Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-06-03

forns been influenced 10 his action with
-.,ari to the purchase of the Peabody
S,bool Building by gifts received from the
5wner Of that property, but has succeeded un-
RI This time in staving off a public notice Of the
,rspsactiou; but that Us the writer of
= rommuucation in reference to the affair
Ia. demanded its publication, the particulars
vijI be made known at once. 1t is understood
rhe matter will be investigated by the School
Board.
GLrMoNT- The Port Tobacco Times says
We understand that negotiations are in pro-
crcss for the purchase of 'Glymont" by some
,enemcn 10 Washington who coutem plate
erecting frst-class hotel there This is an
old aud tavoritc summer resort for the people
Of Washiugton. The price to be paid, we un-
jcrstand, is $4,000 No deed has yet been
recorded in our clerks Office; the title, how
ever, has been carefully examined. Glymont
las mary advantages, and we have no doubt
the Investment will be profitable one to the
purchaser.
SCHOOL CENSUS "A census of all persons
between the ages of five aud twenty-one years
j, now being taken in this city. AS there will
not te another such census for three years, and
purposes is based upon school population,
! e., persons between the above named ages
it is very important that the present enroll
mcnt should be as complete as possible. Our
citizens should, therefore, cheerfully accord 10
the gentleman who is taking the census such
information as it may be 10 their power to
give.
ARLINGTON CoLoRED SCHOOL. -lfa visit to
The colorcd school at Arlington, taught by Miss
lavna Lane, can be taken as sample OF the
manper 10 which the colored children of the
South are educated says thew ashingtoD Repub-
lcan, it is excellent, the teacher being very IN
teigent young lady, kind to the children, but
strict in her discipline, aud always at her post
Of duty. She has nearly seventyhve scholars,
with an average attendance of about sixty.
The scholars have, under her tuition, made
rapid progress in their studies
PoToMAC STEAMERS steamer Sue, of
the Baltimore line, on her arrival here next
Saturday. will be hauled up on the ways at the
ship yard for some slight repairs, but will be
launched again in time for her to start Oh her
return trip at the regular hour next Monday
afternoon.
The Washington ferry boat City of Alexau-
dria was laid up at Washington, to-day, to un-
1crgo her regular annual inspection by govern
meut officers, and only one boat was running on
the llDe.
SUFFERERS BY TIE SPRINGFIELD FIRE
During the late fire at Springfield the boarding
house 10 which Mr.. Fairbanks and his wife,
the latter formerly Miss Miner of this city,
we're living, was destroyed, together with most
OF its contents, among which were the ward
robes of, and many other articles belonging to,
the young couple. The flames spread with such
rapidity that Mrs. Fairbanks was burned slight.
y before she could escape from the building,
and ner husband hurt in his efforts to save his
property.
POLICE REPORT. The following cases have
been reported at police headquarters since yes,
lerday afternoon Johu Taylor, colored, TOR
disorderly conduct yesterday, near Whaley
stable, was 6Dcd and discharged; Hugh Carter,
Il sailor from Philadelphia. for dlsorderly con
duct on the strand, was faed aud discharged;
and James Sinus, for rushing into the house
Of Mr.. Creighton. on King street, and alarm
lng the ladies by the qualntncss OF his tricks
lighting the safe aud other curious behavior
ga sent TO the work house.
ST. JOINS CADETS "A note from Harpers
Ferry, dated on the lst, at y m., says: The
st. Johu's Cadets did not reach here until
50 this morning After seeing jefferson .
Rick, the old engine house, &c., the school
ulnc played game of base ball with a plcEeu
nine Kcsult-Cadets, 81; picked niue =
The boys leave for Shephcrdsown and Ante
tam this evening, and will start Oh their re-
turn home gu Friday but, as the team Is SLOW
may DOT get back uutll Sunday morning
Heavy rains, but the boat did not leak.
FRESH Flsu.-Among the different Varlc-
ties OF fresh fish in market this morning were
drum, porgies, hallbut, sheepshcad, mackerei,
>had, herring, sturgeon and perch-the last
four mentioned varieties having been caught
hear this city, The SAME sort OF fish Will Dc
on the beuch of MIR. Ned. Price, in market, to-
morrow morning.
Five thousand herring caught near George
town, yesterday, sold at $l2 per thousand.
Scow Susk.-A scow laden with sand on
her way to the Seventeenth street wharf,
WASHINGTON, on Tuesday evening, ran oD some
suukcn piles, near the northern draw OF the
Long bridge, and, filling with water, instantly
sunk Her crew, three in number lett her
just in time to escape drowning. AS she im'
peded navigation, efforts were at once made TO
raise her.
PERSONAL. The Washington correspondent
Of the Baltimore Sun, of this morning, says
among those who called upon the Prssldeotc,
Yesterday, were Col. Mosby and federal OF
hcal from Alexandria, the dispute over federa
patronage there not having been adjusted. IL
Was whispered around the White House thae
The Influence of the noted guerilla with inc
fresldcut is somewhat on the wane.
HORSE klILED.-Shortly after the passen-
ger train from Leesburg left that town this
moruing, horse that attempted to cross the
track 10 front of the locomotive was killed BY
remarkable accident. The animal was wearing
ayokc, the pin at the end Of which caught
under one of the rails, as he attempted to pass
Over them, making him turn complete SOM