Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-07-16
BY YESTERDAY EVENINGS MAIL.

Tur EXPECTED DrEl-We understood last
night, from source entitled TO the fullest Gre
d,nce. that the contemplated duel between +.
II Aylett and q. Jennings Wise, esqrs., will
nr,baliy come of this morning. The prls-
,;nnl. with their seconds and other friends,
the whole party comprising eight persons,
nassed up the Richmond and Danville Rail-
road Yesterday The tram, ii is said, ran by
the Junction Tor the distance OF II hall mile,
put the duellng party off, and then ran back
taking them up again on It's return. II is
thought they diSembarked near Danville, to
avoid detection, procured private conveyance,
and then crossed into North Carolina, where
III. duelllng ground was selected. One OF
the partieS has been secreted in Richmond
since the challenge passed the other has been
ia an adjoining county. The challenge came
from Mr.. Ayl-tt, aud Was sent on Saturday
last Rster;G"g ElpreSS NJ HeStr'a"y.
MANASSAS GAP RuLRoAD.-.E Edward Z.
Marshall, and j. McD. Goldsborough. esqs..
the President and Chief Engineer Of the Ma
nsssa, Gap Railroad, visited our place during
th, present week We learn from MIR. Mar
shall, that the company IL doing al! In ITS
,nw.r 10 prosecute the work, and that the
citizens of Rockingham are not mere anxious
than the company, to have the road finished
T., Harrisonburg. The work Oh the road Will
~. pnshel forward u this place as the com
many have means, but another appropriation
!, absolutely necessary to complete II. The
ure,.nt fine wheat crop, will materially aid
tb.. finances ct the company, and do much III
sustaining its credit aud standing latiey
I)rm"cIm
Tar U,RyEsr.-We have lately had an
opportunity of passing through "a tine agri
cultural region, in which the wheat crop has
Turned out ahnndantly. Never has there
been IA more propitlous season Tor cuttihS
and securing the grain; and after several sue
c.ssi>,. failures the huSbaudman ~ again re-
ioicing in the b"untie> Of u hrnetcent Crea-
tor The rorntirldS except where the land
had been too wet at the time OF planting are
also fresh and promising.
Far C.rTIE-Seyeral droyes Of fine lat
cattle have passed Through this place lately,
ON their way t. the Eastern markets. We
hone some Of our liberal and enterprlslng
butchers have been able u detain Il few al
them to give Us II taSle Of their quality
Manchester Rcp"bhcam.
Tn. Treasurer Of the Southside Railroad
Company has been paying out considerable
sums since lst inst, in liquidation OF debts
due by the Company. on that date, and in the
cour.e If 4 f.w DAYS will have dshursed $50
600. Arrangements have been made Tor the
on H.
same account.
Captain Robert Cunningham, father OF
Miss Ann p Cunningham, well known rs the
Southern Matrnn," who has identified her
self with the Mount Vernon cause, died III
Laurens District, 5 c., on Thursday last,
aged o. years. lie WAS the uncle al Hon.
Vim. l.. lancey.
An unfortunate affair happened not far
from Richmond on Wednesday evening"
MIR. Festus Maine Internationally shot IN
interesting lad named Arthur Butler son OF
PHI Butler, esq. Several of the shot enter
ed III. lads body. in various parts, but 1t rs
hoped none will prove fatal.
Beale, OF westmoreland C~unty, at the Com
mencement of the Petersburg Female Col
lere. was highly credtable to that gentle
man. The address OF MIR. John X. Th"mp-
son, of Richmond, on the same OCCASION, Is,
also highly spoken OF.
TmE TAX ~ MERCHANTS. 1t is very much
To- be desired that the Legislature AT its APP
rroachinc session, should relieve the mer-
camille class from the oppressive and unequal
tax imposed on them by the present revenue
law - ich EromincT
Flour FROM New WHEAT IN NoRFoLN.-
A sale was made on the It'll, in Norfolk. OF
sixty barrels Of supertne flour from new
wheat, manufactured at the City Mills. The
quality was excellent and it readily command
ed SIS.
The field officers, staff and majority at
the company officer, Of the Fourth Regiment
of Virginia Cavalry held a meeting in Rich
mond, OH Tuesday, and decided Ia emcamp
the Regimest at Yorktown, OF: the 10Th "t
October next.
Col Charles A. May, the hero of Resaca de
la Palma, arrived recently at Leavenworth,
en- route for Fort Kearney, of which post he
is the commanding officer.
Miss Maggie Billing, of Petersburg died
at the water cure establishment, Florence,
Mass, on Wednesday.
Gov, Fuote has withdrawn from the Con-
gcssional canvass in the Nicksburg District.
1859 ALTMAN MAC. 1889
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