Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-06-17
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The food at ST Anthony is not so great
as has been represented. The entire loss
on bridges, dams, lumber mills, &c, will
not be much above $4,000. Only about
1000 900 feet of logs have gone over the
Falls, all of which can be collected into RATS
again at Lake Pepin by the owners. and sent
down the river to market. The only differ
ence to them is that they go down rs logs.
instead of sawed lumber, thus entailing II
very slight loss. From $4,000. 900 to - .0OU,-
600 feet Of lumber are manufactured at St.
Anthcny's every year.
The concluding exercises of examination
week occurred at West Point on Tuesday.
\ class Of twenty-five were graduated. The
Hon. John Kerr, of North Carolina, deliver
ed the address. Gen. Scott was present, but
took no active part in the exercises. Elias
b. CARING, of Md, stands No. Id on the list
of graduates Robert T. Beckham, OF Va.
No. G., and Moses ii. Wright, Of Tennessee.
No. !. Mr. Beckham is young gentleman
of great promise and talents, the son of MIR.
John q. Beckham, of Warrenton, Va.
The United States vessels Levant, Wyo-
ming, and Lancaster, which are to compose
part of the Pacific squadron, will 'isit
Chill. in view of our unsettled affairs with
that country, and the recent outrages on our
citizens. 1t is known that instructions have
already been forwarded to our minister to
demand reparation for the wrongs commit
ted
The surviving passengers by the first voy-
age of the steamship Panama, now residents
of California, were to have celebrated their
decennial anniversary on the 4th instant, by
n social reunion in San Francisco. The
Panama took out Hon VIM. NJ. Gwin, Gov.
Weller, Mrs John c. Fremont and family,
the Hon T. Butler King, Samuel Ward, W..
NJ. Iiobson, Mr. Whitehead, Judge Morse,
James Freanor, jMustang,) George Kerr,
Hall McAllister, Lieut.. Derby, (Ph9nix,l
and DIR. Harris.
The match between Morphy and Thomp-
son, in which Mr.. Morphy gives his veteran
adversary the odds of knight, is nearly
concluded. Six games have been played.
Of these six games, Mr.. Thompson won the
first two, and Mr.. Morphy has won four. Az
the match is for five games only, Mr. Morphy
will undoubtedly soon be declared the vic
tor. This will make it fixed fact, that Mr.
Morphy can give the odds Of a knight to any
man in America.
The Solicitor of the Treasury says that the
true amount recovered in the Gardner fraud
case, was Sl30,j00. Of this amount, $500
was decreed to be paid to the New York In
surance and Trust Company, on account of
expenses, which, for reasons not necessary
to state here, were chargcable upon the fund,
SO that the true amount paid into the Trca-
sury is $4,000.
One of the jurors at St. Louis, who rem
dered the verdict for 100000 damages for
breach of promise of marriage. has made an
affidavit before magistrate, to the effect
hat before being empannelled on the jury
he did not understand English sufficiently
to try the matter; he never agreed to the YER
dict giving the plaintiff 100000 but thought
that the majority ruled, and consequently
did not object.
The twin daughters of Abraham Guise,
of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, died there re-
Gently at the age of forty-four years. They
were born and raised together never separa-
ted for single night during their lives; took
the same disease tmeasles); died within
few hours of each other, and were buried side
by side in the same grave. They travelled
life's path hand in hand, and i'll death they
were not parted"
Geo. Walston, an employee in Garrison's
soJo onj ,,;noro1 VI :, m N !, Focfnry in mn.
isvile, was killed on Saturday, in that estab-
lshment, by the explosion of soda foun-
tain. The top of the fountain struck him on
the chin and neck, and killed him almost in
stantly. The deceased killed man named
Montgomery, in Frankfort, Ky, few years
since.
The General Post Office is in receipt OF
intelligence cf the robbery of the post office
at Newport r. L., by burgla 1t is not
believed that many valuable letters are lost.
Special agent IIulbrook will investigate all
the circumstances of the affair, and report
to the Department.
The General Post Office has adjusted the
accounts of Postmasters for the quarter
ending December 81, 1858. This adjust
ment shows an increase in the revenues over
the preceding quarter amounting to S?3,-
294 &c.
The bark Ann Elizabeth, from Rosario,
reports that when she passed Buenos Ayres,
May lst, there was continual firing OF guns.
1t is supposed battle was in progress be
tween the Paraguans and BuenOs Ayreans,
IA it was limited to that effect ut Rosario.
The Marlboro, Md, Gazette says:-"Our
venerable little village is brushing up, and
begins to assume a more youthful appear
ance;-the spirit of improvement has seized
Upon some of our citizens, and Its influence
is seen in every direction"
On Monday morning last, the wife OF MIR.
VIM. Read, of Montgomery county, Md,
gave birth to three female children. The
mother and children are doing we'll Three
years ago Mrs h. presented her husband
with twin sons.
There seems to be much excitement Mt
Norfolk concerning the mysterious murder
of the female slave of Mrs. Palmer. On
Monday Mrs. p. was brought before the
mayor and held to bail in 81 900 to appear
before the Hastings Court.
A letter from Berlin to the editors of the
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