Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-11-05
During the process Of Construction asssl Major
Turnbull foouDd it necessary, morder toSmake
tightooe tie s1dams' taesprround y tout


side) with body Of clay.
This was eagerly seized upon by the George
town authorities, and anihj uBetion@wasz issued
to prevent it. No doubt the whole question
of power was discussed "Ior final adjudication
proper-legai-tribunal, A-at.d-the-re-
suit was, thattherighuof theAexandria a9a
nal Company wasafhrmed BY disso9lyFiIpgt the IN
junction.
Will all ills satisfy our heighbors of George
town? if not they may be reminded, that
when the site Of the northern abutment was
selected by their id1ol5 Representatives an C9& ..
Canal board, Gen. Walter Smith, all above
that point was deemed worthless for the pur
poses of navigation rEas property, except for
transportation of Falls Stone by scows,
which was not impeded, or injured by the
piers-now. ffofsooth when wealthy individuals
have secured the, ownership. of this strip Of bar
rem strand, and believe that by a lavish expen
sditpre of moaey, this strip may be be enhanced
IN value immensely ,ifythey can destroy the
vested rights of their neighbors-they mean to
move heaven and earth, to,acconpllsh Sthelri
selfish purposes. It is, not Alexandria alone
that is interested in this great question Let
the. Aqueduct be destroyed, and what is the
result He.Luolg that now, the coal business
Of the main canal is delayed and crippled by
the detention Of coal Boats, and that2scores OF
them are delayed and detained for days. till an
opportunity, is afforded to discharge cargo.
Baltimore, which pays two Or three prices tor=
the transportation OF coal by rail, has trade
in this important article nearly quadrup.e that
of the canal. Who is to suffer by cutting off
this mportantsoutlet'h .oftheac coal trade
Not Alexandria alone-that, in the opinion Of
sour neighbors, would be very small considera-
lion, compared with their own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
MOTT the 4boatmenEalone, who make Two round.
trips, where theymi ght makesthree Not the
oal2companies alone, whose operations are:
circumseribedaby the want ofaa 1.-The facilities
which mig ht:and should be extended to them,
but the whole OF Western Maryland, whose
bituminous resources would be more amply de-
Eeloped, and in fact all parts Of the United
States, whereahe demand for fuel for steam
and lnanufactur PURPOSES, cha" has increased
is increasing and mast not be diminished" "
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THE CASE OF THE BALTIMORE p oLICE, Coal
AussIoNERs,4Ong Saturday the new police
,commi ssioners proceeded to the premises occu-
pied by the late Commissioners and made q
formal demand for the books, papers, and
property of the Office The old commissioners.
refused to receive them or to recognize their
authority: With a view then, of entry upon
the discharge Of their duties under the ap-.
pointment by the Governor Of Maryland, the.
new commissioners established their headquar;
tiers at another point and proceeded to initiate
measures according with their functions. At
this stage of the proceedings Geo. g. Maund,
prosecuting attorney applied to Judge Bond,
tol the Criminal Court, for the arrest Of Mcssrs.
Valiant, and Young, on the .pre5cxt that
they were 'uDlawfully conspiring, &c, and
they we're arrested on warrant. issued by
Judge Bond and have been incarcerated in
JAIL after refusing to give bail The sheriff
Of the city, VIM. Thomson, Esq, who had
been previously called upon by the commission
ers for aid, has, been similarly treated, through
the: same agency, on the ground that he was
engaged in an s unlawful mblagesand riot, !"
because Of his undertaking to5exereise his pre-
rogative Of summoning the posse comitatus
Suchis the position OF affairs, brought about
bythoses who, in the possession OF power, wish
to -retainit. The counsel for the newly APP,
pointed Commission have made application to
Judge ,Bartol, of the Court of Appeals for a
writ Of habeas corpus to bring before him the
parties held IN custody by the warden Of the
city Jail undeE the order of Judge Bond, of the
Criminal Court..sEThe writ will be served this
alorning The city ahas5remalned without dis.
turbance, although, Of, course, there is much
feeling about the matter, a despatch from
Baltimore says is currently reported
that there will be q new set OF judges OF cleo
ton announced TO- morrow morning, as appoint:
ed blythe; new Commissioners. The registers
of2voters, tits also reported, have determined
to return their lists only to the judges appoint
ed by Governor Swami 5 Commissioners. If
this besso, there will be fresh complications. :"
nothersdespatch from Baltimore, dated yes
terdayssass 1t is not desired to cali in the
aid of the United States military forces until
some overt act Of riot and resistance to the law
has occurred, tsnd the Governor and the Com
missioners intend to kcep3themselxes through
out, as they have done hitherto, SO entirely
within the bounds oithe law. that the interior
ence- Of the military, If necessary, shall be
clearly justjfable. General Grant arrived here
today, to review. the situation Gov. Swami
vent 20 W ashington to-night,r and will return
hc!are morning. The course to be pursued is
definitely determined, and Monday will proba-
bly, concludethe struggle. 13&0TIA II
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Charles Lever, the novelist, author of Chas.
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