Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-11-16
NEWS OFTHE DAY.
"7o sao,o the very age and body ofMe Times.

'To sho,o the vey age and body the Times.
At Philadelphia on Saturday evening, fire
occurred at Roscoe, Clarke & Co.'S saw mill,
in the northwestern part of the city, which was
entirely destroyed. Loss $4,000. Small in
surance. The adjoining building, which is
used for wintering Forepaughs menagerie,w was
partially destroyed. Several valuable animals
were consumed. Others escaped into the
streets, causing great alarm, but did no dam
age. A large African lion was caught in the
street by throwing over him box used for
mixing mortar. A leopard rushed in house
where there were several women and children,
but the beast was as much frightened as the
humans" and took refuge In a cellar with
out biting any one.
The York Commercial Advertiser, of Thurs
day afternoon, has the following: -"Mr. IL. L.
Helmbold, so we'll known throughout the U.
S. for his extensive advertisement of patent
medicines extracts, &C.. was, this morning.
seized with symptoms which leave no doubt OF
his insanity. By the advice of his physician,
he was sent at once to the insane asylum. Last
evening, on the occasion of the opening OF
new drug establishment of Hembolds, on
Broadway, he distributed, free to all visitors,
over 1000 bottles OF champagne.
The Bunker Hill Illinois) Gazette states;
that in barn attached to place where tav-
ern has been kept for years, in the vicinity OF
that town. the remains OF three human beings
have been found buried beneath the barn floors.
The skeletons of FIVE other men, supposed to
have been murdered, have been discovered in
the neighborhood of the same premises The
innkeeper is suspected of having been engaged
in robbery and murder for years. The Gazette
says he has been arrested, and IS now lmprls-
oned awaiting trial. bail having been refused.
The hearing of the contested municipal cleo
ton case in Charleston, S. c., will begin to-
day, according to law, before the present City
Council. The negroes are very impatient of
delay in getting possession Of the city govern
ment, and there are rumors of an attempt to
morrow to install Pillsbury by force. In such
quiet so far, but the deepest anxiety prevails
among the people.
It would seem that Rev. Stephen II. Tying,
ir., is determined that either the action nor
the inaction Of his ecclesiastical superiors shall
prevent his preaching whenever and wherever
he pleases-without the limits Of his own
parish as we'll as within them.
Mrs. Major Pauline Cushmsn, alias Harriet
Ward, the noted Union spy during the late
war was arrested in New York on Saturday,
on the complaint of A. B. Newcomb for the
larceny of Sal from his person, and was COM
mitted.
Secretary McCulloch says that under no cir
cumstances would he remain in Office after the
4th of March, and that his only desire is to
hand over the Department to his successor, IN
the best possible condition.
Two colored men, sentenced to be hanged In
December for the murder Of Captain johnson,
of the schooner Brave, escaped from the jail
at Princess Anne, Md, on Tuesday night last
The Houston Union says that the question
of dividing Texas into three States will be ag-
tated on the re-assembling of the convention in
December next.
There are about $S7, O00,O 900 of coin now in
the Treasury, of which 500, 100000 is in gold
certificates.
A southern paper reports that shock Of
earthquake was felt at Charlotte, n c., few
days ago.
Many persons have arrived in Washington,
seeking employment without prospect OF sue
cess.
Speaker Colfax is to be married at Andover,
Ohio, on Wednesday next.
Peacock feathers 10 "bandit hats are the
latest female display in New York.
Lord Monck and family have left Canada
for England