Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-06-16
News Of the Day.
"7a shop the re,y age amt body Of the TINES

Mr.. Wise, the 9ronaut, has started Tor
St Louis to prepare for his grand balloon ex-
cursion 10 the Atlantic The balloon with
which the experiment is to be tried, is capa-
hle of carrying twenty persons. IL is FUR
nished with n boat 10y means OF which the
;eronauts intend To raise and lower them
selves without discharglng gas or ballast,
and thus be- enabled to remain up as long AS
they please. The balloon was built by MIR.
j. La Mountain, of Lansinburg, New York,
who, in connection with Mr. o. a. Sager,
started the idea of voyage across the Attain
tic in balloon at the present time. The
gronauts propose to start from ot. Louis
about the 22d or 23d instants.
At Philadelphia, on Wednesday, Richard
Vickers. SO years of age, came to his death
from taking an overdose of laudanum. tie
had been suffering from sickness, and, under
the advice of physician, took small doses
at intervals. which were given lay his wife
She had purchased a small quantity, and
had given it as directed. He insisted that
it was not enough, that he could stand more;
but she refused to give it. During her all
sence in the morning he took another dose
himself, from the effects Of which he died
near evening.
The Commencement of the College of New
Jersey will occur this year on Wednesday,
the Goth ofJune. On Tuesday, the 28th in
slant, the ceremonies will be opened by the
Annual Address before the literary societies
being delivered by Rev. Joshua Hall Nell
vaine, d. d., of Rochest r, New York, at 10
o'clock, "A. VI. In the afternoon the Alumni
will gather in the chapel, and short speeches
be made by representatives of the classes OF
49, '09, 10, 80, '39, and 40, as well as those
who may be called upon.
The intended resignation of DIR. Harrison,
at the close of the present session, will leave
vacant the chair of Ancient Languages in
the University of Virginia. | is, of course,
highly desirable that the best talents of the
land shall be secured. "A writer in the
Richmond Examiner presents Lewis NJ
Coleman, esq, for the position, las dis
tinguished A. NJ. of the University, pro-
found scholar, and polished gentleman.
1t will be remembered that Donnelly, ex,
ecuted in New Jersey for murder, made a
speech from the gallows, charging MIR. Smith,
proprietor of the Sea View House at Never
sink, with committing thed deed. This speech
was published in the Times paper of New
York, for doing which Mr.. Smith sued the
editors for libel. A jury has rendered u YER
dict in favor of the plaintiff, giving him 6
cents damages.
Capt. Shubrick, a. Commodore of the Par,
aguay expedition, ordered the reports to be
made to him of all the details OF the cxpedl-
ton, for the future guidance Of the Govern
ment, and thus il was disclosed in the general
report To the Secretary of the Navy, TINT the
vessels OF that expedition were provided with
but ammunition sufficient for seven hours
rapid firing.
On Saturday morning last the vicinity of
Wheeling, Va. was visited by another kill
ing frost. Much damage is said to have
been done. The lntelligencer says: We
learn from officers of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company that the effects of the re-
cent cold weather have been quite severely
felt along the more elevated and mountain
Gus regions of the road"
Some six hundred bushels of new Georgia
Red Wheat, being the first considerable ar
rival of the season, were sold in New York,
on Tuesday, by Messrs. Warning 4 Son. bro
kers, at two dollars per bushel. The quality
was very fine, and the condition good
Messrs llecker Brothers were the purcha-
seIs.
On Thursday last, little boy four years
old, named Mahoney, while playing on the
bank of the river below Whites Pleasure
Grounds, at Niagara Falls, fell over nearly
perpendicular height of one hundred feet
Strange TO say. his seyerest injury was bro
ken shoulder The little fellow was able to
get up and walk.
A daughter of Mr.. David Keller, of Suouds-
burg, Pa, while passing through his house
on Sunday evening last, with large fund
lamp in her hand split some fluid over the
top, as is supposed, which ignited, and II :
stantlv set her clothes on fire, and burned her
to death.
Snow in large fakes fell quite profusely in
Lockport, ~ Y, on Friday last. 1t was nc
companied with rain, and melted as fast as
it touched the ground. About noon the
DIUhC away, thS sun Sii''S WV ~ 81
ly, and the temperature was raised consider.
ably above the freezing point.
Bcv. b. Douglass, of King William, Stnte
Senator elect from that District, labors at
present under the disability Of a violation of
the anti-duelling law, and special act will
lie necessary before he can take the seat to
which a confding constituency returned him,
The violent storm of hail and rain on Fri
day night, the Sd inst, did considerable
damage to the wheat crop in the vicinity of
Tappahannock. In many places whole fields
were beaten down to the ground, and the loss
will he very heavy.
The Maryland State Agricultural Fair will
be held at the show ground at Frederick, on
Tuesday, 25th, Wednesday, Goth, Thursday,
9th, and Friday, 2Sth days Of October.
1t is said that there are several young
Americans in Paris-mere boys-who spend
Sl00 per day in fast living! Theyare laugh
ed at.
The Case of Dr.. King.
4 Story cih Noral.-One of the most
remarkable cases in the criminal calender OF