Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-12
"Toshov the Gerry age and body cfthe TINES

1t is reported tina. the Administration has
taken another step in the policy which Mr.
Buchanan has inaugurated in our Spanish
American relations. The Secretary of State
has officially communicated to Gen. Hciran
the fact that this government will not permit
the imposition BY New Granada OF aoy tax
upon passengers crossing the lsthmus OF
Panama, either directly or In an Indirect
form, in the shape of tonnage dues upon
ships arriving OF the terminus ports.
In the Circuit Court of Bedford county,
Va, last week, iu the case oil Steptoe VS.. the
Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company,
where the plaintiff sued for damages sus-
tanned by him fram the trespass OF cattle on
his wheat field, through the Neglect oi deien-
dants to keep the cattle guards On their Road
in repair, the judge decided that the coripa-
ny was neither obliged to Construct cattle
guards nor keep them in repair. NOiWitn-
staoding the instructions OF the court, the
jury brought in a verdict Tor the piaiptitf for
Sl20, which verdict was set aside as contra
~ to the instructions from the bench.
The London correspondent of the New
York Commercial says:-"Rothschilds and
some other capitalists have just made an
agreement to purchase net work Of railways
including the main line from Trieste to vi
emma, frem the Austrian Government, and u
construct or complete certain branches 10
connection with it. The bargain lis very
advantageous one, since the completed lines
are sold for not much more than third ot
their cost price,"
The Canal Commissioners of Pennsylvania
have brought suit to test the constitutionality
of the late sale OF the State Works to the Sun
bury aud Erie railroad. This importan, is
sue was argued before Judge Woodward, Of
the Supreme Court, Oh Wednesday, at Sun.
bury. Messrs. Campbell, Gibbons, Hrst,
Attorney. General Knox, and probably Unl-
ted States Attorney General Black, were ex-
pected to take part IN it.
1t seems TO be the opinion Of some cleo
tricians in this country, that the real difficulty
in the working Of the Atlantic cable, is found
in the incompetency of those who have un.
dertaken to manage it; that there Ia not halt
the difficulty pretended by the superintendent
and his aids.
There appears to be new issue in the In
diana political canvass. The Lafayette lind. J
Courier advises the electors to "7ote for no
man for representative in either branch of tho
State Legislature who is not in favor of the
Immediate repeal Of the scandalous divorce
laws, which have converted Indiana into an
asylum for all who wish to ease themselves
from their marriage vows"
The Albion announces that the British
war steamer Valorous is almest hourly ez-
pected at New York. having been ordered to
receive Sir Gore Ousely, and convey him to
Central America. The Valorous is commap-
ded by w. c. Aldham, was one of the tele-
graphic squadron, is q paddle-wbeel steam
frigate, and carries l6 guns.
1t seems to be pretty we'll understood, says
the New Orleans Delta, that history Of the
Life and Times of Gen. Quitman is to be writ
ten BY Col. j. F. H. Claiborne, who is emf
nently and peculiarly qualified, by his vari-
GUS and extensive knowledge of Mississippi
men and politics, his habits, tastes, and asso-
Citations, for the execution OF such work.
A correspondent of the Greensboro IN. C.)
Times sends that paper the following:-"We
have intelligence of terrible outbreak at
the North Carolina University, at Chapel
Hill, in which the principal features are, the
burning of one of the teachers in efbgy, as
saulting the Faculty. burning the benches,
and attacking private residence"
W. D. Washburne, younger brother OF
the famous three now in Congress, is nomi
mated to the Minnesota Legislature, and
there is talk of adding him to the Wash
burnes in Congress next year. There Is still
another brother 10 California, who was q
candidate for Congress in 1856, and who yet
intends to add his name to the catalogue.
The best joke in the late foreign news, is
the announcement that, on account Of the re-
cent treaties. the Emperor of China is to be
decorated with the Grand Gordon Of St. Val
dimir, from Russia, and that of the Legion OF
Honor, from France. 1t is so good that 1t
ought to be true!
1t is remarkable fact that the Cleveland
market is sending grapes to Cincinnati, the
crop at the latter point having proved fail
ure, owing to the fogs and mildews engender-
ed BY the extreme wet and heat of the past
season.
At the late Agricultural Fair OF Green
brier county, to S. W. Ecklin, esq, we're
awarded three prizes for fine blooded cattle.
We presume that these prizes were taken by
the cattle that Mr.. Ecklin purchased in Ken.
lucky last Spring.
Ebert S. Martin, esq, Of the county Of Lee,
Va, We learn, addressed a portion of the citi-
zeus of Rossell county, on Tuesday, the 2S;h
nit. and declared himself candidate for
Congress, at the next election, in opposition
to Mr.. Hopkins.
The dome Of the Capitol is at stand still,
Mr.. Walters having refused to furnish any
plans if they are to be subjected to nodidca-
tions by Capt. Meigs.
Bayard Taylor returns from Europe this
month, and is engaged to open a course OF
lectures for the New York Mercantile Libra
~ Association, 90 the 2Sth inst.
Au investigation into the origin Of the
FIRE at the N. Y. Crystal Palace seems to
,eave no doubt that it was the work of an TO-
cendiary.
At the last meeting Of the N. Y. Commits