Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-01-29

4 COSTLY GRISr OF WHEAT.-ln the mouth
of October, 1867 some twenty bushels OF wheat
were stolen from barn in Clay county, Ind.
and sold early the following morning at one OF
the leading Touring mills in Terre Haute. The
wheat was missed earl in the morning and
traced directly to its destination in market, and
though the nocturnal thieves had made good
their escape, q combination OF circumstances
and Identification seemed to fasteu the guilt
upon two men named Bemis and Miller, who
were arrested the same evening at Brazil. Tn
der the privilege of the law changes OF venue
we're taken before three several Justices Courts
in Clay county, and three days and az many
nights we're lost in the preliminary proceedings,
The parties we're then bound over to court.
Subsequently Miller turned States evidence.
The case has been before the courts twice.
yearly, since that time, being continued from
time to time by what were uniformly under
stood BY every party outside the courts as trlv-
olous excuses backed BY the us'la! affidavit
At the present term the case was thrown out
Of court at the request Of all the prosecuting
witnesses, for the reason that Justice could not
he obtained and the witnesses could not afford
the expcnse. William Mack, Of TeTe Haute,
was on the bench, and made few remarks,
commenting that this was one Of those cases
damaging to the reputation of the courts and a
farce on Justice. This being State case the
witnesses got no fees The original value Of
the wheat was $67 So A witness figured his
outlay asfollows: board DC, $40 time,2l days,
1858 total Sill. Multiplying this amount By
thirty witnesses, and We have the $3.50. The
sIillers aud Bemises claim to have paid lawyers
fees, etc, to the amount of $4,000, making the
total cost $3.50 In his final speech the pro-
scouting attorney remarked that during the
continuance of these cases several witnesses
had died. and many others had grown from
bovhood to be old men. One of the lawyers
on the defence had become palsied in his right
arm another had nearly gone blind, while the
third had become weak in the small! OF his back
all writing afhdavits and studying pretences
for continuance. -7erys Hnnfc Ind Erprsss.
The STATE MONEY AND THE BASks.-1t ia
known to many Of our readers that on Friday,
several prominent and influential gentlemen
of this city, went to Richmond aud appeared
before the Finance Committee Of the State
Senate representing the interests Of the Mer.
chants National Bank and the First National
Bank of Petersburg. We are informed that
the President Of two Of the Banks in Richmond
which have had large sums of the public funds
on deposits as state repositories, stated to one
of these gentlemen that he had arranged with
the Banks of I.ynchb,,rg and Alexandra, which
had applied to the Legislature for their pro-
portionate share of the State money, to keep
on deposit, to loan them 100000 each at j
per cent interest The same terms were offer.
ed TO the Banks Of this city, it they would
cease to press their application made to the
Finance Committee of the Senate. The rep
resentative of the Petersburg Banks replied
that this arrangement would not suit, as the
funds could be recalled by the Richmond banks,
as soon as the Legislature adjourned, and
doubtless would be; and stated big terms to
be the loan Of the money-slo0, 00o-to each
Of the banks that had made application, at the
same rate of interest e per cent that the
Richmond banks paid for its use, the loan to be
returned when the State drew on it, depositor.
les at Richmond for its funds. And the report
was made and believed in Richmond Saturday,
that these terms had been arceded TO- Hf>7s-
burg india.
The New York Standard Says there are an
nualy consumed in this country. by our Young
and aged peanut lovers, eight hundred thou
sand bushels, valued 10 the wholesale market at
about one aud half million dollars so that
the sum paid yearly BY the cousumcrs cannot
be much less than three millions Of dollars-a
pretty large sum for peanuts. Virginia produ-
ces yearly one half OF this quantity. aud Teues-
see over e-qusrter, while about one eighth is
raised BY Georgia and North Carolina Africa
furnishing IN with tha other sightk