Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-05-31
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a severe storm passed over Doniphan and
Atchison, in Kansas, on Sunday, the 18th
instant. At Doniphan thirty houses were
blown down, and at Lancaster. three miles
distant, several buildings were Frustrated,
among them a church, by the falling Of
which one man was killed and two others
severely wounded. A few miles from Atchi-
son a train of twenty emigrant wagons was
demolished and one teamster killed. The
same storm extended through Andrew cOun-
ty, Missouri, causing great damage.
The late food Of the Mississippi and va
zoo rivers has been almost unexampled in
the damage it has done to the cotton plan
tiers. Many thousands of acres of the best
cotton lands are Overfowed and rendered IN
productive during the season, including the
famous Deer Greek Bottoms, noted for their
fertility. The fine plantation of Senator
Douglas, near the bayou, is wholly inundated.
The news that the Rev. DR.. Odenheimer
has been elected Bishop of New Jersey, to
succeed the late Bishop Doane, gives great
satisfaction to the High Church party in
New York. Their first choice undoubtedly
was DR.. Mahan, who is a great gun of the
High Churchmen Of New York-but failing
to obtain him, in electing DIR. Odenheimer,
they think they have made the next best
bargain.
Messrs. Burton and Spoke, the African
travellers, have arrived ut Alden from Fan
zibar. They penetrated into the country
about 700 miles from the coast, and survey
ed the famous Lake Uniamesi, and several
other lakes in the same longitude. Their
researches tend, in some degree, to dispel the
doubts which have so long hung over the
source of the Nile.
Mrs. Rosanna Underwood has Just been
divorced from her husband in Boston, last
week. One reason urged was neglect to
provide properly for her support. She also
proved that during the first year OF their
marriage they have resided in nine different
houses and during the second year in eleven.
The court is said to have been of opinion
that the last consideration was clearly a JUS
tiiiable cause for granting the bill.
Nathaniel III. Topping, of Washington
city, who sailed from Richmond in the bark
Parthian, engaged on the Don Pedro rail
road, died at Rio on the 9th of March,
OF yellow fever. He was a brother of the
tragedienne, Mrs. Melinda Jones.
1t appears that by the late fire at Key
West, sixty-eight stores and dwellings, and
forty out buildings were destroyed. The
buildings adjoining the Office Of the Key Of
the Gulf were blown up and that Office sui
fered in consequence.
Five steamships sailed from New York
for Europe during the week ending Satur-
day, and took out 9S4 passengers, distribu-
ted as follows:-Persia 30. Adelaide 1873,
Vigo l54, Arago 23l. and Weser ISL. The
three last named sailed on Saturday.
Hon. r. c. Winthrop declines to be a can
didate for reelection to the vice-presidency
of the Boston Tract Saciety, for reason that
it fayors the publication of anti-slavery tracts,
a thing with which it rightfully should have
nothing to do.
Richard Arnadale, the %well-known ami
NAL painter of London, proposes to visit
this country during the present season, for
the purpose Of studying the buffalo of our
western prairies.
Bonner, of the New York Ledger, has Sc
cured Paul Morphy to edit the Chess de-
partment of that Journal.