Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-08-01
BY SATURDAY EVENINGS MAILS.


of our exchanges state that the Mississippi
DELEGATION tn Charleston. is already pledged
+, Withdraw from the Convention III case of
q refusal To endorse the doctrine of equal
protection hv the General Government in the
Territories"
The Richmond News says, Mag. VIM. ii.
Richardson, jr, has been appointed Lieuten-
Ant Colonel Of the fourth regiment OF caval-
~, vice Col. }. LuciuS Davis, resigned, and
Major John j. Worth, senior, MAJOR, vice
Richardson, promoted. New companies are
being formed in all parts III the State; and
the militia generally is i'll u t"urishing CON
dition.
The members and friends Of the NJ. f.
Church in Staunton, have commenced tearing
down their old house 1T Worship, for the pur-
r,,e %! erecting Il more substantial, enlarged
and handsome building on the old site.
4 young gentleman "lvery respectable con
urrt,nns, walked cut of a third story wlnd"w,
ia Norfolk Thursday morning, by which he
sustained the fracture of ley 1t is sand
that s,nnamhuiiam was the cause.
The gigantic -four mills which form sopr"-
miurnt a feature in Richmond manufactures,
are now running night and day. The new
wheat is coming i'll rapidly.
The Petersburg Express says:-A heaut!-
full barquo, the wa GHzeiie, Is now lying
at City Point, taking "n cargo OF tobacco,
Tor Genoa Italy, u return thence with iruit.
MURDER IN observation-disclosures, slave
belonging 10 Mr.. Rnney, under the influence
of iealously, met free negro named Elisha
Malone on Sunday last, and with stick muir
dcred him. After committing the deed, he
carried the body of the murdered man from
the house where the deed was committed Ia
the road, distance oi Il hundred YARDS
The murderer had his examining trial 1t
Dinwiidir Court House on Thursday last
lle was sent on 10 the next court. This muir
der Was one OF n most cold hl"oded character
and, it is thought that le cannot escape the
gallows- RierSbuVy hiclitgemrcr.
CrlpEpEg IrEMs.-The work on the Edo
RADIO Turnpike, As far as completed, is the
admiration of all who travel the road. IL is
under the management of MIR. Daniel o.
Lrary.
l.. =. Nelson esq. has taken the contract,
for having that portion at the streets which
adjoin the public square. That IS sul-
cirnt guarantee that the work will he well
executed.
Our farmers are complaining much Of the
dry weather. Corn is suffering III many
places very much. Blue Riiy Rep.
HEALTH OF CmARLoTTESvILLE.-W are
told that n report prevails in adjoining coun-
ties that charlottesville is unusually m-
healthy that there is large number ii eases
of typhoid fever prevailing IN the commune
iy. Cur friends at distance may rest az
sured that this report, like many similar
ones which are somehow or other started
every summer. is without the slightest
foundation in truth We are told by prac-
Using physicians Of the town, that our com
munity il in the enjoyment OF more than
its accustomed good health at this sea-
son. There have been rs there always are
in this Piedmont county, some cases OF ty-
pnid fever, but with us the number Is much
more limited and the character lar mllder
than has been the ease for several years.
UmIpH,&cHc .idrocate.
Tur D,vr ", n.w nrraniz,tinn il
being gotten up i'll town with a view t" put
down all old fashioned charges of mincpenre
at barrooms. They are to he delegated int"
committees of tw" L. each hnr-rnom in town.
aud after giving ag"attsr in payment for
hro drinks, unless IRE rents he returned rs
change they are to fight and lam the bar
keeper. Ten cents for Il drink. or twenty
cents for two is considered decent price: 81
the sooner eur respectable rcstaurant-kecp-
rrS stop their charge al twenty cents for
hro indictments. the better. re la Dime
Cluh,-Eirh. E"q"iyrr.
UNFORTUNATE ExCuHSIoS.-A small cx-
cursion party up the James River and Kama
wha Canal, on Wednesday, met with mis-
hap, which fortunately did not prove fatal to
any. Fifteen or twenty young Indies and
gentlemen embarked on IL boat which had
been put in order for the occasion. After
preceding some three or four miles, and
when about landing for the purpose Of visit
ing family near, the boat raislzcd the &C
cupants being rrcci pitated into the water,
which WAS four or five feet deep. The ladies
screamed, sunlry persons from II neighb"r-
ing quarry collected OH the bank. and Il
frightened youth returning to Richmond with
the report that several persons bad been
drowned. quit. an excitement was raised
Several friends proceeded with all possible
speed Ia the spot, frantic with terror. and
expecting to find tiGr liIrItS~ remains 1T those
who but ii half hnur previous had lett them
IN the m"-t JOYOUS spirits. They were II"
iuirrI IL discover that the cXcurslnmstS had
been rescued from the mud and water.
and that not lie had been lost. Mi
nus the mud, the imrr"mlrm bath would
not have been very objectionable. The sud
den collapse Of crinoline and the heSInrarnc
of white vests WAS awful to behold, hut this
Wa about all the damage inue.-RirAmond
Corr. cf htirybDy Express.
Two lnrn were arrested III Portsmouth,
Va. oh Wednesday, !"r murder, commit
ted in North Carolina in March last. They
were seen and recognized hy market people
ty,,n same nf the ruuuti,.s ut tnat ktayr