Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-09-28
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The CHESAPEAKE AND OHIo CANAL durin u
the week brought to tide water, one hun
dred and thrtytwo boats, of which one hun
drcd and eight were from Cumberland, laden
with coal, but with lighter freishts than cus.
tumary owing to the continued low water On
the Cumberland level. The tonnage of coal
for the week was about ten thousand tons.
FIRE The brick stable belonging to Mr..
John Laphen, situated in the rear OF bis store
| and residence, on Royal street, opposite the
market, was discovered to be on fire about
| half past eight o'clock on Sunday night
( The ro1i and a portion OF the second floor
were consumed, together with large quaint
/ ty of hay which was in tho building The
! Firemen with their apparatus were soon Oh
the ground, and succeeded in subdulng the
| flames before any otler damage was done -
Tie building was fully insured in the Fire
( Insurance Office Of tbs city.
Dam No 4-The construction Of Dam
No t, on the Chesapeake and OHIO Canal, is
rapidly progressing. There are about two
hu0drcd hands employed upon it, and some
four hundred and fifty feet OF the Dam
are no y completed. The contractors expect
t. have the whole Dam constructed by the
lst Of December next.
TIE STEAMER JAMES Guy due here from
Cone river, on Wednesday last, did not
arrive until Saturday evening, about six
o'clock, having been prevented from max
ing her regular trip up on Wednesday, by a
severe gale which prevailed, aud it was con-
cujcd to lay over until the trip in course On
Saturday,. The steamer brought up large
number Of passengers and quantity Of
freight.
NAvAL-Lieut. Bushrod w. FrObGl, OF
Fairfax county, has been ordered to join the
expedition, now fi.tiug out uuier Commodore
ohu5rick, Tor Paraguay, Lieut.. Z. will 60 out
a. Iig llcutehuut III tuc ~ ~ O'S"iHSi iia1
rict Lane.
WA,uISGToS ITEMS -.-BURGLARs DISAP-
roISTED.--Between twelve an1 enc o'clock
yesterday morning Mrs. Dyer, wife Mr. }.
w. DYER, dealer in boots and shoes OF
Pennsylvania avenue, between l9ih and 2Uth
streets, was 6wOke by noise OF persons at
tempting to enter her chamber though the
niow, which opens upon uncovered shed
easily accessible from the ground. Her bus
band not being at home, she spraug suddenly
fr,m the bed v hen the TWO wUuldbe burglars
helped themselves from the shed roof at great
svoed. Their expectation probably was that
the noney.bv with the Saturdays receipts,
vas taken t. the bed room fo7 safe keeping,
and that in the absence Of Mr.. Dyer their
ieiouiOus purpose would be easily Effected.
Ga Saturday last a writ of ha beas corpus
was obtained to bring before Judge Craw-
ford at tbr City Hail one Henry Burns, i'm
,ri-oned ia jail for trial at the Criminal
Court on several charges Of assault on pc
Ice offcers and rioting, there is also charge
against him, yet under examination, for aa-
sau!tirs Police Magistrate Dom, and one
from Baltimore for riotrg there. Alter
hearing what could be said ey the accu>ed'S
attorney, u. Thompson, esd, Tor toe Prison
cr's elcase on bail the Judge refused, on the
ground of the unsatisfactory character OF the
bail offered Burns was therefore remanded
TO the Marshapo custody IN jail.
Ql.e an imposing procession Of German
c;izcns, preceded by band of music,
marched through and from the city yesterday
for the purpose If assisting in the dedication
of the new Prospect Hill Cemetery, situated
on the northern edge of the city, close to the
Glenwood Cemetery. 1t is the property Cf
the German Evangelical Church. The pro-
cc. sion consisted Of affiliated societies adorn-
cd with badges, church members, and Sun
day schools OF both sexes.
Ga Thursday the 10Th instant as boat
filed with dressed stone, was nearing Dam
No. 4 on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, it
was capsiz2d 10y a gust of wind. There
were four men on the boat at the time, three
If whom saved themselves, but the fourth,
an Irishman named Bear, employed on the
Dam, sank with the stone to the bottom, and
has not been recovered.
Rev Tnos. c. Hayes, an esteemed minis
ter of the Methodist Episcopal Church South
died in Baltimore, on Sunday afternoon
His rcmains we're brought to this place, yes
terlav. for interment.
II FAIR AT WAsnNGToS, RAPPAHANNocK,
CovxrY The Ladies a; Washington, Kappa
hammock county. will hold a Far al that place,
on Morday Iur Ath OF October Court day) i"r
proceeds OF which will be used tor the benefit OF
the Pre,byteIian ChuIch. 4 dinner will be fur
- i lhn lnhIrs Te.nrcilii.LN