Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-03-23
LOCAL 1T Il h .

ADD Henry T%arlton, messenger.
A resolution WAS adopted, appointing Tue
Mayor, and Messrs. q. Il. Smoot, and y H.
Reid, a com to represent to Congress-
the Advantages of Alexandria as the site OIL
the National Foundry.
GRACE CHURCH.-A large and attentive
congregation was in attendance Mt urace
Church, on Sunday morning, on which occa,
sion an impressive sermon was delivered oy
Bishop Johns, from--"and such were some Vi
YOU "-wberein the doctrine of regeneration
or the new BIRTH" was interestingly anu
Enthusiastically expounded.
The choir, under the direction OF Prof.
Bartensteiu, sang the several hymns Wild
unusual effectiveness, especially the one ccm'
mencing with
saviour. source of every blessing,
Tune my harp 10 grateful lays
which was sung with 50 much fervency, and
participated in SO generally by the audience
as to incIle q devotional feeling rarely sur
passed.
After the sermon, twelve persons presented
| themselves at the alter for confirmation, the
Bishop laying his haad upon the head OF
each, and sayipg-"De!end Lord! this
thy child with thy heavenly grace; that he
for she) may continue thine forever, and
daily increase in thy Holy Spirit more and
more, until he Tor she) come into thy ever
lasting kingdom"
STOLEN WATCHES r OVERRIDING are
happy to learn from Mr.. W. W. ADAM who
has lust returned from Buffalo, New York,
that through the exertions OF the detective
police of that city, one hundred and twenty
eight of the watches stolen from his store
10 June last, have been recovered, having
been traced, through information obtained
from a convict in the Albany peuitentia'y'
to Brantford, in Canada. These watches are
valued at four thousand dollars, to obtain
which. cost Mr.. Adam five hundred dollars.
ALEXANDRIA LITERARY SOcIETY.-This as
ISOLATION met on Saturday evening last, Mr..
VIM. E. Baker, Vice President, in the chair.
The question: Should the Bristish Parlia'
ment enact a law for the punishment Of those
who conspire against the lives OF foreign
sosereigns ?" was appointed for discussion on
the 81 OF April, debate 20 be opened oy
Messrs. David l.. Smoot and 5. Ferguson
Beach.
The question "DJes q monarchical or re-
publican government tend more to the ad-
ylucemeut uf literature?" was then discussed
by Messrs. Richard L.. Clrne, jr, and George
w. Brent in the affirmative, and VIM. +.
Carue, and l. Louis kirzer in the negative,
and decided in the affirmative.
WARREN GREEN IoTEL-Mr. j. NJ. Tut
it will be seen, has become proprietor OF the
Warren Green Hotel, in Warrenton, Va
The new landlord, we have every reason L
believe, will make his house q most deslra
Bile one for all s0journers. The Warren
Green is one Of the finest establishments oil
the kind in the State.
An INDIAN, one of those now on a visit Il
Washington, visited this city yesterday, and
created quite q sensation wherever he made
his appearance in the st! eets.
TRAyEL.-Tbe boats are now running reg
ularly between this city and Alexandra
affording a pleasant, cheap, and expeditions
passage between the two points. The actlv'
operations of the Washington and Alexan
dria Railroad create additional travel owe
the Long Bridge. Seven trains per day, t
and from Alexandria and Washington, CIV
the Long Bridge, at either terminus, an actl'
business aspect Wash. Star.
TIE CHESAPEAKE y Quo CANAL ls nov
10 complete order throughout, and consider
able agricultural produce is arriving a
GEORGETOWN. No coal has yet come down
though by the first of next month 1t ID prett.
certain that a large trade will be on foot
As a sample, we understand that by tina
time as many as ninety five coal boats vii
nave been dispatched by the American an'
DetmIld Companies alone. 1t is, therefore
likely that cOastwise vessels for shippin;
will be very shortly in demand.-NGt. Int.
THE FISHERIES will commence in good ear
nest in a day or two. Large numbers o
hands are engaged, ard on their way to tn
respective landings, and 10y the middle o
latter days Of the week, fresh Potomac sha'
and herring, in considerable supply. may b
fully expected. About forty very fine sba
we're caught on Friday last, about fifty mile
down, and sold in Alexandria on Saturday
these were strictly the first of the season
and we're taken by the nets of the ordinar
winter fishery. 1t is said. by way of encOur
agement to hopes of a prosperous fishing sea
son, that unusually large numbers Of gannet,
the aerial concomitants Of shad and herring
have made their way up the river. 50 faI
also, the wind is right for setting the ts
iaward.-Nat. Int.
ARLINGTON SPRINGS "A company fror
Washington have leased the shore and sprin
a. Arlington-for many years a pleasan
summer resort, and intend fitting it up in