Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-02-01

On Thursday morning, the bodies Of acol-
ored woman, and two colorcd men. were
found close to the Lime Rims of William
NIGGA esq, near Norristown, Pa. ltappear-
ed from the evidence at the Corner inquest
that they had been persons who had gained
their living bv rag and bone gathering &c,
and although repeatedly warned by MIR.
NIGGA previously of the danger in their dong
So had lain to sleep near the top of the kllns,
ore of the men being found inside one of them
but not consumed, the kiln being only recent
ly fired.
The train on the Norristown, Pa, railroad,
consisting of five or six large passenger cars,
was thrown. last week, from the track, at
Norristown. The first ear was thrown on
top of the engine. and the tender was forced
through it, The engine was badly damaged,
and the tender and passenger car wcr" bro
ken to pieces There We're but four or FIVE
persons in the latter. all of whom, ~ well as
the engineer and firemen, were seriously III
jured.
In New York, on Friday night one OF
three boilers. in the Excelsior Steam Sugar
Refinery of Robert & Williams. in First street
near South Second. exploded with tremen-
dous noise, and was forced from It's bed,
though the doors of the engine room landing
in the bed of the river, distance Of one hun
dred feet from the place il starte! from. In
its passage it demolished some dozen barrels
of sugar, ard tore out The front of the engine
room, but strange to relate not single per-
son was injured.
On all sides (says the Alta Californian OF
the 9th ult., may be observed the evidences
of prosperity in San Francisco. According
to the statistics published in the Alta Calitor-
Man on the first day Of the year, over eight
hundred small shops and dwellings, besides
churches and other large edifccs, have been
erected during the past twelve months. and
there are data for estimating that there Is a
demand for four or five hundred of the same
character of structures.
4 new edition Of Audubon Birds OF Amer
lea is to be issued by Roe, Lockwood 4 Son
of New York, at $40 the number; each num-
her to contain ten plates. The original
copper plates were somewhat damaged by 1t
fire, 40 that it was found impossible 10 OBJ
tain from them a perfectly good impression,
and they have been transferred 10 stone with
great skill and success.
! Mr.. Patrick Dunovan, Il man Of family,
and resident of Hancock, Nd, was instant
ly killed on Tuesday last, by falling into
lock No. Sc on the Chesapeake and Ohio Ca
nal, near Orleans, Allegany CO. y singular
fatality oycrhangs this lock. Within few
wears five men have lost their lives in it
1t is the same lock in which u Mr.. Summers
was drowned short tim" ago.
The application OF Mr.. Mccormick for an
extension Of his reaper patent. has been deci-
ded against him. His case has been support
! ell bv formidable array Of counsel, with Mr..
| Reverdy johnson at the head. Ii was prov
I'd before the Commissioner, that Mr.. Me
Cormick paid nearly >loo,Oo0 To lawyers, in
combating infringements, &c.
| A verdict has been rendered III the Su
preme Judicial Court in Boston. against the
| Boston and Worcester Railroad Company.
! for 500. 900 damages, awarding I" Mrs. Sarah
f. Shaw whose husband was killed and her
self seriously injured some years ago, by a
train on this road coming in contact with the
plaintiff carriage.
A young girl aged sixteen, named Martin
residing at Mycrsvillc, Duchess county, New
York. was ST. badly burnt few nights since
10y her clothes taking fire that she died in
two hours She was reading paper. when
she fell asleep. and the paper taking fire. the
| flame communicated to her clothing, burning
her 80 dreadfully that she died.