Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-09-25

near Grcenvillc, OH the 2lst, has been cxalnn'
! ed and sent on for trial. ~. e
FAUoUIER CIRCUIT CouRT.-At the close OF
the second week of the September term Of our
! Circuit Court with L large docket OF eases. law
and chancery, not reached, Judge Keith had
DISPOSED Of number of cases, some OF them
involving legal questions OF much Interest to
the community, as we'll rs the legal profession.
In the case Of Portcrvs Newly. in III action
of Debt ON Il note payable on demand. the
Court instructed the jury that the plaintiff had
the legal riy ht to interest from the date Of the
note until paid, aud the jury found accordingly.
The case of kincheloe W. Foster e. Co., WIS
an action OH the Case, founded on Il sight
check drawn by the defendants: who were ner-
chants at the Plains in this county, in favor Of
Luke Woodward for S4S5.22, dated ri Jan
uary, ESG22, on the Bank of Virginia at Rich,
nond, and by Woodward transferred to another,
and which after passing through several hands
reached John ". kinchcloc, who endorsed the
same to his brother. +. D. kimhror. the
plaintiff in the action--by writing his name
across the back Of said check and placing the
same, with other valuable papers. in the hands
of his mother for delivery to said +. d. Kin
cheloc The check did not come into the pos
session of l.. ID. kinchcloe until the close OF
the war, when he was advised that he must
present the check at the place where 1t was
made payable and if not paid, have the same
protested. before he could Xix liability on the
| drawer. He went tn Richmond, found the
Bank and its contents burned in the fire Of lStj,
the officers scattered, and no one to protest his
check. Subsequently he brought suit against
the drawers, and under the Instructions ul the
1 Il IL I'm.
of tho check Us oil the time when the 'lcirl-
dants (the drawers) had removed their deposit
| from the Bank-thc Court being Of the opln-
! ion that the drawing Of the check on the bank,
was IN appropriation Of so much OF tile funds
| Of the drawer to the payment of that particular
check, and the defendants had no legal right to
| withdraw the same from bank, but should have
| left the SAME IN bank To meet said check when
presented.
At the beginning Of the third week ot the
| Court. a large amount Of business, principally
chanccry, engaged its attention. - lInn'"fo"
Inoer.
NARROW GUAGE RAILROADS. I'VE regard
the matter of cheap and rapid transportation
as Of vital importance 81 the South. Great
activity is now shown in every Southern State
in the building of railroads. and much attcn-
ton is given to the narrow guagc railroad. -
Our readers will understand that the usual
width between the rails, or guagc, asst is called,
IS four feet eight and half inches; that the
broad guage roads are six feet, and that the
proposed narrow guagc is only three feet. 1t
has been pretty well determined that the broad
guage is not best for the purposes OF Il railroad.
Public opinion is not cntirely satisfied, however,
that the narrow guagc of three feet will prove
all that is claimed for it, But the question is
in fair way of being determined, as already
numerous roads arc projected and in progress
of construction on this guaSc. The two first
roads of the narrow guagc OF which We have
| any information have just been c0mplcted-
| both in Alabama-the one from oungSboro
to the Lime Works built by Avery j.. Clapp,
the other from Chchaw to Tuskcgcc, built by
George Campbell and associates, each only about
four miles in length. There can he no question
that for such small distances and Tor local uses
these roads will prove better adapted than the
usual guagc 1t remains to be seen how they
! will answer for large lines connecting important
points ard doing Il large business: 1t IL stated
| that Gen. Forrest has determined to CONSTRUCT
the Memphis and Slima road on the llaTow
guagc at once If So: that will easily test the.
matter. The letter of Cen ". II. irwin of
Cleveland Ohio, addressed tn the editor of
the Mobile 1tcgistcr, is very convincing argu-
ment in favor Of the narrow guasc. We: may
remark, however. that the terminus Of the Mo-
bile and Northwestern Railroad is Helena,
Ark, and not Memphis, Tenn. The alapta-
-biiity of the proposed new suagc'to onr future
railways has been very torchly presented in a
pamphlet recently issued by Mr. Richard b.
Osborne, Civil Engineer, Baltimore, Nd
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