Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-09-18
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
r,,r HENRY STREET TRACK.-The Henry
,, abroad track rcmaius as it was left last
,,r evening, except that the chairs and
iul>"" ;,rn I'D by the employees of the A. 4
I}.N'R T. Company aud LETT by them lying
w.. that norton OF the track from which they
a'v"7 ,tf the rails, were gathered up aud
t 1,n,ht 10 police headquarters this morning
~ .st,. keeping. Contrary to the expectations
y, ..,an, no attcmpt Was made to modest 1t last
u ~, urobablv because the Gazette OF that
,,nor had stated that such an attempt would
t;'rns;S,r! Many persons visited the track
I,,.;n, th, night, aud the police who We're
linz Il had received orders that upon the
:"s animation of an attempt to tear 1t up they
49,, 10 arouse the citizens by ringing the fire
S S'is |, is understood this morning that legal
'..,,3,ugs are suspended until the solicitor of
r.. abroad company, Mr.. Beach, can learn
:" ,m Mr. Howard, the solicitor OF the Pennsy-
'',n;, Railroad Company, why he ordered the
,rL 10 be torn up pending the agreement ex
: : between hlm-Mr. Beach-and Coloucl
SmIrr, Corporation Attorney. Col. Stuart's
oIic,i,n> to procuring a counter injunction
we're stated in yesterdays Gazette, in addition
~ which he says the city Is 10 possession ot'the
rack, and it Is for the railroad company to
,r,yr its ownership. ~ the Instance OF Col.
Smgrt. Justice Padgctt this morning issued
warrant for the arrest Of David Pullman for
'.Ijlry. upon the ground that said Pullman,
sgJ gave the bond ut Sl2, 900 required by the
Injunction granted by Judge Keith restralng
the Civ Council FROM Interfering with the
track, had sworn that he was worth that
amount, wheu three months ago, 10 making
,l,f 4 hn had rIup in + itt,
rouc of his entire property at 500, and that
ina, was in personal property in Washington,
md upon which no tax could be collected, so
iha, if he swvre correctly on Tuesday last, he
must have sworn falsely to the Assessor. The
warrant was placed in the hands Of constable
Gray with Instructions to execute 1t 1T oGce.
CANAL NAVIGATION AGAIN INTERRUPTED.
TWAS stated in the Gazette several days ago that
the assertion had been mgie, that the lock gates
on the Chesapeake aud Ohio Canal We're al
lowed to remain until they rotted out, aud
Judging from what has happened since there
must have been some truth IN It. The Wash.
ington Star of yesterday says: "By reason OF
still more lock- gates being Knocked Out, busl-
ness on the Chesapeake aud OHIO Canal Is
again suspended.
This morning news reached here that two
more gates had been washed out at seven
locks" last night.
\ few boats that were this side of the break
arrir ed this morning.
The Cumberland News of yesterday, says:
Yesterday fifty eight boats loaded with coal
cleared this port. This We are Informed, Is
the heaviest day S business in the history OF
the canal The toll collected at the caual Of
nee from the boatmen who left yesterday
amounted 10 S256.64 and the freight on the
coal 81 cents per tom was $3.50: That
sounds like business. But OF what advantage
is all this, if navigation is cont uuay Interrupt
ed aud for weeks at time entirely suspended
UNFORTUNATE CREDITOR William Martin,
the man who was arrested here charged With
stealing canvass and other articles from the
Great Eastern Circus, in Washington, and who
was released yesterday evening as no one a!p-
p,ared to prosecute him, says that the propric
iar of the circus owed him SIS; tina, he came
here TO collect that debt; that its payment be.
Ing refused he applied to magistrate and OBJ
tanned an attachment upon enough of the CIR
Gus property 10 satisfy his claim, but that when
ho went with constable to execute it, the pro-
prietor Of the circus had him arrested on the
charge of stealing aud held in confinement uu.
Ill after the circus had left the city and /. was
too late for him to collect his just debt, and
that the whole proceeding was but another evl-
d:uce that the old time rule, that he may take
who has the power and he may keep who can,
still prevails.
CRlMINALs.-The Marlboro Md, Gazette
says: The two men, Butler aud Taggert, vino
got out Of jaiI a short time ago, but were recap
turcd, made their escape again on Monday
night, and are still at large. On Friday eveu-
ng Sheriff Masters, with deputy Humphrey,
brought eight cOlorcd men from Washington,
and lodged them In Jail. These were IN the
riot at Bowie. Our county is very uufOrtuuatc-
" located. Ever since the war Washington
and Alexandria have been the homes of count
less vagabonds and law breakers, and whenever
they feel inclined to riot, all they have to do is
to come Into Prince Georges, and VIC finally
pay for their amusement.
WANT OF TRAVELLING FACILITIES ON TIE
PuyoMAC. Since the burning Of the Inflated
>leancT WawaSet, great Inconvenience has been
cIirsilchced by many persons residing ~ the
riparian cruntles Tor want of facilities by which
1, reach this city. As all the business at some
Of The laudlngs was trausierre irom the other
steamers plying on the river to the WaWasct
Whichever she was ruuulng, the other steamers
9r long time past have failed to stop ut such
ahdlng>, and it is by the most urgent appca-
tlou that they can be induced to stop at them,
even now, when they would necessarily receive
alt The freight to be shipped, and all the pas.
>riSels 10 DC transported.
PROPERTY ALEs-Mr Geo Y Worthing-
layton has sold his house on the south side of
Cameron street, between St. Asaph and Wash
ir!Son, formerly occupied by COL Marye, to
Sir. v. a. Smoot, for $4,000.
Nc>srs. Green aud Wise, real estate agents
aud auctionccrs, have sold $50 acres OF tue
farm OF Mr.. Ferdinand Allen, near Nokesvlle,
to Nh. {. \. McCausland, Of Ohio, Tor Sc, 900.
Comfortable buildings and fine orchard are
ou the land.
POLICE REPORT. Captain Webster, Of the