Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-09-13

~ - NJ Open-air meeting at the corner OF
I;ule and Water Sts. AT = o'c!ocH p M Singing
,,rrti,u ut the rooms of tho ASSOCIATION, NJ .: p
~ Week Work Daily prayer meeting IN tAr
r,'.a, of the \ Association ut ) p m. On Friday
ri,ht next NJ $ O'Clock unen-air meeting "t the
r'-n.c of King, Fayette ana Comnerce strcnts
I,O CAL y r. w -.
Ak Old ALEXASDRlAN AMONG Us Forty
vs,rS ago Rev. Samuel Cornelius, pastor tor
fen Years of the Baptist Church, LETT tins c''y
e., = more northern home. Yesterday his SOP,
Also preacher and now the popular pastor OF
the church iu Indianapolis, made his appear
apce among us, and spent the day IN rcvls'tlnS
the scenes and friends of his youth. tie was
warmly greeted, and will spend Sunday with
his fathers old church, preaching morulng aha
night. 1t is not often We record an inclurn' OF
tins kind. 50 pleasant IN these days OF change
and torg etiuucss. and We believe the young
will apprecjate while the old will welcome the
coming back of a native AcXaadrau, to The
labors of whose talented father much OF the
present religious toDe Of the city Is due.
Alexandria CITY PASSENGER RAILWAY
SUNDAY TRAvEL.-At a meeting ol the
Board of Directors of the Alexandria Passcn-
ger Railway Company. held at their office TO-
dav. it was determined to run the cars OF the
company on Sunday, commencing TO- MORO"
morning. Ms. Andrew Jameson resigned the
presidency of the company, and Mr. Lewis Nc
iirrzie was elected to ill the vacancy, Mr.
l,mieson being clcc;ed a director III Mr.. Nc
kenzic's place Mr.. Jefferson lacey was ticc-
ted Superintendent. This action OF the Board
i in ac:or3aucc with the sentiment OF vast
majority OF the community, to many OF whom
.,.,llE
who are in the habit ot.vlsltlug the graye-yards
on Sunday afternoons.
POLICE REPORT. john Williams, tie man
who arrived here last fall in an ill-condtion,
representing himself as Il released ku-klux
rrySoucr and who, after being esiored u health,
was cent ON to his rsputed home in South
Carolina, by the charity Of some of the resi-
dents of the city, made his appearance here
Yesterday in helpless condition from the ct
f.cts of liquor, aud was sent to the work house
james Marshall, a stranger, Tor lncbrlty, was
fined and ordered to QUIT the city forthwith.
Vim. Green, colorcd boy, who had shed
stick through window IN Irish Alley, was
DISCHARGED with an admoniiou. 4 colored boy
named Frank johnson, for fighting at the mar
kct square, was locked up for examination.
EAST ALEXANDRIA RAILROAD. Work on
the East Alexandria Railroad is progressing
rapilly aud the whole line will, it is Confident
Is expected, be completed in three mouths al
Iii. iurthercst limit The Messrs. Rust, sub
contractors have already completed the grad
ing of the first mile CT the road, commencing at
Narburys Point the north side of Oxen River,
opposite the northern limits Of this city. y
large force of iaborcrs are at work along the
whole line, and Mr.. Edgar Lambcrt has the
contract Tor furnishing them with comnlssary
stores.
Tie COUNTERFEIT $500 LEGAL-TENDERs
We were shown to-day at the Banking House
OF Mcssrs Burke T. Herbert Photographic
plate of the counterfeit and genuine 800 Y.
5. Treasury notes and are satisfied that II would
take an expert to detect the counterfeit, 50
that Bankers, Brokers aud others who deal IL
such bonds will have to be caletuL. The coun
,crrits that were taken in New York are said
to have been scut to " ashngtOu IN order to
determine that they were spurious.
Coal TRADE-Thc receipts of Cumberland
cJaI at this port by canal for the week ending
today We're as follows BY the American
Coal Company, 3U4S tons by }. p. Asncw,
300 tons; by the Hampshire Il Baltimore
Goal Co., 1868 tons. During the same period
there We're shipped from here by The Aneri-
can Coal Company, 2725 tons by j. II. AZ
new, 246n tons by the Hampshire & Baltl-
more Coal Company 1880 tons.
BAnED. iliam Green, the colorcd man
who stuck Allen Campbell, also colored, and
badly injured him, on the farm of Mr.. Alex
iiuncr day or two ago, as stated III the Ira
Z,tte at that time, was taken before Justice
Wright, OF Jefferson Township, yesterday, and
balled III the sum of $500 for his appearance at
further examination next Thursday. The
wounded man continues TO Improve.
CANAL News. --There has been no perccpll-
bic Increase in the number of arrivals OF loaded
boats from Cumberland since the day the first
o"1tS reached here after the resumption OF nav
gallon, but, as stated IN the Gazette yesterday,
great Increase Is anticipated next week, when
The arg. number of light boats that were
S;usht this side of the late break will have
Nscn loaded and returned here.
No CONNECTION AGAIN.-The arrival Of
ne through passengers and mail FROM the
North was one hour and forty minutes behind
lime this morning and no connection was made
WIN the trains leaving this city on the W. g.,
W. 4 g. S. r. r. But once during the
last three weeks has the New York train ar
flycd Ou time.
BIG CATFISH One Of three gentlemen who
were fishing in the channel, off the city, last
night, caught catfish eighteen inches long
Cie OF the largest ever caught as high up the
',Ser as this place. In the language of the col
weu man who skinned and cleaned it, it was
buster, and was served up as chowder this
aornlug.
ANXIOUS EpIpvns The friends Of Mr. Z