Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-02-26

1iio' nlus' auo p[ougnt pack With her nearly al
OF the $500 she had carried off. She saw
the error of her way before she had gone far
Their north than Washington.
A young man named John Downey drew q
silver watch at Signor Ruoini's exhibition last
night.
The shoemaker's shop of u colored man
named Augustus Lumpkins, ou Cameron street
near Washington, was attacked last night by
unknown parties and partially sacked.
Some OF the old machinery of the Manassas
Gap Railroad Company is now being taken
down and carried to Georgetown, it having
been purchased by MIR. Picrson Duval, The
proprietor OF the foundry in that city.
The supply Of oysters at the dock was entire,
~ exhausted this morning, but the cnter7is
ing firm Of Mclean & Owings bought cargo
10 Washington, and had it towea down 10
this city.
The 5000 appropriated on Tuesday night last
BY the council, Tor the purchase Of wood Tor
| the deserving poor Of the city, has been OK
| pended, and no mora wo3h viii b. issued this
winter. The applicants were 81 numerous at
the mayors office yesterday that in order to
give them all 4 little the wood Was distributed
in quantities as small as the sixth Of cord.
The SoIiee OF Prof Newman, At the Har-
monte Hall last night, was 4 very pleasant
affair The attendance wac large ever body
was in good humor and every thing passed
off agrecabiy.
Nr ut b,h H..
bnsgy stolen from him some tine ago. has
given up al hope Of ever again recovering his
property. The thief never was heard from after
he lett this city
y cO.orcd woman was severely burned at
Reamer's Hotel in L,esburg last night She
had bottle Of Kerosene oil in her drts: pocket,
which ,hn struck against stove in passing.
The bottle brokcthe oil caught fire, aGi hence
the resulting injury.
Agents in this city had succeeded in cnga-
cling 80 colorcd men in Washington to go to
plantations in the Gulf States. Those enga-
ced held meeting last week and unanimously
determined not to leave the Capital until they
had received their share OF the appropriation
lately made by Congress for the support OF the
destitute OF that city.
The Dramatic Association, with able assist
ance from Washington, will give an entertain
ment at Liberty Hall on Monday night next.
See advertisement in another column.
The fair for the benefit OF Oriental Lodge
No. L, knights OF Pythas. will commence at
Germans Hall next Monday night.
7 H., Bal hail
in the NJ p. Church at bal! past two 0 clock |
to morrow evening.
\ political meeting was held at Cameron
school house this evening, which was addressed
by Col. G. f. Stuart and others.
New SCHEME. In the Senate, yesterday,
Mr. Corbet. introduced bill, which was roter.
rcd to the Committee on Commerce, no pro-
mote commerce among the States and TO
cheapen the transportation OF the mails anu
military and naval stores, naming q number OF
persons as corporators (among them u. I.
Walker, w. 9. Wickham and }. S. Barbour,
Of Va..) organizing 4 corporation, under the
name OF the "Washington, Point Lookout ana
Norfolk Railroad and Steamboat Company,
with authority to survey, locate, equip mann
tain and use continuous line or lines OF rail
vay, with steam ferry boats. between the
mouth of Rock Creek in the city OF Washing
ton, Point Lookout, in the State OF MaryIshu'
and Norfolk, in the State Of Virginia. com
meucing at Rock Creek, aud running thcHc1
southeasterIy along the south bank OF TIC
Chcsapeakc and Ohio Canal and the wash
inpton Canal 10 Virginia avenue and James
Creek: thence along the north BANK Oh 'at4cs
Creek to the Anacostla river; thence across
said river by ferry. boat to the north SIDE ol tne
Potomac river; therce along the bank OF Salu
r;ver TO a point opposite Alexandra; thence
across the river by steam ferry to h'ezanof,a
and from the point aforesaid! on he north S'u'
of the Potomac river southery through Tue
District of Columbia and the State OF mary
land 70 Point Lookout, 'hence through the
Chesapeakc bay to Norfolk. The capital STOCK
;s 6vod At three million dollars in shares OF one
hundred dollars each, the charge tor passengers
m said road not to exceed ) cents, per mile,
and the running time not 70 exceed seven ana
half hours between Washington and Norfolk
md fifteen minutes between WASHINGTON ana
Alexandria. The bill provides further that
the road shall be completed within Two years
after the election of the first board OF directors,
| and directs that the fcrryhoat. cars, engines
and equipments of the line shall be tlrst class
WANTED TO SEE A BAPTESING.--A little
child about three years old, daughter OF a lady
rosid;ne q, Fairfax stcct alter an unaccounta-