Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-11-26

CHESAPEAKE u OIIO IL. IL. 20 Inc an-
nual meeting of this company took place In
Richmond on Thursday. The two sittlngs OF
the. morning and the afternoon were brlet and
harmonious. There was 10 dlsputatlon-no
wrangling.
which was brief, but gave satisfactory account
Of the progress Of the Road. The Engineer
Mai. Whitcomb says the whole road will be IN
operation by July, 1872 We learn privately
that the road from the Ohio to the Big Bend
tunnel. some thirty miles beyond he White
SULPHUR, will be in operation next summer.
| The moment thai is done travel will begin 10
fake its way through the State. Staging over
The thirty niles will be readily encountered to
| avoid the long journey around the State. ..
| Sir. Stuart, from tie committee to whom
was referred The report OF the President: mace
report which concludes as follows: ,,
Tho committe cordially congratulate the
Stockholders or The 1lsttering prospects OF the
road, and recommend the adoption OF ths tol'
| loving resolution:
"Pcsolred, That the stockholders Of the
| Cbosapcske and Ohio railroad, IN general
,necrne assem- bcd, do approve and adopt the
repoft of the President of the road and also
the reports of the subordinate officers thereto
appended 5.1
The resolution was unanimously adopted.
Gen. John B. Baldwin nominated the tot
lowing Board of Directors for tho ensuing year.
who were unanimously elected: u r. nun-
tinUton, A. A. Lowe, ". II. Aspinwall, kIeh-
ard irwin, and VIM. B. Hatch, of New 9rk;
r. G, Parsons, of West Virginia., and John
| Echols, Williams G. Wckham, and Joseph w.
Anderson, of Virginia. 20,
| General Wickham moved chat the I'm a.
ticle of the bylaws be altered so as to TX tue
first Thursday in Deems Der Tor the annual
meeting, instead OF the !ourtn lhur'oay VI
November. -Rich. Dis.
a STEAM ARMY. MIR. Henry B.ssemer'
whose name is identified with the process Of
stool manufacture, has conceived the Idea OF
STRENGTHENING the British dcfcnces by an
ianriliarv steam army" which would have al
least this recon- ndation fer the economists
that it would cost comparatively lltt!e 10 create
eonld be cheeply worked III the line OF war
and during peace would require neither Eetlons
clothes nor nay. Lis idea 10 10 hEvo steam
fro engine throwing shower OF ouilets III
stead If water a steam fire engine can thro"
1eIa nnunds-represantin 2.540 Enfeld rife
hni,nts- TO . vertical height of one mile every
minutr. with 4 cousuuptica Il about tive
mounds Of coal and three galious o. water
John 3. GoUGu tells the fOiiuSn, story
thouqh the Joke be at his owo expense Coce
whie on a lecturing tour through Epgland, III
was introduced to O village audience IN these
terms -
aides and gentlemen, | ave the onOr tC
introduoe TO YOU tho distlngulshc cd lecturer,
Mir, John 3. Cough, who will haGdress US or
tho subject OF temperance. You know tha
temperance is thought to be rather dry sab
isct, but tonight, as W. listen to our friend
the horator FROM hover the n9cean, We ma!
'ope to ave the miracle OF Samson repeated
and to be refreshed with water from the ia"
bone Of haas !
ILLEGAL REsCUE,-Mr. ". Is. Richardson
collector OF the third district OF North Caro-
linn, writes that he seized lot oil tobacco at
fair in that State few days ago, nearly
thousand pounds altogether, because 1t was II
packaccs having stamps thereon thst had beer
used twice that he ordered his deputies tt
take the conGscated goods in wagons to ray
! ettouillc. and that when some tWolve nile:
away from the fair grounds O band or armed
men rushed out OF swamp, captured tne
wagons drove them some distance aSlde 1roE
the road took the tobacco all out and dumped
it into the swamp. They then !ct the wagon:
90 on their way.
| WASHINGTON ITEMS. estcrday morning
some sixty feet of the south side OF the wes
entrance wall OF the tunnel being CONSTRUCTED
IN the sixth ward by the Baltimore and Poto
mac Railroad Company fell in. The wall va:
about 90 feet high, and will COST $500 TO re-
build.
The work of dredging the chani:vl Of the 20
tomac river has commenced, ant 10 lew dly
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