Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-07-03
News of the Day.
"7o show the ve7y age Gndbody Of The TIMES"

"Io sh0U the ye7y age Gn3 oody Of IRE TIMES.
A horrible tragedy occurred on Saturday
night, in New York, in which two men were
shot and instantly killed by third per-
son. The names ofthe killed are John W.
Mathews, and John Walton. 1t appears
that the deceased persons and the murderer
had a quarrel Of some nature, and that they
accidentally met at the corner OF Elgh-
teenth street and Third avenue. The
murderer Immediately pointed n pistol at
Walton and shot him in the head. behind
the ear, and then ran up Eighteenth street
to Irving place, and then down Irving
place, pursued by Mathews, who overlook
him near Sixteenth street, when Mathews
was turned upon and shot in the breast in
the region of the heart He fell exclaiming.
Il am killed. 80, m dead man." The
murderer ran up Sixteenth street towards
Fourth avenue, crying Police" Walton
was taken into the drug store on the corner
where he was shot, and his wound attended
to, but he survived only a few minutes. -
Mathews was also carried to a drug store
but he ceased to breathe before arriving
there.
Between five and six o'clock on Friday
afternoon, violent squall passed over South
Brooklyn, causing terrible accident ut the
Academy Of Music, in process of erection IN
that city. At the time the Squall was at its
height twenty-five workmen were engaged
in putting up the roof Of the editice, when Il
gust of wind entirely demolished the roof Of
the building. Six of the workmen were IN
iured by the accident, two Of them so seri-
ously that they are not expected to recover
The damage to the Academy is estimated at
about ten thousand dollars. The rafters,
having not been as yet perfectly secured in
their positions, gave way to the force OF the
wind, and, one falling upon the other, the
whole fell with tremendous crash, some ofthe
men going with the mass Bricks, timbcrs,
and mortar, all came down, aud dense
cloud Of dust arose, which for a short time
obscured the entire structure from sight
The Phare dc la Manche, published ut
Chcrbourg, announces that the completion of
the stcel-trigate Normandic is being carried
on with all possible dispatch. The plating IS
twelve centimetres thick, and is inlpervious
to cannon shot unless bali should strike
the same spot thirteen times on the thirteenth
shot it will be perforated. The Normandie
is abous to receive her masts, which are col
ossal One remarkable weapon attached to
this huge steamer is a spear which projects
from her prov, and which WILL when i'm
PEELED by stcam cut Il ship IN two. This
addition is regarded as IL remarkable pro-
gress i'll the construction Of such steamers.
Three lIungarians, long resident in this
country, left New York on Saturday, in the
City of Washington, for Europe, for the pur
pose of joining GarbaldIs forces in Sicily.
One of them, Cairo kalbi, is an ex-officer of
the Austrian army, and another, Giovanni
Readiness was IL captain Of artillery in the
Hungarian war. The l. Eco states that there
is now preparing an American legion, inten-
ded to assist Garabaldi, and that already
more than a hundred American volunteers
have joined the corps, which will be com
manded by a Captain who distinguished
himseliin the Mexican war In 1916.
The addition OF vessels to the L. States
navy, between the years 1850 and 1860 was
as follows: Six tirstcass new steamers, %
343 tons; ) second-class steamers, 1880
tons: third-claSs steamers, 6,9OS tons; y
third-c class side-wheel steamers, seven OF
which were purchased about 1900 tons; :
screw tenders and one sailing bark, about
1000 tons--in all 80 vessels, 52,25S TONS
These ships are either in commission, or in
a position to be reported for service in few
days.
The Indian treaties recently ratified by
the Senate were those with the Sacs and
Foxes of the Mississippi, the Kansas or kaw
Indians, and the Delaware Indians, all rasld-
ing in Kansas. The treaties with the two
first named tribes provide for the allotment
of lands to the members of the respective
tribes in severaIty, and the sale ofthe sur
plus lands after the allotments have been
made: the proceeds OF such sale to be APP
piled for the benefit Of the said Indians.
Queen Victoria has expressed great disin-
cination to expedite the marriage of the
heir-apparent to the British throne with a
Princess of Prussia. The Royal mother con
sders the agitation of the question prema-
ture, and looking at the extreme youth OF
her beloved son, has openly conveyed her
wish in the proper quarter that the subject
may be dropped, at least for the present.
On Friday Nathaniel llarten e&piated on
the gallows, at Moundsvilla Va, the crime
OF numbering Melissa Morris, whom he con
fessed to having waylaid and thrown into
the ravine, where her body was found. 4
very large crowd was In attendance, and an
extra train Was run by the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad ut that point. The murderer
died cool and Sullen.
Three steamships--the Illinois, City Of
Washington and Hammoni;,-sailed from
New York on Saturday, for Southampton
and Hayre, Liverpool, and southampton and
Hamburg, respectively. The Illinois took
out al passengers and S991 SOB in specie,
and the Ilammonia l31 passengers and $780,
900 in specle--making Il total Of 5S4 paSSen-
gers and Sl92O, 2o3 in specie.
At New Haven, on Friday, a sad accident
occurred at the close Of the College regatta.
Two sail boats were upset by the high winds.
From one Of them, Mrs. Sperry, of Meri
den, was drowned. Her body was soon re-
covered. The boat contained nearly dozen
persons.
Among the passengers in the 4Adriatic, is
Lady Franklin the widow of the great Arctic
navigator, whose heroic efforts in behalf of
her husband have reflected new credit upon
humanity. and sounded the depths of wifely
devotion. Lady Franklin is to be the guest
of Mr. Henry Grinnell.