Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-08-23
Tx ANIMATION OF TEACHERS. The SUPER

ENAMlNATIoN OF TEACHERS Super
intcndcnt of Schools for the city and county of
.Alexan,ri:,. commenced his annual examination
of candidates tnr license as teachers at the
! Washington Sch"o!-housc this morning ut 9
o clock. Thirty two persons presented them
selves. six males three white aud three color
ed, J and twcnty-six feulalcs. (iiteen white and
eleven colored Twenty words were first given
to be spelled; then ten questions in Geography;
then five questions in Grammar and the follow
ing sentence to he parsed 10 live in hearts
we leave behind, is not to die, and the follow
Ing to be corrected: Il can never think so
mean of him; neither prejudice or partlallty
have shook my most perfect confluence III his
justice, though he seem somewhat compro-
missed by the transaction, Al then read a
short extract from Youngs Night Thoughts,
beginning THE bell strikes one" and the ex-
animation was adjourned until this afternoon.
| The words given to be spelled. and the sentence
to be corrected were taken from the Philadcl-
phia examination held in May last, and the
sentence to be parsed from the examination
just held in Staunton; the other questions, were
selected promiscuously from the text DOCKS
used in the schools.
MAYORS OFrIcE.-NIatida and Alcnda
Madison. for disordcrly conduct. were dlscharg-
ed upon promise to quit the city forthwith
The keeper of a grocery in the 4th Ward,
ON complaint of the wife of one OF his custom
er>. tor an intraction of the Sunday law; was
dismissed as the charge was not sustained.
j. VI, Barnes, sailor, for disordcrly con-
duct, was discharged with an admonltion
Matilda Turner, colorcd, tor toreatalllng. was
fined and discharged. ,.,
Elzy Shackelford, colored for abusing Libby
Jackson, also colored, was fined and discharged.
\ warrant was issued for the arrest OF Il col
orcd man named Ned Tyler, charged with steal
inc coat from Ely Shackeltord, also colored.
The coat was recovered but the thief Is still at
| large.
NlGllr REPORT Night cloudy and COOL
There were no disturbances, nor amy arrests
;,;;;cr ten @ clock. Neither prisoners nor lodg
crs were ut the station house.
Runaway MATCH eSterlay morning
Bailiff Graves WIS accosted by four person, two
men and two women, in the neighborhood OF
| the CITY Hall. who were evidently from the
country and were anxious to obtain the services OF
preachcr-.two Of the parties having runaway
from iratc parents in Virginia to get married IN
| WASHINGTON. Mr. Graves, Sympathlzlns with
| tbr distressed coupe, procured license, and
the services of Rev. j. L. Roberts, who speedl-
~ made the twain one flesh, in the Marshal $
office and they went on thcl! way rejoicing
that they had safely accomplished their mis-
sion The names of the parties were James
W. .Jetfries, of Alexandria, and Jennie Fillmore,
of Loudoun. - Washington fntrtot
PROBABLY FATAL ACCIDENTAL colored
man Was accidentally shot near Convaescent
Camp, Yesterday, and from the nature OF the
wound is probably dead by this time. Tie was
lying down in the brush wood, and taking hold
Of his gun by the muzzle was pulling 1t towards
him, when the trigger caught against bush,
and the load was discharged into his abdomen,
makinga hole as large as man 5 list, through
which his perforated intestlnes protruded Dr.
French rendered what surgical assistance was
possible. but entertained no hopes OF his pa,
ticnt's recovery The name Of the man could
not be ascertancd but he was the son-ln-iaw
of respectable and we'll to do colorcd man
living at Copvalescent Camp, named lcvlJones
You've MEMS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
An adjourned meeting Of this society was held
IN their room last night, President u. L. Hill in
the chair. Mr.. D. S. Stansbury acted as sec
rctarv pro tenn. The minutes Of the proceeding
meeting were approved. after which the report
of the Committee on Excursion was received
and accepted, provided, however, that no ex-
curSion shall be attempted unless a sale OF lOO
tickets shall first he effected. Messrs. u. 4.
Hill, d. S. Stansbury, and r. D. Simpson were
| added to the committee After singing the
Doxology the Association adjourned.
FRIGHTENED AwAY-Such is the dread OF
federal courts in this vicinity that the two
young men, NowelI and Jefferson, who were
tried here last week for the murder OF colorcd
man named Silas Johnson and acquitted, hear,
ing the report that they were to be arrested
on the same charge and tried before the U. 5.
| Court under the ku-kluX bill, lncontlncntly
! fled and their whereabouts is unknown even
to their best friends.
{. so. CANAI.-A letter from Georgetown,
says The millers along the line Of the canal
have received orders from the superintendent of
the Georgetown level ocese operations between
5 A. NJ and p. NJ, on account of scarcity OF
water in the canal which is caused by the low
water in the Potomac The mills are only per-
mittcd to run at night until further orders.
The water in the canal is so low that boats are
towed to the wharvcs with difficulty.
GINsENG.-An article relating to Ginseng,
copied from the Lynchburg Republican, calls
to mind, that many years ago, much Of that
root was brought to this pace-some Of it in
wagons from Monroe county! We saw, in the
published freight list of the 0. L. A. K. K.
a few days ago, the receipt of some Ginseng in
our city 1t read like ''old times.
County SUPERlNTENDENTs. AT ameetlng
of the State Board of Education, yesterday at
the Capitol d. Nee. Chichester was appointed
County Superintendent Of schools for Fairfax
vice Thomas Moore, resigned, and j. 7. Talla'