Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-07-02
News Of the Day.

The slonp-"i war Germantown came very
near being lost on u coral reef On her way to
Jaran from Hong Hong, near the Loo-Choo
Islands She WAS i'll 50 bad IL position that
the Guns We're got ready to lac thrown over
board, and preparations were made to leave
the ship. The means taken tn Tighten the
vessel caused her to roll Oft into deep water,
and she came t. anchor near the islands
ahnye NAMED. The officers and crew enjoy
ed the prospect Ut what might have happen
ed To them if they had abandoned the ship,
as the natives stood on the beach With spears
10 tickle their ribs on landing.
Petitions in favor of the communication ct
the sentence against Plumcr, for killing the
captain and mate of whaling ship. and
with others taking possession Of her, are
pouring in from all points of Massachusetts.
/ Among the signatures are some of the most
respectable citizens of several localities.
document containing 1000 signatures has
already been forwarded to the President OF
! the lnited States The argument IN cham
bers is Ia be had before Justice Clifford, III
/ Portland, 10 day, for IA writ OF error.
Quarantine has at length been removed
| from Staten Island. Persons sick Of small
| pux have been sent to the hospital ut Black
! wells Island: those not 81 afflicted, nor with
other contas i"ls diseases, sent to the hospl-
tai Oh Wards Island and yellow fever pa
! tirnts, or those suffering from other c"ntag,-
ous diseases, 10 the floating hospital fitted
/ up by the Commissioners 0t Quarantine.
| Thus there IL an end III quarantine IT Staten
Island.
While the Democracy, from the rival as
piratinns and movements of Douglas, Wise
state of ef-rvescence which threatens Il des-
! Iuctive Democratic explosion, 1t Is equally
manifest that the Republican party, between
| the rival claims and parllsanS oil Seward,
| Banks aud Chase, is III Il very interesting
condition of discrrd and uncertainty.
\ submarine lantern has been invented
and is shortly Ia he tested ut one Of our sea
shore navy yards, of which it is asserted that
it has been successfully used already at IL
depth 81 seventyt two feet below the water
surface, and may he 1t more than four times
as deep The lantern can be kept burning
in this way without being brought u the sur
face for period OF four hours.
Since the inauguration OF direct trade with
Europe from the Lake ports in 1856, no less
than 81 vessels have cleared for foreign
ports from ports ON the lakcs--chietiy from
! Detroit. vi these twenty-one have been
sent out the present year. Their cargoes
have been principally lumber and slaves,
! with some wheat and few hides.
The following are the provisions of the
United States law prescribing - legal ten
der" Gold coin and silver dollars for all
sums half dollars and small silver COINS for
sums not over 81; and three cent pieces tor
sums not over thirty cents No provision
is made for cents, which may, therefore, be
refused.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia Press
SAYS, that Mr.. Wendell, the public printer,
has in his possession letter in which Mr.
Buchanan, over his own signature, does not
hesitate to recommend the disbursement OF II
large amount of public money to certain Ia
vortes connected with newspapers in differ
emt parts of the country.
1t seems to be pretty well understood that
all the collections of books, papers. and spe-
cimenS of every kind, made by Humboldt
and belonging to him at the time of his death,
are likely to pass into the hands OF the Amer
| lean Minister, Mr.. Wright, and be brought
! by him to this country.
1t is probable that Mr.. Mclane has ere
! this negotiated Il treaty with the Juarez gov
ernnent of Mexico, for the alteration OF the
| boundary line between the two countries, so
| AS to give us access to IL point on the gull OF
| California, and also Il liberal commercial and
postal treaty.
July the first, is al important period IN all
the postal arrangements vi Southern States
! Thirteen hundred routes, let to contractors
under the early administration of MIR. Holt
in the States Of Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, will be
put in operation.
A portion of the ceiling clustering in the
Methodist Episcopal Church, at Washington,
| North Carolina, fell on Sunday forenoon
last, breaking the chandelier, despoiling sew
eral tiue dresses, smashing sundry pretty bon
nets, and changing some very sweet faces to
sour ones.
Two steamers have made daily trips from
New York to Keyport, \. D., since this
springs business commenced, and one OF
them is known to have taken to New York
! during that time SIS, 900 baskets Of straw
berries, the sales of which amounted to S2S,-
900.
The Charleston Mercury says that Judge
Douglas letter 'is an official PRONUNCIATION
for the benefit OF the public at large and the
Democracy in particular" 1T is of u piece
with the shocking taste and singularly vul-
gar arrogance that have marked the career
of the Illinois Senator for some time past.
The arrivals at the White Sulphur Springs
i'm Virginia, 81 far, are said to be nearly
three times IL great as they were at tins time
last wear All the watering places IN NT-
ginin are rapidly illing up, aud the season
promises t" be Il very successful ole. There
is a fine company 1T Old Point.
The question, how far the oath at naturali-
cation taken by foreigner. protects HIM
from any pre-existng obligation t. the coun
try Of his birth. is still matter ut discuss
sion in the newspapers, and by learned .l"-