Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-03-26
LOCAL ITE MS.

Presidents 9th Fire Companies OF this CITY,
WAS held at the Engine House of the sun
Fire Company ON Tuesday night last. The
object of the meeting was to take into consid-
Grafton the propriety of the formation OF
Fire Department. according to the laws OF the
State. After consultation 1t was unanimous
" agreed, that Fire Department was nbso-
lutcly ncccssary-not only for the protection
of the Gremen, but for the benefit OF the
community at large. The meeting adjourn
ed till the first Wednesday in April, when the
DEPARTMENT will be regularly organized in
accordance with the law of the State. The
Department will consist of the President
and two Wardens from each Company, with
the chief Engineer. We extract from the
Code of Virginia the following Sections IN
relation to Fire Companies.
s,croyq In.vcry town in which there may he any such
conmny there 81 all d. appointed at such time and IN such
manner N, thu Council Of iid town may preserves P
pal Engineer and hHe"ise ~ many INV ~ " "
Council may direct.
Src o The principal Engineer, fire muI'lens aud com,
r.tu IN. Fire Department thereof: and the Council may
.u,pwcr the Fire Department to Eiake Dyws' pro''
il. object, consistent with the laws oi the STATE ana the
ordinances If III" town. :,
tion to the powers AMI duties of fire companies fire war
dem. and principal engineer s II may iyen' pr.er Pfo'
dcd they h. not rrlugiatt To the Ia" oi 'iis "u"''
TurC,yL.-Sevcralb boats arrived through
from Cumberland on Thursday, and report
a small break at Little Slack Water, about
100 miles from Georgetown, which would
require Il day or two to repair, thus OBTAINING
boats now ready to come down.
ARREST FOR BuRGLARY.-On the 22d OF
October last. country store, at Gum Spring,
Loudoun county, Va. was broken into and
robhrd Of over ore hundred dollars worth OF
ewelry. dry goods, &c. The robbery could
not be traced TO any one, until Sunday last,
when suspicion fell upon free negro, named
VIM. II. Jackson, who lives at Gum Spring;
his wife having been seen with Il quantity OF
iewerv &C.. which the proprietor of the
store thought were his. JacksOn's house
was searched and most of the goods found
therein. He being employed at lump Land
ing Fishery, on the Potomac, about Do miles
below this place, officer Bradshaw, of Lou
doun, came to this city, and, with officer
Wardcr. proceeded to the fishing shore, where
Jackson was arrested and brought here on
Thursday. in the Aqua Creek boat. On the
boat. Jackson confessed his guilt and gave
up some things he had with him, which he
said he stole from the store. Officer Brad
shaw Yesterday carried him to Leesburs to
br tried.
IycExpIARY ATTEMrT-Some straw and
Goals were Yesterday morning found in the
door of the unoccuped three story brick
dwelling on King. three doors from Water
street. owned by the Misses Herbert. 1t Is
supposed that there was an attempt to ser
fire to the house, rs portion Of the. straw
was burned.
RICHMOND SIXTY-EIGmT YEARS AGo.-Rcy.
Thomas Morrcll, in his diary of what came
under his observation while attending the
sessions of Conference. in December, l19l.
thus refers to the city of Richmond :-"Rich-
mond is place of considerable trade, not SO
large a. Alexandria, situated on James River
exports principally tobacco Now the pop
ularion of Richmond is more than double that
of Alexandria and her commerce and manu-
featuring interests proportionably important.
We cherish the hope that. however dlSpara-
ging this statement may be to Alexandria.
when the rich products of the Valley shall
be poured into her market, she will become
a. famous. in a commercial point of view, if
she does not rival Richmond, rs she was at
the time referred to by Mr.. M.-7enh Le-
gio".
H,rrER'S Observation-Disclosures Magazine
for April, filled with "A great variety OF very
interesting matter, handsomely illustrated,
has been issued. We have received copy
from Mr.. George +. French.
The delegation ofWinncbago Indians now
in Washington, visited Mount Vernon ycster-
dav on the steamer Thomas COllyer. They
stopped at this place for Il few moments and
attracted considerable attention.
L.rCTrRE.-The fifth lecture of the course
in progress at ST. Mary's Church, will be de-
livered by the Rev. DR.. Ryder, to morrow al
ternoon at ,! o'clock.
The first Geographic dispatch over the
wires of the American Telegraph Company
to this place. was an order from Gordonsville
to Knox Il Bro.
CLERIcAL.-Rev. ii. McNemar, is expect
ed 10 preach at Lebanon. Fairfax County. at
IL o'clock tomorrow, and at Hunters Cha
pel, Alexandria County, at ) clock, p. VI.
Ex-Mavor Crawford of Georgetown, has
been appointed Inspector of the District Peni-
tentary, made vacant by the resignation of
Robert Ould esq.
TIE Enthusiastically, the weather
was quite warm. On Thursday night there
was much lightning and thunder.