Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-06-14
The discovery Of ginseng in Minnesota, a

.a,;,o In,e5o ,ho u.,,o .;n.onc xnor
rcd 70 China. from this country. was over
$780, 00. 1t is worth. when gathered, six
to ten cents pound, and in Minnesota, when
cured, twenty-five to thirty cents; in New
York sixty to seventy cents; the last quota
ton was Us high a seventy-five cents. 1t tx
estimated that five hundred tons will be
gathered this year, which will nett the dig
gers eighty thousand dollars. 1t was for
merly an article of active traffic in Western
Virginia, and was the foundation of several
large fortunes.
The Philadelphia United States Gazette
says, the number of liquor vendors by retail
i'll that city is SO enormous that many of
Them are unable to make laborer's wages
WLan VI. rame,uhsr ,bot r.w wb;skev costs
b,t tb;rtr-Gy .onts a g,lInn and when con-
yar,sa ;n,n ..LranJv" . snld st ,hout four
,bamsona NOR .ont nroft tho business must
ha ,ar~ nopr r i d,esn't weld some sort of
9, Evei;hood They have granted no less
than two thousand four hundred licenses
A number OF the "hcentlateS, have already
starved out "' 'he business -,
" "
at Cinclnnati on Friday evening" az "h'ch Il
preamble and resolutions were adopted declar-
;no !, :, J.. tLa d,tv of tbe Ohio American
marty H~;s.vowine nil sympathy or co-opera-
ZION with any other ]narties) to assume its
proper and legitimate position of indepen-
dence, and recommending that Il mass con.
yention OF AL the Conservative citIzehS oi
tha ',h 80 .Inlr naxt ~ nom;,,,e q STATE
t;clet Mr. S:ntt Harrison w,s one Of the
sncotars ar tho mear;nc
n.ol of ,rh;slor ovrlodod ~ tbs gro.
81 :Ws," A.
Gerry STORE vi W. he''y' III "opi''' -i'"'' o'
thursday ana injured MIS-. Nelly Ills "ii''
so badly that she dled OF her wounds. Mrs
,;nn we" u ,', ,hs s I 'm unon ' some Of
the wbiskev ON the head md rim. thence it
extended ranidlv 70 the inside. and the heat
becoming intense, blew the head out, strik-
ing her upon the forehead and knocking her
down
A Richmond paper states that there is
more tobacco on storage and for inspection
at that Mace, than has hitherto been ware
bousad ot anv saoson md that il has been
fnund adyanrareous to cali in white labor to
nrenare II for market Until the present
raor negro labor has heen exclusively used
IN MI tbe denartments necessary 70 fit tobac-
CO for delivery and expectation.
1t seems that some of the Jurors in the late
breach of promise case in St. Louis, are
backing out from their $4,000 verdict
O,o IS ,ho, u-rH.;,o 10 rho No,ys volu,taars
~ fnl,nm;nn. "Fe,m wbot 7 bove hoard
s;noa ,ba p,l,s;on of tha ,r;oi 7 am free
10 confess that | have not only been badly
sold, but that | have helped to render an I'M
Just verdict
The case of Judge Watrous will be brought
10 the attention of Congress- again at the next
s,.,;on Tho S.,.a SC Tar.sis nrsn.-;no 70
~ ~ ..I 80
naod .ho, Eorarnna rooords mora that
the .Judpe was annointed through the inAu-
ence Of parties implicated in Texas land
frauds.
AT q meeting Of the Democrats of Apple
ton, Me, TO elect delegates to the State Con-
y~ention. resolutions were passed declaring
,oio,no.;u, .bo a,t of ,odo
v! '""s p,oS raw. - W.
ington, that slavery in the Territories must
ha nrntantad I1 me Iu2iri0JU