Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-08-11
NEWS or THE DAY.
"7o ssoso tie veuy age andboay Of the TINES

the General commercial transactions between
the limited States and the various countries
of Europe, recently received ofhclal statlstcs
show the state of the trade between ufea'
Britain (the great emporium OF European
commerce) and this country, In two OF the
leading exports of the latter, Tor the hrst
five months Of the present year vi me u
29T, U51 cWts Of the cotton imported INTO
England from January to May 81, o,3S4,
l3l were from the United States, while IN
1859, for the corresponding period, the
amount was only 3,113S5l2 cwts. OF which
were from the United States ), 1893, GOO. 10
bacco entered Tor home consumption. from
January to May 81, 1860, was l4,G48, ll9
lbs, while during the corresponding period
of the year previous, the amount was third
of million of pounds less.
The Mount Joy pa Herald says that
"about three years ago an apparent boy
giving his name us John Marsh, reached
that place and engaged himself to Mr.. l..
p. Brady to learn the tusmithing lie was
a fair-skinned. fine looking fellow, but al
ter remaining four or five months lett iol
uighSpire, Dauphin county, where he has
since been engaged as hoStier. lie was
boat driving several years before gong tc
Mount JOY. 4 few months ago this John
March was taken i'll, and in the course OF
natural events turned on. to be a woman
giving birth to Il child. much to the aston,
ishment of those with whom he daily as
socated." The Herald further says that
many in Mount JOY remember the assumed
boy, and can now account for many Things
that seemed singular in his conduct"
The Port Tobacco Md. Times says:-"Oul
Farmers are complaining, in all quarters, oil
the long and excessive drought. We have
had no rain OF consequence for so long /;
period that grass, corn, tobacco and all other
| growths are suffering most terribly. Iht
springs and streams are drying up III all dl
rections. If we are not soon visited by ran
the present growing crops will be great y IN
iured. In the midst of all this dry season,
the heat is excessive"
Archbishop Hughes has ordered the sus
pension of work upon the new Catholic cathe
dral at New York. The walls of the build
| inc are some ten or eleven feet on an aver
age, over the surface, and give an earnes
of what the structure will be when finished
| but there is such Il lack of funds for proceed
! ing with the work that the Archbishop vii
not allow it to go on, for fear the wOrkmer
will be defrauded Of the fruits of honest la
| Dor.
At Toronto, Aug. s, Charles McDougal
and VIM. Il. Montague, of Cincinnati, arriy
ed per steamer from Hamilton. The latte
person was arrested on charge OF embeZ
| zling S35 900 from West & McDougall pro
duce merchants, Of Cincinnati, OF whlcI
firm Mr. McDougall was the principal part
ner, and Montague clerk. McDougall cs
capped in Il cab before the detective reached
the wharf, and has not yet been arrested.
1t is reported that the friends of Genera
Cass say that the state Of his health is sucl
that it is extremely doubtful whether he agar
resumes the tolls and cares of his Oticla
position The venerable statesman is sojourn
| Ing at Detroit, where, it is reported, he ha
been suffering from one of his usual severe
attacks Of vertigo. In case OF his resignation
Mr.. Dickinson, of New York, will probably
| be his successor.
At Chicago, August S, Josiah ". BSsel
was arrested and Walter F. Chadwick a
Rock Island, both charged with conspiracy
to burn the railroad bridge across the MisSis
sippi at Rock Island. \ bill of indictmen
was found against them by the grand jury
Mr. Bissel is the agent Of the st, Lou:
| Chamber of Commerce, and Of certain partle:
who have suits pending against the bridges
| Mr.. Chadwick is attorney IN the case.
Three of the choir Of young girls who
dressed in white, greeted Washington as he
entered Trenton in l7SG, on his way to assume
the Presidency, and strewed his pathway
with flowers, still survive. One yet lives III
Trenton one is the mother OF Senator CheS
nut, Of South Carolina, and enc, Mrs. Sarah
Hand, resides in Cape May county, New
Jersey.
The American Normal Association com
menced its session ut Buffalo. \. Y, on " ed
uesday. Delegates were present from nearly
every State in the Tn ion. The session con
tinued through the forenoon, when the Ma
tional Teachers Association held It's annual
convention. Same four OF five hundred
teachers from all parts OF the country were
present.
Rev. William Neil, d. D., L venerable
clergyman Of The Presby terian Church, lOid
School, died on Thursday, at his residence
in Philadelphia, in the eighty-second year OF
his age Dr. Neill was formerly president Of
Dickinson College, and subsequently, general
agent Of the Presbyterian board of publca
tun.
The excitement ut Long Branch, \. j,
concerning the supposed mysterious murder
| case, is beginning t. subside, under the gen
eral impression that the affair is IL stupid
hoax, arranged with all its blood y details tor
the purpose Of creating sensation.
The Xouaves reached Cincinnati ut hall
past three o'clock on Wednesday morning,
and were com limented with most enthu-
siastic "reception," in which the entire mil
itary force of the city participated They
visit st. Louis next.
It's said that the droug in Texas is S0
general and so extreme that the large emf gra-
ton flowing into the State has been checked,
and many families from Alabama and other
Southern States are returning 10 their former
homes.
The American Association for the advan-
cement of Science, which has been in session
at Newport, r. l., for several days, adjourn
ed on Wednesday, TO meet en- the 18th OF