Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-14
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Special Correspondence Of TIE Ale1a. Gazette
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| Specldt Correspondence OF the AteG6 Gu-ette
WASHINGTON, i. g., July II, 1879.
A gentleman well acquainted with the attali'
Of the Firsoia Mitla1d Railroad informs n;
that 10 1853 the Cofp2ra;ion Ct Al:SaIdrla ;oos
$50 900 of the pictured Per c.. stock o! tie
| Orange aod A',xsrd;ia R.iiroad. With il no"
holds. The who'c ariIaat Of Inc 5 otk va:
$3.50 600. OF which the S;a:c !o9k $2!O.O0D
siocc bought !r7in the Safe By the y. 4 ..
Il. f.. and iuG7;ius's took 800 coo OF it, part
| OF which is rcw ac!d ia AfexaUdtia IL addltIou
to that hcld bg tie CotpOsa!ilD. This stock |:
aot secured by aoy III 2rtgEyts tad i: IS under
stood that it is COW proposed 10 Issue Que share
of COMMON stock Tor every five shares OF PIC
frrcj. OF c2u:so Tho value CT Lh9 common
stock Is now n:tti.g, b.: the Corporation
should endca7oT 10 do tho tess il Can With the
amou1ti: holds.
The report in ouo Of tho morning papers 10
the fleet that Lieut.. E7eIeu Lad been appoint
ed to ca inportsn, petition 10 tic cpalneer de-
par!meot OF the army is Incorrect. Tho gen
iIeman referred to is COL Boyd EleleC, Ct
Prince Georges county, Masylard who was
one Of the graduating class at West Point who
resigned 10 1861, and took positions IN the Con
lcderate army. The Colouel is al applicant
for a celkshp 10 the war department, but the
chief clsik ct that department Informed me
this morniug thai bis application, though
strongly endorsed by republicans, among them
Gen. Burnside, had rot yet been acted upon,
aud that # be had received on appointment it
was moro than the records CT the department
would show.
Mr.. John IIaotcr, uephtw CT the lslc COL.
w. Ii. Duapy, OF Atxl1jria. and lately COL"
noccd with the Star otfic,, is enc Ct the experts
employad 10 Investigating the affairs Ct the
Fr5edusn's Birk,
There are numcrous applicants for the va.
cancy Oh the bench OF the Supreme Court Of
the District of Columbia occasioned by the
death of thu late Judge Humphreys, the most
prominent of whom is j. w. Thompson, an ex
member Of Congress- from Pennsylvania. As
tho court has sc 1uroed Until 1t xt December, it
is probable that no appointment will be made
yet awhile at lest.
1t is Understood hero that tho reAsons Which
Induced J udgo Hughes to postpone the session
Of the u. S. District Court that was TO have
bcca he'd 10 Alexandria las! week until next
Seplcn be-, we're that the 1Eofs summoned to
set ut that term were summoned uadcr the cid
law; that owing to the delay in printing the
now lew a0d the consequent uncertainty re-
RSEulUR luN III v: liic ittIu!SL'lHH IOl tut CA
peDses Of tts ierm no tucn requistlon had been
made, that ncn9 Of the cases SGT tjr the term
Wero pressing; that the parties 70 many OF these
cases wanted tho delay, aud that no ons iEt2r
as!ed 10 cuy Ct ih2m waa any!cui !5r u trial.
ihc expenses icciieat u20a the meeting eli the
court Hcro paid BY the !narsha', Tho Borrowed
inc noncy Ter the purp3ss.
Er. Murtaugil, tee former proprietor of tho
Washington Republican, irteOGs stsr;iDg a
n:w evctiog p,p:r here i! IN early Gay.
Al Als1lndr,a gentleman, WHO has beer on
7isi: to lbc Northeast, passed through hera
10 day On lis ga? L0ne. lie SAYS tvl Ct the
haudsomcs: and .uo;t Intelligent young alca be
saw while a. aant were u 2S5rsGeoifo@l: aud Chaa
Johnston, OF Alcxardtia, Whcn lie met last
night OF tic dcpo. at A:ta3us, where they arc
employed 10 the works o! the PENNSYLVANIA
Rlroad Compspy
Col. Robert lGgcr53ll's lac sermon upon the
death OF his brother INST with such aucccs3 that
he has temporarily, ut laast, quit dIscoursllg
UPON anti p.ut0pi2n d2ctriues AID g3ne into the
iuaeral oraticu business The tiea.h ofa1othcr
o1c Of lis friends las s!7@n him cc;aslon Tor
again nskirg pillows Of burdens and for put:
liGe ncopio an the qul viz" ior the ru,lllog OF
Angels wiocs II is j wonder lie las uct started
sumo ol his dcpar:cd f.itGaa aGr@ss The dc;':
food il o5o Of Boytop's suite.
Tho aoay Sunday regulations in &!e1an1rs
Gro the sui e2. Ct mitch comment IN Washing
toa Tho ia1o o! the various GUNNER drnGs
served and compoIaded in tho nncinn. city IS
almost universal, a7:t many persons f:om this
city who nave been in Tie n2bi. O: c.o:sing the
river on Sunday 20 testify to tho legitimacy of
This famo will now romaIn ut homo and obtain
their diGks via the back doors Of tho Restaurants
hero One o. tho Alexandria restaurant keepers,
Mr. John Eesth, has, in consequence Of the rag.
uls!;ons, already closed hi4 rlscn ard moved 10
this CITY. Whether his removal snd tho ccsaa.
ticn in tho visits of tho Msshi1s son;ans alluded
to will rcdound 10 Alex ndra's gain il is for
time n detcvmro 81! Tho s";ieT SIDED people.
Il laasl, say theg vii.