Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-06-30

port from the Inspector Of the first lighthouse
district, Of the loss by wreck, on the 10th in
slant. Of the ship Bolton, Cotter, master, from
Philadelphia. bound to st. Johns, \. B.
This ship WAS wrecked on Cross island.
Maine. near the lighthouse Oh Little river,
in dense fog at /! o'clock. II. III. The
wind was blowing from the southwest at the
time. The crew consisted of the master,
first aud second mates, steward. and fourteen
men, of whom the master, first mate, and Is
men We're drowned The wreck occurred nj
ter daylight, and was not seen at the time
from the lighthouse.
Among the chapluins who have just been
appointed to the army in Italy is the Rev.
Father Parabere, who distinguished himself
i'll the Crimeu. In one action in which lie
was by the side of Gen. Canrobert, his horse
was killed under him. THAT, Reverend
Sir, said the General lis nm accident with
out remedy. cannot get you another
horse; so, an rerOir." But Father Purabere
thought 1t his duty to he present in the COM
bat. and seeing Il cannon approach, lie jump
cd astrlde it, and was conveyed III that man
ner into the midst Of the action, where he
assisted the wounded and administered reli
gious consolation To the dying
Thomas +. Sprint has been appointed
postmaster at Millwood, Clarke County, Va,
vice Andrew f. Gibson resigned; f. Is.
Burgess, postmaster at Burgess Store, North
cumberland County, Va. vice Albert +. Rice,
resigned; Thomas f. Sublette, postmaster at
Rippon, Jefferson County, Va, vice Asaph
Wilson, resigned; John ". Nixon, postmas-
ter at Mornsonville, Loudoun County. Va,
vice VIM. +. Dowdell, resigned; SIlas q.
Harlan, postmaster at Green Spring Run,
Hampshire County. Va, vice =. \. Rector,
resigned.
The family of Mr.. Fixes, residing near
Centreville, Cumberland County, Pa, have
been suffering for some time past from the
effects of lead poisoning. 1t appears that
they were in the habit of using freely pre-
serves put up in the common lcad-glazed
earthenwsre jars, and that the preserves
fermenting, had absorbed large quantities of
the poison Several of the family are still
in precarious condition. This should serve
US warning to families who at this season
arc preparing to pu: up fruit.
The embarrassments Of the Post Office
Department, it is stated, will be felt most Sc
riously after the LIST of July, when the pre-
sent fiscal year closes. Thus far the small
contractors, not exceeding $50, have been
paid, and the clerks in the large post Offices
a. heretofore. No appropriations having
been made, both classes will be entirely cut
off, though commissions wherewith to pay
the latter will accumulate. Serious incon-
veniencc is expected, as nearly six months
must elapse without relief
A report comes from Nicaragua that
Mons Belly had died of fever; but it need.
ever, it was stated that Mons. Belly was
about to withdraw his corps of surveyors on
account of the unhealthness of the season
Fevers were prevalent; several of the COM
pany had fallen victims.
The legislative body Of the republic of
IIayti has hanished for life General Sou
louque and his wife, Generals Delya, ex
grand chancellor, Til-Loubin, ex-governor
of Port au Prince, and Dessaines, ex-chirf of
police, but the latter may, in consideration
of the services Of his father after time, be
permitted to return to llayti.
q. W. Libby, of Great Falls, n. H., was
robbed of 81. 200. in Boston. the other day.
While slightly inebriared, he lost his way
from the theatre which he had attended to
his hotel, and very polite gentleman, who
volunteered his services as pilot, relieved
Mr. Libby of his wallet, containing the above
amount.
The Cincinnati Isracite. whose editor,
DIR. Wise, is Il n German, is indignant at the
German sympathy for Austria. He says:
But, as II German, we can sympathlse only
with Italy and France in this struggle, as
kossuth, Nogt, klapka, Garibaldi, and even
the Democrats of Vienna do"
At Il marriage ceremony in New Bedford on
Saturday last, the bride stated that her age
was about twelve years and the bridegroom
twenty-five. The parties are OF Portuguese
extraction, and the girl married not from
any wish of her own but at the solicitation
of her mother. This is progressive age.
The trial of Robert ii. Champ, charged
with having committed an outrage upon his
brothers widow, Mrs. Sale Champ, has oc-
cupied the Fayctte Circuit Court, Kentucky,
for some days, and resulted i'll a verdict of
guilty He was sentenced to fifteen years IN
the psn'entary.