Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-01-15

YOUNG MEM CdRlSl1hN
prsver meeting in the M. E. Church South, at
four o. m. Jail at 2 p. m. Aims House at z! p m.
Wednesday night, at "a o'clock, Union Prayer
Meeting in the NJ. F.. Church.
POstofnce Hours.
Until further notes the following will be the
hours tor the opening and closing of the mails
OPENING.
Northern mails, $50 a. m. and 7:l5 p. m.
Western mails, 8:45 a. m. and 7:lo p. m.
Washington and Ohio, Round Hill to Alex
andris. $3.50 p. m.
Manassas Division, 400 p. M.
Southern msils, via Richmond ana freoer-
icksburg, Va, 8:30a IN. and 8:l5 p. M.
Northern and Western mails, 5:43 p. m and
900 p. IN.
South western, via Gordonsville and Lynch
Washington and Ohio, Alexandria to Round
Hill, Va, 500 3 IN.
Manassas Division, 600 u. m.
Southern, via fredericksburg and Richmond,
Va, 500 q. IN. and $50 p. m
WEATHER PRoBABILITIEs,-War Depart
meat, Office # the Chief Signal Officer, WASH
mgton, u. G., January Is, lS76-lO:3Oa a. IN.
For the Middle states, partly cloudy and slight
ly warner weather, stationary or slowly ialllne
barometer, with light snow in the northern
portions, and southerly to westerly winds In the
Middle States.
HYDRAULloN STEAM FIRE ENGINE TO. "A
called meeting OF this Company was held last
night with BENZ. Barton, President, in the
chair, and H. j. Nevett, Secretary pro TEN.
The object of the meeting having been stated
to be to take some action relating to the recent
trial of Thomas D. D Z, the driver of the Com
pany's engine, on the charge OF arson,
Nj. r. l.. Carne, after a few predatory re-
marks, offered the following resolutions
THE members of the Hydrau!ioo Steam Fire
Engine Company, although convinced from the
beginning, that the charge OF arsoa against the
driver OF the cugine, Thomas D.. DIX, was
false and malicious, have hitherto retreined, as
acompauy, from anv expression OF opinion, from
a sense of its Improperly while the matter
was the subject OF a judicial Investigation, but
an impartial jury having now declared the
charge unfouudcd, it is hel eby unanimously
ResoIved, That, 10 the judgment OF this Com
pany, the said Thomas D.. DIX ought to be re
ipstated 10 the position from which he was re
moved, by reason of said charge.
Rcsolvei, That a copy of the preamble and
resulutlous, under the seal OF the Company, be
presented to the Board Of Fire Wardens, by a
committee consisting of the President, and
Mcssrs. J.. S. Beach, Thomas Launon and L.
Fl. Flckliu.
After remarks 10 commentator OF the reso-
buttons BY Messrs. r. L Carue, John 5.
Beach and others, and one or two verbal alte'
~rations, they we're unanimously adopted.
The meeting then adjourned.
HIGHWAY RoBBERY.-Mr. Charles Land
street, who resides on the Telegraph road, a
few miles below this city, while returning home,
about dark last evening, Was assaulted and
Knocked from his horse, when. near Potters
Hill. by two negro men, and robbed OF about
s4uo in money. While lying on the ground ne
succeeded in drawing his revolver and nring
two shots, and heard one of his assailaots cry
out that he was shot, but the other one lmme,
diately struck Mr.. L. another blow Oh the head
with the club, and Knocked him s%enseless, IN
which state he remained for about a half an
hour. The officers were on the track OF the
robbers this morning.
FATAL ACCIDENT. AS the freight train on
the Virginia Midland Road was between
Lyuch's and Otter stations, yesterday. some
logs which were loaded on the car next the ca
boose having become@6osened from their fast.
eniDgs by the jaring Of the train, one OF them,
a very heavy log. relied down upon a brake
man uamed VIM. Mccormick, who was stand
ing on the platform of the caboosc, and crush
ed him to death. Mccormick was a young
man Of fine physique and considerable strength.
Just previous TO the accident he had driven
some colo1ed men from the platform, telling
them of the danger of the logs falling.
NARROW EscApE.-Mr. Austin Adams,
who lives uear Fort Foote, attempted to get to
Washington, yesterday, 10 a small boat loaded
with produce. lie proceeded as far aSGlesboro
tpho,n h. ho,r Lonnp,n = ~, n IN fh. n mn
he succeeded, after much difficulty, 10 cxtrlcat-
ing her, and returned TO this city. Upon ex-
animation, it was found that the ice had cut
the boat almost entirely through, there only re-
naming the merest shell Of wood not cut.
Police REpoRT.-No cases we're examined
at police headquarters this morning.
A colored fiddler, known as blind Tom
was locked up last night for drunkenness, but
was discharged without examination.
Frank Sherwood and Randolph Whiting
were locked up for examination for fighting,
at the upper end of King street.
JUROR ATTAcKED.-One of the jurors 10
the arson case, tried at the present term of the
Corporation Court, was accosted at the corner
of King aud Fayette streets, last night, By a
party who accused him of perjury, &C., and
upon Inc Juror reSenIDR tue Insult, ne was
severely handled. part of his clothing being en-
lirely torn of.
For THE PENITENTIARY. Sheriff VIM. +.
Barrett, of Loudoun county, passed through
this city last night, having in charge young
Painter, who had been sentenced to five years
In the penitentiary for horse stealing. The
prisoner is a very young man, not more than
twenty years of age.
THE RlvER.-The river was covered with a