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IL CIANGE.-.The Room. Of shc Association. IL
sds h W y opes 80 s,snk fss st 1.ls 70 55s aS,
olAea ali resident and aosielt Naaofaetustts Nty re
Cor1t1T Des Vessel Captains, ard ntAsts 4aeTsteo a
N-e K0.ERT H. fOsS. President
EstrrALzz Woop SECRETARY. uy1-ekIc&tt~-e.ee48
, 1859-09-08
DY GILBERT tE SAMPSON.


At thcIs store No, s. Late st1set, on WEnEEsEAY,
Sep 1{th comencng 10 a'elocr, III hc s,ld without
resefye 1a1Ee Invoice Of I's quality Of Creres which
eh.tt* Imperial Casseock T ochtea Young yson lRttf
n Teas. Il chests Younk IIr:an Eueta a: 10 bo;e
Iuzss repevs 2 hoxe. cianano: 10 o5s. Cloves 70
Also 20 cases u Superior having Tntrsret
st3 Aa63-Lt GILBERT L SAMPSON. Aucttcpte1As
, 1859-09-08

On Wednesday, Sept. 2lst, 1850,
The fato~inS desirable property consisting eS seven
ha14Eed acres Of Ta!4.e hpt. nil! and tuwn lots. The
M s:tuatcd IN the kankee N1ver. substantially but et
81 F.ensh ba r anA q. n.essRa!y 1anefy al PEW aoa
1ht Farms III trous!n he ni Wi! svsd a.
viea Into firms with about four hundna md ffsy
under ctisatIon. as follows:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-09-27
Barbarism in the Marqussas Islands.

Captain Brown, of the Morning Star, fur
nishcs to the Honolulu Advertiser some in
formation Is to the murderous doings of the
natives in the islands Of the Marquesas
group. He says:
Nv c anchored on the 18th ofJune, and found
the people of fatuhiva. ~ usual, ut war, that
is, butchcring each other. think the ma
tiycs OF this island are the worst in the group.
They are great warriors when they can find
their victims asleep. About the time of our
arrival the warriors OF OonIua made u descent
upon llanavayi, three miles distant just
before day, and although the assailsnts num-
bered eighty, they ventured to attack but sin
gle house. It's inmates rushed out, only to be
shot down. Two men and two women fell,
and their severed heads were carried off in
triumph. A child, two years old, was taken
alive from the arms of its murdered father
who was cndeavoring to escape with it
The mother made her escape, and begged in
vain for her child. Ii was taken to Oomoa,
cruelty tortured and finally strangled, and
given, as some of themselves said, to the
devil. 10 proptiate him and gain his favor
and assistance in battle. A chief struttei
about the beach and claimed the honor of
having killed. u HOHlaIl, WHOSE Hetu ouT pco-
pie saw sailed down in tub. He came on
board and asked me for fints. said, mo,
if give you Hints you will use them to shoot
women" lie finally said he would shoot
only men. asked him if could visit the
tabu ground. were they had placed the little
dead girl. He said they had u yoH up there,
meaning god; that no one who ate with
women could be allowed to visit the place,
which is Il beautiful coaconut grove, upon
hill quite near the anchorage, and from which
the fruit is never taken"
At Ilivaoa, Captain Brown found the mis-
sionarics all very well, but anxiously await
ing the arrival Of the packet. Wars, quar-
els, murders and cannibalism still abound
throughout the group; yet such is the pow
or of religion that the houses and persons Of
the missionaries are respected by all classes
of the natives.
Civil war continues to prevail as formerly
among the petty rival chiefs.
The FHrch have with drawn all their for
re, and ulcers from the Marquesas, leaving
only lag dying on one of the islands. One
or two priests also remain there; but other
wise no signs Of French authority remain.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-09-27
Lamentsbls Occurrence.

A wealthy and highly respectable farmer
named Joseph Smith, a resident of the conn
ty of Kent Canada was killed on Monday
last, at his residence, in very distressing
manner. lie had fine farm on which was
an abundance of fruit and grapes, which
had been source of considerable trouble
to him on account Of the depredations of
thieves. In order to put stop to this he
determined upon forcible measures, and ac-
cordingly loaded gun and keptit in readiness
for the return of the thieves On the after
noon in question, as he arose from the sup
per table to 90 in search of his cows, he ad.
dressed his servant girl Julia, and directed
her to take the gun and shoot the first person
who approached the grapes. On his return
from the fields he entered the premises by
the back way. and went directly to the
grape vines, entirely forgetting the directions
SO recently given to the girl, who, as seemed
from the result was prepared to obey them
to the letter. She was watching with the
gun in hand, and, being entirely unable to
recognize him in the dusk of evening. drew
up and fired, the charge Of shot taking ei-
feet in the thigh, and terminating his life IN
few minutes-Detroh Free Press.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-09-27
The San Juan Difficulty.

WASHINGTON, September 25.-COl0nel
Rankin, Register Of the Land Office at o.
ympia, in Washington Territory, has arrived
here from the Island of San Juan. lie reports
that if the intentions Of Governor Douglass
had been carried out, there would have been
a collision between the British and American
forces, as the vessels Satellite and Plumper
had orders from him to fire, but Admiral
Bayne OPPORTUNITY arrived and superseded
him in command Of the English ships of war,
five in number.
The original misunderstanding was with
the Hudson Bay Company, the interests of
which were represented by Governor Dou-
glass. The Island of San Juan had been
in the occupancy Of the Americans at least
eighteen months, nobody seeming to ,ques-
ton their rights, and for longer period was
longing to Washington Territory. 1t was
not until Gen. Harvey applied to and was
informed by Boundary Commissioner Camp
bell, that our title to the island was clear and
certain, that he despatched troops thither at
the earnest request of the residents, who
claimed protection from British aggression,
and especially from the predatory incursions
of Northern Indians who had even taken
and held possession ola lighthouse for three
days, and against whom private expeditions
had repeatedly been sent to chastise them
Col. Rankin says the people of Washington
Territory and of the Pacific States are
unanimous for our retention Of the Island Of
San Juan. And such is their enthusiasm
that if the United States troops should be
directed to vacate it, private parties in for
m;dalle nnmhera would Immediately occupy
that important position. and not surrender
without a severe struggle. BUTT is not sup
posed in this city that our troops will be
Withdrawn, as this would lie considered AS
an admission that our title is clearly dispu-
table.
1t may not be generally known that this
Government has recently confirmed Il bluff OF
land, containing three thousand acres. for q
military reservation, if anything, further
north than San Juan.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-09-27
The Trial Trip of the Great Eastern.

Throughout the whole course down the
river, the paddle engines lad never been NOV
ed at greater speed than from to u revo-
lutuns per minute, ard the screw ut from -
To Is. In fact, neither engine was moved
till it became actually necessary to assist the
tugs. Yesterday however when our valu-
able little aids, which had realized the fable
of the Mouse and the Lion, and freed the
Great Eastern from all her river tolls, were
cast adrift at Chapman's Head, more speed
was put upon the vessel, and in ten minutes
she set ut rest forever all doubt as to her be-
ing the fastest vessel beyond comparison in
the world. 1t has already been stated that
the proper sea-going trim of the Great East
ern is little over four feet down in the stern.
Instead of this she is at present six inches
down by the head, while her whole draught
of water is too light to allow the proper i'm
mersion of her paddle floats, aud no less than
four feet of her screw blades are out of water.
Any one at Ill acquainted with steamships
will see that an attempt at the real speed
under such circumstances, was out of the
question. Yet even in this trim, enough was
done to show the marvellous power which
this vessel will posses when fully ready for
sea. At sea- the Great Eastern is intended
to work 25pounds of steam, the paddles going
IA revolutions and the screw So. To-day
the pressure of steam was under Ii pounds,
the paddles never actually reached nine revo-
lutions, and the screw only 81. Yet even
when not employing twothirds, of her power,
and III the worst trim. against strong tide.
she ran from the Lower Hope point to the
More light ship. Il distance of ID statute miles
in two minutes under the hour. Calculating
from this data. it will be found that working
to her ordinary sca-soing power will give
her, even III her present trim, an average OF
from Is TO l9 miles an hour.
During the time that the vessel was going
at this speed of II knots, or fifteen miles, the
engines worked with an ease that, when
their size and power are considered, was per-
fectly astounding. There was scarcely any
vibration on the vessel, and, rs far as could
he gathered from outward objects, one mi ght
much easier have imagined ones self writing
in Partisan saloon than in the state cabin OF
the Great Eastern flying down to the More.
One thing connected with the vessel is rs
remarkable rs her other characteristics.
Even when going l. knots an hour there
was an utter absence OF swell in her wake
even less, as far as could be judged from
the deck, than is made by the ordinary
steamers, and not one half rs much ~ was
thrown up by our own tugs. London Times.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-09-27

AMERICAN WATcHEs.-Our readers will
recnlcct that not long ago We published an
elaborate account of the American Watch
Company's Factory, at Waltham, Massachu-
sets, and predicted for it's products large
and enduring success. This result has been
accomplished beyond the most extravagant
hopes Of It's managers, and their watches are
now the lrusty companions Of thousands OF
that best class Of the community with whom
time is alphabetically money. They have
proved to he. what we then insisted they
couldn't help being-tlr most uniformly r.
liable ana substantial watches III the world
and we are informed that even the prclndi-
crs Of foreign watch rrpaircr-, working in
this country, are gradually giving way to
the irrefutable argument furnished by the
steady and accurate performances OF these
time-kecpers. In many instances, to our
certain knowledge, their accuracy Is, and
has been almost unparalleled, riralling that
Of the best Marine Chronomcters, and in all
cases 50 exact ~ 10 accomplish all the prac-
teal purposes of pocket time-piece. More
than IL 900 persons i'll the United States are
now wearing American watches, and the
Company have not heard more than hail
dozen complaints from all that number, and
those arising from some accidental derange-
ment or misusage of the works.--Ne" l"rh
Spirit ot the Times.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-09-27
The Eouinoctial Storm in Albem arle.

Piedmont Virginia suffered more by the
storm of last week than any other part Of
our State; and, we doubt not, Albcmarle
has been damaged in larger degree than
any county in the Piedmont country. We
think We fall short of the actual figure when
we estimate the loss sustained by our coun-
ty 1T SlO0,OOO.
1t commenced raining on Thursday night
of last week, continued to fall throughout
Friday, and during the whole of Friday
night the rain came down in torrents, ac-
compauied by perfect gale from the North
West. AT an early hour of Saturday morn
ing the Rivanna was out of It's banks, and
BY l. o'clock il had risen TO a height of ten
inches above the highest water marks of the
famous freshcts of lS12 and lS26. The to-
bacco crop of Albemarle, one of the largest
and most promising we have ever raised,
was generally located upon our river flats or
upon the creeks. The consequence has been
great destruction everywhere of this val
liable staple Where the water did but lit
tie damage, the violent winds carried their
devastations. To give some idea of the loss
sustained by our river planters, We have
heard it estimated by reliable men that from
Rio mills to Shadwell the damages are not
under Sl2,OOO. Dr. Il. j. Cookies loss is
estimated ut $500; Major pabney's at 81
500: DR.. W. q. Carr's at $500 or 5000;
Mr. H. }. Undertakes ut 5000: Mrs. Ma
cons ut $500. and DR.. Minor is Il heavy 10
ser, but 10 what extent We are not accurate
. " Informed On Moores Creek, Mr.. \
Rivcs's tobacco suffered very much, and Mr.
W. i. Parish lost his mill dam and very
| large proportion of his tobacco-hiS loss pro-
badly reaches $1,000. AT Mr. Farish's
Blair Park estate, near Greenwood, his loss
is about $1,000. Mr.. John Mosby and Mr..
Wayand, in the same neghborhood, lost
each Il new tobacco house.
Two spans of the bridge at Rio were car
rien off Both of Mr.. \. Burnley's mill
dams and his saw mill were destroyed. Mr..
William Garth's mill dam, SO rumor says,
was broken. MIR. John Cvchran's mill dam
near town was swept away. The last named
dam has successfully withstood every ircshct
for the last tnrty-fyc years. Ii was swept
away in 1914; and was 80 strongly rebuilt
that no fears were entertained that it would
ever yield 10 high water.
From other parts of the county we have
received no particulars concerning the dam
age. On the Central Railroad there were
two or three culyertS 80 much impaired as
to detain the Saturdays trains six or seven
hours. The rain of Tuesday night last
again broke the culvert at keswick, and the
trains had to change passengers and bag
gage, unable to cross the culvert. The
Western train was detained yesterday Scvc-
raj hours, owing to further damage 10 the
road.
The greatest DAMAGE of last weeks storm
seems to have been suffered 10y the counties
living mt the foot Of the Blue Ridge, and ex
tending from Lynchhurg to Alexandria
In the Valley there was less rain and less
wind, and though the storm had prevailed
to the same extent rs with us, still they had
no tobacco crops to be injured.-Chartottes-
rifle .idrocute Of SATURDAY..
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-09-27
TalaRranhic Qisnatches.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 24-The Arizona cor
respondent of the Republican says duel
between Judge Watts and Mr.. Otero, the
candidate for Congress from New Mexico,
had taken place near Mesilla. Three shots
with Colts navy revolyers, at fifteen PAGES,
were exchanged, without effect, when the
parties were Withdrawn by their seconds.
1t was reported that Mr. Otero had been
reelected to Congress by HOO Majority
Lieut.. Mowry has also been returned to Con-
gress. delegate from Arizona.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. PA special dispatch
to the Republican says the Salt Lake mail
of the ID inst, arrived at Atchlson yesterday.
Col. Landcrs division of the South Pass
Wagon Road has been completed. The new
road is shorter and better than the old route.
The Indians about the northern boundary
of the Territory are reported as being bold
and troublesome. They had arraycd them
selves against Il small party Of Col. Wallcn's
Wagon Il al expedition, but with no serious
result The report Of the massacre Of Wal
lens command received via California, pro-
badly grew out Of this demonstration.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2j.-Our government
having sent Minister of u full grade to
Vienna, that of Austria, MIR. llulseman, has
been raised to an equal rank. The latter
will soon return to Washington.
The whole amount of the public land sur
veys as returned to the General Land Office
during the year ending with the present
month, is neary $1,000 miles, or about
l5,OhO,O00 acres.
MONTREAL, Sept 24.--The Canadian
Cricket players first innings were So
The All-Englaud players have commenced.
The play will be resumed on Monday and
finished on Tuesday. The English players
are sanguine Of success.
NEW YORK, Sept 2j.-The United States
sloop-of.war Brooklyn, arrived here to-day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-09-27

INTERESTING To CATTLE Ds,lts, p,
case ut Pecrce against Basel. in viii ~, -,
public manifested considerable ipter.., W.
c,ded some time ago by the Circuit Caur, ;
Harrison County. was finally affirmed =,
the Clarksburs Register, by the Su,, ,".'
Court Of Appeals N Lewi>bnrr" Tb p' W,
was argued by Judge Fry. Of Wheelin, -, Z.
the plaintiff, and John ). Hoffman !, i,
place, for the defendant. WY
1.-The material facts. il will hc rs,n,n,
cd, were these: Basel sold to Peerca I.
Of cattle, and Peerce paid down a n.,, :"
the price, and was to pay the residue =,
future time, named for the payment and 4.
livery and taking away of the cattle pao. :
failed to pay the residue of the rri,a .,I
take the cattle At the time appointed. No..
time Il drouth was coming on gr,.> c,I
TO such degree that it could NJ, he NJ,
cured for a reasonable price and Prcr,e ;.
sided IN II distant county, and cattle NO..
falling IN value. The day after the time A.
pointed for the payment, Basel. With.
giving notice To Pecrce Of any purpose +, l.
80, sold the cattle for what was then ,b.;.
full value. Cattle had. however, 30 mn
deprecated, that this sum was not ~ nu,b
rs the part of the original price which :.
manned unpaid. Peerce sued Basel for Il.
amount paid by him. The Court, We l..
lieye, held, that though generally when IL.
seller of property retains the possession AMI
the buyer fails to pay nj the time appointed
the former should give 10 the latter preyim,
notice of his purpose u resell for the pu-
chase money, yet under the circum,tahce.
OF TINS case notice was not necessary: la,
however this might be. thar il B;l>>c. hal
done wrong and Prcrce had SUSTAINED
damages by it, his remedy was not an A..
ton for the money paid, but for damage yr
the actual injury sustained
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-09-27

Another WALL STREET DErALcArioN. =.
VIM. Little, youth Of IL years Of age who
is clerk in the Banking house Of WlnsIow.
Lanier & Co., Bankers, Wall street, was AZ.
rested last night by officers Elder 4 Young
in disreputable house in Houston street.
Messrs. Winslow & Lanier had suspected
young Little since tho lOth., of approprauns
money that did not belong To him, and since
that period he has been placed under tho
surveillance of the police, but without "ifer'
Last night. however, the officers wcr" 'IIre'
ted u arrest him, and they accordingly
tracked him to the house above mentioned,
and took him into custody. Little wa spend.
ing money freely at the time, IN company
with a Californian. lie was taken I" police
head quaters, and On being scached the -nm
of 500, was found in his boots. Seventies"
hundred dollars more have been recovered ~
the officers.
The prisoner was held for examination
The whole sum alleged to have bocn wrong
fully appropriated by Little, is upwards I"
s., 900. Messrs. Winslow and lanler .u'
picions were first excited by the a't OF Llt
tle's spending money more freely than ~
salary could possibly warrant v }. c"".
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-09-27

NEGRO SLAVERY IL llLiNoIs.-The negro
race is regarded with neither admiration nor
esteem in Illinois, as we'll as various others
Of the free States, and the fugitive may vain
~ looks for aid, comfort aud sympathy within
their borders. A runaway would have as Int
tie chance to escape in harborins in Illinois
rs in any of the Southern States, and free
negro who locates in that State does 80 IN
peril Of being consigned 10 slavery. Nor
are these stringent statutes deal letter but
active law in the commonwealth.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-09-27
The RESPONSIBILITY.

In his August speech, in speaking OF
the Post Office Appropriation bill, Senator
Toombs, Of Georgia, said-"I stood NTH us
tate in my hand, and 1 stampedI under my
.tset."
And yet the Democracy have tried to put
the crushed bill under the heels Of the OPP
position. and endeayorsd to throw the whole
responsibility upon them. We hope they
now see where the responsibility properly
belongs. Whiy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-09-27
PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI.wEEKLY BY
EDGAR SNOWDEN.
ALEXANDRIA,:
TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 81, 1859.

BY the arrival of the steamships North
America and City Of Baltimore, We have
late and important intelligence from Eu-
rope. The war between the French and
English and the Chinese has been recon-
menced. An explosion had taken place on
the Great Eastern but the damage would
soon be repaired, and the ship be ready for
sea, in two or three weeks. See the news
in another column. Prices of breadstutfs
had slightly advanced.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-09-27

MYSTERIES OF THE BANK PARLoRs.-The
New York Tribune says, the discount clerk
of one of the city banks recently resigned
his situation. His resignation was accepted,
his accounts investigated and pronounced
all right, and a complimentary vote passed
by the Board for his attention to his duties,
&c. lie then stated to the Board that he
had a communication to make, rs caution
to induce them to watch his successor. lie
stated that notwithstanding his accounts
were all correct at the time of resignation.
he had, in fact been using the Bills Rccen-
able of the Bank for years rs cailcirral Tor
loans, and employing the funds in the pur-
chase of paper at usurous rates. by tins
course he had accumulated sufficient proper.
ty to meet his moderate desires, and having
no further use for the facilities he had en-
joyed, he had resigned.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-09-27
A Sisters Letter to Highwayman.

A notorious highwayman was shot near
Auburn, California. Il few weeks ago. On
his person was found the following letter
from his sister:
SWEET How. March II, $50.
Ny DEAR, DEAR BROTHER: | can scarcely
believe, or rather realize, that am again IN
dulging i'll the privilege Of addressing you.
with the hope of being heard or understood.
And tremblingly | ask that you. my much
beloved brother, the guide of my infant joys,
the long lost friend Of my childhood, will
allow il renewed correspondence TO open be-
tween you and your good old home. Oh.
how our hearts have ached for Il word from
your own pen. Years have passed away
since your last letter reached us-years that
now seem to be ifetmes. | have prayed to
the Father that lie would restore you to the
path of rcctitude but if He has not already,
you say, "Ah me. lie will never save me-,
But say faithfully, lie will. Oh brother,
will you not BIZ saved? God sees your heart
while YOU read these words. He knows if
there is a secret wish there, it is to be II
better man. If there he but the BUD, the
bud of resolution. He knows; hear Him say
Seek We first the kingdom of God, and all
things shall be added thereunto.' Jesus
will raise your head, and make you Il new
man. Go to Him, oh, my brother.
Will you not write few words to your
own home? 1t may, indeed be II bitter task
but may it prove to be blessing Do try
to overcome every obstacle. Look down
deep into your heart, and see if there is not
a wish to remember your sister your own
alfrctionate and anxious sister,
Harriet BARTER
p. S.-Please write, dear brother, and |
will then tell you 80 many things that will
interest You. IL. Il.
To RICHARD \. BARTER.