Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-08-02


EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF L!rlGAToN.-Thc
name of John Brown, OF iiarpers Ferry
notoriety, is as familiar Is household words
to about every person in the land. Ills de-
served fate ut IIarpcr's Ferry has passed
into history and will not be forgotten ~
long rs this Union shall remain. Ii is not
With the criminal records alone that john
Browns name is familiar: upon the civil
calendar his name figured years ago, and
the suit in which he was emhroiled promises
to live many years 70 comc Some oil tie
incidents connected with this case may be OF
interest to our readers, especially those III
Vernon who knew John Brown We'll; we
therefore relate them: MIR. Perkins. OF Ohio.
was ii wealthy person. some 5 or ID years
ago, said 70 be worth 81 ,OOO, 0Du. lie en-
tered into partnership with John Brown
and established commission house IN
Springfield, Mass. Tor the purchase and
sale Of wool on ssion--tic firm adj
yancing one-half or two-thirdS Of the sup
posed value Of the wool taken in by them 10
be sold \ Mr.. Warren. Of Pittstield, Sara
toga, county, in this State, let Perkins X
Brown have Il large quantity OF wool upon
which p X b. made advances: the price OF
wool soon went down. and i. x Is. claimed
that they had advanced to Mr.. v. some -,
900 more than the value Of the wool they
had Of him: they brought suit against Mr..
Warren for the alleged overp! us advanced:
Mr.. W. set up for the answer that he sold
the WOO! outright To plaintiffs, and that 1t
was not Il sale on commission. The suit
was commenced in 1880 by }. Whipple .jen-
kins, then Of Vernon, as attorney Tor Per
kins 4 Brown; Timothy Jenkins was the
counsel: the case was referred to Judge
Dean; The trial of the case occupied thirty
seven days: the referee reported in favor of
the plaintiff, from which the defendant APP
pealed Daring the tendency of this APP
peal. and which has not yet been argued,
Perkins has failed, and his assignee wa, sub.
situted in his stead: j. ". Jenkins died,
and Raj phi Mcintosh, Of Vernon, is substi-
tuted as attorney. John Brown Is dead, and
another party is substituted in his stead; the
defendant Warren, is dead. and another
party is substituted III his place: Timothy
jenkins, the counsel. IS dead, and Porter
aud Cagger, OF Albany, are substituted Us
counsel in his stead The cost thus far, is
over s., 900, and it is said that defendants
estate, once worth some $4,000, is worth
less, and that the bail which the law prac-
tice required him TO give. is supposed to
have become worthless also. On the whole
the case is one Of the most protracted and
most curious that has been before the courts
in long tme.-R4me Senttnei.
GAS 10 REPLACE STEAM As \ Motive Pow
ER.-The Paris correspondent Of the Boston
Traveller sends All account Of the new in
vention by frenchman Of gas engine,
which is now exciting considerable attention
in the French metropolis:
II believe the machine recently invanted
by Mons. Denois Ia gentleman quite vel!
known by his galvauoplastic copies Of alto
relieve sculpture and engravingl, mean
his gasenglnc, which he looks upon as DIES.
tined to take the place of the steam engine
in a great many places where a motive pow.
er is required, occupies tho chiei share OF tho
acadhmy's attention at this present moment.
This gas engine isa good deal like the
steam engine in its external appearance"