The Constitutional. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1860-1861, 1860-10-06
News and other Items.


in print, and viii be out in short time
There has been quite frost in south
western Virginia. m
The Southern Commercial Convention
viii meet this year at Atlanta, Ga. ON the
I'd Monday in November
a KEEPER OF SIX HoTELs.-Mr Paran
stevens, who keeps the Fifth Avenue Ho.
Tel in New York, keeps also the Continen-
tal Hotel, Of Philadelphia, the Revere
House and the fremont House, Boston, the
Battle House, Mobile, and the Point Clear
Hotel, Point Clear, Alabama, in all six first
class hotels.
The renowned Father Giovanni, Carl.
baldis soldier-monl, displayed great cour-
age at the battle. of Melazzo. Unarmed,
only bearing the cross in his hand, he ran
along the ranks, cheering and animating the
volunteers TO the fight constantly shouting
to them "Fear not, God is on cur side
Mark, /, his minister, am the foremost to
expose myself TO the grapeshot and the
volley of musketry, yet Irernain unscathed.
! Charge, Italians charged" And still as he
shouted, hewaved aloft the cross. Setting
them this example, and repeating aloud
passages from Scripture, he cheered on the
soldiers to some purpose, it must be owned
as by their indomitable courage they car
ried the strong positionof Helazzo.
= 1t has long been known that Herman
l>blennerhasset, Burr's associate, kept a
journal, and had an extensive correspon-
dence. Much effort has been made by
seveial parties TO obtain these papers. At
last, says correspondent of the New York
Times, Mr.'W. ii. Stafford, of Chilicothe,
has got them, and they are now in course
of publication.
Mons. Marietta, the eminent Egytian
antiquarian, writes of new discovery N,
Egypt-"The excavations made at MINI
phis have brought to light metal foundefs
workshop. We have already discovered
his tools, about forty pounds of unrefned
silver, gold medals, twenty silver medals
never seen before, and other objects des-
tined to the crucible."
Garabaldi washes his own shirts when
occasion requires. After the battle of Me-
lazzo, finding his shirt dirty and soiled
from his personal struggles, he took it off,
washed it in the brook hard by, and hung
it up on bush, ate his lunch of bread.
fruit and water, smoked his cigar bare
backed, and, wrapt in thought, and appa-
rently contemplating the drying of his gar
ment; thus, in the field or bivouac, sharing
danger and hardship with the humblest Of
his followers. Directly his shirt was dry,
he went on bord Tukeri, formerly Veloce,
lying in tie bay on the western side of the
peninsula, and personally directed her fire
on the fortress and remaining masses.
TEE VINE DISEASE IN FRANcE.-ThA
vine crop Of France is very poor this sea-
son, aud, it is supposed, it will fall short of
the last one. Vines are all affected by the
odium. especially in the South of France,
and the grapes are nearly destroyed. In
some places SUI phur has been successfully
used in destroying the disease.
Two BRoTUERs DRowNED.-A melan-
choly accident occurred atSouth Glasten-
bury, y. Y, on Sunday, in the drowning
, Il
went Into the water for bath, and not re-
turning home Il search was instituted,
which led to the finding of their bodies,
some distance apart, in Roaring Rock
Their ages were "a and 81.
1t appears from the census that the pop
ulation OF Kansas is about 10000.
President Buchanan declines to be pres
at the ball to be given in New York in
honor ofthe Prince of Wales
CLAIM FOR JEROME BoNAPART's ESTATE.
Mis-. IlARNEY, wife of General Harvey,
Of the United States army, died in Paris
on the 27th ult. The funeral service over
her remains took place at the Church of
81. Philippe, Faubourg St. Honore, with
al the imposing ceremonies of the Roman
Catholic Church, of which she was a
member.