Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-02

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at noon, had cleaned out the Church prcpara
tory to the religious exercises of tomorrow, aud
fastened all the doors and windows after he had
finished At 0 clock D. III. he returned and
found the doors all locked as he had left them.
But, upon entering, through the vcstry room,
he discovered books and papers scattered about
Surprised, he proceeded to look further, and
soon saw that the church had been entered 10y
thief, or thieves, and that the books on the
communion table, consisting OF prayer books
an hymnalS, had been mutiatcd or destroyed,
the silver plate on Washingon's pew torn of
and carried away. the collection plates rent and
| Injured Of the books in the pcws torn
| all the music books in The choir destroycd--a
coat and paptaloons in the veslry room, lett
| there by the sexton, torn up-thc contents OF
an oil can poured out and Il lantern injured,
| &C., &c What motive could have induced the
destruction Of the books in the church, except
the most wretchcd propensity for mischief, can
not be known. Every effort will be made to
discover those concerned in this robbery. 1t Is
supposed that whoever committed the act was
concealed in the church, having obtained
abundance while it was being cleaned out
The rcpor! that the tablets erected III nlcin-
DRY of Washington and Lee upon the walls OF
the church were dctaced and Injured, is incor-
rect The Bible presented to the church by
Gen. Washington was not injured. The pour
ing ont of the oil in the can and the tearing
up of the clothes Of the sexton, which were OF
an easily infamab!e material, is SUPPOSED TO
have been done with view OF firing the build
ing, purpose. which, by some unknown cause,
the sacreligious wrctchcs were driven to aoau-
don. The tapcrs found scattered about the
church were such Is were used III lighting up
the church. and not brought from without, as
L IN .Il he
church soon after noon he carefully locked the
building. which he found closed when he re
turned, but when lie and one Of the WardctIs.
for whom he went, after discovering the robbery,
got back to the church, they found the back door
open.
ALEXANDRIA County -.IeGcrSou 7"~nsitp.
AT meeting OF the Conservatives OF Jctfcr-
son Township, on the 3lst ult., John Il. john
son was elected delegate and Alexander Hun
ter alternate. to the Richmond Convention,
with instructions ito vote for no candidate who
represents the Malone railroad interests.
neetl" after the above business was transact
ed adopted resolutions deuounclns the cty OF
Alexandria, especially, for not acting IN the
| matter of the Washington, AI"Xindrla aud
Georgetown turnpike; for having AL the
emolumcnts of Office; aud llcdglny those who
voted for the resolutions not to vote for any
citizen OF the city Of Alexandria Tor any posi-
ton ut office or trust, and to vote for the
nominee oi' the county. and uonc other" Ec
| We do not know how many voted lGr these IN
proper resolutions, but hope they VIII he re-
considered at least. We arc sorry to see any
such proceedings.
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lllE NEW CHAlA hR'l'''h ~ '"c '''''' aus
Of the Potomac, for the con>truc!inn of which
r,n,ross .nnron,;,,rd Sluu uOn, has been 50
nnpariouaIiv ielaycd as to induce COL Same,
Assistant Engineer Of the Washington Ap,lc.
duct, BIZ direction of GIN. I'abcork, to address
letter to the contractor, S. H. Dickson, Of
New Haven, Conn, iniormng HIM that on
;,sn" aii ;.,,;,;nr nrono>as for rebuilding The
bridge in consequence of his failure to comply
with the cnndilon* of his contract Tor TIE work.
made in November last. go n'"rG'f""" N""''"'
,c :, .. r,,n
lHE MAhhEi' '"'S ''''h'"2' mn' WY wen
supplied with country pro'slcc Inc hutchcrS
had excellent fresh meats Of all kinds. Green
corn 2Oa2j cts. per doz.: tomatoes from % to -
cts. pr peck; lima beans - cts per quart; beats
'a1 ... P'1 'u"e"' a r b,a1 hInkbrrics 5aS
cts. DER quart: whorlabcrrlcS 71lO els. per
quart; butter 2j,35 cts. (irc-hl per pound; eggs
22l25 cts per doz.; watcrmcIlon> from -"a''''
according to SIZE. Ihrre are but lew c,h'it-
lopcs yet IN market. There were some itcS''
fish in market at 55a4" cts per bunch
v,.u, Crrx ro,r Tho
PRINTING or TIE Nt" Ni' G'D', INV
Committee on the Codfcatlou OF the Corpora
N.Y." ,1,"' DR. Johnson Mai LAYING and Mr..
Hopkins. -Four bids iior printing the chapters
of the Corporation laws, as revised and newly
arranged, were opened. None OF the bids be
ing in the opinion Of the committee precise aud
definite enough to make determination upon
.ne sua1sot ";s r0S'i''''4 ~ '0'''0' '''''' ~
NJ. p. CHURCH --Rev. S. T. Valiant, assist
anr n,stor Of the NJ p, Church in this city