Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-07


i'm. and visit 10 this city.
The BALLAR CASE-Baiidr DiScharged.-
A. stated in last Thursdays GAZETTE
GA tho o3a of April the Court of Appeals
awarded rule against the iailer of Alexandria
,nupty To show cause why writ Of haIcdS corpus
.Auuld not issnn upon the petition of James II.
Ear vino is held for trial for murder. Tho
rule was rcturned yesterday, when Messrs. Stuart
and Burke. OF Alexandria, appeared foc the petit
,oucr. and tho Attorney General for tho jailer.
The court after hearing the argument of counsel
awarded the writ returnablo on Thursday the
9TH inst, Tho return Of tho jailcr shows that
the petitioner is held by him pursuant to the
commitment Of justice of Alexandria county
Ia; september, and that petitioner has never
been IN court since his commitment. The record
shows that the case has been continued from time
to time hut does not show for what cause or
upon whose motion the continuanceS were grant
ei The grounds relied upon by the petitioner
axe that four regular terms OF the court at which
he might have been tried have passed. and that
lie Is entitled to he forever discharged from tho
p:osccnton under the statute. The Attorney
Gehcral maintained that, whilst the record did
mol show that the continuances were granted upon
notion of tho petitioner such was the fact, and
offered aildsviIs to sustain this. The counsel for
petitioner insisted that such evidence was mad
m,sahlc and that, rs tho return showed he
nave made the motion. The Attorney General
insisted that the motions for continuance mi ght
lawfully he made 10y counsel i'll the absence of the
accused The case will he finally heard when the
~rt is returned on Thursday.
Yesterday the court, after hearing argu-
mrn,s of Attorney General Ayers and Judge
| {. +. Stuart, finally ordered the discharge
of the prisoner, it being decided that four
terms of the County Court had expired with
Oh. trial Of the accused and the record of
the Court failed to show on whose motion or
why such diScoutinuance was granted. This
decision affects large number of cases now
pending in the County Court of Alexandria
ccuaty, and probably i'll other counties In
the State, in all of which applications for
discharge on like grounds will be made.
Daer returned to his home in this county
ast night.
The ALEXANDRIA AND MARYLAND
fERRY.-A meeting Of the Board of Direct
ors Of the Alexandria Ferry Company was
held on the 9Th inst, and the report of the
President was received and accepted. We
give below, in round numbers, some figures
from that report as the boat has been in q
Measure supported for the past two years
out of The city treasury. Balance from city
appropriation Of 1851, $4100; appropriated
by city council May 1885, $3.50 90; received
from ferry from April oath to Dec. Goth, 1855,
500 60; for work off the line, $1,000; total =,
$l.o$10O. Cash paid hands, 1922; coal,
$50 repairing steamer, 1888 and rent OF
sips 81, $l67 insurance, u. S. inspection,
&c. $!9 total, 81 ,2S6 deficit about $40 90.
The amount now required is as follows: To
pay above deficit, $500; to pay rent OF
Iarylaud ferry, now due, $50 to pay re-
pairs of steamer, slips, &C., about $500 ;
total, $4,000. As an application will be
made to the city council at their meeting on
ueSt Tuesday, for an appropriation to pay
this debt, it is thought best to give the pub
lie the above figures. The boat is II great
convenience to our Maryland customers and
they paid, no doubt, $3.50, for the use of it.
The market is partly supplied with fruits
aud vegetables and considerable amount
Of money is expended with our city mer-
Chants by means of this boat.
Mr. BARBOUR --Representative John ).
Barbour has decided to take a trip TO Eu-
rope, but he will not start before Congress
aljourns. He will leave, probably, some
tune in August, TO be absent about three
months. 1T will be my first visit TO Europe
he said, in answer to an inquiry by report.
er Of the Washington Post yesterday. 81
intend only 10 go to England, Ireland and
Scotland, and probably to Paris. | shall
have some ladies with me. l know, he said
and perhaps one or two gentlemen; don'l
Sn"w. Ii will be small private party
You have not yet informed your con
sltuents that you do not intend to seek
Reelection ~
>, No, but shall. Ii il time enough yet
me nominating convention il generally mo-
neId before HE end III August or the begin
A'Ng Of September. Tn" weather i'll August
generally Ia" hot, and two months are 4
'O0s rn"ash campa.p in Virginia"
rlEhSoNAL The Culpeper -4drancc says
Af. }. /. b elk ham, # Alexandria. ha:
yen o" lis farm. 'Auhurn,' Tor severn
ua,s Tins Week having il surveyed"
!, Anon" The graduates III the :i.,-ncrraI
h0>n">s Col .... ia Wa-h."%'an yesterday
was Miss kAt"D lInu"k, f ''ri- city.
Mrs. Lee iIr"ombe. al Washington, ha
gone to Eagle Point for few weeks, ant
rom there will 60 to Fortress Monore
lieut.. Holcomhe, U. s. n returns with tn
,,feh'on in August, and will be stationed
:, MIS- Margaret Chapman Newton, wife @
IT. We "'e Vim. Douglas Wai'ach, formerly q
"ssilnglon, died III Baltimore On Tuesda