The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-03-26
oUR ALEXANDRIA CORRESPONDENCE.
A,v,,xpRIA "wednesday evening,


March rs, 1857.
avenipp after the closing of my letter, the follow
~ srriyals transpired The schooner Cassandra H. van
dvoort Captain Wicks, arrived from New YORK WIN an
sortsd cargo Among other things notice lot OF hre
k for the government at Washington, and gun Weigh
Inc 1900 pounds for the maynard she proceeds TO
orstown tomorrow touching at the hayward to de-
liver the gun The schooner Ring Dove Capt Palmer ar
vsd from Philadelphia, laden with merchandise, furn-
,a.s kc Among other things, noticed large lot Of
h;lden,a wagons consigned to j. L. Savage OF Washing
~ civ and lot of hospital rocking chairs, consigned TO
n, H. Nichols of the government Insane Asylum Ihs
e Got ready proceed to Georgetown to-day out mas
I'm detained by adverse wind. The schooner Isis, Capt
Chase arrived from New York last night with cargo OF
900 pounds of phosphate Of lime, 800 pounds lot Alex
andria and 400 pounds for GeorgetoWn one VIII pro-
coed to Georgetown tomorrow
The schooner Monte Bedell companion of the Wander
u,or from New York. with assorted cargo lies hard
ronnd two miles below the city and the water falling
IT, schooner America has been unloading cargo OF nn-
hsr today consigned TO Waters & Zimmerman Messrs.
csyepoye Co. have been loading the schooner Henry A.
wise to-day with wheat for Wilson's mills at Georgetown
She will clear tomorrow. The schooner Palo Alto load
"A with wood and corn from the coast is awaiting favor
bs wind for Washington The reason assigned for taking
the corn to the Washington market is that the dealers there
INV by measure instead of weight
The arrivals Of fish yet very ghtar short OF the
demand Prices remain unchanged. Shad Sl8 per hun
dre herring $ls per thousand bunch fish, from 20 to
9 cents per bunch lot of inferior herring sold yester
day for Sl2 80 per thousand Tomorrow being ctymar-
ke day. considerable arrivals expected this evening.
F.h wagons and carts from the country have begun to
come in for supplies Yeocomco oysters have been selling
today from the punga Dove for ga cents per bushe
The prices of wood by the cargo oak 81 to 81 so;
nine So so to & cargo of thrtysix cords Of old pine
wood sold this morning at So 25 Wheat is selling
white 81 48 81 5l red, 81 3aSl &c. Flour, SIS rs
No further arrivals have tanspred the canal except
scow load of draining pipes" from the Brick Factory OF
Dr. King four miles above the city These pipes are
consigned TO Mr. Steven, Warrentcn junction. They
Mines of burnt clay one foot long, of about twoinch hol-
low are used for the purpose of laying blnd drains
that H. under ground drained in wet land. They sell for
Sl2 per thousand .'.
The arrival by the Alexandria and Orange railroad to-
day was as large usual The polite engineer of the loco
motive Cameron" reports "no news along the line.
Mr. Lewis Mckenzie president of the Alexandria Lou
doun and Hamsphire Railroad Company in letter in the
Gazette this morning. states that the congressional Com
mtee Public Lands would have made favorable re-
port before the close of the last session. they had got
opportunity of bill granting 100000 acres of land to
said company in consideration of certain perpetual mail
services &C. and that such bill will probably pass during
the next session. if fully supported by the Virginia deega
ton.
lot OF horses came down on the George Page this
morning. bound for the Stoney Po'"t fishery, thirty miles
below here, on the Virginia side.
This afternoon, Lathams stages going from the
cars George Page of them locked wheels with
market wagon that crowded in with Others at the foot
Of King street. waiting to take the boat to Washington
The collision at first brought the omnibus to stand but
the proprietor of the line commanding the driver to
ahead he did So with application of the whip, and
crushed the forewheel of the market wagon into al
many pieces as it was originally made Of
noticed to-day fine lot of apricot trees in full bloom
in the garden of Mr.. Wm. Fowle. VIRGINIUS.