Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-08-08
LOCAL ITE II 8.

during the week has presented about the usu-
al amount of activity The trade. however,
as will he seen from the following report has
been confined almost entirely to coal. In ntcw
weeks more the trade i'll flour and grain will
doubtless commence when both the number
of boats arriving ANA the amount tolls will
he considerably Increased. The whole line
Of the canal continues in excellent navi-
cable order, and chief Superintendent Stone
and his assistants are interchangeable in their
efforts to keep it until the close of navi-
cation by ice. The whole number OF boats
which have arrived during the week amounts
+, -. - Of them from Cumberland, bringing
: son tons of coal, and the remainder from
different points, with tan bark. lime stone,
e., The receipts of tolls at the Georgetown
collectors office for the same period amounts
+, \, g34 ~ follows: ascending trade S4o1;
descending ~, l. Wash. star.
W,rER.-During the late Drought, the
streams i'm all this section OF the State were
very low-and Cameron amongst the rest.
But no difficulty was experienced IN obtain
ing full supply of water for the AcSan-
Jrio Water Works-as the Steam Pnmp was
applied, and the Reservoir filled just as it
was wanted.
We have received from MIR. 5. G. Collins,
gardener. near this place, II specimen Of some
fine Kohl Rabbi or Turnip Rooted Cabbage,
which ne has raised, and which are now
ready for use. The Kohl Rabbi has long
been cultivated in Europe as an esteemed
esculent partaking of the flavor OF both
turnip and cabbage. In its general APP
pearance it is not unlike the Ruta Baga.
ATTEMPTED RornERY.-On Friday night,
ahout halfpast seven o'clock, Il man, supp"s-
cd to be rohhrr, wasdi,coyered in the yard
hnrk of Mr.. J. A. Grifn's house, on Fairfax
street. which WAS robbed few nights prevI-
Gus; but on seeing that he WAS observed, he
made his escape over the fence, and WAS soon
out of sight.
OyERpoARp.-A little son Of Capt. Griffin,
of the Alice Fox, fell overheard Saturday
morning. from the wharf at the foot OF Ming
street. where he was playing Mr.. Chas.
Tcnnisun Jumped in after him. from the
Pages wharf. but he was rescued by boat
before Mr.. T.. could reach him.
SUDDEN prAru.-A man named Murphy,
residing un Massachusetts avenue, Washing
ton, ate too freely of unwh"les"me fruit, and
died suddenly last Friday.
We learned last Saturday that fine rains
fell on Thursday and Friday, in parts of
Culpeprr, Fauqui"r, Fairfax, &c. More rain,
however. was wanted for the corn.
4 SERIOUS EvIL--l'he fishermen upon the
Potomac river conn plain loudly of the gas tar
which flows into the river from the gas
houses. The oily portion floats with the
tide, but the tar, ~ it disengascS itself from
tho greasy iuid. sinks and adheres t. any
hard Substances, such rs stones. logs, No.. ut
the bottom Of the river. The tish-spawn are
often covered aud destroyed by II. The hsh
become. sometimes. as it We're. imprrgnated
with it. and, consequently, unfit for food,
whilst its noxious qualities are supposed to
have the effect of driving larger fish from
the river. Ii is said the lnterpOsitlon OF the
corporate auth"rtie, OF a~hington, George
town. and Alexandria will he called for I"
abute the nuisance. - WASH. Constitution.
THE ATLANTIC llurEL, IN NORFOLK, Mr..
A. g. Newton, proprietor. is now open i"r
tue reception Of guests. To say anything IN
regard TO the enormous proportions OF this
hotel, or its fine exterior or interior appear
ance and arrangements, We simply deem S'l-
perNuuus, as all who have seen it, admit that
it is not only a credit to the city of Norfolk,
but to the State at large.
The enterprizing proprietor must meet
with brilliant success. Never before did
our city stand 81 much in need OF Il house
of the size and character of the Atlantic,
and never before did Norfolk have such an
efficient and truly popular landl"rd.--A"',
folk IIy"S