Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1861-04-01
WET,S Of THE Day.
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In the morning OF " eGneSuay, tne oli VI
February, Clark Brown, aged sixty, and
daughter of fifteen, set out from Shandaken,
| Ulster county, New York iur Dennlng, across
the Big Indian Forest" Before night they
lost the way, ana wandered through the
snow. covered woods until tho afternoon OF
Saturday, the 9th, when the lrl reached De
Wittville, and procured assistance for her
father, to preserve whom from periahlng she
had Invested herself OF Il portion OF her cloth
ing. Every attention was paid 20 both, but
the old man died in Il few days, and the
brave Girl had one foot amputated az the
ankle, and the toes of the other foot cut OF.
Ga Tuesday night, the dwelling of Nh
Perry Moore, in Cincinnati, was entered by
burglars Mrs. Moore, who was sleeping
beside her husband. was awakened by the
sound of pistol shot, and leapng from the
bed, she spraug into the arms ut man, VINO
seized her by the throat she released her
self from his grasp, and he fired IL shot at
her, dropped tho pistol and ran out OF the
; house. She opened the window and made
an cutlery no one coming to her help she
went to Il neighbours on their return with
lights, Mr.. Moore was found weterinS IN
the bed, with a pistol shot wound over the
right eye.
The Boston Transcript of Wednesday says:
"a horse attached to an omnibus, while
passing through Court street yesterday, be-
came contrary and refused to proceed. The
driver tried the Whip without success, and
all his Efforts to start the animal proved ull-
ayailing. Another driver rcprovcd the hero
Of the lash for his want u knowledge OF
, horsetlesh and undertook 80 start the team.
lie patted the refractory horse on his head
and neck, took up his lorefoot and followed
Mr.. Rarey's advice in such cases. Three
minutes of this treatment answered the pur-
pose, aud the horse started along when So
licited."
The Philadelphia Methodist Conference
has adopted the report Of the committee on
the state of the Church, repeating the new
chapter Oh slavery, inserted in the discipline
at the last Conference, leaving future Con-
ferences to make their own regulations on
the subject: concurrng in the resolutions ot
the East Baltimore Conference, and request
ing the General Conference ut ITS next Ses-
sion To repeal the chapter on slavery ana
instead thereof, empower each Annual Con-
ference within whose bounds the institution
of slavery exists, to make their own regula-
; tons in regard to 1t.
The Raleigh North Carolina) Register re-
lates that on the arrival OF the train from Colds
boro on Sunday afternoon. laden with the
delegates returning from the Goldsboro' Be-
cession Convention, 4 collision between them,
, or some of them, and II portion Of the citizens
of Raleigh was on the eve of taking place, and
would have taking place bat Tor the depar-
ture Of the train on It's Western route. These
belicose delegates were filled with the spirit
of secession, and what amount Of otherspirI
we do not pretend IN say.
The Aberdeen Conservative A paper pub
lshed in the Northern part Of Mississippi,
says: eve attended the Sheritf's sale Of
Monday last, and were perfectly astonlShed
| to see such a sacrifice of property. One gen
tleman actually purchased one hundred and
sixty-odd acres of land for $40; another
bought half interest in brick law Office
for $50: a Sl25 buggy was sold for $50,
and other property sold equally low
, The biennial Convention of the Southern
States will meet IN Savannah on the ION Of
Nav next 1t has charge Of the Board OF
Missions, foreign and domestic, and also OF
the Bible Beard. From all the slayeEoidlng
States it will bring together some oi the lead
. ing men of the denomination. Its sessions
usually EN- brace about four days, including
a Sabbath. Dr.. Richard Fuller, of Baltl-
more, is the President.
One day last week, AZ George Winter, OF
Carroll county, Md, was passing along Il
public road above Uniontown, he was at
tackled by IL furious dog, which jumped from
gate and seriously injured him. His face
arms and body were literally chewed by the
inuriated animal, which was with difficulty
dubbed off by two men who were "pportune-
ly passing by.
The ST. Johns (NIichigan) Republican,
states that few days ago, at the residence
of Thaddeus Green, in lthica. Gratiot c0un-
~, in that State, u girl named Taylor and IL
daughter of Green were found brutully muir
dered while Green himself was found deau
in another room with his threat cut. The
Republican supp0ses that Green murdered
the two girls and then killed himself.
gentleman from Marshfield says that
twelve dead bodies have been found on Sclt-
uate and Marshtield shore, who lost their
lives when their vessels went to pieces in the
storm of last week. Many years ago as
many and even mere lives were lost in the
same neighborhood, but there has been no
such destruction of lie there by shipwrcck
for at least twenty years.
New England has eleven chairmen Of COM
mittees in the Senate. New England has
the Vice President. New England has
Cabinet Minister. New England has the
Minister to Italy, the Minister to Austria, the
Minister to Belgium, the Consul to London.
New England has smaller matters connected
with the national government too numerous
to mention.
The American Citizen, Wing Journal
published at Canton, Mississippi, quotes with
appreciation some earnest remarks OF the
jackson MiSSiSsippian, secession paper in
condemnation Of the plan by which the Per
mancnt Constitution Of the Confederate States
has been ratified" in several States without
reference to the people.
Willis, in his last letter to the Home Jour
nal, says the machine $50 insert a pig ut one
end and grind out sausages at the other" Is
really 'slow" i'll comparison with the new
| invocation for setting tVDeS--a visit TO which