The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-08-24
TIE APPRAISEME'NT CASE.
70 The Editors Of the Naiional Intelligeneer

10 he Editors Of the National Laelligmer
GENTLEMEN Your paper of this morni ,g makes state
ment in respect to the trial Just concluded at Rockville
which requires explanation especially articles
have appeared in several city papers of the date 1t
is manifest that the journals of the city cannot haze any
possible motive to make any untrue unfair report and
indeed it is perfectly apparent that this entire batch of
misrepresentation have common paternity, they
have an obvious and common aim in which those jour
nails can have participation.
most respectable and Intelligent gentleman "a men,
Der of the jury casually in the city, called my atten
ton to the statements have ndverted to- and reas
sured me of what had already understood to be he truth
of the
The truth of the perfectly well known at Rock
vile when the verdict was that the first
baotng of the jury there three for $500 000 for
$3.50 000 four for 5000 900, for 000 and two
for $3.50 O0O giving average of precisely S275 900
the twelfth voted for $40 000 afterwards for $780,
600, and finally united In the verdict Eleven Jurors
after many efforts settled on 5000 OOo and adhered
that position until it found that they must abatc
20 per cent of their minimum estimate, break up the
nqusition without any result Now, for the two men
who were for zone cent and the two who were for
zone dollar stated by your informant it must be
apparent to every that neither of those gentlemen
could have supposed intended to imply by such ball
lot that such sum was fair compensation for the prop
erty condemned. But il such thing Is supposabe of
any with the smallest particle of right intention
of sense, It is to their vindc ton dsproven by
notorious facts. 1t publicly and repeatedly stated
that the hghlycspectlble foreman of the jury himself
damages, and that more of the .'onccent' men,
their friend describes them did vote for that propo-
ston state facts, and notorious facts and pro-
nounce contrary statements false. 49,
1t is stated that both parties dissatisfied with the
verdict speak for neither the nor the other
nor am informed Of any grounds of fact which either
party lawfully override tho decision of the jury In
respect to the Of damages compensation
be paid TO the Of the property taken that being
without qualification appeal their peculiar function to
ASCERTAIN. Should the government, however for any
reason, desire inquest of the counsel Of
the Great Falls Company, will any Influence have
to come Immediately to that arbitramcnt and If the
finding Of the second jury does not double that Of the
first will consent instantly to another. ln ~ 1
Tho private parties have only desired 10 obtain the
just value of their property They offered to take for
their property the cost Of similar property used
for similar purposes in the four largest Atlantic cities
and that offer far entertained by the Executive
to examination and report under orders by Lieut.
Morton Of the engineer corps which showed that at that
average price the parties here would receive mil
lion Of dollars for the supply not only of the citizens but
for the Of the yard, DOCKS and other govern
ment establishments, as indicated by Mr. Jefferson and
followed IN the plan of the aqueuct The city OF Balt
more, without resorng to condemnations purchased the