Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-09-10
News Of the Day.
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the pubic street, tor giving evidence In one
of the courts at Salt Lake City. The
man who did the act made his escape and
had not been arrested at the last advices.-
The Gentiles had applied to the military
commander for protection.
We have accounts from Hayti to the Goth
ult. The republic appears to be making ad-
vances in material prosperity. The mines
and forests are to be explored, new col
lege established at Port au Prince, Il lyceum
at Jacmel, a theatre erected, emigration OF
blacks from the United States encouraged,
and insurance and lottery enterprises Or
ganized.
We have adyices from Venezuela to the
10th of August The revolution in the in
terror was still going on. The free pardon
offered to the rcvolutionists by President
Castro had been refused, and the commits
sioners sent by him to confer with the lea
dcrs of the movement had not been able to
come to any arrangement with them.
The questions to be discussed before the Zu-
rich Conference are: l. The proportion of the
Austrian debt to be imposed upon Lombardy;
., The restoration of the Dukes and Duchess
of Tuscany, Modena, and Parma and the re-
turn of the Boognas to the Pope;3. The for
nation of Confederacy, with the Pope as
President. Many other points of minor I'M
portance are to be discussed.
BY the Ocean Eagle, from Africa, we have
advices from Monrovia to 18th Of July
The President had gone in the new cutter
Quail to view the leeward settlements. The
affairs, political and agricultural, were NOV
ing on most encouraglngly.
A letter dated June 18th, Shanghai, China,
addressed to the Norfolk Argus contains the
following intelligence:-"A report iscurrent
here that the Russian Ambassador to Pekin
has been murdered. Whether this is SO or
not, cannot say, of course"
Gen. Lafayette's birthday was celebrated
on the eth by the Lafayette Guard of New
York, and the Washington Continental Guard,
of Patterson, New Jersey, who visited the
city as the guests of the gallant French regi-
ment. The Jersey company were dressed
in the cut-away coats, small clothes, top
boots, ruffles, and cooked hats Of the Revolu-
tionary period.
The St. Louis Agricultural and Mechani-
cal Association have issued premium list
that surpasses in extent and iberality any
thing we ever looked upon before. There
are offered more than $4,000 in premiums,
and among the number are three mastodon
premiums of 81 900 each which are given
Z. h., Cav FOL
in harness." and for "best blooded bull"
In the Theological Seminary connected
with the Illinois University, are fourteen
Scandinavian young men, preparing for the
Lutheran Ministry, viz, one Dane, five
Swedes, and eight Norwegians. They are
under the charge of Pastor Ebsjorn. Profess
sor of Theology and Scandinavian languages
and literature.
Messrs. Tribe, Jeffries & Garnet, proprie-
tors of the Essex MILL" in Essex county,
Va, shipped, on board the steamer Virgin
ia, on Tuesday week, quantity of -four, of
their own man uEacture, for the Baltimore
market. This is, we believe, the first ship
ment of -four ever made from Essex county.
J.J. Courtney, Deputy United States Mar
shall of the district of Texas, was recently kill
ed in the town of Birdville, in that State, by
Col. A. G.. Walker editor of the Birdville
Union. The immediate cause Of the difficult
ty was the result of political discussion, but
there had been an old quarrel between them.
Colonel Samuel Green. gentleman of the
old school, printer and editor, and we'll
known throughout Connecticut, died ut the
residence of his son, DR.. G. S. Green, on the
5th. lie was ninety-one years old. we
presume he was the Oldest printer and editor
in Connecticut.
On Saturday last, an accident occurred on
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, ut tho
nteen-mile grade, caused by the collision
of two engines attached to tonnage trains.
One of the locomotives was thrown off the
track and badly damaged. No person was
injured.
The agricultural department of the Patent
Office will have one hundred thousand vlgor-
Gus tea plants ready for gratuitous distribution
within three or four months. 1t is expected
ket within five years.
The Cumberland Civilian states that on
Tuesday morning last, the venerable Capt
Thomas Blair, of Frostburg died at his resi-
dence. lie was over 30 years of age. and
had served Us captain of II militia company
in the war of 1872.
This nation is just now engaged IN the
pleasing experiment of spending halt crown
out of six-pence a day. The imports tor the
last eight months at New York, have been
ISL millions against 100 millions of exports
to pay for them.
The navy contracts for beef and pork have
been awarded to parties in New York city,
at about SILL for the former, and $3.50 tor
the latter. The price for beef is considered
less than it can be packed for, while the pork
leaves no margin.
The sum of Slll, 600 was RENTED to Ore
eon, per tho last steamer, by the United
States Indian Office, to defray the Indian
expenses in that State during the present
fiscal year,
The steamship .Etna, which sailed from
New York, on Wednesday, for Liverpool
took out one million of dollars in specie
The America, from Boston, took out only