The national Republican., 1867-09-09
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS.

ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS.
TIE LrcEux HALt.-Ths long discussed affairs Of
the company owning that elegant boilding,on the
as the Lyeeum Hail. about 10 be made the subject
| Of legal adjudication. The hall was built some
thirty years ago as temple Of letters and art, and
was Intended at that time as ralyng place for the
genius and talent Of the city. Rooms were provided
art for cabinet Of natural history, and the large
hall va. v, ~ used during several year, a. meeting
10 which such mon as II. Winter Davis, Governor
Stanton, Rev. A. O. Hoaton, and Mayor ysitch. Of
ssfWssd. di.psysa S upon more ] extended pSsS srsSs
This society has long since been dissolved, and Of
late years the upper room has been used for public
meetings and the lower for school rooms. portion
the itookholders dissatisfied with the present
management, and have employed W. A Taylor, esq,
to bring suit for sale Of the building, and division
| Of the proceeds amopg the parties interested.
CHRIST CHuRCH.-Rumor has II that the Rev. 4. T.
Perkins OF Leesburg, recently called to the rector
ship Of Christ Church In this city to be mad. vacant
By The iesisp.tICn Of Rev. A NJ Randolph, viii
clipaton, among those spoken Of TO be invited are
Rsys. II. A. Wise, q Baltimore; VIM, Friend, Of
Fort R9ysi o.A kinsolyins' Of addlsburg, and
In the event Of a vacancy in the Bpiseopste Ct
Mis'ssppi, Of whicS, 4 !. said there is probable
@. B. Dana, formerly Of this city, Is prominently
| spoken Of In connexion with the position.
RELIGlors. s.-Alexsndria is probably as well sup.
piled with churches as any city in the Union Of like
sfsr ample opportunity for all who desire to walt
upon the preaching Of the Word. Yesterday all the
churches had large congregation except the Second
is temporarily closed. Al Christ Church Rev Mr.
Aiken preached the pastor being absent and Ill In
stated ministers. The Issandri. Christian A.sSeis ac
tion held large prayer meeting at the Southern
Methodist church. much interest and fervor being
eyineed In the exercises
large number OF washingtonians paid a visit to
this city Saturday afternoon the occasion being
match game between the Jefferson Base Ball Club OF
wsship pgtoplsns played eIcsilsntiy, and would
doubtless have won by large odds, but the late
ness Of the hour compelled the close Of the game at
the seventh innings when the score stood Jefferson
59, Pioneer "a
ALL orHT.-The old town was much moro quiet
yesterday than II has been for several weeks. Fewer
Of our Washington fellow. .sitiIens, anxious for
nip paid us visit, and II being understood that
the State Sunday laws would be Iigidly enforced the
bar rooms were generally closed. We heard Of but
one brawl and that Of slight character during the
| entire day.
We clip the following from the Gazette Of s.tur.
day afternoon:
DrsrrRBAscE. --cOnsidsrable excitement was Gre.
aed, and small crowd collected, last night between
eleven and twelve o'clock, at the interseet on Of
Prince and Royal streets, by an assault committed
there b Randall Rainsy upon NJ; r R. Baker, clerk
Of the City Hotel, who was at the time on his way
home from social visit. Mr. Baker did what he
could to defend himself, but was oysrpowersd BY
having a portion Of his whi.isr. pulled out % and
his face seriously bruised. Rainey was arrested
Immediately after the occurrence by private watch
and before he was confined, In making his escape
Capt Smith, supsrintendsnt Of the night watch,
accompanied By posse Of his fores. then started ia
where he likely to be found, obt dned from jas
tices Beach and Cotton, who had been sent for and
armed arm Si with which he Captain asd wstehnsu smp
sou and Lyles proceeded to Rainey's house, where
he was found and arrested. As he demanded an
trate'a oflee, where affsr an examination he was
bailed in the sum Of S20U-0eorge bteurnagle being
his seeurty-to appear at the next term Of the court
to answer to the charge Of assault and battery Tho
assault committed In consequence Of Mr.. Bakers
having reported Rainey to the Mayor as the keeper
hS1s S9 1 SSH sSH15 when attacked
s.st,a e. .a--I;s ~ ;;;,s...;; II x.
lation II he interfered.
GANE-From present Indications, game thi, fall
promises to be unusually abundant In this section Of
the State. sora and reed birds now abound In the
.ws%p., and though not yss & IN prime eating order
TO be exceedingly prolific Squirrels in considerable
numbers have alresdy made their appearance In
them. The like Of young old harss,T il is said,
was never before seen, there being scarcely olump
Of bushes In any Of the adjacent countless In which
three or four cannot atany time, be bounced and to
see them jumping across the tracks Of the railroads
leading into this city just ahead Of the locomotives
occasions no SURPRISE as such incidents are Of COM
mon occurrence Partridge are reported to be very
Dumerous-the bevies containing more than IL ordi.
narily the cass. Flocks Of wild turkeys have fre-
quently been seen Of late. and killed near q
station o the Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire
railroad, on Thursday last, Mason's Neck and the
eghborng country Is represented to be well stocked
with deer as the "signs" are visible In many places
In that vicinity.
BASS BALL. Tho return match for the champion
ship Of the city, was played yesterday evening" be-
tween tue Pioneer aud the Old Dominion clubs, 70.
suting in Victory for the former by 4 81 to
2S. more interesting game has not been witnessed
In this city since base ball was rst introduced The
playing Of srein and Brsnner the nrst aud second
base was especially noticeable; Lilly. the Baltimore
pitcher played for the first time with the Pioneers his
delivery being questlonable, and with a strict um-
pire he would hardly miss coming under tho rule
his manner is more Of the 'round armh boiling
than pitching; the old Dominions, however, seemed
satisfied with his delivery, and no question was
raised by them as to his pitching The double play
Of George Uhlsr from center neid to second base
serves special notice. The Old Dominioi is led their
adversaries up to the ninth inning, when the tcore
was tie. The Pioneers succeeded In running up
their score o. and In the winding up Of the game kept
down the score Of their opponsnts to l. thus beating
them by runs This ends all match games for this
year between these two clubs, the Pioneers being
champions. The following 10 the inning
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