Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-03-20
LOCAL NEWS.

COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REN ENUE. 1t
* generally understood that Mr. E. E. White,
,rbo has been Collector of Internal Revenue in
,hs district for the last four years, will be re-
,,;nei in that office, President Grant having
,;,niied that intention to the Commissioner OF
I,..rual Revenue In an interview with that
,tH,rr on Tuesday last and having given assur-
an'r 70 that effect to the colored delegation
irnm this city who waited upon him yesterday
n Wr, White 5 interest Collectors of Intern
n Revenue unlike Collectors OF Customs aud
p,stmasiers. are not appointed Tor certain
,uuber of years. but for term limited only
~ the will of the President, and as the Internal
Revenue act December oath 1872, provided for
M vacancies in the office Of Collector, there
will be no rcappontment OF Mr. White; he
will merely retain the office he has held, as will
al. the other Collectors 10 the State except Mr.
Hives, in the 9Th District, who has been re-
,,lacei hy Mr. Lewis, the former Assessor. BY
t,ccial instructions from the Commissioner OF
Internal Revenue the offices of Assessor and
ASSISTANT Assessor will cease to exist on the
,uh day Of next May.
The Washington Republican of this morning
in an article headed politics III Alexandria,
V;rriuia !" SAYS "A committee Of the Rcpub-
l;,an party from Alexandria, Va, headed by
Fields Cook and others, waited on the Presl
l,nr Yesterday. in the interests Of +. h. White,
f,r IN. con ,oiida.ed position Of assessor and
c,Il,c;or of the Seventh District of Virginia
Mr. White is the assessor and Mr. Josiah Mil
l,rj the collector for the Seventh District, and
On last Friday night a meeting OF the Repub-
lem party of Alexandria was called by the
friends of Mr. White ior the purpose OF getting
m demonstration in his favor. The meeting
was largely attended, and IA series OF resolutions
were offered endorsing Mr. White for the con.
s)!idated position, and appointing committee
10 wait on the President u ask fr his appoint
ment which were voted down by decisive
majority.
after the mecting adjourned (ll:30 p. n.y.
few friends Of Mr.. White re;sse;uhiad and
,assed the resolutions which We're voted down
At the regular meeting and called ut the IN
stance of Whte's friends Mir Josiah Aliard,
who ha, the Endorsement of the Republican,
,mrtv, not ouly of Alexandria but OF the whole
district, has been entirely ignored by this IRE
spon>!hie colnmttee who waited on the Ircsl-
dent yesterday morning.
Directors NETTING meeting OF the
Directors Of the Alexandria Library Company
was held last night; present, ): II. Janney,
esq.,, President aud McsSr>. Bl'ckburn Greg
orv. Suowrlcu, L2aducatcr, Bush, hcmper,
Latham aud Cook.
the chair announced the stanling commit
tees as follows:
On tie LiJ,u,y Messrs Janncy, Blackburn,
Gregory and kcmper.
On fuuucc -Alcs>r>. Latham, Lcadbeater,
Suowden and luoe. ;,
On hc Roonl-Mcssrs. Ncale, Bush and
Cook.
Col J. S. French was elected = Director to
supply the vacancy caused by the resignation
of Mr.. }. t. Smoot
An order was adopted prohibiting the taking
from the Library OF the periodicals until the
succeeding numbers are received.
The report Of the committee TO renew the
rent of the present Library room was received
and accepted.
\ favorable report from the committee on
the proposed concert was lnaie.
An order was passed Tor the purchase OF new
books. and after the transaction OF some rou-
tue business tic b pard adjourned.
AGRICULTURAL. AND INDUSTRIAL AssoCIA-
rloN.-,rhe bill which has been introduced in
the House Of Delegates proposes to constitute
NlesSrS. Arthur Herbert, Andrew Jameson,
John /. Brckham, Jno. W. Green, Geo. Ii.
llobinson, L. h. Ilooe, ". Il. Fowe, Peter
Wise aud 4. }. Wcddcrburn, and such other
persons aS are now or may be hereafter asso-
GATED with them, body polite and corporate,
by the name aud style Of the Agricultural and
Industrial Association Of Alexandria, with
capital OF not more than thirty thousand dol
lars, nor less than five thousand dollars, to lie
divided luto shares of twenty-five dollars each,
and with the right to hold lands not exceeding
fifty acres.
SUNDAY SCHOOL MEETlNG.-1he annual
meeting of the officers and teachers of the NJ.
T. Church South Sunday School was held last
night, and the following named officers were
reelected Il. l.. Wood. Superintendent; Il. ).
Simpson, Assistant Superintendent; Geo. ii.
Robiuson, Librarian; +. l.. Fanauken, Score
tary; q. b. Thomas, Assistant Secretary ). RI.
Dcvaughn, Treasurer; and J. L. Cook, Chor,s
ter. 4 vote OF thanks was rendered Miss Alice
Thomas for her services at the organ. The
President delivered an interesting address, Civ
lug an account of the school for the past year.
The meeting was q very harmonious and salts
factory Que.
pERSoNAL.-Rev Fields Cook, colorca Bap-'
tl>t preacher, late of this city, is operating III
politics in Alexandria Va In old times, when
ballard kept the Exchange Hotel Cook was
head waiter there His brother, jim Cook,
WINS equally renowned as maker OF JulrpS.
When the Prince Of Wales stopped at the TX
change Jim cuncoctcd Tor him Il prlnccly jnlcp,
AMI was rewarded with Il twenty dollar gold
piece by his His llighnesS That iulep taught
ine Prince to put grass in his liquor ever after.
Jun, poor fell W. sleeps in the valley, but
'iis aroma OF his atoretime Incompatible spirit
ua' accoc'lonS sill toatS,in the memory OF some
Nocs ''>'-'
i"h FISHERY. Among the freight brought
'p 'y the steamer Wawaset yesterday evening
were were -oV u; ShIl and large number of other sort
OF hs'. The first sind taken IN the seines on the
river anu sent here by vessel and sold were
'n">G IN market this moruiug, which were
lhausn1 at Al ar endale Since yesterday there
T m oStn hight receipts Of fish from Arkendale,
ie'P Hole, Belmont aud pohick, which sold