Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-02-15

vana, died on the night of the ID INST, aseu
"a years. He is understood to have died
worth six millions Of dollars. 1t Is SAID he
did not make any will, and that his heirs,
nephews and illegitimatc children, who how
ever were educated and acknowledged by
him, have wisely agreed to enter into an ar
rangement for the division OF the large
amount above stated, instead OF going to
law about it. Twelve or thirteen years since,
Doctor Berdagner, whom some say had
been grossly wronged by decision OF the
deceased, who at that time was the Prcsl-
dent of the Tribunal OF Commerce" whilst
others declare the Doctor had been cheated in
some slave trading transaction, entered the
church of San Felipe in Havana, where Don
joaquin Gomez was, and poured bottle OF
yitrol upon his THE deceaSed) head, some
of which running into his eyes instantly de-
priyed him of sight whilst the wound intilc-
ted on the head never healed. The Doctor,
after perpetrating this deed, rushed into the
gallery OF the church and there swallowed
dose of prussic acid, which instantly depriy-
ed him of life. The deceased fingered all
of these years deprived Of sight, Il pitiabIe
object.
Mayor Wood, OF New York city, has APP
pointed man named Fatty" Welsh to a
lucrative position in the city Inspectors Of
flee "FattyS" qualifications for the Office,
rs summed up by the New York Tribune,
are various. Fatty" belongs to the Dead
Rabbits; was in the 4th of July riots in ~;
was in the Dead Rabbit riots and was near
" killed, but was cured at the city's expense
by being sent to the Hospital; he was last
summer in the Sunday riots and again shot,
and again cured by the city surgeons and
at the time OF his appointment by Mayor
Wood, he was training Tor prize light
The Central Park in New FORK on Sunday
was crowded with skaters of both sexes
Twenty-Five thousand persons are said to
have been on the skating ground during the
forty-eight hours past The number Of te-
males was very large, but the most Of them
belonged to that class who are generally IN
derstood TO be mo better than they should
be-" The religious community is scandal
iEed
A paper is in circulation in Cumberland,
Md, which is receiving the names Of all
the leading Opposition men, making call
for public town meeting to sustain the
Hon. II Winter Davis for his vote in favor
of Mr.. Pennington for Speaker, and p dis
approve of the recent action Of the Mary
land Legislature in censuring Mr.. Davis for
that vote.
On the recent return of Joel I. Hart, the
sculptor, to his former home in Kentucky,
after an absence of ten years At the fountains
of art in Europe, a festival was given IN his
honor at Lexington by distinguished citizens.
Appropriate tributes were paid to the trium-
phant career of the artist during fifteen
years.
From the tone Of the English newspapers,
we are led to expect that the old complaint
of Great Britain that we DO not allow her
an equal share in our coastug trade, in r.
turn for the commercial concessions she con
ceives herself to have made, is likely to be
revived in Parliament.
Paran Stevens's new Continental Hotel
on Chestnut street, Philadelphia was thrown
open TO the stockholders and ladies on the
18th. Not less than ten thousand persons
were present. The appointments were uni
yersally admired. Several stores on the first
| floor were also opened.
Twelve murder and manslaughter trials,
and assaults with intent to Kill, have been
disposed Of, with only one acquittaI, il the
present term of the court Of oyer and termin-
er in New York, and on Thursday, twenty
more cases remained TO he tried.
The students Of Centre College, 1T Dan
vile, KY, have contracted for the purchase,
for that institution, of the splendid bust Of
Cicero, from the chisel of Joel l. Hart, the
Kentucky sculptor.
The actual Spanish force now in Morocco,
is about eighty thousand strong
The Federal Metropolis i literally swarm
ing with Repubican-party ofhce-seekers.