Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-05-24
News of the Day.
"To shoac the ye,y age and body Of the TIMES.

way in New York, on Saturday evening last,
about o'clock Two men drove up in a
light wagon opposite the gold pen store of
Mr.. OBrien, when one of them, after get
ting out and in several times finally dashed
his baud through the window pane and
snatchel up gold lump of $500 value, and
made of with it. The robbers drove up
Broadway rapidly and as yet have escaped
arrest O'Brien, as soon. as he reganed his
presence of mind, darted in pursuit, but had
not gone far before he fell down IN faint
ing fit, the result Of the excitement and re-
cent illness, from the effects of which he has
not entirely recovered.
A great outrage is said to have been perpe-
tratcd on the japanese by Chaplin, an artist
for Leslies pictorial. They charge that he
borrowed sketch book of their artist to
look at for one moment, and left with 1t tor
New York. They are highly indignant and
pronounce this the first treachery practlced
on them by Americans. Chaplin denies this
statement in toto Leslie himself says that
the story had its origin in the fact, that the
photographer of Mr.. Brady, the eminent da-
yuerreotypist, borrowed the book in question,
and which | understand is still in his pos
session."
Quite an excitement has been created in
New York by an elopement The parties
to the affair are Gen. Bynum and Miss
phipps, both of Tennessee. Miss P. was at
tending boarding school in New York, and
on Saturday evening last Gen. b., who was
former acquaintance Of the young lady, PAID
her q visit. which ended in both OF them
jumping into Il hack ut the door, IN spite OF
the remonStrances Of the lady governeSs,
and driving rapidly to the st. Nicholas
Hotel where tney were soon after married.
The Texas correspondent OF the Mobile
Mercury says, never in the absence OF an ep-
idemic, has so much fatal disease been
known aS now. Different types of fever,
pneumonia, typhoid, congestive chills, and
other diseases incident to our climate, are
d,ing their work of destruction in almost
every section of the State, and especially IN
the Southern and Southeast sections.
IIeenan says that Il day has been fixed for
another fight between him and Sayers.-
The time is to be kept secret, to avoid arrest
and only twenty-five persons on each side
will be present. Although confident he
will whip SayerS in less than half an hour
he has little hope Of securing the belt llee-
nan says he will go to Ireland to train for
the tight.
The investigation by the Coroner's jury in
;he late mysterious death at Weymouth,
Mass, has resulted in declaring that Betsey
Frances Tirrcll was poisoned with strych-
nine, which has been discovered in the re-
mains Of her elder sister Mary, who died
about three months previous. Both girls
were found to be cncientc. Jersey is III
jail heavily ironed.
Twelve or fifteen whites were massacred
by the Indians at Big Bend, on Carson river,
on the night of the eth. The Indians were
three or four hundred strong, we'll mounted
and armed with guns. The affair created
great excitement, and three or four armed
parties, from twelve to thirty each, had start
ed in pursuit
The House promptly and almost vindic-
lively rejected the Senate homestead bill,
aud substituted for it their own scheme,
which is of IL more extravagant character
No committee of conference can produce Il
system that will be acceptable to both Hous-
cs. This measure may be considered as
dead
The Post Office Department has issued or
ders 10 the PoStmasters throughout the cOur-
try, directing that the postage upon all tram
sient printed matter, foreign and domestic,
must be prepaid by postage stamps except
in cases where prepayment is optional, and
in which the senders do not wish TO prepay.
The examination Of the bark Cora, nov in
progress by the United States authorities, in
New York, has disclosed the presence of
> 500 keys Of gunpowder, which confirms
the idea that she is SLAYER. Each key of
powder is supposed to be of the value OF Il
negro.
( five dollar note came into the posses
sion of citizen of Washington, on Monday,
with the following endorsement: This is
the last Of S2O, 600 spent in gambling in the
fashionable bells Of Washington. Young
men into whose hands this may fall, beware
OF dissipation, drunkenness and gambling
The bill increasing the pay Of the Navy,
which passed the House Of Representatives
on Monday. differs from that Of the Senate
inasmuch rs it provides for engineers and
surgeons. which it omitted, and places Lieut..
Maurv. who has charge of the observatory,
on a touting with the head of the bureau.
The extraordinary outflow of the popu-
lation Of Ireland, by means of the American
steamers, two of which leave Queenstown
weekly, begins to create fears that the Emer-