Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-09-05
News Of the Day.
"7o show the uery age and body Of the TINES"

From Fort Buchanan we lean That the
United States troops there are suffering ex-
tremely from scurvy. The fort is garrisoned
by about 200 men, members Of different regi-
ments. We learn also from the Colorado
River, that scurvy had made its appearance
among the men at that station. The camp
at Beal's Crossing had considerable num-
Der of soldiers on the sick-list. Rain had
fallen in unusual large quantities in the vicini-
ty Of the camp, and ella City, which possesses
generally climate of almost Egyptian
drought, was nearly inundated by an unpre-
cedented shower that lasted for four or five
hours continuously.
Gov. Sibley, of Minnesota, is in Washing
ton. The object Of his present visit is said
to be to postpone the land sales in Mime
sofa till next year, and the President will
postpone them. The Democrats will then
claim before the people that they have in
tervened to save their lands from sale, and
give them one year more time in which to
save their prescriptions. On this issue they
hope to carry the State this fall.
There were fifteen American sea-going
vessels reported during the last month as
missing, wrecked, or otherwise lost. The
list comprises seven ships, two barques, five
schooners, and q steam-tug. Of these, three
were burnt, nine wrecked, one SUNK one
abandoned, and one missing. The total
value Of the above vessels is estimated at
1925, 900, exclusive of their cargoes.
A letter from London says that Mr.. 7. c.
Evans, of New York, who recently went to
London to persuade Mr.. Dickens to revisit
this country on reading tour, and who offer
cd him most magnificent terms, has not sue
ceeded. Mr.. Dickens, it appears, cannot az
ford at any rate to leave England, land "All
the Year Round" for the time which his
voyage and tour would occupy.
Hon. Oliver j. Morgan, of Louisiana, has
presented to Bishop Polk, of that State, the
handsome sum of 900, as the foundation
of professorship of agricultural chemistry
in the University of the South" This
munifcent donation makes up the entire
amount of 100000 required by the charter
for the establishment Of the proposed Uni
versity.
Most of tho Madrid journals of the 9Th Of
August, publish articles which protest in
violent terms against declaration made in
q Washington newspaper, by Mr.. Dodge, the
ex-minister of the United States at Madrid,
to the effect that Spain, Notwithstanding her
present reluctance, will end by selling Cuba
to the States.
Garibaldi has been elected member of
the Chamber of Deputies, by the town of
Stradella, and will henceforth sit amongst
the legislators of the sub-Alpine kingdom.
A general opinion is prevalent that Garibal-
dis brigade will be soon disbanded, and
that the General will BIO placed at the head
of the Tuscan army.
A butcher by the name of Gibson was xii
led in Memphis, last week, by steer. Two
or three head of cattle had been butchered
before this steers turn came-he smelt blood
cot angry, and as the unfortunate Gibson
went to kill him, the animal made dash
and put his horns in the abdomen OF Gibson
and he died in an hour.
Though Blondin and De Lave the two rope
walkers, have not yet broken their necks, an
Irshman and an American have. both being
spectators of their feats. One fell from 2
rock at Niagara Falls, and the other tumbled
into the Genesee. This is the difference be-
tween oarefulness and carelessness.
A sad accident occurred at New Rochelle,
New York, on Wednesday evening. A sud
den squall struck the yacht Edda when en-
terine the harbor under full sail, capsizing
her and drowning Miss Catharine Water
bury, daughter of Lawrence Waterbury,
and her governess. Miss Littlefair.
The Arizonian says that George W. Cool
baugh, Superintendent of the Overland Mail
Line, between Ell Paso and Fort Chadbourne,
lately absconded to Chihuahua, taking cash
and company property to the amount OF
SIS, 900, as near as can be ascertained.
On Saturday week, Henry purrett was
murdered in the upper part of Spotsylvania'
by negro man belonging to Mr.. John
Coates, of Caroline. The negro was arrest
ed, and is now in Spotsylvania Jail. Mr. D.
formerly carried the mail between Freder-
icksburg and Patlow's Post-ofhce.
The machinists employed on the Michi-
gan Southern Railroad have struck, and re-
fuse to allow anything but the mail cor and
engine to run. The cause Of the strike is
the inability or refusal Of the road to pay
the hack wages Of the machinlsts.
Rev, Thomas Diggs WAS robbed OF sldo'
on the night of Monday, August 22d, at a
camp-meeting on the Eastvillo Val Circuit
Fifty dollars of the money had Just been
raised and paid to him for the benefit OF the
Missionary Society.
The Cincinnati Times Of Thursday, notices
the arrest of two men near Salem, ILL.,, who
were caught in the net of throwing train
off tho Ohio and Mississippi railroad track
at very dangerous place. Officer keaney'
of Cincinnati, captured them.
The Fredericksburg Christian Banner
ssys.-."0n last Wednesday and Wednesday
night, delightful rain fell in the Northern
Neck of Virginia, and We hope it was o gen.
eral rain. II so, the corn crop may yet De-
come greatly improved"
The editor of the ATTAINING Free Press
statos that many persons were badly fright
epsd on Sunday night by the auroral display
Some imagined that the world was about to
end. and declared that they smeh birthstone