Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-11

LOCAL BREvITIEs. police have been
instructed to arrest, hereafter, ell persons
found begging on the streets, be they men, wo-
men or children, white or black.
| Many inquiries have been made by, interest.
ed parties, during the past few days, concerning
the whereabouts of certain R. B. Bashaw, a
Radical of the strictest sect, who was turned
out of Office 10 Washington some days since
He resided here, but has disappeared. The
inQuirers are not soicitous about the gentle
mans personal safety.
Three men were observed late last night at
work digging in the empty lot at the northeast
corner of Prince and Payne streets. A large
hole was found there. this morning but an ex-
animation resulted 10 no discovery.
The OILERS are preparing for the commence,
ment Of operations. Many Of them will start
down the river on Monday next.
The schooner Mary J. Russell, for VIII.
mineton, was loaded yesterday from the ware.
houses of MIR. B. H. Lambert with niue lhous-
and bushels oil corn in six hours and forty
minutes
Professor Newman will give another one Of
his fashionable soirees at Harmonic Hall to-
night.
A raid was made on the wooden door steps
in the neighborbood Of the corner of Queen
and Alfred streets, night or two slnca, aud
many persons DOW jump instead OF walk into
their residences in that Locality.
Two new and splendidly furnished sleepinr
cars, the Holyoke and Olive Branch, have
been put on the O., A. NJ. R. R. during the
past week.
During meeting Of the Conpressona! Com
mitee on the District of Columbia, a day or
two since, the applicants for an appropriation
OF $4,000, to build an asylum Tor adigent
colored people were inlur med by the Hon.
Lewis Mckenzie member of that Commit
tee that the sight OF the crowds OF idle, worth
less colorcd people, daily hanging around the
City Hall OF that city, was not calculated to
add force to the application, though probably
he should vote Tor it.
Thursday next, and not Monday, ~ stated
in yesterdays Gazette, will b. ST. Patrick ) |
day.
The regular monthly meeting Of the Mis- |
sonary Society of the Thenlogicll Seminary |
was held last Tuesday night. A very able ad |
dress was delivered by Mr.. Ward, Of the In
termediate class, aud an excellent report read
BY Mr. Jones' OF the Junior class.
Mr.. Patrick Dillon, an employe at tue
Mount Vernon Cotton Factory, h ad his left
hand accidentally caught 10 tie machinery there
yesterday and So severly mangled as TO Decess- |
tate its amputation at the wrist Joint. Dr. |
Lewis performed the operation.
The proprietors of the Columbia yeast pow
der have located their mandatory in this city.
They are enterrrlsug young gentlemen and
deserve to be patronized.
MIR. W. W. Adam has supplied the o., A.
& NJ. r r. Co. with Swiss regulator, TO be
used at their depot in place Of the one dlstloy
ed by the late fire there.
S. Deaham is getting rid Of his stock o!
clothing rapidly by selling at god rates and
irving change in specie so as to be able to CON-
mence merchant tailoring as soon as tho spring |
opens.
The weather this morning was delightful
The sun shown brightly, the breeze WAS
from the South, and the temperature was
warm end balmy. The ladies were out Oh the
streets ia numbers, and Of course added greatly
TO the attractions Of promenade.
The sale OF the uncai med packages atAdsms
Express Office was concluded last night.
large crowd was in attendance and many
amusing incidents occurred during the evening.