Evening star., 1868-08-24
EVENING STAR.


fHE WAsBINGToS AND ALEXANDRIA RAN,
Iugs IN his case, before the Hated ss,a,s,
Court Judge Underwood i'm Alexandri. M
to SaiHi day The proceedings origi aatet in an
alIh,ailon by ths Adams Express Com oany
NV S;at. Indss Troy, the receiver appointed
JGGge tEderwood made an order en- Satpr-
.ay, gIsIung the Injunction prayed for, and
appointing he present lessees Me.srs S,aysn.
and Phelps, receivers on the par of ,hs IIai,ad
S'ass DisIlct Court, and Messrs. wetzel Will
iOnehoy, tommonwealth's attorney and Rem
Johnson, ESQ., an experienced legal gen.
=. L.sL, Ao~ secretary OF toe Alexandra,
LNocon and Hampshire railroad. as commits
.soEei 70 settIe all accounts, &c, between II 2
LnPress Companysand Washington railroad.
hessrs: Stevens and Phelps at once gave
tond and took possession OF the railroad no
'oneer as lessees, but ~ receivers; and, in con-
junction with Mr Lathrop. the Washin gton
receiver, viii doubtless continne 10 manage
eI The United States adjusts the complicated
affairs Of the company.
On the day before Judge Underwood rem
dered his decision, application had been made
70 Judge Thomas 10 allow the cases in regard
10 the Washingto and Alexandria railroad to
te transferred 10 the United States District
Court. Judge Underwood,) under an act of
Congress, which II was alleged, authorized the
transfer OF such causes npOn the AFFIDAVIT of
either party, that he did not believe he could
obtain justice in the State courts. Judge
Thomas over-ruled the application, but the
late decision Of Judge Underwood practically
takes the case out OF the jurisdiction of Judge
IhCmas- IL seems, however, that the declsion
OF Judge Underwood has not settled the dim
sultles OF the railroad, as shortly after the de.
eision was rendered on Saturday, the follow.
ing notice was served in the Courtroom:
To JAMES :. FRENCH Take notice that on
honday. the 24th day of August, 1863, shall
apply 20 the Hon. John &. Underwood iudge
CT The United States Circuit Court for Virginia,
IN chambers. at Alexandria, Virginia 10 at
zach you for contempt in violating an in iunc.
ton issued by the said court, at the suit of Ho-
ratio r. Riddle and others. against James s.
French and the Washington, Alexandria. and
Gsorretown Railroad Company, on the 18th
HoEArIo r. RIDDLE.
BY his Attorneys, X. ] and ]. l.. Brent
THE SCHURENAN RoBBERY.-It will he re-
membered hy our readers that y. N. A Schure-
man, colored messenger in the office of the
Comptroller of the Currency, was arrested
some months since. charged with the abstrac-
ton OF notes of various national banks from
That bureau, amounting TO SI2.0OO, and was
heic ey The court 10 bail IN the sum of SIn,ODO.
the case never being disposed of, the proof not
being sufficient to convict but the court re-
fusIng 10 discharge him. 1t appears that on
The 18th day of September. ls64. a S2O note OF
the First National Bank of Peru Illinois, was
''missed" from the Comptrollers Office: also
seven $40 notes OF other western national banks
During ISt5, several 500 and $50 notes Of ma
tior al banks of New Hcrk and Massachusetts,
We're missed. In 1S65 a large number of notes
of the same denomination were missed In
January, 1867, $3.50 worth of notes of the Ma
nonal City Bank, Lynn, Massachusetts, wer
missed: also, package of notes of different de
ronin ations, amounting to $4,000, of the Firs
National Bank. n W Jersey. On last week
GeOTgia SChursman, the wife Of Schurpman
called az the store of MIR. FurSt, on 9th street
telow r, and after making some purchases.
ttndered SGO note of tine First National
Bank OF Jersey City i'm payment. MIR. Furst
cid not like the appearance of the note
and so informed the woman. who stated tina.
she hsd r. ceiyed II in the market. but that she
We uid return there and see the man whp gave
It to her She. however. left the note with Mr..
uTst- and never returned. Mr.. Eurst'S sus-
plcIons were aroused, and he sent word 10 The
Treasury Department. and il was n once iden-
uhed by Hon. II X. Hulburd. Comptroller. As
ore OF the missing notes. Information was
lodged al police headquarters. and the case
PLACED in the hands Of detectives Bigiey and
hcDeviti- who procured carriage. and in
company with Mr. Furst. on Saturday morn
ing last, waited AT the Centre Market for the
purpose offnting the woman. She was finally
discovered and identified by Mr.. Furst, ar
rested and conveyed 10 police headquarters,
when, after hearing before Justice Walter,
she was held in the sum of Sl,UOO for a further
hearing on Wednesday next at u O'Clock The
case u IN extraordinary one. and the deveI-
opmenfs yet 10 be maoe will no doubt be IN
feresting.
The CALVARY BAPTIST CHuRCH,-Tha
work OF rebuilding tne Calvary Raptlst
Church, which was DESTROYED last December
Is progressing rapidly. ana il is expected that
the basement will be ready for the couyrega-
ton by the frst of November. The work Is
being done by the contractor, Mr. ] G.. Nav
Ior, under the supervision sf the architects
Messrs. Cluss and kammerheuber The walls
are now nearly completed, ana have been laid
III superior manner by Mr. Augustus DAVIS
brlck mason. according 10 the former design
90 that the exterior appearance OF the building
VIII De substantially the same as before The
rafiers, ftty-six feet IN length, have Jus; been
pat mp, AFTER a design by the architects care
fuiiy examined and approved by the building
committee. and span the entire house, so that
the audience room will, as before, be unob-
st-ucted by pillars or trusses, and its Ceiling
VIII be continuous arch from front to rear
about forty-flve feet high In the centre. and
broken only by the small arches extending
transversely across the lower portions of
the main arch and opposite the windows
The large stained glass round and arched win
dows hich gave such beauty TO the audience.
room, the grained c-ilings and pendant chan
celIers, ar@ 10 be restored much in the former
style; Some improvements will be made in
ventilation There have been some modlfca.
tons OF the former design for the heating anna
ratus, which Will be larger and much nors
effective; also, in the stairways leading to the
upper hall. which will be much improyed:
and also some slight changes in the SUNDAY
school-rooms, which will be more spacious in
the infants department.
The building committee. OF which Hon Amos
Kendall Is chairman, is constituted of eight
mem bers. besides the chairman, VIZ: the pastor
Rev r. Rowlett, Rev.W f. Nelson Henry
Bearo, ESQ., Il. w. Fenwlck, ESQ.,, Deacon G.
= Butts, L. III. Stickney, Esq, David Haypes
ksq., and Mr.. Augustus Davis, sub-contren-o-
fer brick and stone work.
PRINTER Is G RANT AND CeLFAx CLuR-This
Club held a regular meeting on SATURDAY. eve
ring last, l. n. Patterson, Vice President, in
the ehsir, and t. VI. Moore Secretary The
Committee on Uniforms reported adversely 10
making carpet bag and linen duster a portion
OF their uniform; which was agreed to- Can
ID. A. Brock, from the Committee TO wait on
General Schofeld in regard TO the enforcement
OF the eight hour law, reported that he mad
called on Gen. 3. who would not take any ac-
ton in the matter. They then had an inter-
view with the President, who agreeably To the
request of the Committee, referred the su biecr
Of the eight hour law 10 the Attorney General
for his action. Several persons Were then
elected members OF the Club, and resolutions
endorsing Hon. Henry =. Cake. NJ. G.. from the
10Th Pennsylvania Distinct, and tesrifyiny 70
his appreciation OF the interests OF the mechan.
&c and laoorer Were adopted, after which the
Club adjourned.
Young THIEVES AT WoRK-On Thursday
last a gang Of young colored thieves entered
the store of Nathan Blum, Capitol HilI and
stole therefrom a roll of canvas containing
thirty-two yards. Mr.. Blum afterwards ar
rested one OF the party named Thomas Meek
Inns, but not until after the canvas had been
disposed Of The boy was taken before Justice
Tucker, who, after questioning him, ascer-
t2lred that the canvas had bean pu-rhoo.1