Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-02-21
News of the Day,
"7o shoe the re,y age and body Oft TINES.


"7o shoe the gerry age and body Of the TINES"
1t appears by the last news from India
that the inhuman monster, Nena Sahib, is
likely to be caught at last. He was in Dude,
closely pursued by British force, and was
accompanied by only $500 men. Two Ra-
jahs with him have solicited government for
protection when they may be able to escape
Their messenger also appeals on behalfofthe
Nena himself for clemcncy to his family.
1t appears to be understood that the recent
forgeries upon the Colonial Bank of Barba-
does were perpetrated in New York, by a
man who made his escape to Europe some
two weeks ago, taking with him about SIO,-
600, the product of the enterprise. The for
ger sold the drafts to German bankers doing
business in Exchange Place, Hanover and
Wall streets, with whom he had some former
dealings of a bona tide character, and then
loft hastily for Europe.
DR.. Brockett, charged with forgery, at
Hartford, Conn.,, has been committed in de-
fault of 900 bail. His forgeries amount
to from $4,000 to $4,000 on various banks
and individuals. The Hartford Journal
says:-Dr. Brockett was man highly re-
spected in this community for his supposed
piety."
The English crack guns will carry thirty
two pound shot five miles One of the Dal-
ghren guns was tried not long since at Nor
folk and made to carry shot of the same size
over six miles. The fire from some of these
guns is so precise that at upwards of mile
they can hit figure the size of man, nine
teen times out of twenty.
Diamonds worth 81, 600 and upwards, were
stolen by Jew from his brother-in-law in
New York, on Saturday. He borrowed them
on pretence of knowing purchaser, stepped
on board the Kangaroo steamer and sailed
for Europe, taking thejewels and abandoning
a wife in delicate situation.
The Burns Centenary appears to have
been celebrated with great enthusiasm in
Great Britain. Fourteen thousand persons
attended the Crystal Palace festival, where
the prize poem was read. There were 600
poems presented for competition, several Of
them from the United States.
Peale's famous painting, the Court of
Death" has been purchased by western
speculator for $4,000. He intends to have
it engraved and the engravings colored, and
one hundred thousand copies sold at one dol
lar each. The picture will then be disposed
of by lottery.
| Letters received by the overland mail show
that the ella and Apache Indians, in Ari-
IONA, are becoming troublesome. They had
killed two Americans and several Mexicans,
| and run off with the animals of the Indian
agent and those of Capt. Ewell of the militia
ry post
Two novelties of the genus homo are men,
toned as belonging to the New York Univer-
sity Medical College. They have arrived at
the years Of discretion, yet have never tasted
ardent spirits! One is Kentuckian, the
other New Yorker.
There are 7,T779 dram-shops in New York,
or one for every 80 of the population, young
two pay the decent respect to law to procure
license to sell intoxicating drinks-less
than one in one hundred
Bayard Taylor says the lighthouses of the
Gear, in latitude 60 north, contain the finest
collection of tropical plants in Europe
Palm trees are sixty feet in height, and there
are banks of splendid orchards. The hot
houses are about mile and a half in length.
The treasurer Of the Boston Columbian Loan
Fund Association has suddenly disappeared.
1t is supposed to have been in consequence
of an alleged defalcation. A committee Of
the association have been appointed to exam-
inc the books of the treasurer.
Burrill Jefferson (colored) died a few days
ago at Port Royal, Caroline county. He
was long known as an attache Of various eat
ing houses in Fredericksburg, and was famed
for his "soup" preparations. Burrill was
probably the heaviest man in the State.
The Trenton (N.J.) Democrat says that
between thirty and forty of the inmates of
the State prison have proiessed conversion
during the past year, and their daily con-
duct warrants the belief of their sincerity.
VIM. L. Leach and David Walton have
been arrested and committed to Jail for rob
bling the pennsylvania Goal company Oh
flee, in October last.
Letters by the last English mail announce
that Mr.. Henley was coming out with his
own telegraph instruments to operate on the
Atlantic Cable.
The bark Ottowa has sailed from Mo-
bile ostensibly for St. Thomas, but it is be-
lieved hor real destination is the southern
coast of Africa.
The fair now being held in Augusta, Geor-
gia, to aid in the purchase of Monnt Vernon,
is very largely attended, and much enthusi-
asm prevails.
The Queens Speech
Queen Victoria opened Parliament in per-
son on the Sd.
The speech commenced with congratula-
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