Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-10-04
LOCAL NEWS.

in the Potomac Mt this point, have entirely dis.
appeared, ana tho river now flows on to the
sea as calmly and smoothly as though uolhnr
had occurred t. mar its serenity.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal is badly
damaged. though it is hoped navigation can
be resumed in thirty days {; five hundred men
are already employed on the repairs. There is
somo damage on the Monocacy division, and
damages between Poiot of Rocks and Harper s
Ferry are very heavy, particularly between
Sandy Hook and Harpcr's Ferry from Har
pcr's Ferry to Cumberland there is not much
damage, some sand bars to take out. Conside.
rablc repairs will be required upon the dam
across the Potomac two miles above Harper
Ferry.
At llarper's Ferry in single LAY upwards
Of forty five citizens have lost their lives !;
more than fifty families have been rendered
homeless, whilst tho entire business of the
town Is for the present in complete ruin. At
ter tive years OF destructive warcIarc aud five
years OF entire prosration OF business, the town
was just beginning to recover itself when this
capped the flood arc generally poor, but urc do
ing their utmost for the relief Of the sufferers
Yesterday afternoon Rcceicer CIephaua and
other officers Of the Alexandria aud " ashipg
ton railroad made a tour of observation over
the bridge and road. Although much injured
He DANCE done the company is not near so
great as at first Supposed and MIR. Clephanc
pives it as his opinion that $4,000 will b. all
that is necessary to place everything in ruo
ming order. The officers propos, at once to
repair, and to this eud large fcroc Of men
were engaged yesterday who will to day be
placed at work.
1t is stated that the Baltimore e. Potomac
Railroad Company will not repair the Long
bridge, but will build new one at onc,, that
will withstand all future foods. Tho whole
length of the cauIeway is 1872 feet, fully one
half Of which has been swept entirely away,
leaving nothing but the hard gravel bed, which
seems to have resisted the food better than
the masonry work. 10 many places the cur
rent has cut deep aud irregular holes in this
grave! Some forty or fifty large forest trees
are stretched across this road. the roots hold.
ing them there. Against that portion OF the
causeway which remains arc piled thousands
Of cords OF drift wood and debris in every i'm
uginab!e shape. Among this is much valuable
timber, which the raj road com pany proposes
to make use Of in the construction of tempo
rary footwalk for travel. Three spans of the
Chain bridge have been carried away, and
months must eiapse before it can be placed in
condition for travel. In consequence of the
scarcity OF fuud5 in the hands OF Gen. Michler
it is doubtful wheher it can be properly re-,
paired until an appropriation by Congress. The
distractions in the draw OF the Long Bridge
have not Yet been removed, and the port OF
Georgetown is still blockaded. The steamship
+. Z. Knight, of the New York Line, and tho
Lady OF the Lake, Sof the Norfolk route, arc at
their Wharves. as are also several coastwlse
schooners, which must remain locked i'm
until the draw Ct the Long Bridge is repaired
TO enable their passage through.
Information Just received here from along
the line OF the D. A. & M. f. r., report the
injuries to that road az follows: The main line
is in complete order as Tar as Gordonsvlle, to
which point trains arc runuiag regular "
From Gordcnsville to Charlottesville, on the
Z. & o. Railroad, one span OF the Rivauna
and one span of tho Moore Greek bridge are
gone, and twelve days will be required to re-
pair the damages. Beyond Charlottesville, on
the o. A. Il Nj. +. r., one tresslc has been
washed out of South Hardware bridge, one
span from Rockfsh bridge, one from Tyc liver,
and the whole length OF the Jam IS river bridge,
ut Lynchburg.
On the Manassas branch the road is iu run
ming order between Alexandria and Front
Royal, and between the Shenandoah river and
IIarrisouburg. The entire bridge over tho
South branch of the Shenandoah, and one
span OF that over the North branch, were car
rled away. The repairs to the bridge over the
North branch will be completed this week, and
passengers will then be transported from here
to LIarrisonburg with single transfer, at the
South branch OF the Shenandoah.
On the main line the repairs will be COM
4 pIetcd to James river bridge in about two
81 weeks. Travel will then be open TO Lynch
81 burg with one transfer, at the James river
bridge. A heavy force is at work on tho line,
saand the work of repair is being pushed for
SSard with all possible speed.
The route from this city over the w. & o.
H. r., to Winchester, is open, aud the mails
and passengers came through to-day
kIPpUR DAY.-The tenth day Of the seventh
month is the day of Atonement, commonly
called kippur Day, or Yom Kippur, which is
solemnIzcd in Hebrew families, congregations
aud houses of worship, by abstaining from all