Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-27

jury's verdict was that they be sold for twelve
months. Tnis is the penalty prescribed by
law. Cases Of this kind ere of very rarc o.
currence. Though we have 10 desire OF dam
aging the Commonwealth property, says the
Journal, we deem it due To say 10 these who
have any intention OF making Investments OF
the kind, that the persons are all of the most
degraded character, especially the masculine.
Ia case OF no sale. they will have to remain
10 Jail Tor the time specified.
The Baltimore American says, ut Is mani
fest that the immense production of gold
which We have seen 70. the last few years,
cannot long go on without making ITSELF !elt
sensibly in the standards Of value through
ont the world. and that unless some new COZ
tracing agsot comes into operation, we are
on the eve Of a general expansion OF prices
such as was experienced throughout the
world during the century which followed tne
discovery OF America"
A letter in the New York Herald, purpors-
ing to be written at Norfolk, Va, says that
Capt. Wille,t Mott, who was forced to leave
Norfolk during a slave stealing excitement
recently, is about to bring suit against the
CORPORATION, because it cannot, or will not,
protect him in his return. 1t appears that
he has been back once since, but vas forced,
by appearances Of Intended violence, to
leave. We do not know what truth there is
in this statement.
The numerous friends aud acquaintances
Of Mr.. Nicholas Cleary, formerly OF Prince
William County, Va, but nov OF Ca!iiornia,
will be g~ratified at learning his recent cleo
ton as Judge Of the thirteenth judicial dis
trict of that State, which is one Of the noun
tain districts, including the town OF Mariposh.
This distinction was accorded to Mr.. Clcary,
as VIC learn, on the Anniversary OF the third
wear of his residence in the State.
We learn from the New Orleans Picayune,
that a ship and a barque, the former having
eighty, and tue latter forty Camcls On board,
had arrived Of the Southwest Pass, end have
been ordered to Galveston. These camels are
imported by the General Government, and
are, no doubt, intended to join those already
doing 50 we'll at Cape Verde, above San Al
tonic, Texas.
Liverpool pagers notice the cessation this
year of tho great influx OF Irish iahor@Fs
who annually cross the Channel to engage in
the English harvest, aud argue theretr0m
the improved condition of the Irish peasRn-
trv. who can now he more probably occu-
pied in the culture OF their own farms or
those Of their ~neighbors, than in seeking
work elsewhere.
Copstans +. Daniels, late editor of the New
London Chronicle, died on Wednesday morn
ing, aged sixty-niuc years. He was educated
for the legal profession, which he pursued
only for several years, and was then tor
nany years connected with the press. first
in South Carolina, and afterwards IN TIE c'iy
Of New York, and finally at New London IN
Connecticut.
The Lynchhurg Fair, closed on Thursday
last. Hon. VIM. l.. GoGgin delivered tic
valedictory address. Ga Wednesday there
was a tournament in which Chas. Williams
of Amherst carried IF the pr Re. The fair
has been = complete success, aud the citizens
of Lynchburg have reason to be proud OF TIC
energy and liberali,v which ga.eit birth.
Another mysterious disappearance is re-
ported in New York. 1t appears that seye-
raj days ago, a L merchant Of Westerly, Il. l.,
named William r Kay, came to that city,
with o large amount %! money, II purchase
goods. since which tire he has ben mis-
ring. lie has q wife and five children ut
Westerly.
The Venezuelan Commissioners gave a
grand barque. on Saturday evening ct the
Metropolitan Hotel, to the Mayor and Com
mon Council OF New York, 10 return for the
hospitality which has been extended to Cen
eral Peaz, during the eight years OF his exile
from bis native land, aud Of his residence IN
New York.
The Paris correspondent Of the London
Times gives the following account of the
b1untiful product Of the vineyards Of France:
Accounts from the wiue growing districts
to be favorable. There Is now no
doubt Of the vintage being more abundant
than was expected"
AT the last term Of Logan (Na.) county
court q Mr.. Steele recovered a verdict for
$4,000 against q Mr.. HUXLEY, for abuse OF
his wife by HIS vile. Steele afterwards gen
.erously released the whole judgment, saying
that il was his wifc's character, not money,
for which be began the suit.
We learned yesterday, says tie Montg"me'
~ Mail of Thursday, tha; there bad been
Skinned from this point, BY railroad, this sea-
son, $500 bales of cotton, via Columbus, to
Savannah, and thence by sea to Baltimore
and New York, owing to the Low stage OF the
Alabama river.
There have been seven arrivals Of 'rult