Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-04-28
News Of the Day.
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Israelites, says: There is continual visible
movement of public opinion in the right d.
rection, and in all probability the res
trlctions on them will be gradually abolish
ed The question has been before the Fed
eral Assembly. Count Walewski has au-
thorized the French Minister to take every
measure he may deem proper to promote the
just demands of the United States in the
matter The British Minister will cooper
ate with his predecessor, having been in
structed by Lord Clarendon to inform the
Swiss government of the sincere satisfaction
with which Her Majesty's government would
learn that the disabilities of the lsraelities
have been modified if not entirely removed.
The United States officers In New York,
have taken in custody the bark Charlotte h.
Taylor, supposed to be fitting out for the slave
trade. The vessel had been cleared for Punta
de Lenha. about thirty miles up the Congo
River. She was to have sailed on Tuesday
evening, and when the officers took posses
sion, the crew were on board waiting for Capt.
Trainer to make his appearance. That gen.
tleman, together with his first and second
mates, are residents of New York. There
were found on board Is 900 gallons of water,
a large number Of water casks and guam
tity of rice, but nothing, apparently design
ed for trade. Other circumstances indicate
that the vessel was intended to bring over
slaves from Africa
The Hampshire Mass Gazette of the
oath has the following: "A little girl, less
than two years old, daughter of Stephen
Laughlia, had her foot caught under the
wheel of a freight car, on Friday and mash
ed so badly that amputation was necessary,
which operation was performed on Saturday
morning, while the patient was under the
influence Of chloroform. The foot was taken
off at the instep. Before the operation was
completed, and while the Doctor was stitch
ing the wound, the little unfortunate opened
her eyes, as she lay upon the table, and be-
ing unconscious OF pain or of the operation
that was being performed commenced sing
ing as cheerfully rs if she was at play. Ii
was touching exhibition.
In the early part of last week, Mr.. j. 5.
Sullivan, of Richmond, Texas, arrested a
man calling himself j. Green, under the sus-
picion that he was the person who perpetrat-
ed the fraud on the Georgia State Bank, by
means of which he obtained the unlawful
possession of over twenty-one thousand dol
lars. The grounds upon which Mr.. Sullivan
proceeded are Of character to justify the
anticipation that the perpetrator of the deed
has been caught.
Fred Douglas, while in Newcastle, Eng
land, few weeks ago, made application,
through the American minister London,
for passport to enable him to visit Paris as
an American citizen. The reply made by
the minister was in effect, that the constitu-
ton of the United States did not recognize
persons Of color as citizens, the passport was
therefore refused
An invention of an electric telegraph by
Mr.. Horsemann is attracting the attention
of scientific men. 1t is said to surpass any
thing Of the kind heretofore introduced, COM
bining great cheapness OF material with per-
feet protection to the copper conductor, Us
we'll as being easily laid. 1t is stated that
the preliminary steps are taking for the for
nation of company to lay this cable across
the Atlantic.
The Westfeld (N Y Republican of the
23d instant, says: "On Friday night of last
week, fifteen young men and five young wo-
men, including one married woman, went to
the house of Elisha Whipple, in the the south
part of Portland, broke it open, and took one
of his girls, young woman, out of bed and
tarred and feathered her. The reason alleg-
ed for the act is that she was OF a disreputa-
BILE character.
Governor Hicks, of Nd, and the Adjutant
General, will shortly visit Washington to ar
range with the General Government for the
purchase of so, 900 worth of arms for the
use of the State The expenditure will not,
however, be made until the finances of the
State are in a more prosperous condition
than at present.
The two thirds rule in the Democratic Ma
tional Convention for the nomination of
candidates forPresident and Vice Presi-
dent, was adopted at Baltimore, in 1882,
when Andrew jackson was renomina5ed for
President. and Martin Van Buren, for Vice
President. That was the first Democratic
national convention ever held.
On the prairie, about ten miles west of
Amboy, H., farm house, owned by Mr..
Kelley, caught fire on Saturday night, and
was burned to the ground, consuming three
of its inmates. This terrible calamity can
only be accounted for, by the igniting of live
Goals in an ash pan, which was placed near
d back kitchen.
Mr. Thad. Hyatt, who has not reaped the
glory ne expected to gather 10y his stupid
resistance to the Senate, and indeed, had
about been forgotten, has come out with a
card in the New York Tribune" to keep
the memory of himself alive. Mr.. Hyatt
complains of want of sympathy.
Mr. Charles H. Morse of Boston has the
original parole Of General Burgoyne and his
officers, given to General Gates in December
l3, l777, combining themselves to the limit
Of Cambridge, Watertown, Medford aud
Charlestown. The document is well pre-
served.
As companion to the Mill on the Floss,
by the author of Adam Bede, sporting con-
tributor intends beginning, in alluson to the
great match for the Championship, series
of papers in Bells Life, TO be called The
Mill on the Taps.
The monument ordered by the Trustees of
st. Mary's College at Burlington, N. j., to
be erected over the remains of the late Bishop
Doane, was placed in its position the ami
yersary of the birth Of the Bishop.
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