The national Republican., 1867-05-27
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y Yesterday We noticed Ii. arri,. of han. -,
, 80, 900 and 90, 900 herring, and the prica. A.
tsined we're s6s6.5o per 1000. - - -. W.
Qunr DAr.-Ths police enjoyed q quiet da,
yesterday, there being but fsw arrests, and tho,,
Of tdhing nntureoF So mote II be. grHY
FIsH WHAnF.---!Ths receipts at theuuharf OF
Saturday were %, 900 herring which brought 9,
MERCHANT ExcnANar. was nothin,
Of moment done on Change on Saturday, and
prices were about the same a. the previous day,
bushels corn. L
Bears ARRrvrNa.---T Tho 7obstruotions IN the
canal, near Point Of Rocks, having been removed,
quite q aest Of boats arrived above the squednot
yesterday. This 10 good news to coal merchants
rs the supply here was becoming exhausted. :
PoRr o. GEoRotrows. CLEARED Brig Tan.
gier Smith, fnaster, for Charleston, s. O., With
1900 busbeis OF corn from Z. d, Hartley A
Bro aoop Anthony Allen, Wilson, master, for
Hayre do Graeet schooner Laurence, Franks,
master, Tor Baltimore. & 7 H. . 4 n
CANAL LTnADE,--Arrivalso Of eoai-Cumb.rfand
Company, ia TONS Central Company, liz tons;
bo,dsn y, oenpany, lis tons; Ahoslsah Company,
sunaIiss--asorss Waters, corn 10 n.rl.,,
George holss with limss.ons. % IssI0I1-7 4
Am ron rHr souru.---A festival win be h.,d
on to-morrow and wednesday, at the Seminary,
corner Of Gay and Washington streets, In sId III
ne distressed people Of the BoStb, II viii BE-
hsld under the auspioes Of . number Of our be.
nsvolsnt ladies. ,E-sI. =. "--I :. - I
TaIAL, TRiF. - On Friday evening tho now
steam packst, built here for capt. John Moore,
- mail and passenger boat kctveen Norfolf
va and tlirabeth, n G., via the Dismal Swamp
canal, made trial trip, running from oeorgs-
town 70 Aiexandria BY way Of the canal and re-
turned by way Of the Potomac river. A num-
Der Of ladies and gentlemen accompanied hst,
among them the following prominent business
men: ospt T. ,. Mahaney, o. tho Cumberland
Coal and Mining Company; Stephen Sherman,
esq, General Superintendent Of the Borden Min.
ing Company John .. Turton, ssq., member Of
the Wa.hington Board OF Aldermen; Capt. Q.
P. Houghton, agent Of the New York, Washing
ton, and Georgetown Steamship Company, and
VIM. Duyal. esq, Of the firm OF Duyal 4 Co.,
OF this city. The boat left, Georgetown at 4
o'clock, and arrived In Alexandria shout quar-
past 8, making the trip In one hour and lteen
minutes. After backing out into the river sho
stopped at the wharf few minutes, and then
returned to this city, making the distance from
Alexandria in one hour and eight minutes, against
an ebb tide. ~. E.
TnE Courier Of Saturday contains the follow.
ing items Of news:
The extensive improvements which A. II.
Herr has made in what was lately . cotton fac
tory on Potomac streot, south Of tho canal, arc
now complete, and the building, after no incon-
siderable outlay Of money, is ready for the man.
ufaeturo Of -four When the new crop Of wheat
shall have arrived, this mill will form quite an
addition to those in operation here, and we may
safely predict that ere long the fame Of George
town nillers will be widely circulated"
"The people Of Fairfax county, Virginia. have
not yet taken steps to construct road to this
city. Tho act Of the Legislature authorizes W,
d. ebeppord, Daniel +. lDulsnsy, VIM. l.. Ed.
wards, M. d. Ball, John Powell, andJohn Bart
lett, or any two Of them. 70 open books for the
receipt Of subscription, at not less than SIS per
share. and 80 to raise s25 800 for the purpose Of
constructing turnpike road from Fairihx Court.
Hoase to some point on tho Potomac river near
Georgetown, D. @. II Incorporates the company
as soon as IS. 900 shall have been subscribed"
The Berlin Ferry. on the Potomac river, vas
rented ut public auction, on Saturday last, TO
Mr.. Adam Ridenbaugh, for $3.50 per annum."