Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-10-20
From Washington.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE GAZETTE.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. OCT. 19.


WASHINGTON, D. c.. Oot. 49,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Ihe House of Representatives met at -
o'clock, and was called to order by the Speaker.
The chaplain offered prayer, after which
Va motion OF Mr.. Wood at three minutes
and thirty seconds after II, the House adjourned
till Monday. .t-%
The President is known to be DESTROYS that
The business OF the extra session should be COZ.
fined to the appropriation bills, and as uum
Der Of members Of both houses and Of both
parties concur in this, it is thought not unlikely
that after both houses have perfected their oils
by deciding contested cases and disposed Of the
special business named 10 the President 3 mes
sago the extra session will terminate.
VIRGINIA POSTAL MATTERS.
New posofices will be established 10 Virginia
next week at White Hall and Ambers.
Bids are being received for running the mail
route from Brentsville to Horton twice a week.
Also from Winchester TO Front Royal. These
buds will be opened 10 ten days.
INTERNAL REVENUE COLLECTOR.
Some opposition TO the confirmation of Brady,
as Internal Revenue Collector OF the Norfolk
district, has developed but will not likely amount
to much.
CONGRESS.
Both Houses OF Congres, will m let 90 NJ ou.
day. but it is not likely that anything of iutct
est will DO done for few days yet. Ii is most
probable that tho present session will be cou
tinuous one.
Large Fire.
ST. JoHN's. N. b., Oot. 20.-About three
o clock this moroing irc broke out in Maia
street, Portland, N. b.. which at four o clock
had done great damage. The fire is thought
to have been Ct iucen1iury Origin The entire
block bounded by Main street nn nnrth. Chapel
street Oh s1uth, Acai, street on east, snL
Portland street Oh Vast, was 10 Il amos destroy
log lirg, number oil bulldogs, turning Out
| many bu,lness mrn, AMI rem irIInk hJui les
drZ ,us oi families Al / 'crk tn" IRE Goa
tihuel 10 rage. and rapl lily rxnnI:d ~ t:'>
lower streets. ASH arrived tram tn cl'y.
At this time It o clOrk) the fire had takru in.
| St s,ion OF the PorIani hle'h 'l-t tnnit''.
corner OF Portland anil Chapel stra,ts. lnc
structure WIS almost cntr:ly d'air',r -
At AIS people who wer. Interested III the iir"
rushed through the streets an 1T tfaut,s S..k
women We're carried trhm the hurnInl tu'ii
ings Mothrls W re ai"W ~ b.ll.v' that TIA"
children were alI night aud 10 their citun- Ga
iuto dangerous PLACES where they Thought thsi.
little OncS We're KEEP, il goat many p.:r,Ih' " g.
busy 10 preventing them from lHslnr their Ittr-.
| Shortly alter I o clock the VOL blew ,r,ns'
1t blew from the north. carrying large shower
| Ct sparks. At 40 Mrs. Woods ltu5.. 4.
tho corner cf Acadia and Main streets fell, Va
juring one man slightly Tho fines kap:A
| tending to the westward, making great .wtc,,
| towards the south aud coming we'll to the EDS,
| ward. Assistance, now arrived from New RruDs
WICK At FIVE O'Clock the Gra in AL casters
| direction seemed to be pretty near spent. fts
| burnt district extends from Acadia Street t.
Portland street along Chase street, back t.
Acadia street and thence to Main street. Bolh
| sides of Chapel street arc 10 ruins, and scv1la'
houses on the east side Of Acadia street as Wei
| as those on the west side We're 10 flames at Gsc
| clock At that time il was believed that every
house on High street between Portland and
Acadia streets would b. destroyed At 5:4I
the temperance hall gu Simond5 street was ou.
fire.