Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-05-18
LOCAL ITE II 8 l..

,lothiug. &r.. which We're stolen from the
residence Of Mr.. K. :. Douglass, on the
night of the 22nd Of December last. OF the
v,lue Of about one hundred and seventy dol
lars. The Jury rendered verdict OF guilty,
and ascertained the punishment OF Martha
Daniels to be imprisoned i'll the penitentiary
for two wears and six months, and Of Caro-
line Chichester. Imprisonment in the p"n'-
ts,t;orr FIR one wear. G. f. Stuart for the
prosecution c. W. Brent for the defence.
The docket was called and the cases set
the case Of Turner / Dowell vs.. the Fire In
surance Company, being fixed for this morn
ing. The Court adjourned until this morn
ing at ID o'clock.
GrAxo-Tha Danish Brig Ceres arrived
Yesterday afternoon with Guano from the
Chincha Islands via Callao. She had pas
sage of loo days The vessel and cargo are
consigned To Mrssrs. fowle Co.
CArAwBA BRANDY.--We received yester-
day from Mr.. Vim. A. Hart, bottle Of bran
DIV. distilled from the juice of the Catawba
grape, by Longworth, Of Cincinnati This
brandy is spoken of highly by Connoisseurs
FlvAvCEs OF CORPORATIONS or WASHING
rov.-The Mayor of Washington, presented
to the Board Of Common Council, the fol
lowing statement of the finances Of the Cor
poration:
There has been liquidatel and paid by
warrant un Bank Of Washington, on
account ui boating debt. obligations
incurred aud contracts entered INTO
previous to l4th June, 1888 l......... sHi,Ot! ~
The outstanding floating indebtedness
consists Of notes negotiated 10y my
urcdrcc>., /" anticipate The reve-
nue. in pursuance OF ordinances al
the corporation. pas due. with inter
est 10 3tj'" 30
Acts for relief Oi certain parties Tor
work performed under contract.
which existed prior 10 l+th June,
Is,s'........'.......................... 1895 u
Certificates III Indebtedness issued nm
der the act of September 23d, 1888.
with interest thereon Ia LIST instant ol,'1O w
Guaranteed bonds 1T Alexandria and
December 81. 1858 SS,UOO %
Certificates of stock issued 10 Thomas
Lewis and John Fletcher, dated 9Th
of January. 1859. for taking up and
relaying pavement oil Pennsylvania
avenue, principal and intereSt........ 3,3l' ~
To hnish mpr0y ements now III pro-
gress and contracted for by my i'm
mediate predecessor, per estimate OF
CITY surveyor. observation-disclosures. 1903 81
To redeem nuisance certificate tor
filing certain lots in the first ward,
upon which judgment has been OBJ
tanned against the corporation, but
which has not been presented for
payment, and consequently NO ap-
preparation has been made, and in
terest 10 the lst instant........ 3,eO7 30
Total floating debt ~ far az ascertain
s22s, sOS 30
Deduct amount liquidated from lith
lime, IsjS, 10 this dstc............... 1901 50
Leaving outstanding and unpaid. ...Sl3l,oli 81
In addition to which, appropriations
for acts passed during the 55th and
seth councils. (Which are uneSpircd
and -tl in force, and most Of which
are Of such nature that they should
he executed amount tu................ 56,4I2 u
Total ,...........S lss,3l9 IS
Thus il will be seen that SlSS,3l9 4S has
already been anticipated by debts contracted
(which will of course first claim our atten-
tionJ and by appropriations which have
been made fo- acts, the execution of many of
which seems TO be absolutely necessary;
therefore a very large portion of the revenue
for the fiscal year commencing on the first
of July 1859, will be required to meet said
obligations, to say nothing Of the sum ne
cessary to dcfray the ordinary and current
expenses of the corporation for the period
named.
The funded debt of the corporation amounts
to S793, $50 Including $4,000 stock issued
to aid the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, on
which the annual interest is SAG, 900 90
The amount to the credit Of the corpora
ton in the Bank Of Washington, and subject
to draft. is 81 o..
Bonds of the Washington and Alexandria
Railroad Company will be due on the en-
suing 30th Of June, amounting principal and
interest, to s. $40.
GEORGETOWN, May, l6.-During the week
ending Saturday. 3,45G tons of coal were ship
ped from Rays dock A great scarcity Of
and demand for vessels to freight coal exists,
there not being a single one at the docks this