Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-07-29
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tb, memory OF even young men very great
change has come over the appearance OF the
,nwn and its prnci pal streets. Heads without
= Silver hair in them can we'll remember when
nre ssry frame houses were common on
King street aud when log cabius filled the
.,,,.e now occupied by Sarepta Hall and by
Washington Hall. Now there are only eight
tr,mrs ali two stories or more, below Washing
,nn street and not more than thirty frames, less
,h,n rem per cent of the whole number of build
ing> -,
worry nearly the same proportion in all other
narls Of the town as we'll as on King street has
lwert away nearly all the houses more than a
century old, Nevertheless some of these still
r,man, and arc in some instances in a state of
,hr historical Herbert House now enclosed
within the Mansion House block aud visible
nnv from Water street, In which Braddock held
Inference O"i with the Colonial Governor 10 1855
This house was built in 1853. The frame house
occupied BY Chas Shaw, at the corner of King
and Fairfax streets is also century house; the
lower story was originally the cellar and was
raised above the earth by the cutting down Of
King aud Fairfax streets just after the Rcvou-
lion; the door of the porch formerly came out
nncn level. Two houses near tho centre of
the snuare bounded by Fairfax, Water, Wolfe
and IS likes streets, are centcnaranS. They have
reyer been undermined, stand back from public
observation and show their age. Doe or two
old cabins on ST. Asaph street, between Princess
and Oronoko streets, nearly opposite tine Jail, also
date beyond the Revolutionary war. One Of
them was built 10 1854 and was then just be.
yond the city limits This house with num-
Der of others situated in what was then the
suburbs we're brought within the city limits by a
subsequent act Of the Legislature which provld-
ed that every lot adjoining the town on which
there was built dwelling house of sixteen feet
square or equal thereto ID size, with j brick or
stone chimney, shall be Incorporated with the
town of Alexaudrls, and considered as part
thereof" The northeasterly portion of the
second ward, however, was 10 early times the
most thickly settled for the commerce Of the
town centred at Hunting Greek Tobacco Ware
house which stood upon the hill top at an ee-
walton of some 20 feet above where the city gas
works now stand All large vessels landed at
the county wharf point Vest below the hill
aud the hill top, now cut away much OF 1t within
twenty-five years, was century ago dotted
with stores aud dwellings. The large old frame
building which stood on the corner OF Oronoko
and Water streets was TO the town what k!ng
street from Washington to Fairfax now Is. The
first newspaper was issued little less than cen
fury ago from the corner opposite where the
Washington and Ohio depot now stands. or
course the change in grade occasoned the
the war there stood on Fairfax street, between
Queen and Princess streets, half dozen houses
Of date anterior to the Revolution. Some OF
them had the first stories yet unfinished and
full of clay remnants of the old hill, the second
stories only being occupied \ tall frame yet
standing on the east side of Fairfax, near the
Loudoun depot, belongs to that era, as does
half frame aud half brick on the corner Of
ROYAL aud Queen Streets the cellar OF which
has been opened to the light and made lower
story by the grading of Royal street nearly
century siuce. Some OF the frames on the west
side Of Fairfax street, between Cameron and
Queen streets, belong to the class of ccutlna
rams as did all the old gablcend houses which
were torn down to make way for Lawsons,
Mays and the other new bricks on that square,
aud the old King George Hotel (so-called) on
the corner Of Royal and Cameron streets,whlch
recently gave way to Harlow S building,
recollection of the buildings In the whole OF
that portion of the town from the market hons;
to the fish wharf, which may be called the odd
town of Alexandria, will show that from thence
the town took its rise. OF course Christ Church
is Il ccutiuarian, having been built IN l76', but
at that date it stood in the fields beyond tho
limits Of the town.
u. S. DISTRICT Court - e Henderson.
Ecl1dgc Case-At the meeting of the U. 5.
District Court this morning, Judge Underwood
presiding, in the case OF John L. Henderson u
Go. VS.. Waules, assignee, in the u.attcr OF NJ
Eldridee & Co., bankrupts, W. Wi!loughby,
representing Philadelphia creditor, appeared
aud filed petition to dismiss the whole pro-
ceeding on the ground that the Court had no
jurisdiction of the case in its present form.
MIR. Smith also filed au amended petition ask
aug the Court to pay over to Henderson \ Co.,
the amount of their bill against NJ Eldrldge Il
Co. from the avais of the coru now III the
hands OF H. S. Wattles, assignee Objection
was made to the filing of Mr. WiIloughby's
netition, but it was finally permitted to be filed
aud he went on to argue his claim, which IN
volved construction of the bankrupt law aud
was supported by, several recent precedents
Messrs Smith and Claughton replied to Mr.
Willoughby, denying his position and they
we're, in turn, replied to by Messrs Chas. G.
Whittlesey and Willoughby.
Judge Underwood held that the petition might
be filed Tor the general information of the court
i'll the case Of the bankrupt but that outside
creditors 10 this case, where proceedings had
been so far prosecuted aud under all the cir
cumstances, could not be allowed to interrupt
it, and that the petition must be answered by
the assignee and brought before the court in
the regular manner prescribed.
Mr. Wattles, counsel for the assignee, then
filed his answer to the amended bill of llender-
sou T. Co., and the case was reheard upon the
issue made that the contract was not performed
on the part Of Eidridge & Go. in the purchase
fthe corn from Henderson & Co.
After the examination of witnesses and short
arguments by Messrs. f. L. Smith, ST., for the
plaintiffs, aud L. b. Taylor and G. W. Wattles
for the assignee, and when Mr.. Claughtou was
about to proceed with his argument, he was
interrupted by the Judge, who decided the
case in favor of the plaintiffs Henderson & Co.,
for the proceeds of the sale Of the corn, with
interest, ana costs to be taxed.
The assignee by counsel, objected to the