Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-07-30
News OF the Day.
"Toshop the rery age and body Of The lines

The Cass uerau treaty, it 10 stateu' mas
been ratified BY New Granada in an AMENDED
form. 1t indemnifes American sufferers oy
the Panama riots 20 such extent as may oe
settled by arbitrators, but refuses TO gnaran-
tee the security of Americans while on the
Isthmus. The ratification in this torn Is
said to be equal to its rejection.
The Uniou is informed by the Secretary Of
the Smithsonian Institution, that the lnstltu-
ton is now in prosperous condition. lhe
original fund left by Smithson remains intact;
ADD the building has been erected at an eA-
pense of 1926 900, large amount oil sclen-
tiic apparatus has been procured, valuable
library collected, all incidental expenses OF
printing, g., provided for, and still there Is
a surplus On hand Of Sl25. 900.
The water 10 the Ohio is reported to be
falling and boats generally lying idle AS
late as the 23d there we're but four feet Of
water at S.cubenvile, and scarcely three feet
on the rapids between that city and Plttsburg
Below Wheeling the river was in better nav
igable condition. At a point ealledthe "Sls-
ters," there were three feet, and at Buthng.
ton and Blauperhasset the depth OF the stream
rang ed between four and half and five teet
At the last session Of tie Maryland Lcgis-
lature, joint committee was appointed, to
which was referred the subject Of the rev-
sion and codfcatiou of the laws OF the
State, after it had been finished by the COM
mssiorers selected q few years ago. The
commissioners, il appears, have now ready
considerable portion of the work, and the
! Joint comm ittee, therefore, are to assemble
10 Baltimore, and organize, 90 the 5ih OF Au-
gust.
A letter to the New York Journal Of Com
merce states that the price of passage by the
steamer from San Francisco to Victoria, Bel
lingham Bay, &C., is, on the average, so to
$40. Added TO this, is S25 for river passage
on the steamer Surprise, Or by canoe to Fort
! Hope. 1t is fair to say, that miner, to 80
from San Francisco to Frazer river mines,
wants at least $500 $3.50 cash, to enable
him successfully TO reach the mines, and to
procure the requisite outfit.
Mr.. Z. Colburn, who has personally inves-
tigated the railroad economy Of the United
States and Great Britain, states that the
speed of the British passenger trains exceeds
that of the American, the average being
twenty-eisht miles an hour. The weight of
these trains is much less than that OF the
American, and the difference in speeds like
wise accounted for by the lighter grades OF
the foreign lines. Besides this, the tracks
are more carefully laid than is usual here.
A charter was granted by the recent Leg,
islature of Virginia to esta blisb new bank
at Portsmouth, With capital CT S23O,UOO, a
portion of which was to be subscribed by
the municipal corporation, provided MAJOR
ity of the legal voters Of the city were In
favor OF it. The question was submitted to
the voters last week, and il was decided "n1
bank"
The Sunday law, passed by the California
Legislature, at its last session, has been de-
clared by the Supreme Court Of California
to be unconstitutional and void. This law
had excited much indignation among the for,
eign residents of the State and the Hebrews,
and its abrogation by the Supreme Court has
been hailed by them with great manifesto,
tions Of JOY.
John NJ. Coon, a colored man, was brought
before Judge Hilton in New York on a
charge of contempt Of court, in disobeying a
writ of attachment. His counsel, however,
said that be could not be punished, aud quoted
as bis authority passage in the bred Scott
decision. Under these circumstances the de-
PENDANT claimed that he could not be punished,
as the plaintiff had 20 legal rights. HIS
Honor reserved his decision.
The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser says
the Lake commerce Of that city, thus far this
season, far exceeds that Of any previous year,
and I'VE have every reason to expect to re-
cord at the close Of navigation an Increase OF
at least obe-third in the flour and grain re-
ceipts over those Of any other season."
The Lexington Observer gives brief no.
tice Of the complimentary dinner given to
the Hon. John j. Crittenden, On the 22d 10.
slant, in a beautiful woodland, near Yer
sailes. 1t is described as in every way wor-
thy Of the people who gave 1t, and OF the
honored guest. The attendance was large.
The directors Of the Galena and Chicago
Railroad have decided TO commence the con-
strpction of the Fulton Bridge across the
Mississippi river, to connect their road with
the two railroads from Clinton and Lyons, in
Iowa, as soon as the stockholders vote their
approval of it.
The Danbury Times says that woman
who was divorced from her husband on &C.
count of bis drinking propensities and coose-
quent cruelty, married him again on bis re-
formation during the late revival But the
husbard fell into bis old habits and short
time ago, in fit of intoxicaton, returned
TO the house OF the woman he had twice mar
ried and committed to the flames every art-
Gle of her wearing apparel upon which he
could lay his bands. For the betrayal OF
her trust 10 this and other acts, she now pos
lively declares that she will merer marry him
again!
The tobacco plant in the Connecticut Val
ley looks remarkably we'll. The Hartford
Times says very large crop has been
planted, and it looks now as if double the
amo unit would be be raised this year that
there were last, though the quality may not he
as good"
A camp meeting for Winchester Va. cir
cult and station, commencing on Friday, Au.