Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-04-01
LOCAL NEWS.
CHURCH Services T0-.H0RRoW:.

GRACE lHCRCT-SerNlce AT IL H. ILL., anu -
p H., BY Rev. Mr.. Sprigg:
ST. MARY's CHURCH Mass at aid IL a. H.
and NcspcrS ut p. III.
FIRST PREsHyrEEIAH CHURCH Communion
and sermon in the morning, by Rev MIR. Fox,
of Washington Missionary service at night.
SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCu-SrrmUn in
the morning and at night by Rev. DIR. Bullock
METH. ErIs. CHURCH-Sermon in the morn
ing and ut night, by Rev. W. F. Hemmenway.
METH. EPISCOPAL CHURCH SouTH-Sermun in
the morning and at night by Rev. DR. Hough
METH PRoT. CHURCH Sermon in the morn
ing and at night, by Rev. Mr.. Benson
BAPTIST CHURCH-Servicc in the morning
and at night by Rev. Mr.. Ryland. =.
VILLAGE NHAPEI.-Service III the morning and
ut night, by Rev. Mr. Mills.
ALEX "A. CHRISTIAN ASSoCIATtoN-Pruyrr
meeting in the Meth. EpiS. Church ut four p. IN.
Daily prayer meeting Ill the rooms of the AS>"-
citation. 70 King street, at ) p. IN.
GERMAN LUrHERAN-Service at II II. and
: y. M, at the rooms of the Christian ASSucl-
lion, by the pastor, Rev. r. \. BiSch"li.
MAYORS CoMMUN1cATloN-T following
communication from the Mayor to the City
Council owing 10 Il press Of matter, WAS omit
ted i'll the account of the proceedings Of that
body published on "Wednesday last.
MAYORS OFFICE,
ALEXANDRIA, March 18th, 1871.
Gentlemen On the 18th Of October $50,
you adopted the following order: 'Communca-
ton from the Mayor with reference to the turn-
ishing the poor of the city with fuel during the
coming winter BIZ referred to the Committee on
the Poor with authority to appropriate $500,
Tor the purchase Of wood. Shortly thereafter
had aconvcrsation with Lewis Mckenzie, esq.
President of the w. Il o. Il. II. Company re-
lative to the purchase Of wood, and after con
terring with Mr.. Markell one of the committee
| closed the contract believing it to hea great
saving to the city. On the24th otJanuarylSil,
not having copy of the above order before me
and not rccollecting the precise language, |
drew two hundred dollars. | had been informed
that your first appropriation would be dupllc:l
ted If necessary. On the 18th inst. the follow
ing order was passed: Authorizing the Audi
tor TO issue his warrant for 500 - in favor of
the Mayor for the payment of 4 debt contract,
ed by purchasing wood for the poor OF the city.
In pursuance to that order called upon the
Auditor and asked Tor check; that officer i'll
formed NE that he could not give it; that Mr..
Harmon, chairman of the Committee on the
Poor, had directed him not to issue it without
an order from him Immediately forwarded Il
note ito the Committee ON the Poor, which
sent to Mr. Harmon asking for III order. Reply
came that he was out of OF the city. then sent
it to Mr.. Markell Of said committee. who re-
turned it with this endorsement: MIR, Har-
mon is chairman of the committee please wait
until he comes home. | have waited but
have not received said order, did not find out
until recently that had intringcl upon the
prerogatives of the Committee on the Poor
when drew the check for 5000; this | regret,
and | assure the committee that no dlSrcspcct
was intended or thought of, and am consocd
with the knowledge that no injury has resulted
from NY act. There can be no installing the
language of your last order in favor OF the
Mayor The former order authorized the
Committee on the Poor to appropriate, moth
ing is said about who shall disbur>e. Had
known the prcise wording Of the first order
would have felt it to DC my duty To have OBJ
tanned permission from the committee before
applying to the Auditor, who Is alike mnoccn!
of any wrong intention or thought rs myself,
and | sincerely regret that my thoughtlcsSncSs
should have subjected him to the unjust rcilec-
tons Of the members of the City Council.
IIuGU LATHAM, Mayor.
PUBLIC ScuooLs.-T following Is the
scheme proposed for the distribution OF State
and county school funds among the several dis
trcts Of this city and county:
OFFICE OF THE SUtT. OF Schools.
ALEXANDRIA, March 81, 1871.
10 the editor Of hc -lhmuu,l,iu Ga=nic::
In compliance with the llth section OF the
public school law. | send You Il copy ct my
scheme for the distribution OF State aud County
school funds among the several districts oi the
city and county of Alexandria, which was yes
terday approved by the Superintendent oi
Public Instruction. Respectfully,
RICHARD L. CARNE,
(,nmtv SUPERINTENDENT
SCHEME The school population of the city
is $50; that Of the county eXcludlng Wash
iugton District, which has made no provision
for schools, 74G. propose therefore, to give
Jefferson District 3G9I407G, and Arlington Dis
trict 377N4076 of each fund, that being exactly
in proportion to their school population; rcscrv-
ing 3330I4O7G for the city districts. In the
city the rule of population cannot be followed
as the children attend school without regard t"
districts. !, therefore, .rr"p"s, to apnnrtlon
both funds according to the salaries paid by
each district, which will be- us nearly as pos
siblc lOt221N7O5l4S to Snowdrm District:
lSoSl7N7O5I4S to Custis District; IuG2227 N7o5llS
to Hallowcil district. and lSnSI4I1njI1S 10
Washington District.
ALI Fools DAY. The first Of April Of
all days in the year enjoys character OF Its
OWL and it alone is consccrat cd to
practical joking On this day it becomes
the business of Il vast number of people cs-
pccially the younger, to practise impoSturcs
upon their unsuspicious neighbors by way ct
making them what in France arc called pos
sans dorr1, and with us April fools 1.-The
literature of the last century has manT illusions
to April tooling No. references to it III our
earlier literature have as yet been pointed out.
English antiquarieS appear unable to trace the
origin of the custom, of to say how long 1t has
existed among u>. There is one plausible
looking suggestion to the effect that the 18th
of March, being in one respect New Years Day
the lst of April was its "ctorr, AMI the ternl-
,,atinn of its celebrations Whore Is much more