Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1861-05-24
NEWS OF THE DAY z.
..7,ossow tie oery age and body cftae rraEs. .

says-A valuable parcel was selHed mere
this morning in transit TO Gov. Letcher'
Months ago Gov. fletcher caused surveys TO
be carefully made for military map OF Ylr-
qjnia. The memoranda and detached plans
were sent to German employed in the
| Coast SURVEY Office, TO be engraved. lie rec
commended forwarding them to New York,
which was done. A few maps were engra-
we'd and sent with the plate and original ma
terials toward Richmond, necessarily through
Washington, where the Government TOOK
charge of them They are very accurate.
and will be of great use in the coming cam
| paign.
A good story is told, which has not found
it's way into the Charleston papers: The ght-
boat which was captured has been anchored at
the mouth ofthe creek which leads to Stone RI
| YER Two guns have been placed on board. The
one aiming down the creek is kept loaded with
shot, white the one pointing toward the city
is used to fire morning and evening gun.
Not long since, when the sunrise gun was
fred q twelve pound ball ripped through a
negroes shanty and lodged in u hotel, great
I " to the CONSERVATION OF an old negro and
several boar1ers. The crew of the light
/ boat did notdiscover that the boat had turned
with the tide during the night!
Mr. Jas. NJ. Caldwell, teller of the Bank
; of Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, was
found half murdered in the woods at Cau-
den, New Jersey, on Sunday morning last.
He was lying upon the ground, with the
back of his head cut, one ear nearly severed
from his head, his nose SPLIT, and frghttui
| cut over the eyebrow. lie was taken to the
courthouse, and medical aid sent for. The
victim was only restored to consciousness
after many hours insensibility, but still lies
| in precarious condition a man named
Kinkle vas arrested on suspicion of having
committed the outrage. ..
4 letter from Washington says.-"Only
the other day. member of the cabinet asked
Gen. Scott if it would not be we'll to push
forward a column of troops into Virginia. to
which the old soldier replied, that he had
never yet lost a division OF an army, and did
not intend to that il such move were made,
| then one of three things must happen-lt
wopld be cut off; or be compelled to retreat;
or the rest ct the array would have to be adj
vanced to support il, before it was ready;
either of which would be very disastrous. :"
a new ten-aolar note on the Merchants
and Mechanics Bank of Wheeling has made
its appearance. Look cut for it. 1t is q
dangerous counterfeit and well calculated
to deceive The red Of the bill in the couu-
terteit is deeper than that of the genuine,
and the former is more imperfectly executed,
! q IL lol> ~, ,al
by the best Judges Of money, unless warned
of It's existence.
The y. Y. Tribune says.-Gen. Butler has
spent many hours with MIR. Cameron and Gen
Scott to-day, and started for Annapolis by
the 2 o'clock train His instructions are po-
sitive concerning aggressive movements, and
to remove at once, all distractions to the ap-
proach of Norfolk harbor.
The n. I. Tribune says Mr.. Patten promi-
nent sbipbuilder in Maine, is in New York,
and it is reported he will be instructed to
build several gun boats, whose armament
shall be three Dahlgrens and whose duty
will be near the blockaded harbors.
An aged couple were laid On a sick bed
last week, at Woonsocket Mass; the wife
remarked how lonely she would be if her
husband were removed. "Oh, | shall take
you with me-" was his reply. So it proved;
they died on Sunday.
Attracted by cry of murder, at Cincin-
natl, on Saturday, Mrs. Doherty, seized a
poker, rushed to John Murphy's house, and
found him in the act Of choking his wife to
death; she telled him with blow on the
head The brute has been in the regular
habit Of maltreating his wife.
The Vigilance Committee at indianapolis,
on Saturday night, seized at the Jefferson
| Vile depot barrels Of crackers. 200 mus
kets, 80, 600 ball cartridges, 10000 percus-
sion caps, and railroad cars destined for
points south of the Ohio river.
It is understood that the Government has
assumed the control of the Washington H.
Urinary, with Army Surgeon Magruder, in
charge. The Sisters OF Mercy will continue
their good works there.
Gov. Goodwin, of New Hampshire, has
Invited the Rev. Henry L. Parker, of Con-
cord, to preach an election sermon before the
Legislature % Thursday, June 6. 1t is
thirty years since discourse was delivered
before the Legislature OF that State.
Or. Junkin, for more than twelve years
past the efficient and popular president of
Washington College, Lexington, Virginia,
has resigned bis position.
Bishop Odenheimer has prepared prayer
for the soldiers now in the field, to be read in
the Episcopal churches of the diocese of New
Jersey.
Hon Oliver Stevens, in note to the BJs-
ton Herald, denies that his brother, Gov.
Isaac l. Stevens, Of Washington Territory,
is Il seres7ionst.
4 vessel was wrecked in the river St.
Lawrence few days since. Two Of the
crew took refuge on floating cakes OF ice. All
the others persisted.
We hear a report from Lancaster, Pa,
that the Hon James Buchanan, ex-Presi-
dent of the United States, is confined to his
room by illness.
There is rivalry still between the Tam
many and Mozart Halls, as to which will
furnish most men and money.
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