Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-29
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Op.xcv ,xn ALEXANDRIA RAILROAD Con-
pAyY.-The callel meeting Of the Stockho'd-
ers of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad
Compsn will be held at Sarepta Hail. To-
day, at IL o'clock, NJ.
MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE MA
yAssAs GAP RAILROAD COMPANY "A called
meeting of the Stockholders of the Manassas
Gap Railroad Company, was held at the Oh
fee of the Company yesterday, at y o'clock
/ On motion of II c. Ward, Gen. Gilbert 3.
Meen, of Rockingham, took the Chair, and
Edward Green, and Edgar Snowdeo, Jr''
were appointed Secretaries.
On motion Of Philip Pitman, committee
of three were appointed to examine proxies.
The Chair appointed the following gentle
mel said conmittee:-Messrs. Philip Pit
man, Of Shenandoah, j. Ii. Hopkins, of Rock
| inghan, and Andrew Jameson, OF Ale1an
dria. The committee, after careful exam
inatiou of the proxies, reported quorum OF
the stock prescott in person, and by proxy
!
the report was upsnim ously adopted.
The President of the Company, Nr. h {.
Marshall, explained the object Of the meet
ing to be the acceptance on the part OF this
company Of the law published below, passed
a. the late session Of the Legislature.
On motion of IL. c. Ward, the meeting ad-
;o,-,ad until II O'Clock, p. H., to meet at
Liberty Hall.
AN ACT to increase the capital stock OF the Manassas
Gap Railroad Company. aud authorizing the B"aId
Public Works 70 subscribe therefor. Passed hsrch
| 18th, 1853
| SECTION |. BE il enacted by the General As.
semby that the capital stock OF the Manassas
| Gap Railroad Company, be and the same Is
hereby increased by the sum OF P@5O,OOO, there
! 10. -
| SEC Q. Be it further enacted, That the Board
nj Public Works, are hereby empowered and
directed to subscribe on behalf OF the Common
wealth for the whole Of said increased capital
| and 10 borrow money for that purpose III accor-
dance with the existing laws, on the express
condition that the whole OF said new stock shall
be- constituted and declared by the said Com
pany before enjoying any OF the benefits OF this
! act, 10 be six per centum preferred stock, and
I thar the Commonwealth shall be entitled 10
| nave and actually 10 receive SIX per centum
dividend thereon perpetualiy, before any otner
dividends are declared, or paid upon any other
stock held in said Company; and provided that
not more than Sl25UUO, OF the subscription
hereby authorized, shall be called for IN the
wear 1855. and the remainder in the year 1893,
| or thereafter al the convenience OF SAID IoW-
pany
SIC s. This act shall be in force from its
passage.
The AMENDED CRY CHARTER "A resolu'
ton has passed both branches OF the City
Council, fixing the first Monday III June. as
the day for taking the vote on the ratification
o. rejection Of the Act passed at the late Ses'
sion of the Virginia Legislature, amending
the charter of the City Of Alexandra. The
! following are the Commissioners appointed
under the resolutions, the vote to be taken at
the usual places:
First Ward-at the hotel Of Francis Kegs
"A. D. Wsr6eld, J. j. Wheat and Geo. W..
Maxwell.
Second Ward at the Council Chamber
II. Mansfield, W. n. Brown and J L. Smith.
Third Ward, at the Court II Iuse-R.
Z mmerman, r. NJ. Mccormick and John
| Ogden.
Fourth Ward. at the house on the North
west corner of Prince and Alfred Streets
Buckingham, W. n Berkeley and W. w.
Harper.
The CASAL.-Fur the week ending on
Saturday last, 76 boats left Cumberland for
Georgetown ard Alexandra, laden with
S. 800 tons Of coal The total number of
boats for the season is 2S7, and the total
tonnage $3.50 tons. The canal is still re-
ported in excellent boating order throughout.
The HERRING Large quantities Of this
6.h are now caught in the Potomac, yet the
supply will not equal the demand, and al
engagements have been made to Import
these fish from tho British provinces. MIR
Peii, III his recent report on the habits OF
fish" say:
offerings, as far as numbers are Cob
cerned, exceed all the rest OF the hsh 10 the
ocean put together. They penetrate to the
| Polar sea, inaccessible on many accounts to
voracious fish, and there breed and multiply
| beyond the computation OF man. 1t was sup
posed by Pennant that il two behring's were
| allow ed to live ard increase in their charAc-
teristic STYLE and the lives OF their I'll pTing
spared for twenty five years, their bodies
| united would exceed the bulk Of the world
ten times. An army OF them, equaiing 10
extent Italy, France, and Spain, leave the
re .ions Of the Pole 10 the spring Early IN
June they surround the Shetland lolaLds !;
next scotland, Ireland, aud England they
then cross the Atlantic to the coast OF Georgia;
trom thence they move east, and line the en-
tire lea coast Of North America, more than
three thousand miles 10 extent, and what is
most remarkable, they always keep the same
distance from the sun, and never rest, and
are always compelled ~ remain near the sur
! f.c- of the sea, as their ailb adder Is too til
/ developed, aud their fJs too broad to permit
! them to sink deep. We can scarcely conceal
/ our amaz .ment at the number OF these hNh,
when We take into consideration the thou
sands OF millions that are yearly taken
| throughout the world by hshermen, the tens
! otthousands OF millions destroyed by whales
! and other marine monsters, that follow them
| ui hit and day throughout ell their mlgra-