Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-01-15
VTP GINA NEWS.


SAYS ''The steamer Peruvian, expected here
towards the end Of the month, will take from
this port some 1000 bales Of cotton. v. ID.
Reynolds & Bro, The agents IN Norfolk, have
been informed that the steamer fropontls may
be expected here by tic 10th Of February, TO
load for Liverpool. .
Tie Twentieth regiment i. S. Infantry, sta
toned near Richmond for some time past,
took their departure for New Orleans yesterday
morning. They left by the Petersburg train,
and will embark on the steamer at Fortress
Monroe.
Mr. Joseph Z. Venable, President OF the
Petersburg Tobacco Exchange, and Mt j. l..
Williamson, have been appointed committee
to represent Petersburg at the convention to
be held in Washington, about the 1st OF Feb
ruary.
Certain parties in Lynchburg have on foot
an enterprise to establish there tobacco tacto-
ry, to be operated by disabled hands, whose
labor is exempt by law from taxation.
A. +. Bocer recently sold thirteen acres OF
land near Shepherdstown, containing water
power, for $4,000.
SUITS w. BUTLER.-A batch OF cases III
which Gen. Butler is concerned as party on
the wrong side, came up in one OF the New
York courts last Thursday.
In the first, it is alleged by Henry Slebrccbt
that Butler, while commandingin New Orleans,
EMPLOYED him to do the upholstery Of his head
quarters in that city, which consisted IN re
moving" certain articles of veriu and furniture
from residences in the city, including among
other things twenty-five oil paintings and
nicturcs, three pieces OF statuary, q number OF
eapdelabras, billiard table, brocatel window
hangings, a velvet carpet &c, &c, from a
house situated on Rampant street, to the house
occupied by Butler For this service Siebrecht
presented bill, but Butler, intending to be at
no more expense in having the articles put in
place than lie was IN acquiring them, refused
to pay ani? therefore this suit.
The second suit is brought by Henry ~.
Tildcp, who sets forth that Butler, while com
manaing in New Orleans seized steamer
called TIE "Nassau," which was worth sixty
thousand dollars in lawful money, and com
PEELED the owner to take thirty one Thousand
duIhrS in the deprecated issues of one OF the
New Orleans banks, in payment; that Butter
sent this steamer on private venture OF MS
own, which was understood to be trading eX-
pediton with the Confederates; that he after
wards chartered her to the Government Tor
three hundred and fifty dollars q day, though
the original owner was willing to charter her TO
the same for fifty dollars day; and that be
finally sold her Tor over forty live thousand
dollars ...
The third snit is based on The complaint Of
Alfred kearncy, who alleges that in May,
1862, while Butler was commanding in New
Orleans he THE plaintitf) possessed in his own
right, rosin pitch and tar, of the aggregate
value Of $GG, IT'S; that at the time mentioned
one Andrew j. Butler, since deceased, was the
brother OF this defendant, and was IN New Or
leans, engaged in acquiring and obtaining pos,
session Of such property IS be could get control
of, and that about the-day OF May 1862 the
defendant, collaborating with Andrew j. But
Ter, his brother caused the plaintiff to be ar,
rested by squad Of soldiers, and taken before
him, at his bcadqnaGterrs, and upon the r.rc.
,eDca that plaintiff had agreed to sell 10 An
drew J. Butler the property mentioned in ez-
change for certain notes in the SimlIilude oI
paper money issued by the socallcd ''COnfcde
rate States of America, but which were
worthless ordered and by force of his power
compelled the plaintiff to deliver to Andrew J:
Butler the property in question or The nomlna
sum Of S7,9S8 in the invalid and WORTHLESS;
notes of the Confederate Government, and
that the said Andrew j. Butler was enabled to-
and did carry away and dispose OF the good:
and merchandise to his own personal profit anc
advantage. for which property the plaintiff
asks judgment in the sum Of SEC. 7l5, with III
tcrest. - IichU2Ond FhiG