Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-06-30
Eews OF the Day.
To shoao tie us7y age Qnd6ody Of the TIMES.

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The Yellow fever has ragged at Rio janet
70 this year with more than extraordinary
violence: in fact, there have been more cas-
es than in any previous year, and no person
living in the city or its suburbs, excepting
in Tiiuca and Petropolis, have been free
from danger The Swedish Minister Mr..
Morsing, Sandman Consul Mr.. Traqui,
and the English Naval Storekceper, have
died of it during the season. The fever has
also been raging at Pernambueo, and the
last mail brought US the news ofthe death OF
Mr. w. w. Strapp, United States Consul at
that port.
Ga Wednesday fire broke out in Il house
on Naudian street, in the vicinity of Nine
tecnth and Pine Philadelphia, and the flames
were not subdued until the roofs of five tene-
| ments were destroyed. One Of the buildings
was occupied by Thomas Bennett, bird fam
cier, who lost about two hundred canary
birds in the flames. Some of these song
sters were of the best German breed, excel
lent singers, and valuable. He had no in
surance on them whatever. 1t is said that
the fire originated by little boy playing
with friction matches.
Lieut.. Henry \. Wise, the gallant "Har-
ny Gringos," sails in the Niagara with the
japanese on Saturday lie ranks as Master
| of Ordnance, and is charged to present valu-
| able presents from the United States Govern
ment to the Government Of Japan. lie will
also give the Tycoon and his officers the lat
est mysteries in gunnery, and the pleasant
art Of killing on a large scale with neatness
and despatch. Lieut.. Wise is a son-in-law
| of Edward Everett, and came near losing his
| life at the time Secretary Upshur was killed
on the Princeton.
The publication of one of the oldest news
papers printed in the English language, is
about to be discontinued. 1t is announced
that the interest in the London Morning
Chronicle was purchased some time since by
the proprietor of the Morning Post. The
Chronicle will be issued, as usual, until the
lst of August after that date it will cease to
appear, having been IN existence ninety
years.
The Paris correspondent of the New Or
leans Delta wrtes:-Thcre seems to be some
probability that we shall, ere long have sue
cessor to the lamented Rachel. 4 young
and beautiful flower girl, well known to the
habitucs Of the Jockey Club as Mademoi-
selle isabella, has made theatrical debut
at the Ecole Lyriqne, as Claude, in Madame
George Sands play of that name, and gives
promise of great talent as Il tragedienne
In the Court Of Queens Bench, at Quebec,
on the 18th inst, Justice Alwyn vacated his
seat on the bench because portrait Of Pope
Plus X had been suspended in {. conspicu-
Gus place in the Court room, declaring that
he would not sit there while the picture re-
NAMED. In consequence, the whole bust
ness of the Court was stopped. The picture
! was placed in the room By permission of the
Judges three colleagues on the bench.
Col. J. +. IL. Claiborne, having compile
| ted his Life Of Quitman," has now in pre-
paration the Life and Journal of the Hon.
George Poindexter," in which a full account
of the rupture Of the Jackson Cabinet will
appear, rs noted by Senator Pondexter, and
in three letters from the Hon. Samuel d. Ing
ham, written just before it occurred, and i'm
mediately thereafter.
The printers Of Congress and their con-
federates are in quanderv. since the reduc-
ton in the price of 20 per cent, whether 10
throw up the work or to continue and trust
to Congress for an increase OF pay next WIN
ter They contend that this arbitrary dis
count is runous and that Mr.. liaSkin's res
olution proposing it, was only intended for
buncombe.
The effects of the Siciiian instruction are
beginning to tell in the market. birthstone.
sumac, oranges and lemons, and other ST.
Gillian and Neapolitan produce, have risen
from FIVE to twenty per cent. sine" the first
news Of the landing Of Garibaldi. There is
as vet no prospect Of q turn in the market in
favor Of buyers.
DR.. Ferdinand S. WiIsey, of South Ben
gen, n. j., recently died and left property in
Chicago, ILL.,. valued at &25 900 to the Amer
lean Sweden borg Publishing and Printing
Society of New York. rs a perpetual fund:
the interest to be devoted to the printing and
gratuitous distribution Of the theological
writings of Emanuel Swedenborg.
The Chicago Press of the 22d instant
states that It's adyices lead to the conclusion
that the prospects for full crop all over the
Northwest were never better. The breadth
sown was larger than ever before, and with
favora bic weather for p few weeks more, the
harvest will he secured, and the gamers will
be full.
The announcement of the safe arrival of
the AGriatic on the other side of the Allan
tic, gave great pleasure, no doubt, to many
families on this side. She carried out, it
will be remembered, not only an unusual
number Of passengers, but an unusual num-
Der Of distinguished ccrgymcn.
Forty-threc sharks were caught at one
haul in the net of the Field Brothers, off
Neck Beach. at Madison Conn, Monday,
25th inst. The largest measured nine feet
in length, four and q half feet in crcumter-
ence, and weighed over 800 pounds.
Since the adjournment Of the Massachu-
sets Legislature, and the cows have gone
to grass, the cattle disease, the Boston
Transcript says, has suddenly disappeared
in Massachusetts. Probably it stopped with
the appropriation.
The Oyster excitement on the Eastern
Shore of Maryland is in no way abated.--
The Somerset Union Of Tuesday says that so
far as it is informed no attempt has been
made to locate the ''oyster bed warrants" in
that section.
On Saturday the o3d inst, the beautiful