Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-05-05
F1sH.-The fishing season, now rapidly draw


it is stated, and they use the abundan run Of
fish this season as commentary on the charge
that their nets break up and drive back the
fish. Owing to the improved facilities tol
transportation over former years the supply OF
fish to the interior is greatly increased, and the
risk of their reaching their destination proper
tionably diminished; the same cause operates
to prevent the accumulation Of fish at this
point, which in days gone by was often cause
of serious loss 1t might be added that the
railroads have improved the morals of Fishtown
by dispensing with the necessity for the aggrc
CATION there of intammablc material, which uu.
avoidably brought in contact with the denlzcn<
ofthat neighborhood, was fruitful source of un-
mixed and unmitigatcd evil. Ifthe railroads had
accomplished no other good for the inhabitants
of Fairfax and Loudoun, than to do away with
the usual visit to Fishtowu, the good done
would be worth reward
COUNTY SCHOOL REPORTS FOR April
The County Superintendent of Schools furn-
ishes the following synopsis of teachers reports
| for the last month:
JEFFERSON DISTRICT.
Jefferson School, No. l: (colorel) On the
| roll, 81 boys and - girls average attendance,
| II boys and 9 girls; per ccntage, 81; entered,
| H. dropped, s.
| Ruffner School, No. . (white) On the roll,
| lG boys and ~ girls; average attendance, IL
boys and 10 girls; per centagc, "A; entered, IL;
| dropped, |.
ARLINGTON DISTRICT.
Columbia School, No. |: (white) On the
roll, lG boys and 10 girls; average attendance,
- boys and Is girls; per centage, ST. entered,
4; dropped, 10.
Arlington School, No. .: (colored) On the
rol, 90 boys and &c girls; average attendance,
20 boys and 2S girls; per centsge, SO; entered,
0; dropped, H.
Walker School, No. 3: (white) On the roll,
- boys and 9 girls; average attendance, 10
boys aud I girls; per ccutage, IS; entered |;
dropped, !.
| On the rolls in the county, l90 average at
| tendance, l41; per ccntago, 50; entered, %;
| dropped 80.
NATURAL DISTRACTIONS To NAvIuATIoN.-
The recent difficulties experienced in keeping
| the Georgetown channel clear of the bars that
continually accumulate in the path Of naviga-
ton to that port, recalls the subject discussed
several years ago as to the probability of the
navigation of the Potomac for any distance
above this city being All impossibility at some
period in the future. The constant tilagc OF
the soil along all the creeks, streams and rillS
| whose confluence make the Potomac, results in
| the washing down of immense quantities OF
loose earth, which is deposited mainly where
tidal flow meets the descending current. The
larger the area Of land through which these
streams flow, occupied by crops that require
thorough cultivation, the greater the amount
Of washing down, and us a result the more
rapid filling up of the channel at the point
most favorable to the deposit of this debris,
| which point is, as stated, where the tide meets
the current from above.
STRIKE The colored hands Employed Oh
the construction of the Alexandria and Fred
ericksburg Railroad, at Frcestone Point have
struck, and have 50 inundated the colored
| laborers at Cock pit Point and Postum Nose that
| they too, have been forced into the movement,
and as consequence work has been suspended
| along all the lower sections of the road. MIR.
Edward A[cIntirc, the agent Of MIR. McFaddcn,
the contractor, in this city, has received in
structons to Immediately discharge, and pay ofl
all the strikers. The wages they were rccciy-
ing were the highest that are paid for laborers,
and their places can be supplied without much
inconvenience. ....,
TRADE FACILITIES. Why all the companies
engaged in the Cumberland coal trade don t
make this their port of shipment has always
been unaccountable to those who know any
thing about the advantages offered by Alex
andria. These advantages are numerous, and
among them is the depth of water. The
schooner Hattie Baker, after being half loaded
at Georgetown, had to be be towed down here
this morning to have her cargo completed
With full load she could not have passed
the bar in the Georgetown channel just above
the Long Bridge .... ....
SCHOOL ExHIBIroN- Attention is called to
the advertisement of the Patrick Henry Society
of St. Johns Academy in another column. We
are informed that this entertainment is to be
given by the older members of the school, and
is ex pected to be of u character superior to
those ordinarily given, though there has never
been any want of appreciation of them on the
part of tho public The proceeds of the exLi
bition are to be devoted to paying for the rifles
purchased for the cadet corps.
TIE McNEIGH PROPERTY Mr.. Peasants.
clerk of the IT, S. Circuit Court has received
an order from the Supreme Court Of the Z. S.
reversing the Judgment Of the District and Cir
cult Courts in the case ofWilliam n McVeigh,
formerly of Alexandria, but now of Richmond.
1t is directed that the proceedings be common
ced de novo Judge Bond Yesterday had the
order Entered upon the records ct his court. 1t
is now probable that Mr.. McFeigh will be very
| soon 10 possession Of the property Of which he
has been 50. long ungi!nstly deprived. --R'cA!
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