Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-07-22
Railroad Matters I'm Virginia

The following items Of railroad news are from
me Alexanaris Serstsnoi OF yesterday:
ORANGE AND ALEXANDRIA RAILROAD
sToCk.-At this present time there Is a tremend-
QUE pressure upon all private Stockholders OF
TINS company TO secure their stock ON the part OF
TWO corporations who are competing for the COM
tTol OF the road. We understand that certain
brokers OF this city, upon a commission or
brokerage from the Baltimore and Ohio railroad,
are buying from private holders all the srock
that they can get at the present low msTSet
rates. We would suggest 60 our citizens who
nave any stock not 10 sell IL at the present market
IHR WASHINGTON AND Ono RaftRoan
There Il some Misunderstanding or sshitch1 iu
reference 90 the extension Of this railroad, or
rather We should say dssagreeable DELAY in the
iettlng OF The contracts Tor its continuance from
Hamilton, Loudon county, it, present terminus
TO Winchester. The road. under present cir,
cOmstances If the most important thOroughfare
TO Alexandria, so far as her material Interests
ale concerned, save the Manassas Gan f1orou m
iare. IL rs 20 be hoped that all difficulties may
SHENANDOAH VALLEY RAILRoAD.-work
uIon this improvement at Front ROYAL Warren
county, and extending from Il, has, we learn,
been suspended, and all labOrers discharged
We regret to receive such Information The
road when completed win extend from Front
heyal 70 Laray, distance OF over one hundred
miles, and be an important auxiliary i'm the de-
NeleT ment and promotion OF the material inter-
est OF that rich section OF the State.
OPTICAL REPORT ON THE New YoKK R1or--
Ihe Trips Did Not Ftre Too SoOR.-MajOr Gen
eIal Shaler, who was i'm command OF All the
militia regiments I'm New York city ON the tlav
OF the recent mot, has issued an order thankfny
he troops for their behavior, and endorsing
ther action on that day. lie speaks also I'm higb
terms OF praise of the behavior OF the police He
says portion OF the public press and a few
persons with preJudiced minds, have endeavore,i
10 create an impression that some OF the reeri-
meIIts acted hastily I'm firing ON sth avenue hut
by careful peruSal OF the official repOrts of AN
The commanding on GERS engaged and of citiz eus
residing IN the neighbOrhOod, A. % the circum-
stances attending the melee, 1 have failed %
discover sufilcient cause for the statements made
Testimony II abundant 90 show that long before
the troops retsliated firearms were discharged
ana missiles OF all kindsthrown al them from the
SIDEWALKS and windows. andi Z was not until an
Siactf OF the e4th had been struck down by q
missile thrown from house top. one of the IN had
been shot m the head and another had received
nSsll wound, two men of the 9Th regiment hal
been killed outright, a number wounded ana
uIee OF the 9th regiment wounded. that firC WAS
olent on the mob. IL j. the opinion OF the most
experienced officers Of the police force and mill
taEY resent that the troops did not fire any los
sooh but That IN p very few minutes more A.
would have been difficult. ~ not innossi,le 2,
oNerFeHeT the mob, and that the lives lost al Sta
aAenue and 9Th street saved the sacrifice Of n
much greater number ~ some other roirt.@ 4
refCTt frOm General k.Iiam l. af1.epded 10
saws that his troops had orders 60 ire Whom fire
uiOn. and that not enc shot was tired until
several had been fred by riCJers fTOIn house cops
and windows.