Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-07-22

the entlfe country, TWO huhureu ahu MY mn
lions Of dollars. In New York and vicinity
there cannot be less than twenty millions oI
dollars used in it; in Philadelphia, fifty; II
Cincinnati, ahout thirty; and IN st. LoulS
about twenty and the remainder IN BaltI
more. BnSton. PittSburg, Chicago, Buffalo"
Albany, and other places. Fifteen years
ago there WAS not hundred dollars worth
made annually.
The Richmond Wing says that slight
symptom of the mania for City Horse
Railroads has manifested itself in that city
The practicability Of establishing railways
between several distant points within the
city limits and beyond the suburbs has been
discussed and with some of the more sangulne
among the ''mouIei men, the idea Is be
llryed not only IL DE feasible. but If carr ir'l
cut it is thought would pay we'll ut low rates
of fare.
lu the Kansas Constitutional Convention.
last Wednesday week, the yeas and nays
We're called on the question whether women
should have the same control and manage
mcnt of school matters rs men; that IN AL
school elections. and the exercise al all the
duties of school officers no distinction should
be made between them. The closing vote
that settled this point stood, ~ for, to Il
against.
The Maryland Democratic State Conven-
ton convened on Wednesday. i'll Frederick
city, and organized by calling Vim. Pink
ney Whyte to the chair. After appointing
various committees to draft resolutions, &c,
\ Lingan Jarrett, esq, of Hartford County,
WAS nominated ~ the candidate for Comp
trollcr Of the State Treasury, after which
the convention adjourned sine die.
The hooks and public documents, pertain
ing tn the first session Of the last Congress,
are being boxed to he sent to various litera-
ry institutions throughout the country i'll nc
cortlance with law This il one of the re
forms which has prevented members from sell
ing such works, ~ was formerly practlced,
for waste paper, or ut nominal sums to spec
ulating book traders.
The Frederick Examiner July Doth, says:
We are informed that Mrs. Miller. living
in the vicinity of Double Pipe Creek. has
sustained heavy loss by the sudden death
| Of several fine head Of cattle from some un-
known distempcr. The symptoms Of the dis
ease, however, seem to warrant the conclusion
that these animals We're bitten or stumg by
some yencm0us reptile.
Ex Mayor Wood seems to be in the line of
candidacy for the Mayoraty of New York,
| once more. He was at German gathering
ut Yorkville, on Wednesday, and took the OPP
| pnrtuulty Ia pay few fine compliments 10
| the children Of "tatherland." and to express
! his dissent from the first doctrines of Gen.
/ Cass, in respect to the lights OF naturallzri
citizens.
Lieut. Bayard f. Hand, of the L. ;. Ma
| Wy, died in Wilmington, \. G.. on the 10TH
! after short illness He was on his way to
/ JOIN the steamer Fulton at Norfolk, having
/ Just returned from the Paraguay expedition,
being one Oi the officers IN command uf the
steamer Southern Star. He was y native Of
Rome, Georgia, and about - years ot as"
/ Captain lIoyt, late Of the American ship
st. Louis, died in Havana, and his last mo-
ments were very affecting. lmag in,ng HI,
ship tossing in II heavy gale he gave his or
ders in Il clear, loud tone, and appeared as
if enieayoring To mount the rigging, when
he suddenly smiled, and exclaimlng, 1t Is
well-thr danger is past" expired.
A petition has been sent to the New York
Board Of Governors by Mr.. Eddy of Nib!o's
| Theatre, asking permission Ia erect L plat
form, 100 feet high, Oh Blackwrlls Island,
IN order to stretch tighi-rope across the
river to give an exhibition similar u that
recently given by Blondim ut Niagara Falls.
Ii was denied.
Mr. Maurice Straknsth sailed in the Asia,
! for Europe. He goes Ia engage artists Tor
the next season at the Academies Of Music
| in New York Boston, and Philadelphia -
! The season Will confluence about the middle
! Of September under the JOINT management
/ Of Mcssrs Imam and Strakosrh
! \ discrelitable suit for divorce is up III
the New York Supreme Court. on M effort
Of the lady to disrupt matrim"nial relations
with her husband that have subsistrd forty
years She charges her liege lord with
cruelty. and with having an Income ot ten
Thousand Il year.
Judge Woodruff, in New York has deci-
/ utu, III tue case ~ 'alHiTIH' ~. TbIItSl w.
Edwin Forrest, to grant the motion for
change of referee: also that the defendant
pay aIimony at the rate of 5000 per month,
and ) 800 for plaintiffs counsel fees and
legal expenses.
The Court ot Claims 1T Washington has
adjourned till the first Monday III October.
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The Pixies Peak Conhagratiou.
/ A friend Just in from the Mountains, who
I L,l 4, nurr,w ,.I,..,n,. fran the flames r,u-