Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-03-28
News OF tho Day.
"To shov lie oery age and5ody Of tie TINES

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The committees of the House and Senate |
upon Territories, are expected 70 come to
some determination soon in regard to the es-
adjustment of new territorial governments.
1t is now said that bills will be reported Tor
territorial governments for Pixies Peak or
Jefferson, for Arizona, aud for Nevada and
Dacotah. The passage Of these measures
would give the Executive . very considerable
amount of patronage, at Il critical point ~
the struggle for the next Presidency.
The New York Democratic Central Com
mittee have found the best arrangement they
could make at Charleston for eighty persons,
is five dollars per day, to commence from the
18th of April, one week before the Conyen-
ton, thus raising the extortlon 70 nearly ten
dollars day each.
A private letter from Vera Cruz states
that all the raw hides in the city had been
pressed into service for The protection or the
| public buildings and dwellings, against the
enemy's shells. A quantity already shipped
/ had likewise been taken back On shore Tor the
same purpose.
II is said that the shoemakers' strike NJ
the North is gradually subsiding. Many "a
the best workmen have gone T. work ID al
yanced rates ut Lynn and elsewhere, and
others would do 50 il not prevented by the
compulsion Of the strikers or sense II
honor The supply Of shoes is not yet suiii-
GENTLY depleted to create much demand Tor
workmen and the prospect i that the whole
matter will end hy the employment 81 the
better class Of workmen, is business reyyes,
while the rest Will be dropped out and be
compelled t. earn their bread iii other ayo-
cations.
Among the recent arrivals at Boston, is
that Of Mrs. Whitney, of Wamea Sandwich
Islands She left this country more than
forty years ugo and had not previously left
the islands in all this long period. Her hus-
band, an esteemed and eminent missionary
died in 1915. They sailed from Boston in
the brig Thaddeus, which took out the pio-
neer company Of American missionaries, On
the 23d Of October, 1919, and arrived Oft
Hawaii March 80 1920. The changes in the
land Of her birth after an absence ot forty
years, must be startling indeed.
The Louisiana papers record the death Of
the wife Of Gov. Henry johnson. The de-
ceased was born in Maryland in 1876, and
was cousin Of the author If the "Star
| Spanged Banner" Her father was the
\ Hon. Philip B. Key formerly distinguish
ed member Of Congress, and one of tile most
eminent lawyers il the United States. Mrs.
J resided many years in Georgetown, ~ O.,
and her husband was for several years VI.
| S. Senator.
A sad accident occurred at Crittenden's
shaft, four miles below Hyde Park, IA. On
the Goth. The pumps broke while hosting
up men, which occasioned an explosion Of
the fre-damp below Fifteen to twenty men
were killed, and many more were seriously
wounded. The engines and boiler-house
were blown to pieces.
Mr.. Elliott, Of Mass, in tie Committee
on Commerce, is examining the subject u
the coolie trade, and report says the facts BE-
fore the committee show that the trade Is
more infamous than that practised on the
coast Of Africa The preparation Of the re-
port being in able hands, it will be IN inter-
estng and valuable document
Some Of the New Workers think it rather
hard that the Astor library should be open
to ghosts in the evening and closed against
living flesh and blood. As Mr.. Astor de-
signed his benelaction chiefly for the deni-
zens Of this earth, il i claimed that they
ought 70 have IN equal ch"hcc win ghosts
The claim seems 70 be reasonable
More than half million in money has
been subscribed in but one ~ two of the
So,tbarn States u tha rnnJ nov holm, raised
for the purpose of founding University of
the South. The last meeting u the Board
q trustees was heI -. " ~" orl'ili ~ aI'u
PreSlued over ~ pIS"oE' '''y' ~ i''''''.
Sc.
The celebrated suit u l5ardtiI yS. Pick
wick fades into insignidcanco by tie great
breach of promise case, Carstangys. Shaw,
the second trial II which i going ~ ~ s..
LOUIS. me deceived am deserted 'nly H Y
,''''" over ,n,''l year, y - ~ &C., 80,
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ne rn'Iaao'p,''a Au''F''l', '''''''' ''a.
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