Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-11-15
News Of tho Day.
"70 shoc the oery age nobody Of the TINES.


The republicans are said to be confident Of
electing Mr.. Sherman, Of Ohio, as speaker Of
the next House of Representatives, on the
first ballot They calculate on the co-opera-
ton Of Messrs Reynolds, Haskin and Clark.
of New York Schwartz and Hickman, Penn
sylvania; Morris, of Illinois and Adrian of
New jersey, and others The anti-Lecomp-
ton democrats named, are only TO be conciliat-
ed, however, by the appointment Of MIR. For
ney as clerk. There are, however contradic-
tory rumors on the subject. Mr.. Hoffman OF
Maryland, who ran for Congress against Mr..
Kunkle, is also reported to be candidate
for the clerkship.
The building known as Phoenix Hall,
which rose from the ashes" of the old Pc
tersburg Theatre on BollnSbrook street,
has been just sold by its owner, Richard j.
Alfriend, esq 1t was knocked down to Mr..
j. p. Branch for 900, 1T ten equal an
nual payments, with interest added. As
soon as the one or two remaining exhibition
engagements of the Hall have been fulfilled,
Mr.. Branch will cease devoting any portion
Of it to such purposes, but will use it all for
storage, &c.
The Shepherdstown Register says:-Col. j.
Lucius Davis, Aid-de-camp to the Governor,
inspected the arms of the Hamtramck Guards
of this town, on Saturday last. Before in
speeding the arms Of the company, Col. ID.
delivered to them very soldier-like and
patriotic address, complimenting them very
highly for their accuracy in drill, and for the
bright and clean manner in which they kept
their arms.
At the seamen's convention held in New
York last week, resolutions were adopted in
favor of the measures now being adopted in
Baltimore, and under discussion in Massa-
chusetts and New York to provide suitable
school ships for boys; also approving of well
conducted sailors homes and good temper
ance boarding houses; and directing regis
try book to be kept in which the names OF
seamen, their places of birth, and other par
ticulars about them, should be entered.
At a recent fire in Lowell, (Mass.) which
DESTROYED six hundred thousand feet of pine
boards, the city steam tire-engine played for
eleven hours, without moments cessation
two sterams of water. one through seven hun
dred feet of hose, and the other through nine
hundred and fifty feet. The amount of wa
ter thrown was estimated at l32, 900 gallons.
The full capacity Of the machine was not
reached, as steam could only be raised to for
ty pounds with the fuel that could be obtained.
In the Circuit Court at Lynchburg, on
Wednesday, VIM. Woodall, charged with
maliciously stabbing Hezekiah Ford, was
found guilty, and sentenced to one years
imprisonment in the penitentiary-b hav-
ing already served a term i'll that institution,
FIVE years imprisonment will be added to
his present term, making it six years.
When sentence was pronounced upon Woo
dali, he cried like child.
A writ Of habeas corpus was granted on
Friday last in the case of g. w. Burnham,
the Massachusetts Liquor Agent, who was
imprisoned by the Legislature because he
refused to lay before it all the books Of the
agency. The case having been argued on
Saturday before full bench of the Supreme
Court of the State, the Court decided adver-
sely and remanded him to Jail.
A Geographic dispatch, to the Baltimore
Sun, from New Orleans says:-"Sery full re-
turns Of the election on Tuesday have now
been received, and not only has the demo-
cratic State ticket bsen successful but the
friends of the Hon. John Slidell have also
secured the Legislature by a large majority
over their American opponents
A sergeant and eight men left Governors
Island, New York. last Friday, for Harper's
Ferry, to strengthen the military force in the
arsenal at that place. This addition will raise
the number Of men on duty there to forty,
which, it is said, is deemed sufficient to pro-
tect the arsenal against all apprehended as
saults.
A Ere occurred on Friday night last in
Oswego y. L., which destroyed the livery
stable Of the Revenue House, together with
the Railroad House and two small buildings
adjoining, In the stable were ten horses
three of which only were taken out aliye.-
Loss on the buildings $1,000, which is most
ly covered by insurance.
The New York Herald pokes fun at MIR. ).
M. Bennett, ofthe Auditors Office, Richmond,
Va, who calls on that paper peremptorlly
for the name of the author Of letter written
at Weston, Va, on the subject of the Harper's
Ferry resurrection. The Herald man says
Governor Wise must make the reluisitlon IN
due form, and then he'll-think about it.
In New Jersey, there was no Black Re
publican candidate for Governor. and, conse-
quently, the result Of the election in that
State, on Tuesday last, is not Black Re
publican triumph. 1t was triumph of the
Opposition over the Democracy
Fred Douglas sailed from Quebec for Eng
land on Saturday, leaving his country for bis
country's good. and more especially for the
safety of his own neck.
The New York Courier and Enquirer says
that Thurlow Weed is about to sue the New
York Herald for insinuating. or saying ne
(W.) has been engaged in the Slave trade.
At the State Fair held at Columbia, South
Carolina, last week, two native Africans were
exhibited aud took the premium, SILVER
goblet.
From Hssies,
NV ORLEANS, Nov. l2.-Privats sdviees
received by the Tennessee, fully eophrp the
IL. ~ .Lo I ;Lorsl oxnpditiun AGAINST the