Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-11-30

mint. Office Of thu Chief Signal Officer, Va
agton D. &. Nov. 80. lS77-IO:3n II III >.
For the Middle States, ,iaiog b.romstsr. "rsI
to moth winds, colder aud cl:ar, or partly
cloudy weather.
TIE CANAL.-Reports of the damages to thr
C nal cootuue to come 10. aod each succeeding
one seems to lessen the amount of Injury dune.
Very serious Inconvenience il caused by the
large number of loaded beats, which are scat
tered along the line, bound dow0, but which
caonot now reach port before next seSson. 1t
is estimated that there are about two hundred
Of these boats carrying Is. 900 tous IF coal.
A dispatch from Hancock to the Baltimore
Sun says:
"Mr. Stanhope. superintendent Of this di9is
ion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal has ar.
rived hero after an inspection of bis line trom
sackwater, below WiIliamsport. He reports
that there is a bad break at the seven mile
level, near Williamsport Whers the embark
mnot is catirely washed away for consider
atls distance This is tho only serious break
| 90 that part of tue line between slaokwaer and
| Ii 4ncock
Though there is considerable washing Of
tho hanks 10 places, the towpath IS gcnes@@He
unipured, and thu lice could be put 10 repair
without very great delay. A party Of gentle
! mer, some Of them connected with the elnal,
have r;ddau a!cpg tho bank from Cumberland
to this place, and report thSt from hare to Cum.
berlant th6ra are fifteen breaks in the cInal
bank Hhrro is also l. break in the bank here
aoma scseuty or eighty feet oog an4 reachleg
the whole depth TO the bottom Of the canai.
The others reported are similar In character,
bu, nonc of them quite So large. Uooticial
estimates put the damages from Hancock to
~ fo
There are quite large number of boats lying
in the canal here.
The following damages to canal boats sro ro-
ported by tho Cum berIand News:
six boats lie stranded 10 the fields near Will
i;amsport Among them are tho Shipey and
Bush, aud tho ". 2. Woods, 20, heretofore re-
ported.
"rbo boat American Boy, loaded with coal.
is iying at Little Slackwater broken 10 twain,
aud the Lizzie Reagan is lying 10 fell near
by. So,
"rho II. B Simons, Capt. George McCspu,
drttcd iuto tho RIVER at dam No. 4. Waot over
the dam and was broken up and her cargo lost.
The Rau Bisscll drifsed into the river near
IIarpar's Ferry and collidcd with the railroad
bridge there, only slightly injurae the bridge
but smashing tho bnat TO pieces. The Blue
Bell, partly loaded with lumber. went out into
the river 1t Sir JONAS Run, and has not been
sea s;ucr. The crews of all three boats had
escaped b FIRE the craft got out Of the canal:
',rhe toat Nu:ic and Billie, Capt Zsigler,
Of tho Hampshire and Baltimore line, was
stranded OF the luWpath, 90 the three mile
level Just below the tunnel, aud broke 10 twain,
the bow dropplog toto the river aud the stern
into the caua'.
D,,uppccINn acrJDENT -'rho - ,rt Tohacco
Indepeudent says;
Ca last Saturday, st the residence OF Col.
John w. JeDkins his two little grandsonS,
children of MIR. Johu T.. Hickey, and aged re-
spcctiVely eight aud four years, got hold OF
loaded pistol which was lying 90 bureau 10
tho room, and one of them shot the other 10
the face The ball, which had not at last &C.
counts beeo extracted, entered at the base OF
the uose and inf cted most painful wound.
The child very narrowly escaped death, and,
indeed, we d. not kGoR If ho is yet out OF
Danger
BALL AT Fort FOoTE-ln response to al
Invitation, tXtcnded to them by Sergeant Moore,
of Fot Foote, lhy Ice Sociala OF this city, with
their ladies, last night chartered the tug hoat
Smith Petit, Capt. Deuty, aud left klng
street dock at half past eight for the Fort. They
were met By several gentlemen 90 tho wharf,
who escorted them to the ball roou, where
daGcog commanded ADD lasted unit the sun
gan to rise. The evening was passed very
pleasantly, aod those present LETT Tor their
homes, bopiug that it would not be Oug before
they should have the pleasure Of meeting agalr.
DEATHS. -Captaia Johu II. freeman, whose
jcath, at Richmond, was mentioned 10 yester
days Gazette, Was formerly in command OF one
of the steamers runniog between this CITY aud
Aqnia Creek.
MIR. Wm. L. Denpis who Was we'll known to
most of our citizens, died yesterday afternoon, at
the residence of his uncle, Chas. S. Taylor, esq,
on Prince street. Mr.. Dennis had been in bad
health 70. some time, but vas able to be out up
TO Wednesday last.