Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-02-19

LUX sucn u TAX is UNKNOWN, ana OF course
not a dollar paid. |. is the policy of Vir-
GINA to put down commerce ; the effect Of
her Legislation is to drive her merchants out
of her own borders, to build up b .%ltimorr,
and other msrts of the North, aud having
done this, and filed Northern pouches with
the gold and silver, the siuews Of war that
might have sustained Southern trade, she
turns to and raises i terrific hullahalrp about
) Iutbern and Southern lndepen-
dence."
A letter from Richmond says, that mum
bers Of beautiful ladies from all parts of the
state are now congregatiog in Richmond,
preparatory to the 22d. The head quarters
for most of them is the Exchange II tel
Amongst them are the wives and daughters
OF several of the Senator'S and Delegates-
Their presence lends q charm to the society
OF the metropolis. The bachelors of the
Legislature have their hands full ii playing
the gallant, and making themselves agreeable,
il addition t. attending to their duties at the
Capital. The 22i will be a great day"
A reclamation has been made before the
Department of State against the British gov
ernment by Mr.. j. A. Machado, of New
York, for the illegal seizure of the ship Thorn
as Watson, on the coast of Africa, in Septem-
Der last, by the British war steamer Blood
hound. This vessel was nearly full with a
cargo Of palm oil when seized and carried
into Sierra Leone, but failing to establish any
chage against the vessel, the civil authorities
took no notice Of the seizure, aud she was dis
charged.
Startling intelligence has been received at
Austin, Texas, of Indian depredations in
Brown county, of that State. Five persons
had been murdered in cold blood, and the
settlers generally. alarmed at the unchecked
enormities of the savagea, dividing into three
separate parties. bad taken refuge in the ad-
iacent forts. The Legislature of Texas has
passed a bill for the raising and equipment
of one hundred men. and an appropriation
for the purpose of seventy.fve thousand dol
lars.
A bill now before the Maryland L"gisla-
ture proposes to charter the baltimore CITY
Passenger Railroad" with authority to build
a railway through the streets from the West
eud of Baltimore to Canton, passing hv or in
the immediate neichborhpod of the Post Of
fee ard Exchange, with power to increase
from time to time the length OF their road
and 10 connect with any other passenger
railroad that may hereafter be constructed.
The susar-house 90 the Louisiana p|anta-
ton of Col. Jacob Hollingsworth, Of Ha-
g~erstown, Md, was destroyed by fire o few
weeks ago. The Herald says there we're
several hundred hogsheads Of molasses and
a large quantity of sugar stored in the bull.
ding, ali of which was burnt. The loss Is
estimated at upwards of 100000, upon
which, however, there was an insurance OF
S28, 900.
On Friday last, DR.. William +. Peach Of
Nottingham District, Nd, was admitted to
bail in the sum of one thousand dollars. to
appear at the April term Of tho Circuit
Court for Prince Georges County, by Justi-
ccs Medley and Benson, upon an Investlga-
ton bad before them for the shooting OF an
freshman named Scantlin, in an ARRAY on the
10Th Of January.
We learn from the York pa R"pubii-
can that on Tuesday afternoon five children
three boys and two giris-who were re-
turning home from school in Manchester
township, venturpd upon the ice on the Co
dorus, but it not being Of sufficient thickness
TO bear their weight, four of the number
broke through, and before assistance could
be rendered three Of them were drowned.
A stampede Of fifteen slaves occurred from
Key West, on the night of the 9th. A small
sail boat, belonging to the Sand Key Light
House, with a months supply Of provisions
for the keer er and assistants on board, was
taken by the negroes, and in II they were
stle TO elude their pursuers. 1t IS thought
they have gone to Nassau.
In the lower House of the Tennessee Leg
i~slature o resolution of Mr.. Kendrick, tender
ing the use Of the Hall to General RfH'am
Walker. and calling upon him for a public
ADDRESS upOu NlCdlheunp "h"'t
ton of Mr.. Bale, laid upon the table by a
vote of 81 to %.
The residence Of Mrs. S. j. Colston, In
Berkeley County, Va, was destroyed by fire
On Thursday week. The best portion of the
furniture, and all the valuable papers, books,
silver. &c. were saved. The building was
insured for $4,000 in the Berkeley Mutual
insurance Company.
Mr.. Everett expects to deliver his Grafton
on Washington, in Fredericksburg, some
time after the 22d. Could we not have him
10 Alexandria,
Mr.. Dallas and family, and the members
of the American legation at London, attended
all the court ceremonies connected with the
marriage Of the Princess Royal.
The three slaves implicated in the murder
Of MIR. James c. Grant, Of New Kent coun-
~. have been tried, convicted, and sentenced
TO be hung on tie 18th "f March.
The Marlboro Gazette says Our farmers
will be delighted 70 bear OF a reduction IN
the price of Guano."
The New York Freeman's journal, is very
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