Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-27
FKG.T B?.sSEz:TE rGys,.
Special Correspondence Of tie A!era. Cdsetts
WASHINGTON, D. G., Sert. -, 1879

| >I''|'Ut correspondence " tHG IttLI!. Cu-ttte
WASHINGTON, D. G.. Sert. -, 1879
JUICE Wi!o2llby, OF Al xar,i:ia, ty 7peo.s
Invitation. had sn ,t,r7iew eih Attorney
d9n ri D.Tlps tbs nortios ia ref,r.ico tc
the h:ves csse, 10 w3ioh tbe Judge is t 10 pitt.
eiraI counsel ir The Un:t:I Sigt:o. The case
vii! 10 as t;!ai che r.aG 1t n,3, !t!m OF tie
United States Supreme Ctu!}, which viii meet
ca the u Moodsy 10 October EEK, cad 10 il
Inc Judge vii bc assisted BY tie A:;or1ey
General. TIE consultation vas cot lorg one,
but will be rcLcsrd r.Zt We !nesd5y. Tie
Arlington case, i! it e5mss Up Ut ali at the Gext
term Ct The Uoicd States Supreme Court, will
GOT &C s. uolii lac 10 tie session, or ualil the
b prepared by Mr. s. L. Baaah and i1iro-
dn.ed ia'o the Seuate last session by Mir. John
stop, aId which is intended to authorize the
cur; to Try the ciso, shall have been disposed
Of. |: will be lccolccted that the court Ia
Woter 10 California case decided that suits
could not be brought for property 10 possession
CT United States lllieels. AID The bill referred
to is II take the Arlinit,u case out Of that
category.
Tho tia! Of Jim Stone, tho negro who NUT
dered bis vile by cutting her throat low 10
progress 10 tbs Criminal Court CT this city,
continues to attract large crowds to the Court
House. The evidene has bGcn COMPLETED Ii.
II. Wells. it,, son OF Gen, Wells, formerly
provost marshal Of Alexandra, is conducting
tho prosecution, the principal counsel for the
dcieccc btiHg nrgro lawyer uGmed Gracnlr.
The contractor for boriug The Artesian well
at the Riggs House made another uttnmp: yes
teddy - draw uD The lrakca Pike, tf anger,
but n. l9i attached t, the llapiIios iron
could not s:aoa he p:0:sGra ii The jlck screws,
aud thick IS j: vas. parted. The attempt to
riaC thn trl K . nGEcr Will now be abandon
ed auG The EGr!ng OF 4 utw W. Ii at uu0thar spot
bo commGacej, rs his cype2sc Ct tho later
will b. I:si than ;ha. tf iurihtr etfcrs to re-
cover the broken auser ald prosecute tho boz
Ing OF The vel already nearly completed.
TIE Collector Of Cua oms at Corpus Christi,
Texas, hasl1 ~ applied 10 tho c1mnanGl2g eff
Ger OF F0It hiclatosh for military ts3crt to
accompany noun cd iospcc.Lr7 en- o scCu:, and
his aprl:csi)n bling refused The case WIS t.
ieIrcd to the Secretary OF Wac and by him to
tho Judge Advocate General, By whom the
action Ct tbs commandment ct Fclt Mcintosh
was sustained. This ac'iJn is furnished 20 The
press at the Treasury Office 10 such form as
10 make 1t appea: that owing to democratic
legislation the Go7err ment is poweItsi TO col.
lect it's revenues.
1t is rel or;cd here that the friends Of Mr.. j.
Il. Tucker ars making quiet but ETH! aciy,
effort aGOrg the Conservative nomint cs for tho
General Assembly Of Virginia 10 secure bis
election rs u. s. Senator utSS Viurc: 10 place
OF C0l. Wl;h@Ts, wbosc Ijrn will expire hlareh
8. 1881.
Mayor Hota Of Alexandria called upon lao
: ecrttsry of Wax Yesterday TO protest against
the proposed dumping If The nut to be dredged
from the Washington Erd Georgetown channels
llto the Jtomsc, of Refers BiuG. Just below
Alexandria, lie was loIltoIy 7ecaived By tho
Secretary and referred 20 General Parks, selling
Chief OF Engineers, who inicsIGGd him ths. if it
could tc shown thst the mud referred to woald
terd TO up tho channel OF the liver ard inl-
pede navigation, tbs Ghitf EugiEeor would Gi-
rect 1t TO tc dumped elsewhere In this cen.
nectlon II may be ststcd that tto plan for i'm
prov ne tho EartoTs CT Washington and George
lown Likely to DO adopted is tina. Of III r Richard
Randolph, formerly Of iha old LouIoun and
hhmpshire Ra!FCal, which is TO make the main
cthnne! OF the river skirt tho Was arlington shore
sll the way to Georgetown, to obliterate Whist is
cow known Is Inc Georgetown channel, ard
cover the fats during tho lowest tides with
OOt CT two O! wafer.