Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-11-06
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broke out "a board the steamer Ne g, y o11u'
wing above the upper coal wharf. This steam
= was injured gale last summer T ~ =
the stream ,opposit this place and has been
s;nce ats Her late moorings used as govern YER
meent barge SON sometimes as = hospital boat
The captain and one hand were g on board, and
made their escape when the fire broke Out, BY
nmping overheard. Ina few = moments the
} boat was entirely lenyelopedi IN flames and was
soon consumed, heverything in her, to the
water edge. A valuable dog, could not be
brought Of, and was burned. The boat IS said
f. have been worth about $50, 900 or $40, 600.
The Ere ,1 companies and engines were ali. out,
Init eonId effect nothing as the boat was too tar
from the shore. The light was very great, and
seen On in Washington We learn that the tire
probably originated from a lamp which was lett
burning, and which It IS thought bursted.
The WEATHER, On Friday night a rain
storm from the northeast commenced in this
section, and continued uninteruptedly until
about eight o'clock on Saturday night. On
Sunday morning about daybreak, strong
wind from the northwest set In, and all day
yesterday it blew hurricane, driving all the
water off the fats in the river, causing the
tide to be lower than it has been for some
years, and preventing the Baltimore steamers
from making their usual landings on the Pc
tomac. Yesterday evening, heavy clouds pass
ed over the city, and about half-past four
o'clock there was a slight fall Of snow, the first
ofthe season. Towards morning the wind lul-
led, but the cold was sufficient to form ice IN
considerable quantity. Such weather IS pro-
yidential, in view Of the appearance Of the
cholera at New York.
MAGISTRATES OFFIcE John O. Keifer,
for disorderly conduct, was fined SIS and costs.
Anna Smith, for drunkenness and disorderly
conduct, was fined SIS and costs
JAS Quagin, charged with stealing four
shirts from Patrick Munday, who was chased
and caught in the culyert under the canal, was
committed to jail for trial at The next term Of
the. County Court. s.s....
Owen Cain, for dlsorderly conduct, kicking
/ down fences, &c., was discharged upon the pay
ment Of the amount Of damage.
I There were no cases before the Mayor this
morning.
/ MAYORS OFFICE. On Saturday, DR.. Gu
lick, on the complaint Thomas Dryer was
fined IS and costs, and bound over to appear
atCourt, for an alleged assault upon Mr.. U.
& Hugh w. Shelly, Of Staunton, has been APP
4 pointed Attorney for the National Express
B company tits said that this appointment is
D violation Of the proposed plan of organlza-
q ton Of the company which was that none but
soldiers were to have appointments, and Mr..
s. '. has never been in either army. Mr.. Shelly
s. sa most excellent gentleman.
Capt. ". r. Spurgin, Superintendent Of
1 freedmen for the District Of Columbia, has.
awarded il' his report to the Freedmen S Bureau
sf Inc month Of October. Many applications
w servants We're received from the North, but
m'''og to a prejudice existing among the freed
M v'ple, lnculcated while slavery, against the
M Nfthern States, they we're not filled. s.
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,ae y >. District Court is now IN session
Norfolk. a large number Of confscation
1es nave been dismissed upon the payment.
0Osts oy the parties interested. The Rich
~ Bulletin is very severe on the judge for
''os paltes mot guilty TO pay the costs. .
N 'ue Washington Constitutional Union, OF