Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-06-13
News Of the Day.
"To showMe rery age amddody ofMe TINES.

Sealed proposals Will be receiVeu az the
Treasury Department until Monday. the Goth
dav of June instant, for the issue Of any
portion or the whole Of five millions of dollars
in Treasury notes, in exchange for the gold
COINS of the United States, deposited with
the Treasurer Of the United States, the Trea-
snrer of the Mint at Philadelphia, the Trea-
surer Of the Branch Mint ut New Orleans, or
the Assistant Treasurers ut Boston. New
York, Charleston, or st. Louis, within one
week from the acceptance of the proposals.
under the authority of the acts ofCongress Of
ODD December, 1857, and Sd March, 1859.
The second train due from Baltimore on
Friday last, was detained at the Washington
Junction to wait for the western train. The
western train, it seems, met with quite a
chapter Of accidentS-trst running over q
horse, then coming into collision with II freight
engine. and finally being compelled to lay by
because of 1. freight train which had also met
with 4 mishap. No one was injured by these
accidents, but one of the engines was consl-
derably battered.
The Pennsylvania, Medical Society have
adopted a report endorsing the recommends
ton of the board of censors OF the Philadelphia
county medical society, that regular physi-
clans should refuse to associate with, consultOr
hold any professional intercourse with the
graduates of female medical colleges. They
also very ungallantly recommended that a
similar course be pursued towards the lady
IN. DIS" throughout the State.
The Cincinnati Gazette says, regarding
the effect of the frost upon the crops, the ac-
counts are generally discouraSing; hut YER
bal reports obtained from farmers and 9TH
ers, satisfy us that the damage has been
oyerestimated greatly. The injury to the
corn can be fully repaired by replanting, and
even this will not he necessary to any con-
siderable extent. Wheat, we believe, to have
escaped without material damage.
There can no longer be q doubt that the
anti-slavery men of the North are pleased
with the election of Mr.. Leteher Us Governor
of Virginia. They did not desire the Oppo-
sition to be strong enough to curb them in
the presentation of Il Presidential candidate.
between North and South, they must sue.
seed.
The annual examination of the cadets at
West Point is in progress. The examine
ton of the first or graduating class, is COM
plctcd, and they will graduate on Tuesday,
Among the number are Elias Is. Carling, Of
Maryland; Robt. F.. Beckham, of Va; Moses
IL. Wright, of Tenn, +. j. Crilley and Chas.
r. Collins, of Pa. and VIM f. Merrill and
Martin d. Hardin at large.
Ginseng-digging is creating as much ex-
element in Minnesota as the Pixies Peak
fever or as last winters skunk-skin traffic
Ginseng is about the only thing talked or
thought of. 1t is the burden of life by day,
and the dream by night. The Big Woods"
where it grows are thronged with diggers,
who earn from one dollar to four dollars and
Il half per day each.
Laurel Factory, Md, was thrown into a
state of excitement, On Friday, in consequence
Of a violent attack on several persons en-
ployed at the factory. 1t appears that two
young men, Benz. Athey and Oliver Wilson,
visited the factory and behaved in a disor-
derby manner and finally got up 4 collision
with Mr.. X. Pillson, Mr.. Luber and Mr.. Por-
ter. Mr.. Krautz, who has the -four mill at
tached, happened to pass at the time, and
received IL very severe stab from Athey, who
with Wilson was arrested. Mr.. X. is the
person who was robbed Il month or two ago,
Of $500 by young man from Baltimore.
On Friday night last. aparty Of men made
II descent upon a house of %ill-repute kept by
q Mrs. Cation. at Mount Liberty, Belmont
county, Ohio, aud demolished everything in
the house. The lawless party then emptied
the feather beds, and, after thrashing young
Cation severely. tarred and ieathered him.
! After this, Mrs. Cation and her daughter,
the latter of whom is only sixteen years OF
age, were treated with a coat of tar and
feathers, and actually carried through the
streets on two rails, together with u man
NAMED Bryan and the son, who occupied a
similar vehicle.
A most distressing case has occurred at
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. A young lady
named Miss Mary Queen, aged about IL
years, residing with her parents, it is said,
had been unwell for some time, and had re-
ceived IL prescription from her physician,
which was filled ut one of the drug stores in
Harrisburg. She partook of II spoonful, and
was q corpse III ten minutes. The preScrip-
ton. it is stated, was misunderstood, corro-
sive sullimate being Put up through mis-
take.
The finest Steamboat in the world il said
to be the commonwealth" of the Norwich
and Worcester line from New York to Boston
! and White Mountain. Her main saloon con-
tains two hundred superb state rooms, and her
| cabins are fitted with sleeping accommoda-
tons for twelve hundred passengers.
The obtrusiveness which has marked the
conduct of NJ. Kossuth during his residence
in England. where the sought an asylum on
his departure from the United States. has
drawn upon him some severe structures from
the English press.
The Lighthouse Board, ut a meeting on
the 9th instant, resolved to recommend to
the Secretary of the Treasury the discontin-
uance Of Il number of lights, the continuance
of which has become unnecessary to the
service.
The United States Pension Office are i'll
receipt Of intelligence informing the Com
missioner of the arrest at Troy, New York,