Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-06-09

News of the Day.
"To shoe tic rery age and body cfhe TIMES.

By advices from Melbourne it appears
that a great deal of excitement had been ere.
ated at Bendigo, in Australia, by the dis
covery that a conglomerate mineral, very
common ON that gold field, but which had
hitherto been disregarded, would yield not
less than $50 ounces of pure gold to the ton,
with Il very large per centaSe of zinc. The
analysis was as follows: Zinc, about IS per
cent: iron, %; sulphur, ID: arsenic, 10;
other extraneous substances, 9; gold, l.; to-
tai l00-giving a result of an ounce OF pure
gold out of every one hundred ounces Of the
conslemcrate.
The following is a list of t.. S. army Off
GERS who have permission to 80 beyond the
United States with the understanding that
they are to put themselves in communication
with the antagonizing armies III Italy, so as
To note military operations. VIZ: Vol. W. W.
Loring, reg. mounted ritlemen; Lieut.. Col.
Il. b. Crittendcn. MOUNTED rifles: Maj. G. a.
III. Blake, first dragons: Major III. Brewer
ton. of engineers; Bvt. LIT. Col. f. j. Step
toe, 9th infantry; Bvt. Major I. b. Toner. OF
engineers; Capt. ii. b. Clitz, Sd infantry:
Capt }. A. Palmer, ID cavalry; Bvt. Capt.
Il. Seymour, LIST artillery: LIST LIT. George W.
Carr, 9th infantry; LIT. j. {. kelton. 9th i'll
fantrv: and LIST Lieut.. John Pegram, 2nd
dragons.
The British government state that For
eign ships in British ports will be held in the
same penalties for n breach of the neutrality
law of the country rs British ships" This
is an important point to all interested in
American shipping. Lord Derby recently
Informed a deputation of the citizens of Lon
don that the British government would con-
tinue to observe a strict neutrality during the
war.
Among the passengers by the steamer
Vanderbilt, from New York, for Europe, on
Saturday, was the prima donna Piccolomini,
with the family, consisting of the paternal
Piccolomini. the portly dowager Mrs. Pie
colomini, and the petite and captivating sis
ter Piccelomini. The little prima donna
was honored by an escort of admirers, who
almost rivalled the Hibernian enthu iasm of
the Dublin students in noticing her depar-
ture.
Thirty-three stars must be on the national
flag from and after the 4th of July next
This is in compliance with the act of Con-
gress, passed April, 1913, which declares
that on the admission of every new State one
star shall be added, and that such addition
shall take place on the 4th of July next sue
ceeding its admission. Oregon was admitted
at the last session of Congress as a State of
the confederacy.
The body found in the water near Fort
Hamilton, New York, on Sunday evening
last, is identified as that of Mrs. Fanny
Dean Halsey, wife of Henry Halsey. The
deceased disappeared on Wednesday last un-
der circumstances which gave rise to the
supposition that she had been murdered
She left home for the ostensible purpose OF
purchasing a pair of shoes, and that was the
last seen of her alive. Owing to various
causes suspicion pointed towards her hus-
band as knowing something of the cause OF
her death, and he is arrested, and held to
await the result of the investigation. DIR.
George Cochrane held a post moTtcm examl-
nation, when the body was thoroughly ex.
amined, but there was no evidence found OF
violence or ANYTHING to Indicate the presence
of poison in the stomach. Her husband
thinks that she committed suicide in conse-
ouence of som revelations which were made
concerning her acquaintance with a gentle
man in Brooklyn, named Henry 5. Wells.
A most distressing accident occurred at
Detroit, on Friday last, resulting in the death
of Henry T. Barnes, aged lG, and son of the
senior editor of the Tribune of that city. 1t
seems that between 10 and ii o'clock the
young man visited the gymnasium, in which
he was in the habit Of exercising, alone. At
III o'clock another young mar repaired to
the room and found Henry hanging by a
strap from one of the ladders. lie was i'm
mediatelv cut down but life had fled. 1t Is
supposed that he was experimenting with the
strap about his neck, upon the ladder, and
that he accidentally lost his footing, and hung
himself.
The Republican journals of Pennsylvania,
are Just now pushing forward the claims OF
Simon Cameron for the Presidency. The
Harrisburg Telegraph and the Mauch Chunk
Gazette are holding him up i'll the best light
possible before the Republican party, and
the Warren Mail says he would be sure to
carry Pennsylvania.
On Monday afternoon, a gameof chess was
played in New York between Morphy and a
man named Thompson, in the presence OF
numerous spectators. Morphy gave his an
taponist the odds Of n knight. After playing
two hours and a half, Morphy resigned
Thompson having on the board the knight
which was allowed him for odds.
The Memphis Enquirer comes to us with
the announcement that DR.. Scion Borland,
formerly of Memphis, but for the last 10
wears a resident, and a portion of that time
l.. S. Senator from the State of Arkansas,
had bought an interest in that establish
ment, and is associated with Col. Clemens,
az Joint editor.
The Superintendent of Indian Affairs in
Utah. has succeeded in recovering sixteen
children. and has them now in his pos
session. 1t is said these are all that remain
of probably one hundred and forty men, wo-
men, and children, of the Mountain Meadow
massacre, in September, 1857.
We learn from the Portsmouth Transcript
that the warehouse of Mr.. II. '. Nelmyer,
of that place, was destroyed by fire, together
with its contents, consisting of lime, guano'
cement, &c, on Monday morning. 1t is sup
posed to have been the work of an lncendla'