Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-12-05
News of the Day.
"7h shoW the gerry aye aadbody Of Tie TINE

"Ib shOU tie sery aye and body cf the TIMES.
Tie San Francisco Herald states that Mr..
Elnathan l.. Sanderson has commenced an
action against the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company. claiming S3O,uW damages. The
alleged grounds Of complaint are, that the
plaintiff, in November, 1870, being practls-
lug attorney, took passage for himself and
vile IN The steamship Sonora for New York.
On arriving AT Aspnwall, Il detention Of til-
teen days took place, III consequence Of there
hrin. ~ vessel i'll readiness I" convey the
passengers from that port. Plaintiff was at
tackled by the fever peculiar I" the isthmus,
from which he has never recovered. and from
the effects 81 which his wife died IN May lSo6.
4 gale Of wind Of extreme violence pre-.
vailed at Chicago IN the 18th ultimo, and
the walls OF even the most substantial build
ings. We're shaken TO their foundations, i'll
some instances - violently that the plaster
ing was broken from the ceilings. About
Sven . clock terrific crash was heard, which
WAS found to proceed from the fall ut the
walls Of the new Music Hall erecting BY Mr..
Bryan in Post Office alley, and which had
succumbed to the force ot the wind. The
walls OF the building had reached height
of fifty two feet from the pavement.
Parson Brownlow, Of the Knoxville Wing,
writes from New York rs follows. concern
ing the contemplated invasion Of Mexico by
the H. q. Cs. Gen. Buckley, (oi Baltimore
spent some time i'll my room last evening. -
His expedition 10 Mexico now numbers nine
teen thousand men, and he is provided with
ample means. One thousand men are III
Tennessee, and these will move first and
move without delay. ! predict that the
General will capture all Mexico before
Spring. and that he will have control of
Vera Cruz in ninety days"
Hon Jacob Broom has called upon the
members Of the Executive Committee of the
American National Council to convene at the
American House, opposite Independence
Hail. in the city Of Philadelphia, Oh Wednc>-
day, the 2lst day OF December instant. 1T l.
o'clock NJ, to take into consideration matters
of national importance. and to adopt such II
course Of patriotic action in reference to the
approaching election of President and Wee
President of the United States, rs may be
deemed proper
The Mobile papers record the death of n
singular character in that city, Mrs. Farat
Moran who was found dead at her resi-
dence. The Register says: Mrs. Moran
had been living i'll the house where she died,
for some years and often locked herself up
for DAYS at time, and never allowed any OF
her neighbors To visit her. Notwithstand-
ing that she had plenty of this worlds goods,
she lived apparently in extreme poverty.
The protest Of the Moorish government
against the conduct OF Spain i'll declaring
war. is published 1t asserts that the de-
mands Of Spain in each instance upon being
conceded to, were followed by increased pre-.
tentinns and also Morocco protests against
Spain because that on three occasions she
paid no attention to her engagements and
declared war without legitimate notice.
The gold coinage of the United States
mint, in Philadelphia, Tor the month of No
vembsr, WASHES, 2TS, wholly in double eagles
aud gold dollars. The silver coinage WAS
SS2. 900, and IT cents three million three hHm-
,l,yd Mpuuni, .. the value of $50, OoO.--
The total coinage Of the month was S244,
27S, the whole number Of pieces being
S3,4 $40.
The British government is about to abol
ish the system Of purchasing commissions
in its army, the price actually paid Tor
lieutenant-cuonelcy Of regiment OF horse
having ranged from 500 90 To S9O,OW. The
actual holders, in every case are To be rem
bursed out Of the treasury, for the purchase
money paid by them.
In the case Of Usier cS the Pennsylvania
Railroad, tried in Chester county, last week,
the Jury rendered 2eldirt in favor Of Mrs.
Oyer, the plaintiff. Of Slu.2oo. The cars, 1t
well lac remembered, came III contact with
Dr. Uyier's carriage aud killed hm on the
spit. Mr. Bond. who was also injured, WIS
awarded $500 damages.
The accusation against DIR. j. Z. Aver, Of
Lowell, for stahbing X. 5. Fay. Jr,, the
Treasurer Of the MiiIesex Mills has been
withdrawn because the prosecutor found
that no complaint against him could be sus-
tanned. The fact is, that DR.. Aver merely
defended himself rs hest he might, with n
penkuiie he happened have in his hand,
4 suspicious character was arrested on
Thursday night in Jefferson County. lie
was arrested by the slaves on the plantation
Of DR.. W. I. Alexander, and the account
of himself is very confused lie appeared
i'm n uniform almost similar 10 our State
reyimentals and can give no account why
he was entitled 10 such clothing.
The large barn Of James Nj. Brown, esq.
near Queenstown, Queen Anne county, Md,
was destroyed by fire on Thursday night
last, including Gou bushels Of wheat and
80 bushels of corn The loss is about
II, OOH. The fire WAS 10 doubt The work OF
al incendiary.
The dispatch received by the steamer Flu
ropa. announcing that the Chinese bad re-
pudiated the American treaty, is said to be
rdiculed hy the Department OF State Al
Washington, as part Of the systematic Ell
fort in England to unierrate the triumph Of
our diplomacy.
The receipts Of flour at New York for the
last two months have been unusually large,
the total since October lst amounting to
800, 900 bbls against LOS, 900 for the
same period Of 1853, and the receipts now
s,ntinuing at the rate Of 10000 bbls. per
week.
The New York American Mayoralty Con-
.ention, having received i letter from MIR.
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