Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-08-26
NEWS BY TO-DAY's MAIL.

out in the fireworks establishment of Mr.
Jones, on John street There were many ex
plosions, and the lower part of the building
was soon in flames. Two or three persons es-
caped from the building with their clothing on
fire. Two girls who worked in the upper
part Of the building were burned to DEATH
The building was nearly destroyed.
On Thursday night, about midnight, the
steamer George Leary, from Baltimore for
Norfolk with one hundred passengers and
large freight on board, came In collision off
Cove Point with the propeller Sea Gull, of the
new outside line from New Y ork for Baltim ore.
The Leary was cut down to the waters edge,
but the shifting of the freight forward lifted
the injured part above the water, and pre-
vented her from sinking. The passengers and
baggage were transferred to the Sea Gull
The Leary was towed into the Patuxent river.
The chief steward was lost overheard, and the
chambermaid and deck hand were badly
injured, the chambermaid it is supposed
fatally.
On the 25th instant, terrible accident oc-
Cured on the Tennessee & Alabama Railroad.
The passenger train which left Nashville for
Huntsville ran off the long trestleWork near
Reynold Station. The entire train was thrown
from the trestlework, and twelve or fifteen
persons were killed and about twenty injured.
Two express messengers, named Mosley and
Hazett, were killed
The Ohio Democratic State Convention has
nominated for Governor, General George ".
Morgan, and for Lieutenant Governor William
Long. The resolutions adopted oppose con
solidation of power in the hands Of the Federal
Government, and maintain the doctrine OF
State rights as laid down in the Virginia and
and Kentucky resolutions of 1898; declare
that the ordinances Of secession being void,
the Southern States are still in the Union,
and are entitled to all their reserved rights
and to due representation in Congress. Ihey
denounce all efforts to confer the right OF
suffrage on the negroes.
AtNashville, Aug, %, Maj. Baker, OF Gen.
Wheelers staff, challenged Colonel Blackburn,
which was politely declined Gen. Doollttle,
hearing of the affair, ordered Major Baker,
and Colonel Voolfolk, who carried the chal-
lenge, to leave the city by II o'clock, which
order was promptly obeyed.
A special dispatch from knoxville states
that Brigadier General Jackson, Of the late
Confederate army, and Linden G. Hays, Sen
ator from Tennessee, were arrested at Wythes-
vile, Va, by Marshal Chambley, OF Nashville
Wm. N. johnson, formerly correspondent
Of the n. Y. Herald, who was imprisoned tor
three years for defrauding the Government IN
Tennessee, has been ordered to be released by
General Thomas on payment Of the money.
There is marked increase of activity IN the
Dry Goods trade in New York, especially
among the jobbers, and the auction sales have
been commenced with spirit. The commission
houses are the least active, but timely CON
: eesslon in prices is inducing more inquiry. =
lhe jobbers also are reducing their stocks,
Which will have to be replaced. Prints have
declined Ia cent per yard, and printing cloths
are weak. Brown shirtings and sheetings are
Gull, and prices irregular and unsettled.
The steamship Ocean Queen, at New Iork,
orngs nearly million Of dollars in treasure,
and large number Of passengers
The trial Of Henry Wirz in Washington, is
now going on daily.