Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-08-02

belonging to Col John Tayloe, ofChatterton,
King George county, Va, whilst playing in
a skitf were drifted from the shore, and car
ried by the wind nearly across the river to
the Maryland side. Their rerilous cdndl-
ton was seen by young Mr.. Tayloe, (son of
Col. John Tayloe) who jumping into scow,
with the aid of servant man, rowed TO
the skitf, and succeeded in saving the negroes.
When they were reached, the skltt was IN
sinking condition.
John d. Myrick esq, has lately had sever
al interviews with Mr.. Carnegie i'll reference
to an arrangement for ireiGhting the Great
Eastern from Norfolk; and has received the
assurance that if the merchants of Norfolk
will guarantee forty to fifty Thousand bales
of cotton for her, she will make two trips to
Norfolk from Liverpool. She will carry the
cotton at $3.50 per baIe-tlle same as it is
carried from New York to Liverpool
If we cannot supply cotton. tobacco would
answer.
The Woodstock Tenth Legion says:-'Mr.
John McWilliams, residing near Hamburg,
in this county, came to his death under the
following painful circumstances: On FRI
day last, for amusement, perhaps, he was
swinging upon the door of the house, holding
to the top with his hands, when he Tell to
the floor, striking the back of his head and
iniuriny himself so severely that he died on
Sunday last, after enduring much pain.
The improvements at the Medical College,
in Richmond, for which means were furnish
ed by the liberality of the last Legislature,
are rapidly progressing. The wa Is OF the
new Hospital have risen sufficiently above
the ground TO enable IN observer to Judge
of the extent, and, to some degree, OF the ap-
pearance of the building 1t will be II spacl-
Gus and handsome structure, well adapted to
the purposes for which it is designed.
VIM \. Northern, deputy postmaster at
Warsaw in Richmond county Va, has been
arrested upon the charge Of stealing letter
containing money from the post Office
The arrest was made by Col. Snyder, agent
of the Department. This is, the third or
fourth arrest for robbing the mail which
has been made in the Eastern District "i
Virginia since the Spring term Of the District
Court of the United States.
The fredericksburg Herald says: GA
young man named Nathaniel w. ID. Fox, a
resident of WestmoreIand county, whilst la
boring under mania Il path, is reported to
have stabbed his wife. Some accounts re-
port her badly wounded and others say she
is dead. Fox kept store at one time at King
George G. IL. but now lives in Westmore-
land
A young man named Samuel A. Carter,
of Richmond, Va, committed suicide last
Saturday night in Baltimore, Nd, by TAX
ing an ounce of audanunr. He was former
ly employed as aclerk by Kent, Paine X Co.,
Of Richmond 1t is said that he committed
the rash act, being minus friends or money.
A letter from his mother was found on his
person.
We have Just learned that Il new depart
mcnt has been organized at the Virginia
Military Institute, 10 be styled "Applcd
Mechanics and Robert +. kydes, esq,
Chief Engineer OH the Northeast and South
west Railroad, Of Alabama, has been
unanimously chosen as Professor to Till the
chair.
The Woodstock Tenth Legion says
''There has not been Il more cheering pros
pect for an abundant crop OF corn, in this
region, for several years, than is now presen-
ted On the bottom lands, the crops may
be said to be out of danger of injury from
drought; and good rain or two will make
those upon the upland farms.
We see from catalogue of the University
of Missouri located ut Columbia in that
State1 that b. B. Minor Of Richmond has
been chosen President DEMONSTRATION, and
will for the session Of lSG0-6l occupy the
chair of Professor of Moral, Mental and Po-
litical science.
Capt. Jarman's mill, in Albemarle county,
was destroyed by fire on the 18th ult. 1t
was valued at $4,000, and was insured for
$1,000. Fortunately, there was but little
wheat in it, and the loss in confined to the
mill. 1t is supposed to have been set on
fire.
DR.. Herndon, of Warrenton, was acclden-
tally thrown from his buggy, while driving
near the Fauquier Springs, on Sunday last,
and narrowly escaped severe injury. For
tunately he escaped with but few bruises
The horse attached to the buggy ran away
and the vehicle was broken to prices.
The Fredericksburg Herald, the editor of
when paper, Has iitFl DCrii ~ wv ! "'t"'~
Springs. speaks in the highest terms OF the
establishment. There are now some 300
visitors there. Everybody is satisfied aud
more than satisfied.
Rev. +. NJ. Edwards intends to change his
location from Piedmont Academy, Eauquler
county, Va, and to open, on the 10th OF Sep
TENDER, a first class boarding and day school,
10 the town OF Lexington, Va, under the
title of the Lexington High School.
Mr.. John c. Mitchell, of Richmond county,
last week was thrown from his sulky, dragged
distance, and died in Il short
time. He was an e<timable, and respected
citizen.
The following are places Of note in the
county of Hanover, Na.-Negro Foot, He'll
Town, Buzzard Roost, Ball Ring, Dog Town,
Free Negro Town, Pole CAT, NeGatlcnburg
and Texas.
Benz. Blake, esq, of Richmond Va, has
been chosen president of the University OF
Missouri.
Mr.. Isaiah Fisher, late of Prince William
county, Va, is Democratic candidate for
the Legislature in Andrew county, Missouri.
Marion Harland," authoress Of ".ilone,
has written a new work entitled Nemesis, 4
Tale 1T Southern Lie.