Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-11-06
ALEXANDRIA,.
TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER {.
THE; VIRGINIA RAILROADS. I
Annual Meetings of stockholders.

of transportation, whose judicious conduct and
successful working are closely and vitality inter
woven with the prosperity OF the State, will
soon be newly differed for the coming
year; and the stockholders will have had 9th:
erwiSe the opportunity to impress their views
upon the prospective management
IT these approaching occasions shall be duly
improved by the assembled stockholders; and
il the officers to whom they may. commit. their
several properties the ensuingtwelVe months
Wlllmeet tor agreement. onissone wlsc3sys! em
of interchange and cooperation among our
various lines Of transportation; an inca!cula..
bic benefit will result to the State, asa whole
and in all its parts. The late discussion re
vcalcd evils of which but few were before
aware; and to which nobody had given the
proper attention Whatever differences of.
opinion existed, and still exist, on minor and
collateral questions, the public mind united in
a common Judgment and determination that
the giant evils referred to must be, and shall
be- abolished, and ourraIroad system essential
lyreformed. The murderous schedules which
have offered to commerce u heavy bounty to.
aroM the Virginia cities, will not be longer.
endured by the people or by the Legislature.
Our cities have been bleeding to death, at
the hands of the railroad Doctors. sTOur amer +
chants and manufacturers have tempted fortune
by their enterprise, only lto,see their hopes In
main measure bighted by the policy which
brbes their customers unWilhpgly away. The
railroads to which our cities contributed the
subscriptions that make them groao with taxa,
ton have thus brought uronus disaster, and
threaten US with ruin. II Byron's struck
eagle" winged the fatal shaft With his own;
feather no less have the cities;of Virginia con
tributed the means now perverted to their de-.
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There are otker reforms needed, -notgso pal
pab!e, perhaps, but yet important and essen;
tia. A system should be devised and enforced
which will secure to our citizens everywhere,
in town and in country, the privilege OF an IN
restricted choice Of markets. subject only to
snch inequality Of freight charges as grows out
Of and is proportioned to, inequality of dis
tances. The transfer OF freight from road to
road, should be made without delay and With
outadditional charge. The Railroad Presidents
and Superintendent should meet ~ early con,
vention, and agree upon just and satisfactory
arrangements that will practically have-t Ell
feet of reducing our whole transportation ael
ties into one harmonious, uniform and judicious
SYSTEM, rendering, them all: available to the
people on equal terms. This system should
provide that every individual and cverycity
Shall have every fair advantage dueto shorter
distances; and especially that Virginia cities,
which contribute so largely to the States tax
cs. shall be secured in such advantages over
outside cities: which pay us nothing. -Rtch.
Enqutrer. y .<t<< fsx,l,s>. 41s
The case of Cornelius K Garrison vs.. Viii
liam Malone, was called in the New York
Supreme Court Chambers, in New York on
Friday The defendant General Malone is
now President of the reconstructed Southside,
and also of the Norfolk and Petersburg Rail
roads While in New York, few weeks ago.
he was arrested and held to bail in the sum Of
100000 for the alleged conversion Of a steamer
belonging to the plaintiff" This was readily
procured, but was subsequently reduced TO
$25, 600; deposit of that amount having been
made, the defendant was released Au!appli
cation is now made BY defendant 10 have the
orderof arrest vacated, or the amount of bail
still further reduced. The motion was heard
on afhdavits Of the defendant and other per-
sons -.
Having 're constructed the South once,
the Radicals now desire a new, 'sre--construc-
ton" When that is effected, the advanced
guard of the dominant, faction at .the North,
may possibly demand yet another sre5construc-
ton" 1t is thought essential to the program
me that Maryland should remain, politically,
under complete Radical control, enotwithstand-
ing very large majority. Of the people.are OPP
posed to the Radicals, Hence, the recent pro
ceedngs in Baltimore. I'll II 4 ,jII..ss}
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Wells, Fargo u Co., the Holiday Oyeland
Company, the Overland Mail Company, 1.-THE
Pioneer Stage Company, the, American Elk
press Company and the United States rEx-
press Company, between the Missouri river
and the. Pacific ocean, have been consolidated
and will hereafter be represented by a COM
pany with capital Of ten millions Of dollars,
under the name ofWells, Fargo l. Co.
BATMoRE.-Judge, Bartol, in consequence
Of the delay in serving the hateas. corpus writs,
in the case Of the Baltimore Police Commits
sions, has postponed the case. until Thursday
morning. The election went on to day,
all attempts at compromise having failed. The
list of Judges clerks. &c, stands tas at the.
Mayors election The city, vii, therefore, at.
is presumed, remain politically, in the hands of
the Radicals. 2f5tt9z s9tti@
The operatives of the Secret Service Dbl
vision Of the Treasury have discovered that
ccunterfeits of 500 notes of the Fist National
Bank. Of Boston, the 800 notes of the First.
National Bank of Cincinnati, and the 500
notes of the, National Central Bank of New
York city are in circulation. The counterteits
Of the latter-namjed notes are pronounced ex-
cellcnt. ~ -: {; co.!
The report Of the withdrawal Of Macmillan
from Mexico, an accountof which will be found
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