Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-21
LOCAL ITEMS.


munity probably wonders that ours has not
ere this grown into place OF more bu mess
importance than we yet claim. That The time,
SO long foreshadowed, is fast coming, when Al
exandria will be to Virginia what Baltimore is to
! MARYLAND, is confidently hoped and keeping
pace with the outgrowth from us of railroads,
and lines Of travel into the surrounding country
the manufacturing interests of our city are being
developed, as the demand for manufactures
increases. The aid Of the most skillful and tai
ented workmen, and the most improved modern
machinery is being brought into requlsltlon, to
manufacture, so far as is possible, within the
State, that which is to rebuild her waste
places In yesterdays Gazette appeared
notice of the Virginia Sash and Door Factory,
which for several years has been conducted
| here by Messrs. Rishiell & HODGE, two OF our
| most enterprising young townsmen. 1t Is
| most cheering indication Of the improvements
going on in this section OF the State that al
| though the factory of Mcssrs. R. & H., employ
ing some twenty hands, and bringing to its aid
all the improvements of steam and machinery,
is worked to its full capacity, still another en-
tefprize of the same sort is in process OF cree
tion and will soon be in operation Whcnlt is
remembered that the twenty hands employed
as above mentioned, are merely machlne-tend :
ers, and are really doing by that aid the work
perhaps Two hundred handWorkmen would ac-
complish, some estimate may be formed OF the
building going on in the section OF the State
within range of this city. 1t is pleasant to
dwell upon these features OF our "recoastruc-
ton pleasant to know that although unrepre-
sented and DISTINGUISHED, with no voice in the
election of the men who rule and tax u.s. that the
State is nevertheless steadily improving, not
retrograding; and buildings are being erected,
improvements made, and the material elements
of prosperity and comfort being developed.
1t is, perhaps, in one sense, a happy chance
that, cut off from political privileges, we are
turning our energies towards our own immediate
concerns, and instead of repining over our
mis(ortunes We are manfully striving, and
| with no small success, to retrieve our disas
ters by aboriously going to work. Viewed in
this light our manufacturers are our public
benefactcrs, and those of our citizens who are
| thus engaged should be patronized to the full
extent of the demands of the region within
reach OF this point Of shipment.
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| ANOTHER ENocH ARDEN CASE. Seventeen
years ago colored woman, the wife Of Strother
Pheneas colorcd porter now in the employ of
Mr.. VIM. T. Henderson, Of this city, and by
whom he had two children was sold to gen.
tleman in Tennessee and carried to that state.
The husband remained constant for two years,
when he married again and has been living
with his second wife ever since. This morning
his first wife returned, and throwing her arms
around his neck, with tears and supplications
besought, though in vain, reciprocation Of
the love she had SO long and sadly and yet so
fondly cherished. E#
NEW BooKs.--Dick & Fitzgerald, New
York, have published Wilson's Book of Reel
tations and Dialogues, with instr uction in clo
cution and defamation. The pro- and poeti-
cal selections, with some exceptions, are judi
cious and calculated not only to furnish lessons
10 reading for classes at schools, but to please
and improve the youthful mind. The same
| publishers have issued Builder Bones book of
stump speeches and humorous dialogues, tales
full OF fun, &C., compiled by j. I. Scott
Both of these books are handsomely printed.
For sale by Robert Bell at his Bookstore on
King street.
Mr.. s. S. HowIsoN, president Of the Poto-
mac Ferry Company, we were glad to see in
| town on Saturday. Our old friend and school
| mate looks as hearty as ever, and was greeted
cordially by his many friends in Fredericksburg.
We congratulate the company, into whose al
| fairs he has put new life, upon having Vir
ginian president whose successful management
has proved his we'll won reputation for capacl-
! IL, integrity, &c, to be deserved. The new
| boats now on the line run every hour In the
| day between Washington and Alexandria, and
Mr.. Howison's popularity will ensure abundant
om.-F5ed. Ne,os.
DISTURBANCE AT FIsHToWN. After the
closing of the balls at Fishtown last night some
of the parties who had attended them created
disturbance there, by quarrclling and fight
| ing, which considerably alarmed the quiet citis
zens residing in that vicinity. Disturbances
| are now almost of nightly occurrence in the
| locality alluded to, and measures should be at
| once instituted to suppress them.
SEMINARY AND HIGH School. Thco-
logical Seminary of Virginia has opened with
more than fifty students, including the prepa-
ratory ones The Episcopal High School,
| situated near the Seminary, has opened under
favorable auspices also, having more than forty
pupils present with others to come Southern
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