Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-09-12

the Westbury and Henbury estates OF the
late Hon. W. NJ. Noel. These estates are
within three miles of the port of Bristol, IN
the west of England, and the prices realized
are said to have been the highest known for
many years. With the exception of three
lots, the land offered was all sold. The
Westbury land, 22i acres, brought $500 an
acre; the Henbury land, 40 acres, S4l5 an
acre; and some lands near Thornbury $500
an acre.
In the personal difficulty between B. B.
Douglas and DR.. Charles Gresham, at King
William C. H., on the 4th instant, it is said,
that before firing his pistol, Mr. d. had re-
ceived several blows upon his head. lmme-
diately after the shooting, he surrendered
himself, and had an examination before two
magistrates, who, after hearing the evidence
of several eye-witnesses to the difficulty, dis
charged him, on his entering into bond in
the sum of five hundred dollars. The at
tending physician of DIR. Gresham has pro-
nouncsd his wound mot dangerous"
Henry Stowell, jr. an American merchant
doing business in Manchester, England, COM
mitted suicide on the 2lst ult. Intelligence
of the overstocking of the American markets
by England, and the over shipment OF specie
from this country, which would cause tight
ness in the money market here, appeared to
depress him very much, and he said he would
cancel all the orders he could. Soon after
receiving letter from his partner in Ameri-
ca, which contained very discouraging ac-
count of the state of trade here, he hung HIM
self.
Mr.. Alfred Freeman, proprietor of the
New York International Hotel, and Taylor 8
saloon, committed suicide on Thursday,
while under supposed temporary insanity.
lie had been suffering severely from the
effects of slow fever and excruciating pains
in his head He had been conversing free
| ly with his sister-inlaw at his bedside, when
he requested her to leave the room for u
short time lie then arose, locked the door,
and cut his throat with razor He was
found soon after lying across the bed dead.
An examination of the receipts and ship
ments of breadstufs at Chicago, indicates
that the farmers are releasing their hold upon
their crops and sending them forward to
market. The quantity in store at Chicago,
Sept 3, was only about one-third Of the
quantity in store at the corresponding date
last year, while the receipts of wheat for the
last week were 100000 bushels more than
for the corresponding week of last year, and
the shipments were nearly double those OF
the week previous.
Last week, the Good Intent cotton mills,
situate on Maryland creek, opposite the
Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane, near
Philadelphia, were discovered to be on fire
and before the flames could be subdued the
eastern wing of the main building, 40 feet
long by Is wide, with shed adjoining, was
entirely destroyed. This building was own
ed by Edward Hurdle & Son, extensive man
ufacturers of various kinds of machinery for
factories.
The Harmonic Hotel, at Hoboken, N. j.,
was destroyed by fire on the 9th inst. Mr..
Baese, the proprietor, and three of his daugh-
tiers, persisted in the flames. Mrs. Baese
was severely injured by leaping from win
dow. The eldest daughter also leaped from
window, but was caught by Mr.. Herring
in his arms. This person was on n ladder,
endeavoring to assist the inmates OF the
building to escape.
The correspondent of the Chicago Press
and Tribune of LIT inst, at Knoxville, says
''The banking Office of Messrs. Smith &
Hale, of that place, was robbed last night
| of between $4,000 and $5,000-S7O0 in gold,
and the remainder in currency and checks.
The rogues gained admission by cutting a
panel out of the door, after which they de-
stroyed the lock of the safe, apparently by
means of hammer and chisel"
At camp-meeting in East Kingston, New
Hampshire, deputy sheriff was arrested for
peddling cakes and pies without license
After paying his fines and cost-he ar
rested Elder j. Y. Hines for selling Second
Advent" books, who was fined like the sher-
riff, but he refused to pay and went to Jail,
confident that the millennium had not yet
come.
The New York city tax levy for 1859, just
approved by the Board of Supervisors, a.
mounts to 50, SGO,926. This is exclusive of
the Sl93, 900 in the original levy for the
Commissioners of Record. The total amount
of real and personal property assessed by
the Tax Commissioners is S55l ,923, H.
making the rate of tax $l.79 2l-lOO on every
500.
Last week, a young man named Fraud Du-
camp, of Fort Tompkins, Staten Island, was
attacked by gang of villains while on his
way home from the house of the Rev. Mr.
Lewis, of Clifton, Staten Island, and severe
" beaten on the head with u slung-shot or
bludgeon, besides receiving bruises on his
BODY, from the effects of which he died.
Considerable interest is felt concerning
the discovery of the Gold Mine about five
miles from Brentsville, Prince William Co.,
Va. The analysis of some rock obtained from
near the surface, indicates rich gold bearing
Quartz, 100 lbs. of which has been shown to
produce almost five dollars worth Of the pre-
cious metal.
The young clerk who was detected in Win
chester in his dishonest practices, last week,
having between two and three hundred dol
lars, with various fancy articles, in his trunk,
has been sent to Baltimore, where his re)a-
tiyes reside, his employer generously alb
staining from prosecution, IN consideration
of his youth.
A large meeting held at Denver city has
appointed committee to prepare memo
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