National Republican., 1877-10-17
The Canal Blockaded.

| Ibe Canal blOCkaded.
| Yesterday tho canal was completely block
AIDED, from the Aqueduct bridge to some distance
down pnst wclch's mill. Just cnst of the bridge
boat lay across the canal impeding the downward
| co,rse Of other boats. and II was with great Dip.
| guilty that she could be hCsdcd down stream. In
mont Of WclChs mill the boats stood three abreast
| and werO completely iammcd against a coalboat
| that was dlsChnrging her cargo M Agncws wharf
boat laying at the mill could moi get out, and IN
| the endenvor TO untangle them the water In tho
cnral fell two feet below tEe level and the mill had
to shut down for more than an hour The Other
mill below Wech's were also obliged to stop The
| harbOr master was not about and the mlllers say
| he never Is when he Is wanted
They complain bitterly Of his not attending TO
his duty IN preventing boats from coming two and
compels the mills to shut down, thus seriously re-
and near Rays wharf was another blockt not
SO bad as the first At the point Of the iirst ".ock
nds me,chs h mil the Rn, IN an ap
engaged In cndeGvOrng to get the boas out, and
with assistance the boats were extricatcd.
These blockades are not only serious hindrancc
to the mllers, but great drawback to shippers Of
coal and loss to the boatmen, not only as to time
but in the injury their boats sustain in being
JamIned together and the strain upon them In
getting out,
Robbery in the County.
On the night of the 18th instant the slaugh-
ter'house of Thomas Narnell, on the Tennallytown
road, about one mile from Georgetown. was en-
tered and robbed of piece Of cheek beef weigh
twenty pbulltlN tlGnt 'cHUtrlO1lS,
tongue and other meats valued in NIL at about ST.
The thieves effected an entrance through the cat.
uc'pen, and escaped.
A New Bridge.
Workmcn are engaged In constructinga q
| foot bridge across the canal at Potomac street.
This bridge wns removed several years ago, and
the millers and merchants doing business along
the south side Of the canal and on Water street
have ever since been placed TO great inconvenience
h,y It's removal and they are very much gratfed at
The Markct-Housc Sewer.
The workmcn engaged in excavating at tho
| market house sewer, which Cnvcd In during the
late storm, are progressing slowly. Thus far they
have only dug about fifteen feet deep by about
twenty feet square. and before they reach the
| sewer they will be compelled to cxcavate at least
thirty feet.
The force at work is totally inadequate and
should hc increased for In ease of another heavy
rain the banks would inevitably cave and there Is
no telling what damage 1t would do to the already
weak walls ofthc market house,
Assaulting n Woman.
Henry Mayhem, n sailor was arrested yes
terlny afternoon by Officer McCuc for asSaultng
Ella Ball. The assault occurred some days ago
about hundred miles IN the canal and grew out
Of quarrel The lapse Of time, however, did not
have the effect to dc.truy the results Of the assault
locked up for hearing this morning in the Police
Court.
Released.
Edward Hanson, Andrew Anderson, John
Drown and Manuel Erik. Of the crew Of the schooner
Hattie Grove, Boston, Capt. II. A. Bcarsc. arrested
nnd locked up In the station house Monday for
mutiny while the vessels was lying in the George
town harbDr were released Yesterday afternoon
aud turned over 10 the captain. who took them
abOnrd the crnft. Hanson and Anderson clumrd
as the reason for their mutiny that they were
enlisted In the revenue service, and only enlisted
with Capt Bearse to 60 as far as philadelphia,
where the revenue cutter to which they were at.
tached was living. but when they reached that city
Capt Bearse refused 10 discharge them aud brought
them TO GeorgctOwn. Brown and Erik claimed
that the reason they mutined was In consequcnc
OF the conduct OF the captain toward their Or I.
panions. The schooner will sail to-day.
RIVER FRONT.
Arrirdis.-Rordcn Mining Company's " ,n,,..
schooners william Mason, French. PHILADELPHIA
with coal TO II. Tumelty 4. c, Page, Haley Phiin!
| .Goar'h:-Rays wharf-schoonefs Matte A.
Hand. Hand Boston, with coal; T 7. Tascall,
I'ordcn Mining Company's wharf-schooner
Oliver Ames. RaTbit Boston with coal.
Long, beSard wS MTGSs sSa RSv
Arnold, Providence, X. l., with coal.
PORT OF GEORGETOWN.
| Entered Steamer John Gibson, Maslngo New
York, with assorted cargo Of merchandise to Dis
| trict merchants.
Steamer sarah, Grumley. Philadelphia, with
| flour, feed and merchandise to District merchants
The Canal.
There are now some 500 boats on their way
from Cumberland Maryland, to this place laden
with coal and grain.
Georgetown Brevities.
Colonel d. T. Chandler, who died in Balti.
more sunday morning aged ffty seven years, was
an old resident of Gcorgclown:
| ltrhe proceedings Of the Merchants Exchange and
the market quotations will be found in the market
| repOrh