Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-09-16
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ivbaIIv WAREHOUSE IL Will Dc seen ny
reference TO the proceedings OF the City
Council, published in so-dsy's Gazette, that
a resolution was adopted inst1ucting the com
mitsce on General Laws to report o bill
Amending an ordinance respecting the In
spection Of Tobacco ir this city, so az to sut-
stitutc the lot on the north side Of Dake street.
between Uuion street and the strand, in
place of the lot on the south side Of Duke
street, as az present established for the in
spcction Of Tobacco, and 70 further provide
for the erection of suitable warehouse on the
said LOT, and also for the election Of sn In
spcctor q; al curly day.
TIE PooR.-1he annual report Of the Over.
seer. Of the Poor Of this city, fer :he yecr
ending 3lst Of March 1858, made 20 the city
Council on Tuesday night, shows that pro-
vision was made for sc white and Q colorsd
persons, OF the Poors' House, and that as
s%istance was rendered to Ice white and %
colored persons in other places than the
Poors' House, making IN aggregate Of 279,
of whom 24s were white and 81 c0Iored.--
The receipts for she year according to the re-
port were $3.50 10; AID the expenditures
SSH II, leaving p balance Of S5.4S in the
hands of the overscers. The number Of in
mates Of the Poor's House at present ID 81,
and at the Work House g..
ORANGE AND ALEXANDRIA RAILROAD Cow
PANY.--The annual meeting Of tine stookhoi-
d.rs of the Orange aud Alexandra Railroad
Company, takes place On the 10th of Ootober
next.
Tho weather, yesterday, was according 10
the approved routine, 90 about The equinox"
WAsHiSGToN lsEaS.--The American Phar-
msceuticai Association, Assembled in Wash
inston yesterday. The Pres;den. Of the AS
ISOLATION, Charles Ellis, Of Philadelphia,
took the ohair ard called the Association to
order. The Recording Secretary, W. J. NJ.
Gordor, Of Cincinnati, Ohm, and the Cores
bonding Secretary, Edward Parish, Of pbiia-
delphis, Pa, also took their places. DR.. L.
y. Stabler, of Alexandria, was Appointed
one o. tbs Committee on Credentials. DR..
John 4. Mil5urn, OF Alexandria, was elected
O. member OF the Association. The COnyen-
are to visit Mt. Vernon to-day.
young man by the name Of Daniel Gro
Mn, n native Of Washington city, died in
New Turk, on Saturday last, fsom the effects
of a fall from the window Of his residence
lie was e clerk in tie Coast Survey Ohce,
and visited New York to witness the cable
celebration on the lst inst. On the nighs CT
the ith, in a fit Of scmuamhulism, BIO fell
from The window aud struck a p,caet fence,
which pierced his side; ne was takea up and
conveyed to the hospital, where ho remained
unti! biz death. He Was about twenty-seTon
wears OF age: and We understand his body
wss taken in charge by his IoiatiCaa and
brought to this city for insermcnt.
A JAIL FvLL.--At the present time. and
with three more months intervening between
the present time and the Decemher term Of
the Criminal Court, there are one hundred
and six persons detained il the County Jail,
whose cases await Investigation by the Grand
Jury. Charles Barrett, awaiting execution
lor the murder Of Reeve Lewis, is kept in
solitary confinement, and is not allowed TO
be disturbed by any visitors othe. than his
immediate relatives and his spiritual aayi-
sers. The Rev. Father 0'Tooie. pastor Of
s.. pstrick's Church, ana various members
Of the Sisters OF Mercy, visit the condemned
mob in his cell regularly, and endeaTo7, re
understand With ZONE success, 10 draw biz
mind toward = serious cortcmplatioa of The
dreadful fate which shortly awaits BIN
i;ush. EiGY.