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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-05-02

1UST READl-PlAN0 FORTEs! PIANO
y FOkTES "A G. octave, four round corners,
beautiful rosewood case iron frame Piano, made
by Via. Uaehle L 20, Of Baltimore, cost when
new 500, u:ed but one year, AMI now offered for
500, really ole VI the greatest bargains on record.
A T-octave rosewood case IRON frame Piano,
made by Hallet, DAVIS i Co, Of Boston, cost when
how $3.50, does not look =: ii ever used, now oder.
ed for sou.
A superb 81 octave rosewood case iron frame,
hne tone, for Sl75, cost six months ago $3.50.
A Chickering Piano, fine tone, and looks and
sounds ms good as new Tor 500.
A nice little Piano Tor so.
Two Tor SlU0 each; four for Sl23.
Also, d ine ? octave, by kosencran,f, for slOO.
Call and see these great bargains; must he sold;
store too crowded Come soon aud see for your
,cirus.
Pianos, MelodeoDs. and all kinds Of Musical
Instruments for rent By the day, week, or month.
upon liberal terms. JOHN r. ELLIS.
900. Penn. avenue, bet. 9th and 10Th streets.
Washington, AZ S9--St
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-05-02
C o II II E & C I
The Markets.

BALrlxoRE. April SO.-Flour closed with = good
a.nsnd. but WAS held above the views OF buy
~. Howard street and Ohio $6,25. Wheat closed
uuis,, and the receipts were very light; white i'o
al;5c., red l5O@l55e. Corn closed huoysnt;
yellow s3a Sic. white 76@ SOC. Provisions closed
active, Lu, hrm. whiskey closed nominal and
unchanged.
Nxw Yoxx. April Colour has advanced go
zoe; State s5.c5@$5.7O; Ohio o.6a@$0.7';sou Sou
thorn 81. GOA 500. Wheat %baoysnt closing al
an .dvspcs Of lt. cents; Southern red $l.oo;
white 1900; western red Sl.i1@Sl4:. Corn clos
ed higher; mixed $40 Soc; yellow Sj@s''. Pork
!. ou;.,; mess sl6.2 prime. $l2.75. Lard ia dull
At u4@lifc. whiskey is steady ut "''. Stocks
ARA frmer: Mo. IS S.5.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-05-02
DIED

In Washington, Oh the morning 81 the 18Th al'
WILLIAM I. ~GEAINGEH. in the :i'h yoaT ii
HE aye. -
On the morning Of The 23d Wit Al the residence
Of Dr. McCoughrry. Springfield, Jefferson county
Va, MARGAkEr A. "Ife u John Andi" i''
della. r,,u .rr
.kSS, aged IS years.
A, Marietta. Prince George county. Mar land.
=, scsrIo, fever. PHILIP LANnSDAl.t. IN tho
sr,h wear Of his age. son Of T.. L. and Cardiac l."
Duval.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-05-02

Nu~. before soft April showers
Fad, the " infer SNOW, away.
Vow ia" ,il!c, laugh with bUnrs,
SpflnLin. up I" greet the May.
Now thu hiris Hi lightly DER u-
llark The merry u"Ies they stus,
Prai,ing Cod IA grateful chorus
FOR the blessing, of the spring.
But II brighter sun i, tinging
Light along Our path tnis hour.
purer joys break int" singing,
f.tirrr hopes bars; forth 1" dover
Lu, He CONES. III" King q! Glvis.
Nlctor"'eT the grave and SIN,
Easter bells. peal out the story.
Kin. the Ming vi Glory ia.
Lord accept the sony We sing Thee.
la Thy Church TIL, Easter day,
Take the humble gifts W bring Thee.
Hear the humble prayers ~ pray;
Thou Tor u Ihy..ii hast gwen.
Thankfully We bend he knee.
Thou hast gone before 10 Heaven.
CaiI H. home al last I" Thee.
At the conclusion uf which Rev. Mr.. Nor.
sell. Of Washington city, delivered an ingenu-
ous and beautiful address {" the children, on
Obedience, IL 80 eloquent aud plain q man
ner, ~ To be readily appreciated by the
Youngest scholar present. which wa, shown
by the attention with winch it was received.
At the conclusion Of thc address, the scholars
sang the lllth hymn with ine effect.
The prizes 10 the scholars, between 30 and
Oh. fOi meritoriou, conduct. were then award
and the name OF Charles WiIhurn MAS called,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-05-02

TnE KlvlR.-Bu,iness 1T the Washington
wharvesi. Leplorably dull, and the prospeetof
things taking II turn for the better for some
time to come. still duller. Several proprietors
ufwhart property are taking advantage OF the
prevailing stagnatiun t" institute snndry re-
pairs about their places Of business. The
news from the fisheries is The reverse Of en-
cOuraSing III every respect. 1t has at length
become u settled fnct that long %seinss, with
heavy drag or lead lines. and the prevailing
practice OF fishing long SEASONS, has driven
the delicious Potomac shad Ia other waters.
II nov only remains for some remedy to be
applied, and those Interested in the welfare
IL the iisherir, are suggesting the enactment
"f protective laws by the States oi Maryland
and virginia. ~ the most proper means of re-
storing the revenues hitherto realized from
this important branch Of ,rade.-HdSh. Star.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-05-02

BIZ MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
Latsr from the Pacific Coast.

Sr. Loris, April 50. Thu overland mail
fir III California on the Sth INST, has arrived.
The general news is unimp"rtant.
Ship- were arriving freely, and the market
was surieitel with all kinds Of merchandise.
The decline IN prices continues.
Arrived At San Francisco ships Buena Wis
IA for Baltimore. and Moonlight from New
York, the latter reports q burning ship, sup
posed 70 be the Maniton from New York. on
the Atlantic ocean, lat. II deg, long. s.
deg. Several ships We're around her at the
time, and it va, supposed thst all hands were
saved.
Very rich gaano islands have been dis
covered northw. est Of the Sandwich islands,
aud were taken possession OF by the COM
mander Of the surveying sesIner fennimore
Cooper. in the name of the United States.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-05-02

Mr. richardson's majority for Judge OF the
Cour, of Appeals is 5l2.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-05-02

PRAYER Book. To the most deserving scholar.
IN all respects. Was awarded 10 Malcolm
Evans.
The exercises, which inr two hour delight
cd the large c%oncourse present, were brought
toa close a, half-past six o'clock. by the choir
and congregation singing Gloria Pa'r'a,'
and the Brnediction by the rector.
The hydraulic press., 1859-05-07

4 CHINESE TEMPLE IN SAN FRANcIsco-It
is on Pine, between Kearney and Dupont
streets. The structure is of brick, and has
no claim to architectural notoriety. The
entrance winds in Chinese fashion through
various passages on the ground floor, leading
to stairway, ascending which you enter a
room where the idol and its paraphcrnalia
are kept The object of their worship is a
human figure in sitting posture. The fea-
lures are Chinese; the face is painted a viv-
i'd red adorned with heavy black whiskers,
and the countenance is quite jolly in express
sion- KwANG-TU (this is the name) is evi-
IDENTIFY funny, good-natured fellow. He is
gorgeously arrayed, glittering with shining
metals that enclose him in scaly network
he is covered by gorgeous canopy of yellow
and crimson stuff, trimmed with gold lace ;
lamps are kept constantly burning in front ;
a brazen vessel filled with ashes sits upon an
altar, which is ornamented with elaborate
and singular carvings in brass.-Pacifc Ne
Modist.
The hydraulic press., 1859-05-07

How TIE EARTH WAS CLoTHED.-The sub
joined extract is from lecture delivered be-
fore the Secret Diggings Lyceum, elsewhere
referred to- by S. f. Walker:
All the farer and more beautiful portions
of the earth have been developed from and
upon the rude granite and slate which forms
the bedrock. Thus it is that while these
mountains yet remain rude and unfinished,
their towering heads yet bald, their huge
gray sides yet unadorned; at their base
and formed from them-are valleys unsur-
passed in beauty and fertility.
1t is supposed that the earth was once
all mass of rugged rock, like that seen in
the moon, covered by an ocean and surroun-
ded by a dense, poisonous atmosphere: and
that these latter acting upon the rock and
uniting some of their constituents with it,
produced soil in the valleys, and in the ocean
a sediment, which becoming hard, and after
wards thrown up by convulsive action, is
what we now see in the forms of limestone,
sandstone and all the various secondary
rocks. Forests overthrown and buried have
become beds of coal; coral islands have been
changed to beds Of chalk and river beds and
shores Of lakes to gravel hills. And over
nearly all the earth, at last a soil is formed,
and vegetation has sprung up; and thus by
slow degrees and admirable processes the once
rude earth is fashioned into shapes of beau
ty, fit for mans abode.
The hydraulic press., 1859-05-07

CURIOUS SCIENTIFIC DIscovERy.-Mr. Moser,
of Konigsberg, Prussia, it is said, has shown
that light constantly emanates from all bodies,
even in complete darkness, and that when
placed near each other they receive upon
their surfaces reciprocally pictures of eac h
other. These Photographic pictures, how
ever, are invisible, and continue to be so un-
til they are developed by the application of
certain vapors, such as that of water, mer-
curry, iodine, &c. These marvellous discover
les of NJ. Moser have been fully confirmed by
other more recent inquirers.
The hydraulic press., 1859-05-07

CALAvERAs VALLEY.-The following con-
densed description, from the Pacific Methodist,
is quite striking:
Fed by the rills gushing down the laby
rinths that indent the mountains interlock-
ing San Andreas, the Calayeras bounds over
golden placers amid forest and crag for Is or
20 miles, thence flows through plains to the
tu1e-marsh interlying the junction of the San
Joaquin and Mokelumne rivers. The valley
to which it gives its name is one of the love.
liest in the State. 1t extends from the tule-
belt east l9 miles, is several miles in width,
very fertile, well populated, and over its fields
of waving grain, clover and flowers, short
bodied, broad-boughed oaks cast soft shad-
ows.
The hydraulic press., 1859-05-07

STRAwBERRIEs.-Tos show the profit attend
ing the culture of this delicious fruit we ap-
pend an item from the S. F. Times:
'Within Oakland township there are two
hundred and sixty acres of strawberries now
under cultivation and all in prime order for
bearing fruit this season. Each acre will
average 10000 vines, giving grand total Of
100000 vines The yield last year was
about 1850 pounds per acre, which will
make this years crop, at the same rate, not
less than 255,0OO pounds. 1t is estimated
that the present crop now in the ground,
within the circuit of a few miles around Oak
land, will nett the lucky owners the sum of
fifty-f thousand dollars.
The hydraulic press., 1859-05-07

THE United States coast survey, says the
National Intelligencer, is either essentially
completed or in active progress in every sea-
board State and Territory of the Union. The
coasts of the Atlantic ocean and the Gulf of
Mexico are fully one-half done, and both
can, at the rate of appropriations of late
years, be completed in from twelve to fifteen
years. On the Pacific coast, where the first
geographical discovery was hardly passed,
when California was acquired the survey
has been pushed forward with remarkable en-
ergy, and the most immediate wants of our
extended commerce suddenly springing into
existence have already been supplied.
The hydraulic press., 1859-05-07

The electric telegraph is now claimed, on
the authority of recently discovered man
uscript, to be the invention of Louis Lesage.
Frenchman, who established an electric
telegraph in Geneva as early as 1774. This
telegraph consisted of twenty-four wires,
insulated from each other and correspond
ing with the twenty-four letters of the al
phabet..s The wires are operated upon by an
electric battery. The apparatus, although
incomplete, contained the germ of the in
vention, which reached a positive phasis
when Volta discovered, in 1900. the new
form of electricity that bears his name
The hydraulic press., 1859-05-07

How we misjudge of values; if some in
spired Diogenes should light his lamp and
seek the richest man in Boston, he might
find him possessed of great estate; he
might find him with very little one, so
small that the assessors never found it out.
nor levied property-tax upon him. How
we mis-rate thingsl The material, wealth,
is outward, and the spiritual is inward
Happy the man who has the spiritual bless
ed, also, if he have likewise the material
wherewith to lengthen his arm, and spread
good thereby!
The hydraulic press., 1859-05-07

SERFs IN RUssIA.-The emancipation o.
the serfs in Russia meets with great, but not
entirely unforeseen obstacles. The Emperor
Alexander H., not willing at first to intro
duce the measure in the usual autocratic
manner, has merely invited the nobility to
follow his own example; but it does not ap-
pear that, beyond Poland and the ancient
Polish province of Lithuania, any other gov
ernment circle of Russia has answered the
call. The peasants, knowing the Emperor's
wish, and the unwillingness of the mobiles to
CRAFTY it, have taken up arms in many of
the government circles, and have driven the
mobiles from their estates to seek protection
and shelter in the neighboring towns. The
emancipation of serfS, even under an absolute
government, and where the serfs are of the
same race as their masters, and possess the
same capacity for culture, is not an easy task.
and will yet cost the Emperor many sleepless
nights. To give you an idea of the condi-
ton of the people of Russia, Iquote from the
annual report of the Minister of the Interior
According to him, real estate was thus divi-
ded: There were $1,000 estates, with from
l to 20 serfs; 5000 estates with from 100 to
500 serfs; 1000 estates with from 500 to 900
serfs; 400 estates with from l, 900 to 10, 900
serfs; estates with 10000 and over. The
whole number of peasants consisted of:
Crown peasants, 5000, ,000 Serfs, IL, $50, 900
total 20, 10000. There were also eighty
eight thousand proprietors, with from to 10
each employed in towns and cities, and
obliged to pay obrock, or tribute, to their
masters. These are not nearly as well off as
the serfs on the plantations, and the impe.
rial measure is intended to reach all.
The hydraulic press., 1859-05-07
"Hydraulicinc."


While Mr.. Narnum was ''hydraulicinC,"
Beneath the banks of golden dust and dirt,
That old coquette, the earth, went frolickng,
Embraced him rather roughly. but he wasn't hurt.
The banks caved in Full many bank before
Has done the same, and miners to their shoulders
Been buried with their gttering cash galore,
The "scads," ne'er again by sad beholders.
Now loudly called the buried miner, and.
With picks, and spades and shovels, earnest meh
Rushed to his rescue with helping hand
To dig their suffering comrade out again.
The arms of earth fcndly round him pressed,
Her crinoline his hampered body squeezing.
Oh. cold old lady through his painting breast
She chlls him, and he cries out. Il am freezng.'
They hit grand expedient and gave
An antidote against earths sudden crashes,
And proved that man may flourish in his grave
If irrigated well with brandy smashes
No bones broken. but they do allege
That Mr.. Yarnum broke-his temp rance pledge!
The subjoined stanza from Mr.. Bausman's
poem of the "Protege," may suggest some
thing worth considering to those who "dance
till broad daylight"
Our grandads and grandames who were cold fogies"
Accounted III their homespuns and their 'stogies,''
Before the age of hacks and patent leather,
Thought nothing of journey of five miles,
Despite the threatening signs of 'wnd and weather."
Across the fields surinounting ''stubs and stiles
To join the 'breakdown'' of Highland fling,
Or sous, cut graceful pigeon wingl"
Like cousin Sally Billiard" if a brook
Should intervene upon the route they took,
They did not stop to grumbe or beshrew it,
But tucked their dresses up and waded thro it!
Their custom was to ''start" the dance at seven,
And keep it going constant till eleven.
The hydraulic press., 1859-05-07

FRENCH FREEDoM-Crime is increasing so
rapidly throughout France, that the govern
ment has forbidden the newspapers publish
ing the docket of the criminal courts, on the
ground that the publication needlessly alarms
public opinion as to the true state of the
country. Another decree of the week for
bids school mistresses making addresses to
their school girls, and provides that no school
master shall make speech to his boys un-
less it is read and approved by the police.
The hydraulic press., 1859-05-07
LIGHT AND LovE.-Hall's Journal OF

says:
"a inger-nail is renewed in one hundred
and thlrty-two days in winter, but requires
only one hundred and sixteen in warm wea-
ther. And as light hastens vegetation, so it
is known that the hair grows faster in the
day time than in the night; and the beauti-
ful principle holds good as to our moral be.
ing. We all expand and grow into the like
ness of our great Father in proportion as
charity keeps up the warm summer time in
our hearts-whilc the sunlight of life that
is pure and true, dispels the clouds and dark
ness of wrong doing, and creates an atmos-
phere fit for the breath of angels.
The hydraulic press., 1859-05-07
Che 4ydraulie gress.
CHANCES ABROAD.

-
CHANCES ABROAD.
1t is probable that peaceful adjustment
of the difficulty with Paraguay will be effec-
ted, through the kind offices of President
Urquiza of the Argentine Confederation
Ample indemnity will be conceded for the
injury done to our citizens.
Washington Territory is represented to be
in very peaccable and fourishing condi-
ton, though there are some rumors oftrouble
with the northwestern Indians. The fertile
valleys are being rapidly occupied by settlers.
A project is now on foot for the opening of
another Isthmus route to the Pacific, known
as the Cherokee route.
A daily paper has been started at Port
land, Oregon.
The latest news from the Frazer river
mines is OF mixed character-not generally
encouraging.
Lord Lyons, the new British Minister, has
arrived at Washington.
Proposals will be received by the P. NJ
General for carrying mails between New York
and New Orleans and California, from the
3oth September, 1859, to the Est of July,
1860, bidders to designate their own routes.
Capt. Montgomery is appointed to COM
mand the Pacific squadron.
European advices report the possibility of
Congress being held on the affairs of Italy,
to be composed of representatives of France,
England, Russia, Prussia and Austria There
was a general belief in the maintenance of
peace.
The Juarez, or Liberal, Government of
Mexico has been recognized by Mr. McLane,
the new U. S. Minister to that country. The
Liberalists are besieging the capital in large
and increasing numbers. A battle on the
I'd ultimo resulted in loss on either side
of 500 men, the Liberalists retiring They
seem likely to succeed, and in that event
Mexico may have breathing spell of peace
The Chilean revolution has been nearly
quelled
Bolivia and Ecuador are still afflicted with
civil war. Quito, the capital of the latter
country, was destroyed by an earthquake on
the 22d of March. All the public and many
of the private buildings were completely
prostrated, and the houses not thrown down
are so injured as not to be habitable The
damage is estimated at $4,000, 900, and the
deaths reported at 5000; but this number is
believed to be greatly exaggerated
The government of Nicaragua has refused
to ratify the Belly canal contract, on account
of some Objectionable clause relative to en-
igration. So the grand expedition is, for the
present at least, fzzle.
The liberty of worship is to be more per-
fectly guaranteed in France.
There is fresh reason to believe that the
contemplated emancipation of the serfs in
Russia is not popular with the mobiles
The rebellous Sepoys in India continued
to surrender, and were generally starving.
British supremacy will soon be thoroughly
re-established.
The hydraulic press., 1859-05-07

Cheerfulness is better than wealth or fame
or honor. 1t is the Alchemist's stone, and
he who possess it may transform the baser
things of life into refined gold. 1t is mine
of wealth, that faileth not; like the widows
cruise, it increases with the use thereof
Cultivate cheerfulness, and all the good of
life is ours.-Nerada National.
The hydraulic press., 1859-05-07

ROME has been amused at the retlnue of
SURLowsK1, Primate of Hungary Archbishop
of Gran, on the Danube, etc., etc. He has
eighty black regimentaled horsemen for
body guard, as is mis- custom at home.
The hydraulic press., 1859-05-07

The last arrival from Salt Lake brought in
telligence of the death by cold of eleven more
men between Salt Lake and the South Pass.
The hydraulic press., 1859-05-07

Mr.. RAREY, the horse-tamer, is now in Rus
sia, on special invitation from the Emperor
and the Imperial Court.
The hydraulic press., 1859-05-07
RHYMEDsPIEAsANTRIEs.

Bovee Dods has lately been lecturing in
San francisco upon Psychology, and his ex-
periments have attracted crowds beside pro-
vokng universal criticism on the part ofthe
press. Some clever fellow sends this jing-
ling account of the thaumaturgist, as Car
lyle would call him, to the Alta:
A Psychological Ballad.
'sTm not the exponent of tricks, of Frauds
Says DR.. w. Bovee Dods
Oh Ye Gods! The of his father,
What's the odds Is Boyee Dods,
With the public
And Bovee Dods! Aaron made serpents
Z Out of rods;
hoosiers O hero, Men made wizards
In the sods; BY Boyee Dods!
Paddy is king
Among the hods. Topcrs get tpsy,
On brandy tods!
Yankees pumkins !" Waters made brandy!
Fishing for cods { BY Boyee Dods.
Magic is mistress
To Bovee Iols! A princes subjects
Obey his mods.
See him drilling So do the subjects
His winkng squads; OF Bovee Dods!
Who in the
Is Boyee Dods? Hods and sodsi
{ Tods and Gods!
In his sre's footsteps IA-ufa fellow,
lie treads and he plods, Is Bovee Dods.!
The hydraulic press., 1859-05-07
COnStable's Sale.

State Of California, county of Nevada, Township
Of Bridgeport.
DY virtue of an execution to me delivered, issued
Dfrom the Court of James Collins ESQ, an acting
Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid
bearing date April 18th, 1859, to satisfy Judgment
rendered by said conrt the 18th day of April A. D.
1859. in favor of Aaron Davis and against John Lane
for the of SIS and so cents debt interest," damages
and costs OF snit. have taken in execution and will
sell to the highest bidder for cash the entire right IT,
tie and interest of the said John Lane in and to GER
tain mining claims situated in Cherokee mining dis
trict, and known as the claims of Driscol Lane.
bounded by the claims of J. Sullivan & Co., Lawton
Co., and Hannah Co., together with the Hose, Hy-
draulc, siuices and other appurenances thereto be-
loning, on Wednesday, the 11th day of
May, A. D. 1859, between the hours of IL o'clock NJ
and o'clock NJ in front of the Office of James Col
Inns, Esq., in Cherokee to satisfy the above demand and
accruing costs.
SO CIV. CORNELL, Constable.
Cherokee, April Goth, A. D. 1859.
The hydraulic press., 1859-05-07

We take the liberty of presenting in its
proper metrical form the S. F. Times version
no pun intended-of an accident at Iowa
Hill:
The hydraulic press., 1859-05-07
A MINING S1MILE.-The correspondent OF

A MINING SIMILE.-The correspondent of a
religious paper, describing the effect of a
miners, speaks thus:
''ln thirty minutes it was patent that mind
had acted on mind, that deep, consecutive
religious thought had been elected in many
hearers, that the word of God had tunnelled
its way through the rocky breast-works of
sin, and was waking startling echoes in that
inner channel, conscience