Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-10-06
ALExAN pE1A ITrNs.-The Ga.stt. OF 1

ALExAN DEIA ITRNs.-The Ga-stts OF last
evening has the following I-ems:
The W. d A. r. II. Emt0g!.o.-The argument
IN this c'.e upon norioh 10 discharge the rule
Is ~ q by Judge Underwood aga INST James ;.
ETenc1, President of the Alexandra a1d
W. hingIon RIilro1d Company, and James NJ.
= eue-t. Sheriff, 10 show can why thew should
not be ar ch d for con empt in taking possess
sion Of the alexandria and Washington Rail-
rod, BY yiitue OF a writ of po cssion, iss red
by the Clerk OF The Circuit Court of AlexandIi ia
county; end, also, TO show cause why the road
should not a g restored 20 the r~ceivefs hereto
tore appo'n' by Judge Underwood in The
o. Adams Exprcs Company against
MHrbury and others, was concluded by MIR.
Claugn on, This morning, in the Circuit Court
OF the Unit, Sat-, fof the District OF Vir-
INA ne Judge sitting in Chambers Judge
Underwood discharged the ule as lar as rue
question OF contempt WIS involved, and re-
I? rs the e7se 1Jr further consideration upon
The question of the right OF po- scs5iop. II is
Understood that a decision will Ee rendered
" thin day or two.
7ae o., A. cRd N. r. R.-The work of track.
lay .pg on the Mapa<sas branch of the o., A.
and M. X. r. is progr- sing rapidly, and by -
morrow or the next, II is exp ct-d that the
Iralns will lie running TO T.mberville. From
can be proftdbly employed, ere az wo X and
the road WILL in the opinion of the sn = neer in
charge, be completed 10 Harrisonburg Jytwce en-
the LIST AID 18th of December.
.1CH.lty COtTt.-1he October term of the Coun-
~ Count Justice Mckenzie PRESIDING, with j.
X Johpstcn and John Summers essociats
grano jury return~d d indictments yainst q 60.
w Snyder, for grand larceny, true bill; Wes-
ley Morgan colored, for rape, true bill; Scip o
johnson, colorcd, fOr intent % kill, true bill:
SnG John Berry, for hou. breaking, 4 true
ball.
The Creeian BeHd.-The wave Of the Grecian
berd, IN Its onward flow, reached this city On
Saturday last. Ii arrived in the person Of a
young woman ON one OF the Washington .erry
boats, who, IS she walked up the street, was
the obSery 4 Of ali Oh 'eryers. The wave re-
am
: nee then has not returned, nor have the re-
suits OF ats appearance here as yet been maze
maDIiest.
Bose LdIL-A match game of base bail wa
played on saturday lest, Oh the grounds of the
Monticello Il. Il. Club, between the Pioneer, OF
this city, and the National, (i2;h u. ). infan.
uy,) OF Washington, which re sulted IN a de-
teat OF the Nationals, the score standiAg at The
hfth inning Pioneers, -; Nationals, ~.
PTcPeTty SdLe.-The lot on the west side OF
Washington str =, adjoining the residence OF
MI. Il. ,. Mehaff-y, wss sold list week by pri-
yate sale 10 MIR. IL. G.. Slaymaker for 81 = by
Mrs. Susan Snyth.
The J0E a9i OF this morning has the fo'-
lowing:
NAL o. Fire EpsiRe.-The steam engine OF
Friendship Fire Company wcs tFisd ) iurday
IN front Of Charley Jox's, on King s.r ei.
Owing 10 long disuse and the rust aecunU-
Iated by ipectIon she did not work very well.
Those present 81 the trial were Mr.. q orge T.
WbitfingiOn. President Of the company, and
Mr.. EllwoOd, Chief Engineer OF the Washing
ID ton Department; Mr.. VIM. II. Gorbutt, o..
rhe Fire Commission and other Washing-
tOnians, including Hon. Nat S1rdo, reporter of
the Nat nal RepHJhcar, aud member OF the
VIZ ngton Common Council.
SteoR.T LGJisd-Uuring ! Sunday the steamer
Columbia broke her crank pin while on her
Way from Il B4ltiniOre 10 this place. She was
iOwSd 20 he wharfbere I''rday morning by
a tUg, and her Wishing IN and q orgesown
pa eDgeTs al embark and proc; edcd ~ their
several Plies Of de. .ination- The no ces AIRY
repairs Wall be ms 1e here, when the Jlumb.L
Will II sHme her trips
Nj tc y.-COl. N. p. Chipmsn, Clpta'n COM
parry ID, 18th Unit. States infant y. I: tsly a.
Bait, ~ Rodgers, now in Franklin county
Tenn s'GIyed III this city Sunday fro n his
10 reJs'n his command The Colonel Wa
lately mllt7ry commsndan. IN the 19.h DIS
triet of Virginia, and his successor Is yet TO be
appointed.