Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-24
ROM WARRINGTON.
tSpeeis! Correspondence of the Alcza. GAZETTE.
WASHINGTON, D. c. Nov q. 1856

Especial Correspondence of the Alcza GAZETTE I
WASHINGTON. D. c., Nov q, 1856.
The Commissioners OF the District Of Co
lumbia this afternoon announced their dc
cison in the case Of the disgraceful police
scandal of this city. 1t was that Chic!
Walker lie allowed to resign; that 1t. Ar
mold he dismissed that It. X ely be repri
maDded and suspended for three months
without pay; that 1T. Edelin, be dismissed
and that Sergeant DiggiIs be reduced to
lhe ranks. The prevailing impression con-
corning this remarkable decision is that il il
even more dsgraceful than tho scandal.
AS was stated in the GAZETTE of October
9Th, the W., o. & w. r. r. Co. applied for a
stay of execution of the decree holding that
company liable for the bonds issued by the
county of Clarke in its aid. A Virginia gen.
tleman, interested in the case, here to-day,
says that Mr.. r. T. Barton, of Winchester,
counsel for the road, has applied for an up
peal from the decree to the Court Of Appeals
of Virginia, and this appeal, if allowed, will
be placed upon the docket of the court at
Staunton, where there is no term until Sep
TENDER next. To obviate this delay, it is
understood that counsel for the bondhold-
ers will move the court TO remove the case
to Richmond should the appeal be allowed,
and to fix au early day for its hearing.
Solicitor McCue said to-day that so far as
his branch ofthe Treasury Department is con.
cerned the Alexandria canal case is settled
He does not know whether the Treasury
will reimburse itself ont of the money ap-
propriated for the purchase of the aqueduct
piers, for the money it bad advanced the
canal in its: early days. Neither does he
know whether the Secretary of War will
accept the aqueduct piers for FREQ bridge
but thinks he will.
Among the strangers here to day is Capt
Goss, of Maine, one Of the largest owners in
the Potomac manufacturing works at Alex
andria He says the day of wooden vessels is
over, and that the facilities for the construc
ton of iron vessels are greater at Alexan
dria than any other place in the country,
and that as soon as the business of ship
building revives Alexandria will be heard
from. He says it has been demonstrated at
the works referred to that as good charcoal
iron can be made there, and at az cheap
rates, as any where else. The present trou-
bic about the taxes on the property, he
says, could easily be settled by arbitration,
and when the works are relieved of that
trouble, they will be ready to commence
work as soon as the demand for vessels
shall arise. Then, too, he expects, now
that the navy yard at Washington has been
aD0llShed, tDaI an iron snip yard at AleXan-
dria would have great deal Of Government
work.
Col. Robert Mayo, Of Westmoreland
county, Virginia, as counsel for the relatives
of Chief Justice Marshall, has fled claim
against the Government Tor all the flats off
this city, reclaimed and otherwise. The
flats, it is claimed, were included iu the
tract bought by toe Chief Justice from Den
NY Martin, the heir Of Lord Fairfax.
Senator Edmund's denies the report that he is