Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-04-29
LOCAL TIE II 8 .

Tuy CHESAPEAKE And ONO CAS,L.-ln-
tclligcmce was yesterday received from The
General Superintendent Of tue Canal, who,
writing from Dam No. 1, states that the mis-
chiefdune at that spot i, confined I" the dis
nlaccment Of a crib by the action of the wa
Ter on the guard-bauk. 1t is tn be- hoped
that nothing very serious will result from
this, though some delay will. we presume, be
unavoidable. We have heard of no other IN
Jury through the whole line. which, consid-
erinr the power of the late freshet, the strong
est since April, 1852, is creditablc to the VIZ
lance of the superintendent and their subor-
dinateS.-.Ndf. lat.
The IIagerstown Herald states that the
water at Williamsport. on Sunday last, rose
20 feet above the ordinary level, andthen adds:
AT Dam No. 1, two small cribs in the old
structure near the Maryland shore, together
with a considerable portion of the new ma
sonry dam, supposed to embrace several hum
dred feet, have been broken aud swept
away. The injury to the new dam, although
serious to the company, will not interfere
with navigation. but the break in the old one
will necessarily occasion II suspension OF
some weeks"
The Cumberland Civilian, of yesterday,
says:-"The descending revenue on the Ches-
apeake and Ohio Canal for the week ending
Yesterday, amounted to S4,459,82, and the
ascending to S26l, l., making Il total Tor the
week of S4.720 ~. 64 boats cleared this
port during the week. carrying ?,345 tons o!
coal.
Owing to tho recent very heavy rains,
Dam No. t has suffered considerable damage.
One crib of sixty feet was washed away,
which il is said can be replaced in ten days.
when the water falls low enough TO permit
operations. About ten feet of the stone
work on the new dam. for II distance Of one
hundred and ninety feet has been carried
away. Boats are now passing up and down
and will continue to do so while the water IL
high. After it falls about ten days work
will put the canal in nayigable order
A WASH on THE MANASSAS Gar RAIL
RoAp.-The Woodstock Tenth Legion says:
A ~culyert and a portion of the embankment,
on the Manassas Gap Railroad, near Buck
ton, in Warren county, were washed away
by the sudden rise in the run occasloned by
the heavy rains on Friday night and Satur-
day morning last. The breach has since
been repaired.
TIE RECENT RoBgERY.--Yesterday morn
ing, a clock, one Of those taken from the
store of Mr.. Geo. DufFey, which was robbed
on Tuesday night, was found i'll an old wa
gon, in a ward in the rear of the store, and n
gold shirt button, also identified by Mr.. Duff
fey AS his, was found in the next yard. A
search warrant was gotten out, and several
houses in the vicinity searched, but no clue to
the perpetrator Of the robbery was obtained.
ELECTION or OFFICERS, &C.-On Tuesday
night last, at q meeting of the Mount Vernon
Guards, VIM. II. Smith was elected Captain,
in the place Of Capt. S. IL. Devaughn, re-
signed some time since, W. w. Allen, first
and Charles Javins, second Lieutenants.
We learn that the Guards will have large
accessions to their ranks, and purpose at an
early day, renewing their uniform, and hope
h. ,ho;raxounla 70 ,;r. q fra.b ;mperu. 70
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REBELLIoUs.--A convict in the penitentia-
~ of the District of Columbus. named VIM
Lyons, became rcbellious on Tuesday last,
and making An assault upon the Deputy
Wordon tLo ,otter draw g ristol and in at
,emn,;pc TO shoe, the offender. accidentally
shot one Of the c~onvicts who had come to his
Wardep's, assistance. The wound.
hnseyer rhough serious. il not likely To be
fatal. LYONS was secured. aud will be dealt
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Tuy Ox-IIonS PL.YERs.-The entertain
ment 10 he given by these interesting pep
formers. this evening. will be attended with
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