Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-05-16
LOCAL ITE MS.

left .bomeward bound" The revenue OF
the present week amounts to Sl,Sl2.
Liberty Hall was $" crowded, on Friday
,;,ht last and the heat was 81 great that
! mu,h Inconvenience was experienced 10y
many nr.seut. One Of our citizens tainted,
and Tell, from the heat and pressure. lie
WAS carried out into the open air, and soon
recovered.
E,crxc.-A letter from Haymarket Pr.
William Comfy, ys:-"There will be II
race at this place, on Friday the 10Th Of May.
/ Mile heots-four entries Also, on Satur-
d,v the DIST, for Il fine saddle and Bride
600 ward heats, for untred horses"
A,ry,>pRIA.--A writer in the Baltimore
American complains of the rates OF freight
| between that city and Alexandria RIA the
bay and river, and assures the commercial
interest of Maryland's capital, that unless
they secure speedy decrease of those rates.
they must resign to Philadelphia and New
York not only much OF Alexandria current
h,siness now in their hands, but well nigh
the whole Of the very heavy Alexandra
commerce soon to grow out Of the compile
ton Of the three important railroads conreh-
| trating at that point to secure which New
| York and Philadelphia have both made ar
ronrements to run improved lines OF steam
ers Ia Alexandria. Not long since we eX-
plu,n.d at some length the arrangements OF
/ the New lork line, and the trade 1t ~ DIES
tined to accommodate especially. The com
ul.tiou of the Manass,is Gap rallrond can
hardly fail To quadruple It's already heavy
/ Alexandria business, while the completion
Of the Loudoun and Hampshire railroad Will
concentrate at the same point business
quite rs large. of Il region ot country which
At This time Ina, comparatively little 10 do
with Alexandria i'll the way ol trade.
1t is to be hoped that this appeal t" the
interests Of Baltimore may not pass I'M
needed But IL strikes us that AleXan-
/ dra should be "nudsed' by the same pen
somewhat in the same connection. ier
capital has for years past Tor the most
part, taken Il wrong directlon-beeh III
vested in Northern stocks, instead OF
in active business. Had the Alexandria
! millions So directed been invested III COM
marce and manufactures at home, while
with ordinary prudent management II would
! hayepaid a heavier interest, the population
9th town and the value of real estate within
its ,orporate limits would have been well
nigh double what they are at present.
/ adj ia
"A a point for the successful conduct OF
| heavy commercial and manufacturing bus
! mess, as any other city for It's size ana inland
position in this country. Yet nlne-tenths
of its people seem to be entirely ignorant OF
the fact, and to he disposed to keep the
world in a similar bliSsiul state. Thus, the
merchants of Washington and Georgetown
evidently know rs little Of who are in trade
! in Alexandria, ~ in New York or philadel-
phia-iar less than those engaged in COM
! mcrce i'm Baltimore, though much money
could be saved 10y making wholesale pur-
chascs Of various desert ptiuns OF staple artI-
Gle, within six miles Of our own doors, III
stead Of forty miles Oft as at present:
! The loss is not only that Of the District
merchants and traders who buy, but OF the
| Alexandria wholesale dealers who SELL
! The remedy lies in proper measures on their
part to let the District public know who
they are, where they ure to be found, and
what they keep for sale. Unless they keep
NY with the business methods and modes
Of the times. all the railroads the State OF
Virginia may possibly be able to build for
them, will fail to keep the grass from grow
ing everywhere in their streets except just
between the lines of the rails transporting
produce and other merchandise, not 10 and
| from the warehouses OF Alexandria but
through the streets of that venerable burg,
! lined with DOING grnwlrrs over the failure
of the costly works railroads To achieve Tor
the interests Of Alexandria, what Alexandria
fails to take the trouble H. secure, when
brought So within her reach rs that it may
be cutchcd by the simple act OF stretching
out her hand, a. it were, to that end WASH.
! star.