Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-20
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| EbEI IlON Or MILITIA OFFICERS - ne cCm-
missiCnad officers of the l75th Regiment If
Virginia Militia, are notified to meet at the
Court House, on Thursday next, at 10 o.
clock, for the purpose Of electing Colonel,
Lieutenant Colonel, and First and Second
Majors.
lNCENDIARI'M. The fire ut Mr. Latham 8
stable on Friday night, was, it is believed,
the work o! an inceDdiGrY. As this foul
spirit seems at present to be rife in our COM
muuity, it behooyes all our citizens to be On
the alert, and if possible detect and bring to
punishment those who jeopardise cur lives
as we'll as property.
PATENT DICE Box We have been preser-
ted by MIR. yhu ii Parrot, with very 10.
geniOusly contrived Dice Box, which we
should think would supersede the old fash.
toned boxes. The dice in this new box are
made to reyo,ve By means of spring while
the box remains stationery; thus making it
very convenient.
FEsrIvAL--The ladies festival for the
benefit of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
! commences at Sarepta Hall tonight. We
! hope there will be numerous attendance.
TROUBLE ABOUT A CHURCH For some
| time past there has been dispute in the
congregation worshipping at Hunters Cha.
pei, (Methodist Episcopal,) Alexandria Co.,
Va, 10 this neighborh)od, relative to a claim
of Mr.. Angus, builder, in this city, for bal
ance of some 500 alleged by him to be due
On his work on the church. IL this demand
il seems be is sustained by the late building
committee Of the church, Mcssrs. Frederick
| Stuart, W. B. Lacey, ard - Cor bItt, who
are said to hold that they are responsible for
its liquidation. The congregation, dissatis-
fed with the bill Of Mr.. Angus, On which
they had paid SOB, had the work measured
| by Mcssrs. liarkness and Deal, mcasurcr5 Of
carpentry work 10 this city, who ere said to
| have estimated it at q bout $500; when the
congregation deposed the building committee,
eectng Captain Cox, Mr.. Traverse, and MIR.
Sisson in their stead. They (the congresa-
tiool are further said to have offered to COM
pr mise the claim of Mr.. Angus by allowing
hiE 5000 additiOpalfDr it. This compromise
being refused, on the Oh inst, according 70
the information given TO us. the Cd build
IN committee, attended by Mr.. Angus and
tour others from Washington, went to the
church, and tore out the doors and windows.
After an alteration with Mrs. General
Hunter, WHO defer dad the premises with
great zeal, having been the largest cOntritu-
tor to its erection, (giyiag some $500 aud the
land, the work of destruction was only IN
dertaken upon her refusal TO assume respOn-
sibilityfor the paymcn of the $500, for which
the building comm ttee alicge their response
biity to Mr.. Angus.
The Presiding Elder is said to sustain the
refusal Of the Church to pay the sum deman-
| DC ); and MIR Hunter, who has not yet deed
cd the land on which the church stands, has
arailed herself Of that fact, to commence suit
| in Alexandria against the late bulld;n. com
II ttco ard Mr.. Argus, for the damage done
- the bui!i!aS.
TIE churches in Alexandria County. Va,
seem to lie the arena for scenes 0! violence, We
regret to state. |; will be remembered that
a young man, . year or tgO ago, killed anoih'
err in church, not three miles from Hunter
Chapel, which said church was subsequently
secretly burned to the ground by alleged par
tizans Of the person killed.
The Methodist church, two or three miles
west of the last mentioned orc. has more than
once been in i state Of sem-segc by disor-
! ierly r0wdirs - Wash. Star.