native generals, rejoicing il the name OF
Aroe Palata, who has been proclaimed King.
This Kingdom Of Boni is situated on the
! ,rastarn rr,nontory If the Isle of Celebrs