Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-12-27

| tue enforcement VI t!le TAX Dtii uuIu ~ ude Isl
1872, having been defeated.
Mr.. Janney, from the Committee Oh the
Poor, reported that but two bids had beef
made for supplying medicines to the poor-one
from James EntwiSle, jr, who agreed TO furnish
what was necessary at discount of so per Ct
upon regular charges, aud one from Samuel
Luut who would furnish the medicine for
1855 year, or make deduction Of 3333 pei
cent. on the regular charges, and that the com
mittee recommend that the contract be awarded
to Mr.. Entwisle, and the report Was adopted.
| A petition of Mrs. Ann K. Ratctf for aDate
| ment OF taxes upon the ground that II moi
granted she will be deprived of shelter for hel
aged head, and thrown upon the charities OF AL
unsympathizing world, was referred to the
| Committee on Claims, and the Board then ad
| journed.
| Common CouncI-In the chamber of the
! Common Council al the members from the Isl
| and "a Wards were present and two members
| from each of the other Wards Four spectators
probably in search Of occupation during the
holidays looked languidIy over the bar at the
proceedings for awhile, but soon got tired and
] went away.
| Mr.. Henderson introduced 4 resolution Of
| inquiry as to why the Mayor had not made
!, since July last, the regular mnnthly report OF
! monies received for licenses, required by
! law
! Mr. Wheat said that the law provided, that
all persons engaged in bushes: where license
is required to conduct such business, shall call
upon and pay to the Mayor the amount due
| for said license. who shall issue his certificate
! for the same aud deposit the amount so rccelv-
| cd with the City Treasurer, taking his receipt
therefore which receipt he shall deposit with
/ the Auditor OF the city; that the Mayor shall
keep u book OF licenses, on the margin OF which
! shall be entered the name OF the party SO
licensed, together with the business AND the
! amount paid: the Mayor shall, on the first day
!; OF each month"; deposit with the city Auditor Il
:. list of licenses so issued, together with the
amount received from each; before the Mayor
4 shall proceed to collect the licenses he >luIl
! give bond in the sum of five thousand dollars,
4 to be approved by the Finance Committee Of
! the City Council, for the faithful discharge OF
the duty of collecting said licenses. lie stated
! that gentleman upon making Inquiries ut the
| Auditors office, learned that thc Mayor bad
made no license returns since the LIST OF July
! last. The resolution was agreed TO.
! The committee upon the application OF the
widow of John Moore reported that they had
examined the books Of the Auditor on the
subject and had found that Capt Moore: who
paid to August lst Of that year. but there yet
remained due arrears OF pay Tor that month
amounting to $1.7S, which they recommended
be paid
The bills Of the judges and clerks OF election
in the Sd Ward were then ordered to be pad,
with reduction in that Of +. }. Lloyd, and
4bc Board adjourned.
FoREFATHER's DAY.-The Alexandria cor
respondent of the Washington Republican, Of
this morning, says lis it not worthy OF
chronicle that Foretathor's Day has in these
latter times found Il notable place even in the
Old Dominion? So it seemed and as it is tie
first event of the kind, you shall hear and tell
your readers thereof Know, then, that this
observance here is primarily and wholly due to
that happy settlement OF union between .MaS>l-
chusettsand Nirgnia which finds such genial OK
preston in the host and hostess Of the occasion:
the honorable Mr. and Mrs. John {. Under
wood Their elegant rUof.trce and sunptu0us
board where even the legendary pork and
beans and parched corn were not Wantlng) fur-
nished shelter. mess and welcome u the few
who gathered here in honorcd memory ufthuse
whose shelter, mess and welcome, two hundred
and iity-one years ago at Plymouth Rock, we're
the drest asperities of nature, and scarcely
Stnct with ray of hope. But they carried IN
their heroic breasts the true spark of overcnm-
ing faith (which burns TO save. and which
now touches with brightness and bcnctcence
the broad hem Of the Uuiou. 10 revere this
sublime quality Of the Pilgrims. to contrast
the beginning and the end, the toriorn hape
with the glowing triumph, and seek to pcrpe-
tuate their memory IN the O.d commonwealth,
was the cheerful purpose of the evening.
,rb tba m \
few words shall tell how. The place, the
household (ncluding Miss Gibson Messrs. +.
J. and B. Or. Underwood and Miss Alice. the
only daughter, and the hospitality have been
already referred to, nouc too commercially.
The latter had with her own hands procured Il
piece Of the genuine Plymouth rock, which we
all handled and some kissed-so that we were
brought visibly near the primitive event, and
Plymouth and jamestown were palpably near
err than ever before Then we had reading Of
appropriate selections by f. j.. White, ESQ.,,
short extempore speeches by Judge Hill and
G.. Whittlesey, and more formal and highly
interesting address, touching the Pilgrims, eS-
pecially the heroic Pilgrim mothers, by Judge
Underwood, followed by singing In iuIl chorus:
The Pilgrim Fathers and America.
Time and space forbid special reiereoce to
speeches or persons assembled; suffice 1t to
say that the occasion was a truly enjoyable one;
that the thirty.fTe descendants from Pilgrim
stock who gathered, felt and expressed hearty
thanks to the host and hostess for their large
hospitality and happy thoughtful mess in bring
them to formal observance OF the day on
Virginia soil.
It,oniv remains to be added that a New
England Society was organized, with Judge
Underwood as president, Charles Whittlesey
secretary, and Z. e. White treasurer Here
after something more Of the demonstration
may be heard of the Pilgrims south Of the 70
tomac on Forefather's Day.
RIVER News. The ice yielding to the IN
fucncc Of the prevailing weather, is gradually
disappearing from the river and the steam boat