Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-02-02
News Of the Day.
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"1O sh0w tie reIy age dndbody 81 me TINES.
Under a new arrangement lately effected,
the first goods received at Pittsburg from IN"
East, by way of the Baltimore and OHIO
Railroad, arrived there on Saturday, being
car load Of coffee. through III four days
from Baltimore. The Gazette states that
quite number of merchants have arranged
TO receive freight by this route, and that Il
large portion Of it will be shipped from Phil
adel phia. The shipments leave the Balt-
more and Ohio road at Wheeling or Ben
wood. and go direct by either rail or river to
Pittsburg. The Cleveland and Pittsburg road
is awaited of for the rail connection.
A large meeting Of the coal boatmen,
steamboamen and others interested in the
free navigation Of the Ohio river, was held
in Pittsburg, on Friday, Mayor Weaver pre-
siding. Several resolutions were passed, de-
claring that the construction OF piers Tor Il
bridge over the Ohio. near Stcubenyllle, by
the Pittsburg and Steubenyllle railroad com
pany, was serious and dangerous mPedi-
ment to the free navigation Of the Ono ana
its tributaries
Gov. Cumming, Of Utah, in his message To
the Legislature Of that Territory, urges the
establishment Of common schools; congratu-
lates the people upon the fact that civil! war
has been averted. and that peace now reighS
throughout the Territory. lie calls upon
the Mormons to manifest in the future their
devotion to the laws. and suggests many
measures looking 10 the growth and prosper
ity of the Territory and its population.
In Kansas, the Legislature is in session at
Lawrence The Secretary of the Territory
having refused to furnish the members with
a copy Of the statutes the House declared 1t
to be q contempt, and had him arrested and
arraigned for the offence. lie, however,
purged himself Of the contempt, and was let
off. The spring emigration To Pixies Peak
gold mines is already arriving in Kansas.
1t is said to be the intention of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company toput fifty canal
boats on tho western end of the canal next
spring, and transfer to that channel the ear
riage of such freight as does not require the
dispatch of the railroad. 1t is also rumOred
that the company will hereafter resist the
payment of the tonnage tax, eminent coun-
sci having pronounced it unconstitutional.
DR.. Smith has been arrested in New York,
on n charge of bigamy. His last marriage
was the third one he had INDUCED in. BY
| mutual consent he and his first wife separa-
ted. He then married again. and had seve-
raj children by his second wife, ms frst
wife having died in the meantime. and ne
| having fallen in with Il new love, he came to
the conclusion that his second marriage was
| illegal, and married a third one. With her
he went to the West, but returned 10 New
| York, last week. and was arrested ut the III
stance Of the friends of the second wife.
The first American religious mission toJa
pan, has been inaugurated in New York
Rev. S, r. Brown, who has been selected as
the leader of this new religious movement.
delivered an interesting address on the occa-
| sion 1t is designed 10 send out two mission
aries, who are TO be accompanied by ply
stefan.
The special agent of the Treasury Depar-
ment, dispatched some time az" t" inveStl-
cate matters connected with the California
mint and Custom House. has laid his report
before the Secretary. The report charges
mismanagement and abuse. 1t is probable
that extensive removals will take place
The steamship Circassan, on her Way from
Galway to New York. has quitea valuable
cargo. 4 letter says: "Iler cargo is one of
the most valuable that has ever been sent by
wav Of Galway to New York, amounting. |