Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-02
LOCAL NEWS.

crv FIRE CoxpANr.-The regular monthly !
o ';.. If the Sun Fire Company was held
ne'' n;abt Hugh Latham, esq.,. President: 10
last ,ha,r and Geo. B. Deeton, Secretary. !,
the ehan ',,nm;ttes on aid from the citizens sub,
M 't tbeir final report, which was adopted
ml.'. .he committee discharged.
an u u. Geu. w. Dufey. Hugh Latham
- VIZ We. Riondhein, Geo S. Smith and u. b.
S H.on ware appointed to wait upon, the CHI
pes'ou INSURANCE. agents in regard to the
lsos b apt Of purchasing one of the Holloway
feasC ;aal FIRE engines for the use OF this com
pangy:, Of $3.50 to TIE CITY Hotel, IS to K
p Taovsrs and 1888 to. w. N. Berkeley q
a. a. we're ordered 10 be paid: -"
eo W. Latham then offered the following reso'
w. which We're unanimously adopted:
u'p19a,o1red. That to Chss. I. Holloway, esq.,
1t 70 ''',myre, We are indebted for the tender
Of 100 of his chemical fire engines, winch
OF wv mnob to the Interest Of our celebration,
auJ our thanks are herewith rendered TOT tue
S'T Psso7ved, That our thanks are alike due to
VIM Dickson, esq.,, President of the Amer,
cus Boat Club, for the use OF the fags OF SAID
'u Resohed, That our thanks are also due t.
h, 6remen of the Union, No. /, aud Fraokln,
NJ >. Fire Companies of Washington, u. w
CIR the loan of pipes of said companies.
Psso7red, That ". teoder our thanks to the
r,r,ns c,;izsns for their generous cOntrlou-
,;1ns to thus company toward deiraylog the
svnenses incurred 90 the 22d ultimo.
Rsolred That the thanks OF the Sun Fire
rnmrany are emiueutly due and are herewith
tsnderei to Miss Emma Smith aud sister,
Wr,. James McGraw ADD daughters, Mrs.
G.yrge S. Smith, Miss Ella Dudley. Mrs.
Tsnnvsou and daughters, Mrs. Hugh Latham,
Mas Minnie Trayers, Mrs. Andrew Sullivan,
Miss +. Elliott, Mrs. S. E. Deeton. Mrs
T"nt D,nty. Mrs. Rodier, Mrs. Petty, Mrs.
Eo,t. Miss J ..auie Lyndig, Mrs James Cole
man, Mrs T. knight, Mrs. NJ A. P rice and
daughters, Mrs. Christian Schaffer and daugh-
ter, Miss Simpson, Mrs Jennie Green, MISS
FInnv 4, Baianper, Miss Jennie Bueking-
HIM, Miss Mary Atwell, Mrs. Stalings
Misses Sidebottom ADD Mrs. H. jenkins for
the interest manifested IN preparing and ar
ranging the various decorations, 49,, so artiS'
tlcaliy and beautifully placed upon our engine
and car.
After some remarks by the President and
Major puffey. the meeting adjourned until
next Wednesday, at "a p. w.
DENIES THE Soft IMPEACHMENT. The fol-
lowing card appears iu the Washington Chronl-
Gle Of this morning:
Editors of the Washington Chronicle.
Your issue of the 27tn contains the following ::
while the display of the stars and TtrIpes was
almost universal in Alexandria on Washing
toms birthday, the residence of Mr.. Hugh Lath-
am, of the House Postofice, was decorated with
pictures of Stonewall jackson and General Lee
surrounded by wreaths of evergreens. Not
sign of the national colors under which MT
Latham reluctantly works and diligently, draws
his pay, was Wis ble." I desire to say that the
dsstsrdly wretch who wrote the above in regard
to the national colors' is malicious liar and
scoundrel. In regard to the pictures OF Gems
Lee and Jackson there was no political signif-
canoe intended or thought of by me. do not
regard those two eminently great men as the
embodiment OF political principle. but cher
lsh their memories IS the embodiment of virtue
and purity. Please insert the above
Your obedient servant
HUGH LATHAM.