Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-30
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report, that the Ship France has sailed from
Cardiff, Wales, for this port, with eight hun
dred tons of rails for the Manassas Gap Rail-
road Company Should the ship have "tair
sailing weather" she may be expected to ar
rive here in about thirty days, when the
iron will be Immediately dispatched for its
destination, aud the road completed to
Mount jackson by the fret of December
This will be gratifying intelligence to the
many friends Of Manassas.
FAILURE TO CoSNECr.--Owing to some &C.
cidsut to the Locomotive on the Washington
Blauch Railroad, which detained the train,
tue steamer George Page with the through
passengers for the Orange aud Alexandria
Railroad, did not reach here from Washing
ton, on Thursday evening until quarter past
, o'clock, by which time the cars had left,
after waiting the time allowed. The passen.
gers, about seventy in number, remained
here unil yesterday morning
PosTPoSED.--The election Of officers Of the
l75.h Regiment Virginia Militia, to have
taken place at the Court House yesterday,
vas postponed, on account OF the lncen ency
Of the weather, until Saturday next.
Tug FAIR At AMERICAN HALL.-ln cOnse-
quenco of the opeGiug Of the theatre in tie
same bnldiug, and the uuiavorable charac-
ter Of TIC weather, the ladies' determined Oh
Thursday evening, 10 suspend operations az
t; Tuesday next. This vii! give then 40
opportunity foy re.t, wnica their pro,rac,ed
eXeruous demand, aud they will be enabled,
nex! week, to proceed, with renewed energy,
20 dispose of the nsuy elegant artieles re-
maiuinS on hand.
Thns lar. the Fair has been highly sue.
cessful, and the result will probably exceed
the expectations OF its projectors. Oar iel-
low-citizens have shown themselves alive to
the claims of the neglected children of the
streets, and have nobiy contributed, without;
distinction Of sect or party, to the praise
worthy object the ladies have in view.
PoTAroEs.--Mr. James Roach left with US
yesterday, specimen Of the Pink Eye PJta-
to, raised 90 his farm, in this county, from
planting in July. They arc very large, and
excellent in quality. The yield is said to be
very great.
RAIN, which has been much wanted for
several weeks, fell in abundance yesterday.
SuHAc TRApE.-The Sumac which comes
tc Alexandria is gathered in Prince William,
Fairfax, Fauquicr, Stafford, and Loudoun
Counties Bsale,on and Catlett's Stations in
Fauquier Bristoc Station, and OccCquan,
and Dumfries 10 Prince William, and Gum
Spring in Loudoun, are tho principal points
whence it comes chiefly by Railroad or by
water. That gathered 10 Fairfax is brought
10 wagons.
The quantity purchased by Mcssrs. Nc
Graw & Barton, pr1prletors OF the oaiy Su-
mac Factory in this city, is about 6O0,GOO
pounds annually The price paid is from
81 t. 81 % per hundrtd pound. After pas
sing it through their mill it is put into bags,
ard shipped to Philadelphia, Boston, and
New York, where It iDd, ready sale, being
extensively used in tsuuing Morocco, Seal,
Shecp, and light Calf Shine.
We have iut:uated that this Sumac trade
is Of importance 10 considerable numOer
of Individuals. True, its amount in money,
il DOT very large, but it Is distributed among
those with whom O small sum Is OF large
consequence. Ii supplies many comfort
many II pound Of sugar, and many Ilan-
ket TO tie poor, who chiefly gather it. We
arc told that a poor widow Of Fairfax, ard
her two little sops, with a small negro girl,
have gathered ard sold since July, SIS
worth and have enough behind TO make $50
for the season of three mUnths. A man, We
learn, can make $50 per day in gathering
Virginia Sentinel
The LAGER BEER CASES Tho attention
of the Clrcuis Court was yesterday chiefly
occupied in hearing the arguments on the
appeals in the Corporation lager beer" ca
ses. About two years ago, one Rotzel, has-
ing been fin, d for selling lager beer without
license, appealed from the masistrn sJ"d--
ment to the Circuit Court. Mr. Morgan, "r
bis attorney, tock the ground that inser beer
was not Intoxicating, and therefore that
there va, no Law to 6rr r TIL. After full