Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-05-31
LOCAL ITEM 8.

thoritips should lie instant Ill SEASON auu o"'
If seos,nr IL cndcayoring to remove all pre-
d;suosipo causes Of disease. All %nulsances
should be removed, cellars and alleys, ana
back Yards pnriied-gutters and bitches
cleaned, and every ~exertion made to preserve
the usual excellent general health OF our city.
The Drain or Ditch from Fairfax street to
Hunting Creek requires immediate attention.
and there are some other points to winch al
tention might be directed. We believe the
Board of Health and the superintendent OF
Police will faithfully do their duty and the
citizens should cooperate.
Tur CHESAPEAKE AND ONO CANAL Is again
busiIy navigated. At Georgetown, the Canal
j. almost choked with the numerous boats
laden with coal, with fresh arrivals continu-
alIy coming. During the week past, up to
Saturday night, ln4 boats had come own
of which sixty have returned discharged.
Rec.ints for the week, 81, I.-Ndf. lat.
tlIDDI' = lll.s-l i'Nt - w y -N''f
situated in Occoquan, Va, together with
other valuable property in the same place,
will le offered ut public sale tomorrow, IN
front Of the Mayors Office, lit this city.
TIN, Mills are 50 extensively known, that a
J,s,rirtian uf them is not deemed necessary.
The attention Of capitalists and others wish
inc 10 make an investment in such property,
M Jouht has been turned to them. A chance
i offered such rs is seldom presented t"
business men.
EN,rR>lox.-Thr Young Catholics Friend
Society, with many friends and guests, made
Nm Excursion Yesterday to the " hte House,
in the steamer Thomas Collyer. The day
WIS DELIGHTFUL. and a fine Band ct Music ar-
companicd the cNcursionists to add to the
innocent pleasures Of the orcasi"n. a large
number went on this trip, and we have
no doubt but that it was Il very pleasant ana
agreeable one in every respect.
Co>rrNrIArFn Ex,uGSIuNs.-Thcmrmher
Of the Methods, l.. Church propose to have
an Excursion between the 3rd and l"th OF
June. The Ladies propose IN Excursion i"r
the benefit Of the Young Mems Christian
Association. in Il few days. And the mcm-
bcrs Of Potomac Lodge. |. o. y. f., will make
their fifth annual Excursion on the 10Th Of
June. See advertisements for these pro-
posed Excursions.
TAxEs ~ WA>uINGToN.-By way OF illus
trating the present effect Of the action oi tile
Assessors. in cSSaying 10 ra"ry out the Mayor $
purpose Of paying Of the whole of the float
ing debt of the Corporation in the course
of the next year. by Collecting from the tax
PAYERS at 4 single dash. sufficient 10 that end,
above and beyond the amount required Tor
the ordinary expenses of the Corporation,
we nav properly state, that Il gentleman.
whose property in Washington is worth more
than two hundred thousand dollars, is now
trying to dispose Of it, III order to avoid the
PAYMENT "i the tax levied upon II. Ills pur-
pose il To move beyond the limits Of the Cor
noration, in the ncighborhood of the city,
and To invest his means III stocks, winch the
Assessors will have no right I" tax. lie has
SlWuuuu invested AT this time III II single
Washington city enterprise, which must SUI
fer materially from his withdrawal from 1t:
for no other g"ntlcman's Iabnrs IN c"nncc-
tiop with il, have contributed more TO It's
prosperity. ..
We know another gentleman residing in
the District, VIII" II few years since removed
to Baltimore from the South, where he had
accumulated Il fortune OF more than hall a
million of dollars. His intention was to
make Baltimore his home, employing his
capital actively there. Having rented and
furnished a house preparatory to making his
investments, among the first to call on HIM
was the Assessor, with a printed schedule OF
questions concerning his property, so drawn
M as to satisfy him that he was about to be
made to paw dearly enough for his fancy OF
residing in Baltimore. This the Assessor
left, with an lntimation that he would call
for it. filled out answered in n fortnight.
The gentleman improved that fortnight by
giving M his house, renting one IN the Drs-
trict of Columbia, and moving his tnrnI-
ture over here forthwith. Subsequently, he
bought IL valuable property in the District,
which he has improved with II lavish hand,
and perhaps four hundred thousand dollars
of his estate il now III the hands OF our ne
tive business men, secured Tor the most part
L\ mortgages ON real estate.
The circumstances we relate above, nptly
illustrates the effect of such means Of rals-
ing more revenue than the law contcmplatrs,
upon the business prosperity ot communities
whose Interests may thus be tempered with.
-Udsh, star.
MEETING OF TuE tErniroRs al rmL tmF>>-
rrAKr A<pOmo CAv,L.-On Friday, a meet
inc of the creditors nf the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal Company was held in this city,
the object Of which was II preliminary
movement to procure some action by the next
LEGISLATURE, hv which the interests OF the
Canal NAV I've advanced. and the claims OF
all the different classes of creditors rrc"g-
nizeL, and provision made for their payment
ont If the revenues Of the Canal Company.
The meeting was organized by calling An
drew J. Wylir. esq., of Alexandria, t" the
w ,,;t,r II l,,r1nn secretary