Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-04-09

IRELAND. From all that can be learned
from the agricultural districts OF Ireland the
prospects OF a good harvest are far from cheer
! ing. The winter has been not only severe, but
also most unheaIthy-a Wet, >Ick!y, dreary sea.
son throughout the island. and farmers argne
from this that crops Will BIZ unprodurtlrc and
The harvest small. Ia many Of III. cltr., aud
towns small p"X lii> prevailed 10 an alarming
extent. Dublin particularly has suffered. aud
. in Cork. Belfast. Droghecia and Waterford
both Su,a;l-po and lever have helped 10 throw
Il gloom over the iniIahltanl> of these cities.
With these DISEASES amounting almost to an
epidemic. in the towns. asd poor harvest pros
poets ia he country. the llari>hips of Ireland
will be- increased rather than ahalrd this scar.
! The continuous rains which prevailed Irom the
beginning of November until the end oI' Feb
ruary have intel I,'rcI greatly with The farmers.
and the winter crops amount 10 nothing.
! Indicted il seems a< if the lis of Ireland in
crease with Years. Between Internal ds>rn
SONS, failing crops and cpldeulc>. the condition
Of the Irish people i yearly becoming worse
and ANNUALLY wc find thrnuging to our shores
the poor Irish clnigrant> seeking home which
various CAUSES con>ilre IL deny 10 them III Their
native land ". j. Wt"n
! This i one account! Now So: II " different
are other statements for Instance thl, :-Ac-
! coriiu@ to the recent report "t' the Lord Lien
tenant. Ir'.lanl i in an excel, ionaIIy good
condition inst now ''Nryrr n!urlny the past
thirty year. says the report. has lrcln,:d
/ been so pro,:I crn1ls and happy as at the present
! time. J." support this rp>c-colnrrd statement
he proceeds 10 show that agrar!an outrageS
! during the past year numbered only onr-'hird
! Of those returned tnr the prcvlhn> twelve
nl,nrlS and deposits n the savings bank had
largely increased IA wei! n he trade OF the
Principal towns aud port, The landlord and
! tenant act which was pass ii by Parliament
with >onr difficulty is working admirably.
TIE BRADLEY-ElSHER CASE The Supreme
Court Of the United States yesterday decided
the case Of Joseph II. Bradley. sr.. aga inst
George =. Fisher. on an appeal from the Su
| prenie Court Of the District. This was III ac.
ton brought by Mr.. Bradley agains, Judge
Fisher. growing out nf the expulsion from the
bar Of the former by the latter at the concu.
sion Of the Surratt trial The decision was IN
favor of Judge Fisher sustaining the action OF
the court below the points of the decision
were: First, Because he sued for being eXp"ll-
ec from the Supreme Court of the District
when it appears by the declaration that he was
expelled from the Criminal Court. Second
Bccarl>r Judge cannot be sued for deciding a
case within his Jurisdiction, even though he de-
eide wrong. and this applies to all cases where
he lla> Jurisdiction Of the subject matter
| Third. The Crim!ntl Cnur; has jurisdiction 70
REMOVE attorneys from the bar OF that court.
! The court holds that. as the Criminal Court OF
thc District is a separate tribunal from the SUI
preme Court Of tn. District the plaintiff has
/ i l,. l.,. al
from the roll Of attorneys in the latter court,
and is therefore not entitled 70 the damages
claimed. The court las down The rule that Il
Judge l. exempt from liability in civil action
in respect 10 matters Of controversy within the
jurisdiction of the court. and even where 1t Is
i alleged that his proceeding was in excess OF
jurisdiction. and that he acted mallcnu>ly and
corruply Mr. Justice Field delivered the
opinion.
Mr. Justice Davis real brief opinion, in
which Mr. Justice Clifford concurred. dissent
ing from SO much Of the opinion Of III" court
a> held that Judge is not liable. in Il ease like
the present. where it is aIlegel that hr acted
uaiicio1>Iy an | corruptjy If he did 50 act. he
is held to be subject to suit. the same il Il
| private person would be under like rirrnn-
stances.
LAND SALES. The Washington on Bray
farm across the river, held at $l2,mm run
tanning ~; acres, was sold on Friday at private
sale, to ST li t. l'iizhugh Il. johnston.
arlctioneer sold on Friday, Mcdowell farm. Of
one hundred acres Que and u hall miles above
Falmouth. To Mr. T. J. Hayden for $l.:,,o.
". A. Little and j. I. Goodrich, commission
,rs sold fifty acres Of land, in Stafford. al a,l:-
| ton Saturday. for 500. fi~I .N,1rS
| \ tract in Stafford county, abolt two and l
bali miles from town, containing :,'m acres vii h
Il comfortable dwelling and appropriate out
houses and young orchard, soil to i com
pany OF Interested persons for : 80. y tract
o II, acrr, partly in King George ami partly
in Stafford county. with coln!"rIabl" hu!l,r
thereon sold Ia Mr. Alexander Pratt, for 500.
| -HruM
BrrKL,SD WooIES MILLS These vaIuA-
bic mills which are in Prince William county,
Va, have lately passed into the posse>,ion oil Il
company which has been Incorporated by
Judge James Keith. \ large sun o money
has been expended in charging the mills and
adding new machinery and other facilities.
| Il. Clatfiin l. Co, aud Arnold Constable 4
Co., the largest cloth aud dry goods dealers in
New York have repeatedly said that the cloth
made at these mills was not SURPASSED by eth
er that of English or French make. ana there
was no mill in this country like it. Having
seen most of The cloth produced by other mills
! in this State and elsewhere. We believe, for TX
cccrcc OF quality. make, durability and finish.
the Buck Iaml Mills exceed all Others. -Rhh.
NcrS.
LIST OF LETTERS
| Remaining in the Alexandria, Va, Pn>tntrc.
April Il. 1871.
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