Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-09-12
News Of the Day.
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Several cases of appeal having been
brought before the Secretary Of the Treasu.
nv, the Department has decided that worsted
button stuff, not being suitable for the man
ufacture Of shoes or buttons exclusively, but
may be used for other purposes, is liable to
duty of 90 per cent, and plate glass to "A per
cent, the one coming under the classified
ton of manufactures Of glass and the other
under that of worsted manufactures not
otherwise provided for in the tariff act OF
1857.
An immense train of wagons passed
through Leavenworth City on the Goth ult,
attracting great deal of attention and inter-
est The oxen, wagons, tcamsters, and all,
bore evidence of heavy tramp, although
the animals were in the very best condition.
The train consisted of 80 wagons, which
were under the control of MIR. Lea. They
came direct from Fort Union, and made the
trip in 80 days, and brought in IL 600 pounds
of wool.
The death of Robert Wickliffe, the richest
man in Kentucky, will, it is supposed, rem
der necessary the return of Col. Preston,
now at the Court of Madrid. The estate of
Mr.. Wickliffe is enormous, and Mrs. Pres
ton, the wife of our minister, is one of the
three heirs who inherit the whole. The
share of Mrs. Preston, added to the present
fortune of her husband, will make Colonel
Preston one of the richest men of the age.
Capt. Roberts, of the Parkersburg steam
er Courier, who was thrown from his buggy
few days ago, instead of being dead, as re-
ported, is getting better. 1t is now thought
that he will recover, although fears are en-
tertained that he will not regain the use of
one CT his legs which was very badly injur-
ed. So says the Wheeling Times Of Thurs
day.
A correspondent of the Salem Gazette
gives the following account of earthquake
shocks in Fayal: "On the 18th of May, about
IL o'clock, P. NJ, we had three shocks of an
earthquake. The first was sufficient to shake
the houses slightly; about three minutes al
ter another shock Jared everything in the
house, and in moment the third shook the
house so that we thought it would 60 over"
The well known residence and farm of the
late James r. Brent, in Prince Georges
county Nd, near Scagg's Crossings, on the
Baltimore and Washington railroad. was
sold last week. This tract contains about
$50 acres and was known as "Brentville. p
The purchaser is Edward Herbert, ESQ.,, and
the price S35 per acre.
Nearly nine hundred buildings are going
up, at the present time, in Brooklyn, n. Y.
among which are fourteen churches, seven
factories of different kinds, and nearly q
dozen school-houses, making an addition OF
nearly seven millions of dollars to the taxa,
bic property of the city.
Milton Whitney, Maryland State Attor,
ney, has brought suit for libel against
Messrs. Dobbin & Fulton, publishers Of the
Baltimore American, for charging him with
completely with outlaws. The damages are
laid at $4,000.
When Gov. Seymour returned from Russia
last week, to his home in Hartford, Conn.,, he
was instantly recognized by favorite house
dog that had not seen him in six years, which
leaped and fawned upon him with every de-
monstration OF Joy.
1t is said the President has rendered the
commissionership of the General Land Office
to ex-Congressman Hughes, OF Ind, which
he will probably decline, as he did last
March the appointment of Commissioner OF
Patents.
A Geographic despatch was, last week,
forwarded from Washington to Atchison,
thanksgiving by express distance of ten
miles from Kansas city-and an answer re-
turned in the unexampled space of four
hours
The Republican and American Conven-
tons, ct Trenton, New Jersey, on the It'll,
united upon the nomination of Charles 5.
Olden, of Princeton, for Governor. Mr. o.
den is said to be an Old Line Wing, and
strong candidate.
The Quebec Chronicle retracts its assertion
that the Prince of Wales is coming to this
country. A New York Journal, however,
saws that, in the person of the Leviathan, or
Great Eastern, the Prince of Whales will
visit our shores.
DIR. John ii. Stevens, brother of VIM. u.
Stevens ESQ.,. former editor Of the Rocking
ham Register, has been honOred with noml-
nation, by Convention of the Democracy OF
his District, for seat in the Senate OF the
State of Louisiana.
James Reynolds, a colored man, and by
profession white-washer, swallowed ninety
large peaches, at Cleveland, last week, on a
wager. lie was fifteen minutes doing the
Job. and pocketed $3.50 by his exploit
The suit for the ownership of the "Picket
Survey" consisting of 49, 900 acres in South
western Virginia, has been decided in favor
of Geo. w. Browne, and the decision con-
firmed by the Court of Appeals,
An eel was caught, a few days ago, in
mill dam, on Toms Brook, in Shenandoah
county, weighing G4 pounds, and measuring
three feet in length. This is thought to be
a "monster eel" in that county.
W. c. Meredith, jr., route agent on the
South Carolina Railroad, has been removed
by the Postmaster General for neglect OF
duty, in abandoning the mails on his route
without leave, &c.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Compa-
ny are about building large Depot at the
900