Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-11-13
The Railroad Meeting in Washington.

trict of Columbia generally, was held yesterday
in the council chamber, City Hall. The at
tendance was very large, and embraced many
of the most prominent business men, repre-
sentine in the aggregate very large amount
of capital. The call stated that the object OF the
meeting was to take action with regard to Tor
ming more direct railroad connection between
Washington and the West and North. The
meeting was called to order by MIR. j. W..
Wright, formerly Of Indiana, upon whose mo-
ton Mr.. J. W Thompson, president OF :, the ne
| METROPOLITAN Street Railroad, was selected to
preside, and Mr.. w. w. DUNCAN was appoint
| ed secretary.
Speeches were made by Mes5r9. Wright
S. 2. Brown, A. r. Shepherd, Gen. Thomas
Ewing G. L. Walker, Darlington, BARLEY, +.
P. Stanton, Jos Segar, and others. The Baltl-
more and Ohio Railroad and its management
were generally, severely cenSured Mr..
Shepherd offered u resolution, which was
adopted, expressing cordial approval OF the
efforts of Mayor Bowen and the city councils to
compel the railroad company to remove their
depot, and to conform to the grades OF the
city streets.
Mr. Wright submitted the following resolu
| ton:
ReSolued That committee Of fifteen per
sons be appointed to take such action as Is ne
cessary to procure charters tor all the railroads
that the interest of the city may require; and
asoto prevent the collection OF the tax levied by
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. This was
adopted.
The Chair announced the committee as fol
lows: j. w. Wright, A. r. Shepherd, }. d.
Defrees, W. B. Todd, L. p, Stanton, j. +.
Brown, W. G. Metzerott. VIM. Wall, d. J..
| Eaton, Hallett Kibourn, j. H. Mitchell, 5. ).
Bowen, Richard Wallach II. ID. Cooke j. &.
Kennedy. On motion OF Mr.. Wright, Mr.
j. w. Thompson, was added The meeting
| then adjourned.
The Washington Chronicle says: To give
| q more accurate idea OF what it is proposed TO
do, we quote the following from statement
made by one Of the speakers at the meeting
The Virginia Central road is nearly finished
| to the Ohio river. 1t is proposed to build a
road to connect with it, which, when finished
will be shorter from Cincinnati to Baltimore by
this city, by about seventy miles, than 1t is now
| by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. In the
second place, it is also proposed to build road
from this city direct to point near York,
| Pennsylvania AT that point the road would
connect with four main lines. First, New
| York city, by the Allentown road, which would
| be only few miles longer than the present
| travelled route, and from grades and other
causes much shorter route; second by Penn.
| svlyania Central route, east to Philadelphia and
west to Pittsburg, Pennsy lvania third by the
| Northern Central railroad with Western New
| York and Northern Pennsylvania 1t is pro-
posed to take such action as will put an end to
| the tax now levied on passengers by this BaIt-
more and Ohio railroad, which tax has been so
| long enforced in violation of right and the de-
cision of the courts.
! REPORTED FRAUDS ON THE REVENUE IN
| VA. A correspondence is published in the
| New York Herald, furnished by Mr.. John H..
Gilmer, in relation to reported frauds on the
Revenue, in which MIR. G. complains that he
has been thwarted by high officials, in expos
ing and Furnishing these frauds. Alter much
writing and chatting about fees, Gilmer, alter
being for two months acting, as he contends,
as retained counsel for the Government, Is IN
| formed that he cannot be employed unless he
can get the "recommendation" of the officers
OF Government, (Weed, Laird, Rollins, &c, }
and in short, is choked off, He says he was
assisted at first, iii lis inquiries by govern
ment detective, who turned traitor. He
protests against the whole proceedings, and
Yesterday addressed letter to the President
\ on INC subject, WHICH, llc Has puJIlSuCu- hC
| Washington Express of yesterday says At
| the headquarters of the Internal Revenue Blu
| reau to-day the revelations Of fraud in the
| State Of Virginia we're generally laughed at.
| The cause Of the publication was attributed
| to the failure of n gentleman to be retained
| and feed as counsel. 1t was stated that the
correspondence was not omp!ete--that letter
seeking to induce Secretary McCulloch TO re-
cOgnize him as retained, was not published. -
| The distillery alluded to was, We arc informed,
| lbelled, and the case is now in Court. Mr..
Richards, who is accused as playing the spy,
and turning traitor, has been IN the employ OF
the Bureau for number OF years, and IS re-
garded as one OF the purest OF men. I0-d day
he had to undergo number OF harmless jokes
| as TO his Spying" and "traitorous" prOpensl-
ties. How the matter Is to end time alone can
show,
CASES IN THE II. s. CIRCUIT CoURT.-At
the fall term of the u s. Circuit Court, which
commences on the fourth Monday in Novem-
Der, heavy docket will occupy the attention
of the Chief Justice, and his associate Judge.
Among the civil cases are the suits OF McVe lgh,
Brun, and Others to recover confiscated prop
erty, fourteen remove cases, and the suits
against the delinquent postmasers at Richmond
j.
Petersburg, and numerous other points.
The criminal docket embraces numerous
cases of alleged perjury" passing counterfeit
money, violations Of internal revenue law, etc.
We find the following indictments
For Violations of Internal Revenue Law
Thirty persons.
Treason } Jefferson Davis.
Violation of Civil Rights Bill. Judge II. W.
Thomas.
For Registering. = Hon. John S. Pendleton,
E. w. NJ. Holiday, l.. v Shearer, John +.
Wall, Moses Green, Edward Hoffman
For Taking the lron-clad Oath. JOHN H.
Chandler.
Conspiracy to Delraud. CrutchGeId, Taylor.
White, Frayser, and NeaviIIe, on joint indct
ment.
An adjourned session of the spring term Ct
the Circuit Court commences on the 10Th inst.
Rich. Dispatch.
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