Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-12-20

lieve they have il this case) to use the taxing
power vested in them there are several rene
dies known 10 the law whereby such improper
action can be restrained and corrected. In This
case the Commonwealth Attorney regards
the action taken ty the Board as ,Hegot and
improper with him in that opnlnD fully con
curl aud has argued that they have, uDneces-
sarily. imposed an amount IF taxation upon an
already heavily t4xed community 10 an urJust-
| fable manner, aud has taken steps to corrccti'
| He has supposed the remedy by appeal, as pro
vidnd for by the 10Th section OF the act OF
! March, 1872 could afford the correction The
| Court, sympathzing with the Attorney for the
Commonwealth III his I, fart to Tighten the bur
deus of taxation, would, (most chcerfulsyl it he
could consult his own lucnaIiun, take JurlS-
| dcton Of the case aud annu the order Of the
| Board but feels constrained to Say that upon
the best consideration he has been able to give
it as one Of legal right and legal powers, the
power does not exist 10 this Court TO revise the
action of the Board in the mode which has
been pursued The remedy by appeal exists
| only iu cases VI here clalms are chargabie against
the county in the shape of accounts, &c, as
set forth in the 10th section, ami has NJ appl!-
cation to cases where the Bard transccnds It's
authority las | becv. it has done 10 this
case, or improperly exercises its vested powers
| for such violations. The rcucdy is either By
quo warrauto to anuu the act or by suit upon
! the Supervisors bonds, where individual daul-
age results. The proceeding must. therefore, be
| dismissed. w.
IMPORTANT DECISION. The Supreme Court
of Appeals yesterday delivered the following
decision in several cases in relation to the fur
- i. Il han
with coupons receivable for taxes:
Auditor; Wise Bros Agents, vs.. same Opin-
ion of the court by Judge Christian.
These cases. involving precisel the same
question, were heard together They were be-
fore this court 90 applications made by the par
ties respectively for writs of mandamus to com
pei the Second Auditor to fund certain bonds
and interest thereon accrued Of the State OF
Virginia, according to the provisions OF the act
Of the General Assembly, approved March 3Oth,
1871, in coupon bonds payable to bearer with
coupons receivable at aud after maturity, tor
all taxes, debts dues and demands due the
State as to two-thirds Of the principal and in
| tcrcst, &c.
The court is of opinion that the Second Au
ditor was right 10 the opinion that "he had 10
authority under existing laws 10 fund the stock
referred to, 10 the manner proposed, to VII:
into coupon bonds, with coupons attached re-
ceiuaJie for turcS, &c, aud that the rules
awarded against him having beeu fully answer
ed must be dismissed. -State Journal
CASE OF HORACE VENABLE. The Court Of
Appeals yesterday morning, through Judge
Moncure, delivered its unanimous opinion IN
the case of Venable VS.. the Commonwealth,
affirming the Judgment of the Hastings court
of Richmond. Horace Vcuable was Indicted
for the murder of Mary Holmes last summer,
and was found guilty and sentenced 10 be cxecut
ed in some public place in the city OF Rich
mond on the 9Th of Dec mber Before that
day arrived, his counsel procured a writ OF su
persedeas from the Supreme court, staying the
execution, until an argument could be heard
upon bill Of exceptions 10 which the adulsS
bility as evidence of some Of The confessions Of
the prisoner was involved. The Supreme court
has sustained the Hastings court fully and i'm
posed upon Judge Guignn the duty Of fixing a
new day of executon.--Rich. Enquirer.
GLOOMY Views. The New York World
takes very gloomy view OF the hnauclaI con-
dition Of the government and the people. 1t
says:
The pernicous effects of the imitation Of
the currency as practlsed by Grant aud Rich
ardson are already seen Tue cost Of living is
again ncreasng operatives are striking against
al adjustment OF wigs 70 the altered cuudl-
ton of affairs; mauutac' urers lind the cost OF
the raw materials advaoclug, speculation Is re-
viviug while legitimate pursuits are dlScuurag-
ing; aud affairs are put 10 train TOR another ex-
plosion compared with which what we have
experienced is but the fire OF 4 blank cart
ridge
This is, we expect, an unnecessarily gloomy
| view.
FAIRFAX COUNTY, From the Fairfax
News Mr.. Daniel Taylor, residing 10 Ceu-
.treviIle township, lost morse uuier the PILLOW
ing circumstances S3me dogs, on Friday
last, were chasing fox. which ran under MIR.
Taylor's wagon, and IN endeavorlug to whip
the dogs out, his horses became frightened
and dashed off with the wagon, and ran against
tree, killing one of them on the spot.
An alarm of fire at the Jail Was raised here on
Tuesday night last. A big scare and a general
turn out on the part Of the inhabitants Was the
result The alarm arose from an over heated
stove-pipe, which caused the SCOT in the hue OF
the chimney 10 take fire.
INJUNCTION DIssoLvED.-T injunction oh.
taiued BY few of our citizens to prevent the
bonds of the Corporation of Harrisonburg from
being hauded over to the w. G. 4. st. l.. R
R Company, IN. G., has been dissolved, the
court we learn, deciding against the applicants
for the injunction upon all the points made in
the application.
The work upon the road between Harrison
turg and Bridgcwater, which had been tenn
porarily suspended has been actively resumed
and will be pushed with energy by the contrac-
tors, Messrs j. H. Mcleod & Co.. Harrison-
burg Register.
ABRAHAM LINCoLN-Col Herndon, form
erly law partner of Abraham Lincoln, has de-
liyered lecture in Springfield, ILL.,, on the life
of that gentleman, 10 which ne asserts, and un-
dertakcs to show that President Llucoln was
=, hut tho Df