Alexandria Gazette

In the Supreme Court of the U. S. an opinion was delivered yesterday in the case of J. C. Willard against B. Ogle Tayloe. Willard leased from Tayloe the mansion property adjoining the Mansion House in Washington, for the period of ten years, with the privilege of purchasing it any time within that period for a stipulated price. Before the expiration of the ten years the war broke out and the property greatly increased in value. Willard tendered the price agreed upon and demanded the deeds. Tayloe refused greenbacks and demanded gold in payment; hence the case was thrown into court. The decision yesterday was to the effect that the defendant should receive gold for the property. The Court declared that it is not the intention of this opinion to determine upon the constitutionality of the Legal Tender act in respect to contracts made prior to its passage, remarking that that question is directly presented in, and will be disposed of by decisions in other cases now pending.