Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-07-01
Nuws of the Day.
10 sao.o tie Gerry age and body cf the TIME:

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vigorous campaign. The meeting "l the
Legislative Assembly, on the 9th II May,
was very enthusiastic. The war is said t"
be popular with the people generally. The
natives II Mnntcvideo -ympathise with Bue-
n"s Ayres as they doubted the sincerity OF
Uruuiza's intentions towards their little re-
public.
The City Of Wheeling is making an at
tempt t. compromise it's debt. The Wheel
Ing Times sav>:--"The committee agree that
the city shall redeem our present "utstand-
ing railroad ebtedne>s-am"unt,ng t"
some >53s, U0o--hy allowing the bond-h"ld-
ers thirty cents III the dollar on the original
on principal If the debt, IN cash: or to ISSUE
IL them new bands at fifty cents "n the dol
lar ON the original amount, the bonds thus
issued running through ii period oi twenty
years, aud bearing the usual interest -
These ale the terms agreed up"n between
the compromise committee I'll the part oi the
city and the bondhOlders
4 correspondent, writing from Chicago,
H., SAYS that city has changed wonderfully
within the past five years. The bubble
exploded: fortunes have been swept away IN
a breath, and schemes Of speculation sud
denly destroyed Property has decreased III
value us rapidly a. 1t r"se. and stores which
five wears ago rented for $1,000, would not
now command 5000. 1t is thought now to
have reached II healthy basis, aud that ITS
further progress will be upward.
The annual commencement exercises oi
Princeton College were commenced on Tues
day. A large number of distinguished Visit
tors were present, including Senator Crlttrn-
den. of Nv, and Senator Pearce, vi Md.
La tn. morning, the Rev. DR. McllNalne, OF
Rochester delivered an address before the
Closophc and Wing Societies aud III the
Afternoon the regular alumm meeting took
place Senator learce was elected one OF
the Vice Presidents. On Wednesday, the
Commencement exercises proper took place
A letter from correspondent of the New
York Herald, on board the irigate Mississippi,
at Slmodu. Japan, says: THE Japanese
Minister declines going to the United States
until next February. We expect to have I"
wall for him, H. cabins have been built Tor
him upon our deck, and our ship detailed t.!
take HIM to the States. We shall, ut all
events swnd the summer months iii these
waters. We will sail for Nagasaki III two or
three days. Letters for our ship Will reach
us if sent to Hong Kong, AZ heretofore
A travelling printer, named Charles Steel
Matthews, was found dead "A few days az"
in the cupnla OF the Mansion House, IN Read
inc, Pa. The Reading Times says that N"
body could tell when on how he got there, aiu
that while in the agonies OF death, lie mac
carved his lame on a board near where h'
WAS living, with this direction: BURY mt
with the honors of war; for | was soldier
in Mexico"
The Navy Department has Just made dis
covery of the manner i'll which liquor Is
Struggled by ships crew on board ships
Bread is made into regular ship loavf-:-'n
side which are tin cans h4ldg doout pint
filled Ait'nouor. The last Pacific mail
broupbtsne of these boxes filled with |
bread Iside which is can filled with whls-
key
jnator Pugh has written long letter t"
ar. A. Y. Hotfer, t. whom Gen. Cass letter
was addressed. He explains the CaSs doe
tripe to mean nothing more than that de-
serter from foreign army would not lie IT,
lieyed from the penalties attaching to deSer,
ton by having been naturallzed hele-tna'
is nothing more than all admit.
The steamer G. W. Lambert, bound up
the Missouri rireH with valuable cargo
took fire, fauSl hes above St. Louis, on the
18th uln ras burned to the waters
edrS and cargo are total loss
The b. ued at S2s, 600, and was In
sured tof The cargo was insured
The Eng Gamers which formerl y call
cd mt MnnroXa, now rass by that city t.
Cape pamas, causing serious interruption
of intercourse between Liberia and the Uni
ted States For these reasons the New iork
State Colonization Society have resolved. III
with other societies, II possible,
10 build a steamer for the Liberan coast,
Robert Ford, est, trustee, sold on Tues
day, the 2ist ult, IN Leonardtown, the tarin
owned By the late John ii. Bean IN 81
Marvs county, and containing 300 acres, tor
SO. $40. Purchasers, James {. Bean. OF
ST. Mary's, and A. J. Harvey, Of Washing
ton city.
Captain yiger, Of the May Queen, says
that Just as he left Cleveland, on Saturday
night, man named Cooley was arrested
there, charged with eonspiring to blow up
the splendid Southern naiIr4ad steamer
City OF Buffalo, and that complete EVIDENCE
of his designs was found.
Private adyices from China announce the
death st Shanghai, on the 9Th of April, oi
the Rev. YIN. Alien Macy, one of the mis-
sionaries OF the American Board. MI Macy
was nephew of the late Benjamin +: But
Ter. and left this country iOr his MISSIONARY
field in November, 1871
Mons. Belly "still lives" aud on the lSth
ult arrived at Aspinwall, en- route for France
|, appears that, finding his drafts were re-
turned protested, hs determined to pay.
visit IL France in person, ~ order 10 ia'se
the needtul. 1t il generally believed i'll Nj
caragua that he meyer will return.
The ship Fleetwood, from Boston tor Homo
lulu, struck ON AN iceberg, of Cape li"rn'
mo date given, and fonndered. The crew
escaped in the boats one of which was pitR-
ed up by an English barIue and earned I"
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