Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-05-21
LOCAL ITE MS.

StructlOnS u the jury "cle Ill S"e" ~ ''
sci before the court, and portion OF them
granted; the argument, on the merits OF the
case, before the jury, was commenced by
5. Chiffon for the plaintiffs and continued by
III. w. Davis for the defence; at the conclu-
sion of whose remarks the court adjourned.
until this morning at Q o'clock. The case
will in all probability be give" t" the jury
to-day.
FIRE.-A frame stable, belonging to the
estate of the late David Behold, in West
End, and occupied by Strauss & Kline,
Brewers, was set fire to and destroyed on
Thursday night, about halEpast nine o'clock
A horse was in the stable at the time and
was with difficulty saved.
Tur KxrcuTs TyupLAR left Richmond
Yesterday for Washington. a part OF them
PASSED up in the steamer Mount Vernon, but
a number stopped at Mount Vernon and
afterwards took the steamer Thomas Collyer
and went on to Washington.
WALTER PRESTON, Esq. arrived i'll this city
Yesterday afternoon, in the steamer from
Aqua Creek, from Fredericksburg, where he
spoke ON Thursday night. Mr.. Preston adj
dressed the people at Liberty Hall, last night
TALL RyE.-A stalk of Rye, measuring
sersu feet nine and one-haif inches, in length,
raised by G. X. Padgett, on Green Spring
farm, Fairfax county, was left at this office
yesterday.
INDrAys.-A delegation of Pottowatomle
Indians. from Wisconsin, arrived at Wash
ington, yesterday. They are on business
with the Indian Office.
GopEY's LADY's Book for June, contain
ing much of interest, has been received from
Geo. f. French.
PoLirIcAL.-B. H. Berry, Of this city, and
j. VI. p. Newly, Of Fauquier, addressed a
public meeting at Liberty Hall, on Thurs
day night, on political subjects.
FAIRFAX COUNTY CouRT-MAY TERM
The Court (the Justices having been sum-
moned for that purpose) made an order
adopting the road law passed by the State
Legislature, March llth, 1856, and ordered
the proposition to be submitted to the quail
flied voters Of the county, at the general cleo
ton to be held in 1860, for raising, by taxa
ton, a sufficient fund for opening and work
ing the public roads of the county as proyl-
ded by said act.
Twenty nine deeds and other writings were
admitted to record during the past month.
Licenses to keep houses Of public entertain
mcnt in this county were granted to JAS. W.
jackson, JAS w. Hansell, G. w. Dowell, j.
II. Urquhart and Isaac Lynn.
License to keep house of private enter
tainmcnt in this county was granted Chas.
| l.. Stewart.
Permission was given by the Court to Jno.
Delany and George IL. Richardson, to sell by
retail, at their respective stores IN this coun-
| ", wine, ardent spirits or Il mixture thereof.
| These gentlemen as we'll as those to whom
licenses were granted to keep houses OF pub
lie entertainment, give the bond required by
the act of Assembly.
The Sheriff Of this county, and his Deputies,
presented their annual list of Delinquents,
in the land and property tax, for county pur-
poses, for 1858, amounting in the former to
| SlO7 .O+, and in the latter to SCI .OI.
The Court through Committee, appoint
ed for that purpose, passed upon the various
accounts presented against the county. which
amounted in the aggregate Including SlI6S.-
06 required for the support of the Poor, tor
the ensuing year, to S496632, being an in
crease over the levies of similar character
last year of S5S5.l9.
The Commissioner Of the Revenue was di-
rected by the Court to assess upon each tith-
able the sum of 81 %, and upon the amount
of taxes assessed upon NIL slaves, lands and
other property, for State purposes, such a
per centage az will be sufficient. with the
poll tax az aforesaid, to make the sum OF
Sc, 400, this being the amount estimated as
requisite to meet the county expenses for the
ensuing year.
The amount levied over and above the
accounts approved by the Court, is to meet
the allowanceto the grand and petit jurymen
and other contingent expenses.
1t is to be hoped that the result of adopt
ing the new road law referred to, will be to
reduce our county expenses, for large pro-
portion of the accounts presented to the
Court were for teams timber, &c, used on
the public highways, under requisition from
the several Overseers of roads. The bills as
allowed, were in many instances reduced to
such low figure rs to give great dissatistac,
ton to the parties, and to throw the onus,
in a measure, of keeping our county roads
in order, upon few instead of the many
Our road system is becoming crying evil.
-Fairtar Necs.
GALLERY or FINE ARTS IN WAsHNGToS.-
A Washington correspondent of the New
York Spirit of the Times, says
"One report and Il true report, rs receive
it, we have, which has created quite an eX'
element of gratit cation among the cultlva-
tors of ourcity. Mr. Corcoran is about build
inga Gallery of Fine Arts in one of the most
beauty localities, on l7th-street and Penn
sylvania avenue, commanding q view of the
river. opposite the War Department, and
having, excepting in the bleakest of times,
the fine foliage and green sward Of the Presi-
dents grounds to refresh the eye without
Its also but one block from Lafayette Square