Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-06-10
News of the OaY.
"To shop the rery age and body fhe TIMES.

and neighborhoods by the Opposition candi-
dates on the Virginia State ticket. at the
late election, bear honorable testimony 10
the estimation in which those gentlemen are
held by those who know them best. MIR.
Goggin carried Bedford by a majority of seve-
raj hundred over the Wing strength: Mr.. Will
ley obtained a majority of 81 in Mononga-
liza, that had gone for Wise by 665; and MIR.
Preston carried Washington, that has al
ways gone Democratic by from 800 to 800.
The seamen on board the new Russian
frigate General Admiral, ut New York, re-
fused on Monday to obey orders, and at
tempted to 60 on shore. They had just re-
turned from the trial trip and received a
months advance pay. 1t was supposed that
they meant to desert, although they say for
themselves that they only wanted TO have II
spree" On Monday night sixty-four Of
them were put in irons and a guard of TWEEN
ty-four policemen stationed on board the yes
sci.
Some idea may be formed of the extent OF
the milk business by the quantity which ar
rives in New York daily through one chan
mel. About two hundred and forty single
and double wagons cross the Jersey City
ferry every night for their supply Of milk,
which arrives principally by the New York
and Erie road. The wagons average eIgh-
teen cans of forty quarts each, making a
total of lTG, 800 quarts. The freight upon
milk on the New York and Erie road amounts
to about 81, 900 per day.
The continental crisis has given a great
impetus to the publication and sale OF books
relating to the seat Of wal and the sover
eigns and countries involved. Sir Archi-
bald AliSOn's concluding volume Of the His
tory of Europe since the fall of Napoleon
is in great demand. The German press
abOunds in announcements of and criticisms
on political pamphlets and t~reatises on the
theory and practice of war.
Captain James w. Wales died at Louis
vile, last Sunday. His death will bring
back to the public remembrance the sad
tragedy of the brig Somers, when Captain
Mackenzie hung young Spencer, the son OF
the then Secretary of War, AT the yard arm.
Mr.. Wales was purser's clerk Oh the brig,
and it was his testimony that most directly
implicated Spencer and his associates in the
attempted mutiny.
In New York, the coroner's inquest on
the body of the unfortunate Mrs. llalsey,
the actress, have returned a verdict that
drowned, and that there is no evidence to
than accidental" The husband Of deceas,
ed. and Wells, the Brookly n contractor, are
discharged from custody.
Bv n curious coincidence, the steamer
which brings intelligence of the reappear,
ance Of Kossuth as Il would-be director Of
the public opinion Of England. also conveys
to us the tidingS of the death of k"ssnth's
old enemy, the Ban Jellnchich. The Ban
had long been laboring under II disease OF
the chest, which caused his death ut Agram,
in Crotia, about the 10th of May.
In the vicinity of Piedmont, Va. as we
learn from the Independent, corn and potn,
toes were cut down to the ground, by the
late frost, so that the atmosphere WAS tine
tured with the odor of the decaying matter
On the mountains the frost was so severe that
the young apples and peaches are killed, and
in the Glades the wheat and rye crops an
nearly destroyed.
The largest mirror ever imported into
this country, has just been received from
Paris, for the Fifth Avenue Hotel. III New
York, now in process Of completion. lt>
dimensions are &c by 1873 inches, and it,
cost, exclusive of frame, about 1000. NJ
ship was large enough to admit 1t between
decks, and so it was brought as part OF Il
deck load.
A letter from an officer of the staff of the
army stationed at San Antonio, Texas, dated
Nav 9th, has been received at New Or
leans. which states that a change for the bet
ter had taken place iii the health Of Major
General Twiggs, although not so decided a
to warrant the expression of Il "ntiden
opinion Of his recovery.
The New Orleans Picayune recalls tc
mind the curious fact that Mississippi, which
is thought to be just now the seat Of the AT
rican slave trade agitation. il the Southern
State which, of all others, has leglslated
most strongly and recently against the IN
PRODUCTION into that State of slaves from for
eign countries.
Tar River won the great four-mlle race a
Eclipse Course, New York, on Wednesday
Bill bearing came in second, and Slasher ant
Earljs were distanced. There were abOuI
5000 people on the course. An extra race
between Agitator, Glencona, and Dapher
was won by the former. The time was no
extraordinary.
Last week, in Lawrence, Mass, a chile
was born, perfect in all its proportions, anc
weighing ten pounds, but with a remarkable
malformation, the head being formed IL
every particular like the head Of a cat. L
lived but n moment after birth. The AT
tending physician assures the Republican o
that place of the truth of this statement.
We continue to receive accounts of tht
late "cold snap" and damage done by the
frost. The Wheeling lntelligencer says
1--WE have heard it said that on Saturday
night the thermometer was four degrees be
low the freezing point, and hat ice formed
in the cutters"
A gentleman who has travelled all oyel
the United States, but now resides at Nor
folk, writes it as his deliberate opinion, tina
the population considered, there are more
handsome ladies in Norfolk than in any other
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