Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-10-06
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER

COUNTY COURT. -Jhu0e """'c" to"""''''
presiding. -CoNTINUAToN OF ! EsTERDAi
PROCEEDINGS Com VS.. Patrick Hynes; on
an information; noIle prosequl.
In the application of Q. Is. Lee and others
to omen a road, the order entered IN this april
cation at the last term was rcsclDded, and I'VE
disinteresed freeholders appointed, according
to law, to ascertain just compensation ior tue
aud to be used; said commissioners TO meet at
the residence OF A. Frazier 90 the 23i inst.
Hunter ct ais. vs. w. Il \. Turnpike Com
pany; this case was fully heard upon the argu,
ments of counsel; time taken by the Court 10
consider of its Judgment.
Com. VS.. r. s. Laws: on an intoTmatlon; de-
murrer TO information; demurrer oserrul,d;
thercupon the defendant moved to quash the
information, which motion was argued and
also overruled; jury adjourned over I'LL to'mor'
row at II O'Clock.
Com. VS.. Robert Walker and +. NJ. Mills;
rule awarded.
Accounts of Randall Bates constable,
amounting to $79O, were presented to the
Court, allowed. and ordered to be certified 10
the Auditor Of Public Accounts for payment.
To-DAY.-A election tor Superintendent OF
Poor aud Sheriff was ordered to be held 90
the 3rd day of November, 1874, and writ OF
elpCtlOu issued Accordingly.
An inquest upon the body OF Alfred ilaWs
was returned TO the Court and flied.
Com VS.. L. NJ Mills and Robert Walker;
on a rule; rule dismissed withou: costs.
Com. VS. Il. S. Laws; on an information for
illegal voting; Jury aud verdict not guilty.. 10
this case the Jury SUMMONED by the clerk was,
at the request of the defendant, ignored by the
Court, and jury of seveo colprcd men em-
paneiled.
I. NJ. Mills qualified as Clerk of Jefferson
township.
Benz. Pollard was appointed and qualified as
OvcrSeer of the Poor OF Jefferson township.
Court adjourned till Court in course.
WASHINGTON AND ALEXANDRIA TURNPIKE.
ln the County Court, yesterday, in the matter
of a rule issued at the Instance Of Alexander
Hunter, John r. johnson aud Thomas Swami,
against the Washington and AlcXandria Turn-
pike Company, calling upon ii to show cause
why the Court should not proceed 10 declare
the Turnpike road from Alexandria to WASH
ingtou city abandoned and certify that TACT to
the Township Board Of Jefferson Township,
counsel for the company moved TO quash the
rule upon the ground that the Court rad no
jurisdiction; that the law under which the pro-
ccedings were had Is unconstitutional, and that
the Court could DOT enquire IN this proceeding
into the question Of abandonment. These qucs-
tons were argued at length 10y D. Il. Smoot,
esq, counsel for The applicants, aud Mcssrs.
Smith and Beach, COUNSEL fer The company, anti
the case submitted, the Conrt rcscrvlug lis de-
ciSion uuti The next term.
TOURNAMENT In the frSt I'll, at the tour
nameut held at the National Race Course, GU
the opposite side OF the river, yesterily, DR..
&. A. FIX, and Mcssrs. n. Jarboe, I. u. Jack
son, &. Brown aud r. W. Hereford, took the
ring an equal number Of times, and had to ride
until one Of them took it FIVE times in success
siop. This feat was performed by Dir. |. NJ.
jackson, who won the prlce-a new buggy
worth $500 and crowned the queen, DR.. Fox
being entitled to crown the 1t maid oil honor,
n Jarbce the "a and r. ". Hereford the 3rl.
INSTALLATION Rev Dr. j. }. Bullock,
will be Installed as pastor of the Union Pres
byterian Church Of this city at the lst prcsby
terrain Church at half-paSt seven 0 clock to-
morrow night. Rev. Mr.. Lcfevre will preacE,
the sermon, Rev. Mr.. Murkland will charge
the congregation, and Rev. DIR. White will
deliver the charge to the pastor. ga the
night following Rev. Mr. Mufk?and will preach
a sermon IN the same church, and on the next
Friday night sermon will he delivered there
by Rev. DIR. White.
\ CoLoRED jury. In the County Court
upon the application of D. L. Smoot, esq,
counsel for the dctcudent, Judge Sangsier, to
day, ordered coIored jury Of seven TO be eul
panellcd from by-Slapdcrs in Attendance upon
the Court to try the case OF Commonwealth vs..
r. S. Laws, upon trial fer lcga! voting lii No
vember last This is the first jury of the klnd
that has ever been empancllcd IL his county.
REMOVED j Ohm Seaton of this city one Of
the colored men who escorted the remains OF
Charles Sumner to Bcston, has been removed
from his position as member OF the Capitol
police. Orlando Evans, of this city, also color
ed has been removed from his pnsiion at the
Ceder Point lighthouse.
weather Probabilities.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6, | | a. N.
For the Middle States falling barometer,
southeast aud east winds, nearly stationary
temperature, cloudy weather and rain.
The Markets.
New YORK, October 6.-Socks active and
unsettled. Money p. Cold IL. Flour dull
and unchanged. Wheat quiet and heavy. Corn
quiet and steady.
BALTIMORE October 6-Virglnia Is, pcoers,
AZ; Virginas, consolidated, 534 do. cX.coupons
81. Cot on dull and nominal; low mi3dlings
l4i.l44 Flour active and changed: Wheat
ST, ady; Western dull and easier; No red
Western and amber II '4al2l. Corn firm for
southern; white Southern 1O3alu5i yellow
Southern locales; mixed Western Gull at 80
Oats active Southern 65l66; Western mixed
62a63; do. white IS. Rye arm at locales. Hay
unchanged. Provisions dull. Coffee quiet and