Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-09-05
ALEXANDRIA,
THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER s.

THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEM Der 5.
Coal TRADE.-An unusual number of YES
sells having passed up the river on Monday and
Tuesday, of this week, apparently seeking
freight, induced us to set on foot inquiries as
to the coal trade on the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal, We learn that at least one hundred
loaded boats are stretched along the canal
ianks for three or four miles above George
town, waiting their turn to discharge coal.
More vessels are lying in the narrow harbour
waiting for cargo than were ever known BEFORE
snd We are safe in saying that not more than
tne-half the amount of coal was shipped any
day this week, that should have been, had the
accommodation for business been such, as could
lie furnished at our wharves, and in our mag
Iifcent harbour, where ships of 1900 to 1000
tons may load at the wharves, or swing at an-
Choir as the tide Gibbs and flows Can there be
coy doubt in any unpryudaced and diS1nterested
mind, that the Aqueduct and Canal to Alex
s,ndria, is absolutely indispensable to the full
development of the coal trade on the Chesa-
1eake and Ohio Canal? During the brief pc
liod in which the Alexandria Canal was 10 OPP
Grafton this year, vessels of the largest class,
which could not have navigated the channel
above the Long bridge, were loaded here, and
canal boats were discharged without the slight
est detention. We would suggest to the min
Jog companies in the vicinity Of Cumberland,
IS we'll as to the officers aud directors of The
1aain Canal, that competent agent should be
Sent to Georgetown and Alexandria, to investi-
gate the condition of the coal trade as it nolo
Exists at the former and as il was conducted
st the latter port, when coal shipments were
1aade from Alexandria, The lessees Of the
Alexandra Canal have made contract for the
erection of new trunk on the piers Of the
Aqueduct. to be finished By April next, which
we have no doubt will be able to sustain the
weight of any depth of water which may be
imposed upon it and We trust the Superinten-
Gent of the Georgetown division, will, by that
time, be required to deepen the canal by clear
lag out the bars and other distractions, which
ia the early part Of this season navigation,
impeded the face navigation of coal loaded
boats. Some Of the boats lying along the
canal, We are informed, are Now grounded on
these bars, to their great discomfort, if not to
the peril of boat and cargo.
The Executive Committee OF the Southern
Relief Association, 10 New I ork, report that
the total cash receipts have been $3.50, $685. all
(Which has been expended. The number Of
bushels of corn purchased has been 1896.
The contributions made in aid of the South
lave been very nearly three millions. This
includes $573, 900 ordered b. Congress and ex-
pended through the agency OF the Freedmcus
Bureau under Gen. Howard.
The London Times has reason TO believe that
the report of the Ritual Commission, which
the Archbishop of Canterbury has announced,
will shortly be issued, and will he decidedly
adverse to the practices which have been lately
brought into vogue By = section Of the clergy
Ct the Church Of England The majority Of
the commissioners condemn these Innovations
as illegal or inexpedent, and advise that they
should be prohibited.
According to the statement in the Washing
ion Chronicle, Gen. Grant is every day Avow
log his political principles more aud more
distinctly, aud they are 10 antagonisIn to those
Ct the President. Unity" Of action in the
Administration, as tar as Gen. Grant is con-
cerned, has net, therefore, been obtained by
his appointment as Secretary of War.
Mr.. Thaddeus Ste7ens's aokoowedg = ent
that Congress has "repuliatai The Constitu
tuition and been acting wholly outside of il -
causes little Opening Of the eyes "a little
expression OF wondera slight ''ah indeed !"
"a faint-'';s that so pa whispered, better
,ot have said it, even though it is true. -
But that is all Nothing more
1t is asserted that the expenses Of the New
FORK Herald are million and half per an
mum. This is probably, exaggeration but
sti!l the expenses Of that and the other first
class daily papers in New York, are immense.
Expenses OF newspapers are not known by the
lublio generally
The exactious and demands of The walters at
The Northern springs and hotels are said to be
increasing to such an extent, as to determine
'usny to keep away from them. They are as
rspacions as sharks, and insolent to all who
dc not succumb aud keep them in pay.
The New York Tribune is very vindictiee
against President Johnson, calls him hard
names, declares that his power must he
broken" and is unusually maevolent in its
tone and spirit It seems to have received some
new Anti johnson impulse.
Its announced that "Nir. Fornay, OF the
WashingtonCh Chronicle and Philadelphia Press,
has returned from Europe-and it is added