Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-07-11
News OF the Day.
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4 new invention, called the shirt Bo-
som Expundcr," is recommended for gener-
al adoption, not on y as Il matter of fashion,
but Que of necessity The article is manu-
featured Ut nicely covered watch-spring
steel, and is intended to keep the shirt front
in an expanded position, thereby securing
neatness' as the front does not touch the
body or become saturated with persp!ratlon.
The revised penal code, passed by the last
session of the Pennsylvania Legislature,
makes all persons who speak loosely or pro-
fanely Of God, Christ, the Holy Spirit. CT
Bible. liable to an Indictment for hlasphemy
the penalty for which is fine not exceeding
one hundred dollars or imprisonment not ex-
ceeding three months, or both, 1T the dScre-
ton Of the court.
The Chicago Democrat chronicles an I'M
portant discovery which has recently been
made in that vicinity. /. says large guam
tity of ''prairie stone," near the western
suburbs of that city, has been found to yield
immense quantities of gas and saltpetre,
and out Of these stones they propose to man
utacture gas.
Rev. &. a. Cheeyer Of the Church of the
Pilgrims, in New York, delivered farewell
sermon on Sunday evening, prior to his de-
partuye for Europe The burden Of it was
that in very short time the question Will
not be the prevention of the extension Of sa-
very beyond its present bounds, but its en-
tire abolition.
At the White Sulphur Springs, in Hamil-
ton county, Florida, Col. Richard Ingle
Wynne, lawyer attempted to chast;se DR..
Curlee with his cane, when the latter ,jerked
his cane away, struck Wynne blow with
the head, which broke il, and then run the
sword into his body. Wynne shortly after
wards died.
Maj. Myer, recently appointed by the Pre-
sident, with the authority Of Congress. to
the post recently created, Of signal officer
with the rank and pay of major. has been or
dered By the War Department TO report to
Lieut.. General Scott. Major Myer is the in
yentor of the new system Of signals to be used
in the army.
The tallest man in France has just eSpir-
ed, near Rouen, at the age of |, being NJ.
Charles Cruel d'lndrevilIe of Nesle, Nor
mandy, who founded. and for many years
carried on some extensive glassworks at
that place. Ills statute Was nearly feet i
inches English, and his body was >tou; in
proportion.
The stud Of the late Lord Londcsborough
was recently sold by the famed rattersaII, and
the forty animals realized the extraordinary
Il a. l., l., I. /
lions, one Of which brought so, 900, anoth-
er SIG, 900, and the third upward Of 80, 900
Aside from these chiefs of the stud, the lot
averaged over 81: 800.
Accounts from Buen0s Ayres to the 18th
of May state that tic exploring expedition
under Captain Page had nearly finished its
work. Louts. Notary and Chandler had
obtained leave Of absence, and would soon
return home. yellow fever prevailed at all
the Brazilian ports.
One Of the most remarkable events that
has taken place on the Italian peninsula
since the first movement Of the Au$triaus
across the Tlcino is the transfer Of the Col
lege of the Waldensian, or NaudoiS Church,
from La Tore, in the Alpine region Of Pied
mont, to Florence in Tuscany.
The coming crop in the West the New
York World thinks, will start our idle ships
and make the looms fly. The season in Eu-
rope. especially in England, has been unia-
vorablc, and large deficiency is reckoncd
upon with certainty: some say as much as
four millions of quarters in Great Britain.
By the latest accounts from New Zealand
We find that bloody war was raging there
between the British troops and the native
population. New Pymou;h was the prin-
cipal seat OF the fighting, and large numbers
of the MaoriS had been killed, including
fourteen of their chiefs.
There was much disturbance in the crowd
at the execution Of Harden AT BeIyidere, \.
j., last Friday and fight occurred between
the people and the military on guard. \
cherry tree filled with people broke down,
and several We're Scvcrcly in iurcd. Onc
man had his legs broken.
Some time during next week a Grand con-
cert. in which all the Italian artists now in
New York will assist, will be given at the
Academy Of Music. The net receipts will
be sent to the committee engaged III collect
ing funds To assist tSen tarabaldl.
Jumpertz. the man who, ii is Supposed,
murdered Sophia Werner, in Chicago, and
sent her body To New York packed in bar
rel but who was acquitted, has fallen heir
to a large fortune. left him by relatives
abroad
At New York, July ., Mrs. Schoonak"r
and her child were murdered in Seventy
first street. They were found with their
threats cut. Frank Hoffman, Il discharged
workman, is the suspected murderer, and
has been arrested and is ia custody.
The Philadelphia Ledger says the anthra-
cite coal tonnage of last week shows an in.
crease on the tonnage Of the previous week
of some 5000 tons, and is thus far the larg-
est week Y tonnage this season.
The Cleveland Democrat says:-~"from
the returns already in, It is feared that the
population of Ohio, instead Of advancing,
has slightly decreased within the last ten
years, by emigration or otherwise
Senator Wilson celebrated tie national .u-
b;!ee with great gathering Of anti-slaTery
men at Abingdon, Mass. where We're some
of thu rankeSt disunIonstH what can be
found in the whole country.
The manufacture Of heavy iron beams for