Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-04-13
News Of the Day.
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sage. and one by erysipelas Several Of the
crew, and also the captain, were attacked by
the fever, but ultimately recovered. The
yellow fever is said to have appeared unu-
sually early, and with great virulence, in
Cuba.
The Russian loan of sixty million dollars
was brought out at London by Thompson,
Bonar & Co. To the surprise of the Lon
don capitalists, neither Earrings or Roth,-
childs have anything to do with it, although
the latter are agents of the Russian govern
ment
The fourth sale of the Baltimore portion
of the McDonogh estate was to have taken
place at New Orleans on the 9Th inst, but
the prices offered were 40 low that the pro
perty was withdrawn. The property offered
consisted of lots in the town Of McDonogh-
vile, and lands in the parishes of lberyille,
St. James, and Livingston.
The Cincinnati Gazette says that ''the Bal
timore and Ohio and Pennsylvania Central
Railroads, having taken full advantage Of
the river connections, are, notwithstanding
the heavy decline in freights, realizing rs
much for transportation from the Ohio river
as they did under the high tariff. The roads
west of the Ohio are the only sufferers at
present"
The Stuyvesant pear tree at the cor
ner of the Third avenue and Thirteenth
street, New York, is beginning, perhaps for
the two-hundredth Spring, to put forth It's
leaves. 1t is hollow at the root and partially
rotten. Most of its branches have fallen,
and some that remain are dead. Neverthe-
less the mysterious princip pie Of vegetable life
animates its venerable form, and continues
to crown it from year to year with verdurc.
Standing in the side walk and protected by
an iron railing, it is one of the most intcres-
ting objects to be seen in the streets.
Mr.. Murray Mcconnell, late second audi
tor of the United States Treasury in Wash
ington, narrowly escaped losing his life one
day last week Mt jacksonville, Ill. He at
tempted to jump on a car in motion, but fell
between two cars down to the cross-ties of
the track and was only saved from being in
stantly crushed to death under the wheels by
holding on with an almost superhuman grasp
to the iron railing of one Of the cars. He
caught the railing with his left hand, and in
this manner, with part of his body on the
ground Just before wheels, he was dragged
some thirty or forty yards, and until the con-
ductor could stop the train and rescue him.
The New Orleans papers state that among
the things destroyed by one of the recent
fires in that city, there were three hundred
bales of cotton slowed in one of the sheds
which were burnt, for two or three years, be-
longing to planter, who, for some reason or
other, has left it there uninsured, probably
from some notion, not to sell it until certain
prices could be obtained.
A daughter of Mr.. Joseph Conklin, re-
siding in the village of Warwick, Orange
county, New York, met with sudden death
on Saturday. She had been up stairs TO get
sugar. and while returning with the bowl in
her hand. stumbled and fell down the last
two steps, breaking the bowl, piece Of
which cut the jugular vein, causing her death
in few moments.
Captain Pope" says the Arizonian, us
closing up his Artesian we'll operations, which
have utterly failed, after the expenditure Of
a large amount of money. He has never
been able to get water within one hundred
and eighty feet Of the surface. His steam
engine and boiler, in good order, the latter
nearly new, are advertised Tor sale. rope
camp is near Santa Fe."
The safe of the President and Cashier of
the Allentown Railroad Company in New
York. was broken open on Saturday, and
$4,000 in railroad bonds, checks, and dia-
mond iewelry were stolen. 4 young clerk
in the Office was arrested and confessed the
robbery, with the exception of the lewelry.
The bonds and checks were recovered, and
the lad was sent to prison to await his trial.
Nine and half million Of acres of the
public lands in Kansas and Nebraska, which
were withheld from sale last year, on ac-
count of the financial revulsion. will be in
the market in July, August, AMI September.
1t is expected that these sales will increase
the revenue for the next fiscal year very
materially.
A young woman. who gave her name as
Elizabeth Wright and said she formerly re-
sided in Louisville and Pittsburg, and claims
to have been educated in convent in Ken
lucky, was arrested at Cincinnati. on Satur-
dav last. for receiving some $4,000 in coun-
terfsit bills, on various banks, from the otlce
of the American Express Company.
Foster Bloodget (Americanl has been cleo
ted Mayor of Augusta. by twenty ma
ority, beating DR.. Garvin, iDem.) There
are speculations about the latter contestlng
the election. The contest was excited, but
peaceable.
The New Orleans Picayune. speaking OF
the recent great losses of cotton in that city
by FIRE, suggests the use of iron ties for the
bales. as the latter will not burn tonly mere
singing on the outsideJ if they are kept in
their compressed state.
The Ohio canals are to be leased at public
auction on the steps of the State house. on the
18th of August next, to the highest bidder
for term of FIVE years.
Commodore Gregory, and other officers ap-
no;nted a short time since. by the Navy De-
partment to overhaul the financial manage,
ment of the several Navy Yards, commenced
their duties at Brooklyn, on Wednesday last.
Yesterday was the anniversary Of the birth
day of Henry Clay. 1t was celebrated b5
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