Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-01
Neus Of the Day.

In tue case OF McCreauy w. E'a'o u va
c;nio; error to the Court of Appeals of Virgin
"a the Supreme Court of the United States
yesterday decided that the State Of Virginia
can nrohibjt the citizens of other States from
Wanting oysters in The beds Of tide waters with.
in her jurisdiction. while permitting her oWn
nconle to do so. For the purpose ct the own
ership Of the tide waters and their beds, 1t is
said the State represents the people, and the
ownership is that of the people IN their uni'ed
sovereignty. The title thus held Is subject 10
the paramount tight OF navigation, the Fe&uia
ton Of which, 10 respect to foreign ana ,n'tr
state commerce, has been granted 10 the U. D:
| There has been, however, no sucn grant Q:
mower over the fisheries. These remain unles
| the exclusive control of the State, which has
consequently the right. IN Its discreloG' to mp
proprate it's tide waters and their beds 10 ha
| used by it's people as common Tor taking ana
| cultivating fish, so far as 1t may be done with
| out obstructing navigation. Such an appro'
| priation u.s. in effect, nothing more hau reg
ulation OF the use by the people OF thcir com
mon property. This right OF the people 81 The
State comes not from their citizenship a'oro,
hut from their citizenship and property con-
| hined 1t Is 10 fact q property right, and not a
mere privilege or immunity OF ctiz .nshlr, lhe
| Chief Justice delivered the opinion.
The Richmond Dispatch says:-As the west
ward bound Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad ca
nress train Yesterday evening ran on the tresEic
a short distance east of Milton station man
was seen sitting on the track. TIE engineer
did all 10 his power to prevent striking him,
but was unable to entirely stop hls tram
though be succeeded il greatly reducing speed -
not enough, though, 10 prevent kcocklns inc
man eff the !restle, Tall Of scmo ~ or 81
feet, shatteriog his right arm above the elDo",
and bruisiDg him considerably about inc mead
aud face. His physician thinks there ls no Sc
rious internal Injury and he Y'l recover; lie
proved to be one Dirton, Formerly q Million
70 which he was brought By The officers o! the
train, who did al in their power for tic wonnd
cd man. Drtoa - supposed 10 have hcer 10
toxicated,
Yesterday morning +. Il. Waldron, an agop
for the trustee for the hondhosdc:s, entered 0!
the track of the Lafayette, Muncie aud Bloom
iuetop Railroad at Lafayette, Ind, with 81 en-
CINE and tore up the track. Ho was n!@t al
the bridge by the train CT the Nlunc!c road, anc
the engines stood confronting each other, hott
lashed to the track Judge Ward, CT the CIR
cult Court, has eDjoined both parties iloEa op
Grating the road until Friday nex!, waca tx
case is to be heard. Waldrou claim! to bi
acting as agent Of the Bayss trustee to enforce
the rights of mortgage bondhoiders, de!au
having been made 10 payment OF tie 'nteFasa
Travel was entirely stopped yesterday. not on'
on the Lafayette, Muucie and Bloomington Rail
road, but also both ways on the kankaSea 'inc
which leases the use OF their track.
Mr.. A. II. Stephens argued case before Il:
Supreme Court of the United States yesterday
for the first time in many years. lie va;
wheeled Into court in his chair, and locked
healthier than for many months. tie spoke
for long while, and auded constantly to date;
and figures aud incidents without consulting
notes. 1t was particularly noticed that in un
raveug the complications Of The case, his nird
aud powers Of analysis were as wonderfully de-
veloped as ever. and that his body alone was
under cloud. lie wore white gloves al the
time, AID spoke in nervous, piping voice, bat
his language was vigorous and powerful. tic
scene created quite sensation among those
present, who could hardly believe that the bal
decayed statesman still had his brain under
such good control.
There has been trouble for several days pas
between the revenue officers and the Illicit dis
tiers in the ueighborhood Of Hintoo, West
Va, The revenue officers a lew days slice >li3
ceeded 10 breaking up five or six o. the dlsi!
leries and fired several shots at one OF the par
ties that was trying to make his escape. 10
day, while two of the officers panied k"gieS
and Saunders, were going through the sane
neighborhood, they were fired upon by aonlt
unknown persons, woundlng Saunders IN tht
abdomen, it is thought mortally, aud hcglcy II
the thigh. So far it is not known who did thu
shooting.
An old feud eliminated 10 a terrible tragedy
Sunday at Dckalb, Hamper county, Mis-
Ga Thursday last John N. Gully, a pr1mncn
democratic CITIZEN, was way!aia and assssslnat
ed. Upon toe afii}avits OF two negroes scvcra
alleged conspirators 10 the ASSASSINATION were
arrested. Yesterday afternoon 4 large parry o
men fired upon the prisoners, kijlng }. +. Gil
mer, \. Mcclellan, John Ch5olm and DaTio
Rosser and mortally woundiug Wu. IL. Chi
solm, all white republicans, except kossef
who was democrat
Two hundred and fifty employees Of III;
Treasury Department we're discharged ycS:tF
day, including several promiucut officials who
it was rumorcd early in the day, were the chic
clerk, chief of the seal printing bureau, auG
captain of the watch. This makes five hundred
and fifty dismIssals 10 this bureau during the
present month, and reduces the force 10 lnu.
hundred employees in the bureau proper, and
fifty employed outside.
A race between Harpcr's Tea Brock AID
McGrath's Arisidcs, dash Of p miles, for
$500, has been arranged to take place On The
| Louisville course, May "a.
The Maine Republican Stale Committee last
might chose Senator Blaine Chairman, making
tho o;rhtoontb oonsaoutira vaor nf his Ihair.
manship.
The wires Of the Atlantic and PaclG: Tele.
graph Company have been extended 10 Ioma,
Arizona, and the Southern Pacific Rail
road track is completed to within ten miles
OF the Colorado river, which il the line between
| California and Arizona.
The boy Finch, eleven years old, who shot
| Newton, another boy. aged nine years, in STAT:
ford couoty, Va, last week, was arrested in
King George county last Saturday.