Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-03-10

l not old residents of the city.
j. Trayers wanted to know where the future
meetings were to be held.
: The President responded that he hoped III 4
; few weeks the meetings would be held i'll the
: Friendship engine house.
GA motion of Mr. John Powell Il committee
of two WAS appointed to confer with Jeier:
son Circle Brotherhood of the Union regarding
the use OF their hall for the meetings of the Com,
pany until the engine house was repaired, and
Messrs John Powell and j. Travers were APP
pointed.
A motion was then made to adjourn to rcas
scmhle ut the call Of President, and carried, but
COL Ball Immediately arose and stated that
he could not reply to Col. Stuart during the
meeting rs he Was not I member of the compa-
ny, but that with the permission OF those pres,
emt he would now say that those who had
organized the new company did so calmly and
quietly did not 90 off in anger, and attempted
to raise no row. 1t WAS All honest difference OF
opinion, and time would show which WAS right.
When he was first approached upon the subject
he did not know there was such an organlza-
ton as the Friendship Fire Company. He
was informed by two members that an effort
was to be made to revive the company so Is to
obtain possession Of the new steam engine; he
had agreed to assist in this effort, and the next
| tHluS ie hue~ WIS llislL llc Hau pcCi oleetcu I"
Vice President He considered himself as
bound by no covenant with the company,
though thankful for the honor they had con-
ferred upon him. lie had tried on Monday
night to induce Tic company 10 change Liloir
name and still thought they ought to have chang
ed it; the days OF hand engines were passed; had
urged the new members not to vote in the
meeting last Monday night, and had not voted
himself so that he was not bound by any action
then taken. He had never been officially inform
cd Of his clection---and had never accepted the
office, and thought Col. Stuart attack upon
him entirely gratutous. He never had any
thing TO do with breaking up the company;
such an idea had never entered his head, nor
bia Company He was surprised when the
company had voted down the proposition OF
the Fire " ardcns, for he had supposed that
the whole object in view WAS the possession Of
| the new engine, and there was no other way of
attaining that object save by accepting the
| proposition. There Was no ust ground for
the eplthet migratory that had>be applied to
him. He had been born and raised in this
part Of the county, and had lived about here all
his life until about three years ago when
he went to Baltimore ; but when away he al
ways had Il hankering after the old place,
and now that he was back he was Ger
tain he would not wing his flight again
As to his not owning brick bat or q shinglc,
he would inform Colonel Stuart that he
had interests here, and those interests were
identified with the prosperity Of thc.city. lie
certainly had no personal ambition to crafty IN
joining fire company; all he did 50 Tor was
| that nice campany might be organized to take
the President of the Friendship Company,
| thought that unnecessary conditions had been
imposed by the Fire Wardens the Friendship
Company WAS entitled to the engine BY reason
of the location Of the house, but rs the deter
mnatiou Of the wardcns was final, he, the
speaker, thought that the company to gain
| their object might have changed their name
but preserved their organization and their
charter
Col. Stuart replied that he WAS glad the gentle
man was present and had heard what he had
said concerning him, and he would repeat that
COL Ball and Mr.. kilgour had joined the COM
pSSc Davis and Stevens had gone off from the
command of the Southern Contrderacy, what
would have been thought Of them? The gen
tlcman was young and njudieious he had even
acknowledged that he had allowed himself to
be elected Vice President Of company Of
whose existence even he was unaware Two
gcntlcmcn one from Maryland, the other just
settled here, Join company, arc elected to It's
chief offices, and then desert and run off to Il
new company merely to get nasty old tea
kettle. What are the Fire Wardens? No
more than fly On dray wheel. They had
pledged themselves to pay for the engine, but
they were certain they would be reimbursed
therefor. Docs any one suppose that they
would advance anything to the corporation I'M
less they were convinced of the certainly OF its
being refunded?
The Presidcht-llOt Il cent
COL Stuart--lct any body try to Luy plank
or dose of phySic and he II find ont He de-
MED that the Sun claimed the engine, so that the
assertion that it had to be given toanew COM
pany amounted to nothing. And what sort Of
officers had the new company? May be
Col. Ball, lawyer, editor, aud reporter, was
going to be the driver for the horses-tor neither
he nor his superior officer knew anything about
an engine, or even how to couple hose.
COL Ball, interrupting him, said he knew
more about fires than Col Stuarts superior
officer, for he knew how to climbup and down
ladder
Col. Stuart continuing, said that the Fire
Wardens had property on the wharf and want
cd both engines down therc-that gas the rea-
son; this thing about 4 name was nothlng@ a
rose by amy other name would smell as sweet,
and Il skunk would smell as bad. He would
rather see Christ Church RACED to the ground
than that its memories should be torn from it,
and he had the same feelings with regard to
the associations connected with the old Friend
ship Fire Company
The meeting then adjourned.
VIRGINIA NJ f. CONFERENCE.-THE prcvi- |
ousy stated, Bishop Simpson has transferred
Rev H. NJ Nickerson to the Oregon Confer
euce, and has appointed Rev. +. p. Phelps
Presiding Elder of Richmond District The
first quarterly meeting for Alexandria will be
held next Sabbath the 18th instant: Leesburg
on the 18th and 10th; Fredericksburg on the
25th and 81, and for Fairfax Circuit on the lst