Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-02-14
News Of the Day.
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The Virginia Court of Appeals refused on
Tuesday to grant a re-hcaring of the Rich
mond, fredericksburg, and Potomac Rail
road Company, against the Central Company,
on an appeal from the judgment Of the Rich
.mond Circuit Court, 50 that the decision on
Monday in favor of the Richmond and Fred
ericksburg Company stands as the Judgment
Of the Court.
The long pending suit Of John G. lIobson
against the Washington and New Orleans
Telegraph Company, which was caused by a
mistake Of the operator in ordering more cot
ton at Mobile than Mr.. Hobson desired, has
been finally decided by the Virginia Court
Of Appeals. The amount Of damages award
ed TO Mr.. Hobson under the decision Of the
court, is Sc, SG4, IL, with interest from the lst
of April 1854.
All the Eastern papers notice the disas-
trous effects Of the hurricane of Friday last.
Ii appears to have been most violent in New
York. In that city and in Brooklyn some
houses were unroofed and some wholly des-
troyed. The shipping also suffered consld-
erably. No village or city on the Hudson
river escaped without serious injury.
By the latest arrival from California, we
have the full particulars Of the loss Of the
steamer Northerner. 1t appears there were
los persons on board. OF these SO were
drowned, II of whom were passengers and
q crew, while SO of the passengers and -
IF the crew were saved
The Richmond Enquirer suggests and re-
commends the immediate purchase, Tor the
'Howitzers" of that city, Oft battery OF How
tiers which it is informed is in the Naval
Arsenal in Washington, and which the Secre-
tary of the Navy says he viii sell to the State
as soon as a proper demand is made from the
Executive.
DR.. Davidson. the wretched assassin and
maniac. who made the diabolical attempt
on Monday to murder half dozen people IN
Hawesville. KY, by means OF an internal
machine" has since died OF the wounds he
received on that occasion. Several others
of the wounded are in critical condition.
J. II. Bingham, the ST. Louis portrait
painter who, a short time since, ran away,
taking with him the wife of gentleman of
that city, was arrested on the charge in Gin
cinnati, on Friday. AT the time of the ar
rest he was found playing cards with the
lady at a hotel
Count Thouneyal assumed the duties OF
the office of Foreign Affairs, in the French
Cabinet, on the 9th He immediately
opened circular to the various Ambassa-
doris, pledging his best efforts to maintain
and consolidate the existing friendly rela-
tons.
A citizen of Brunswick county, Va. NAM
ed Nathaniel NJ Spears, was shot and in
stantly killed by neighbor, Edmund W.
Cole, on Friday, I'd inst. The quarrel was
of sudden occurrence. Cole surrendered,
and was committed.
The passengers who left New York on the
Goth December 1859, in the Atlantic, con-
Meeting at Panama with the Golden Gate,
made the through trip in twenty days, SIX
hours, being the shortest time ever made
from New York to San Francisco.
The japanese embassy business is settled,
and they were to leave Jeddo as soon after
the 23d Of January as possible, in the Powha-
tan, to proceed to Panama overland to Wash
ington city. The embassy consists of TWEEN
ty persons and ffty-one retainers.
The Easton (Md.) Gazette, of Saturday
last, announces the death of Samuel Stevens,
Ex-Governor of Maryland. lie was native
of Talbot county, where he died on the 18th
inst. in the sd year of his age
The Franking Privilege of the members
of Congress exceeds in cost, considerably
more than the members yearly salary. 1t
is no wonder they fight so hard against abo-
ishing the abuse.
Rev. William Craig Brownlee, d. D., senior
pastor Of the Collegiate Reformed Dutch
Cureh, died in New York at the age Of -
years.
Manufacturing companies have been chart
ed for Scottsville, llowardsyilIe and Chariot
tesville, in Albemarle county.
A number of Hoes presses were sent to
Europe by the City of Manchester from
New York last week.
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