Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-10-08
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Special Correspondence Of The Aleca. Ga=ct'e
WASHINGTON. d. C., Oct. s, 1879.

ASptCtUt Correspondence OF tfc -3tt'ct'' u"-c'''
WASHINGTON. d. C., Oct. s, 1879.
Mr.. Thompson, Secretary CT the N.vy, IN a
| conversation with your correspondent ttls
morDiog, in Ic!cgerc, TO tic p!Cposed p:eIlml-
nary celebration 81 tho ceutnnnia! Of tho sur
render Of Ujrlw4.l.5 az YctktgTD, aud the re
quest ltat had bs,n received at the Navy De-
partmcnt fer !: rlusltr OF the reported uaVaI
review from llampto1 Reals to Yorktown,
said that such idea as ihat Ct naval review
in Hampton Roads had never cDtcred bis head;
that he he'd directed :ho four trbloing ships
that wero 90 the Atlantic coast 10 rendezvous
10 Hampton Roads Gu the Am lCs:ant Tor the
sole purpose CT comparing notes, sJstcmatlzlog
the course Of Instruction Tor the naval aprren-
tees. ard devsiag ways by which the lns:ruc
ton on all tho several ships should be the same,
50 tia! tho boys when transferred to active SER
vic, might be not only fully prepared to exc.
cute aty order given them, but would dc 1t 10
the same manner. lie said that he would BIO at
Fortress Monroe on the 18th to consult With
tho commanders Of these four training ships
and those of such other ships as would be there,
probably three or four, for tho purpose named,
and that then be would allow such Of them as
wanted TO 80 to Yorktown On the ga, the day
Of tho celebration, md participate in it, to do
so, Us he IVES Gesi;o1s that the affair
should be az imposing as possible. and that he
would at cuce write 10 Gov Holiday aud inform
him to that effect. With regard to he request
that the Odd Fellows ia the employ OF tho
government in The section of country near
Yolkt1wn be given holiday Oh the 23i and a.
lowed to visit Yorktown. be said it would be
Impossible fer him 10 grant such q request as
many CT tic men were day luhor&rs u 40 would
want 10 rcC2l91 ihClr pay Tor the lost day, and
Though clerks aDd 0thcT employees o! the G1v
crumeUt VINO draw their pay by the month
could be allowed such holiday without making
O deduction Tor tho lost day, such tavors TO
those who worked By the day, So iablreys. were
forbidden by Law.
UE to one o'clock Ibis evening nothing had
been received 1T tic war Oliice lrgm the stc1o
OF the Ute outbreak except dispatch confirms
a.0ry OF the inteiligcuca published 10 the moro
lcg papers aGUut tho sale arrival Of some OF tue
re!uicrcemcnls sent to Capt. Pagnc's bclcugur-
cd camp. Gen. Drum, asaslan. aGiulant geu-
cfal. said that TIC department j news vas sav-
eIal hours behind that Of tho Associated Press,
and that all the news it had received this to.
day came from that association.
The Cato City Guards we'll drilled vo!uu-
teer military Company from Atlanto, Georgia,
arrived hero last ri ht aud We're received with
qlite an ovation. Pennsylvania avenue 10 the
neiehborhocd f the h street depot was bril-,
liantIy Illuminated with calp:im lights, aud US
they proceeded up the street., escyrted by tho
Washington Light l1lautry, they marched uuder
an almost ooatinupui arch ct fire works. \
few Of them paid visit 10 MI. Ntrnoa on the
steamer ". ". COrcorar this morning. but
the larger portion peItrrred remaining in the
city, visiting lis OH ,Nis If interest and tasting ia
delights.
The ArtcsuG well, named 30 from Aros,
trarce, " here he Il!n wLo Gcat successfully tried
the boring OF watch at the Riggs House hers
was interrupted b. tha breaking OF an auser,
and which had TO bn recommended at another
point 81 ter having reached depth OF nearly
hundred and fifty feet, will probably strike
rock this afternoon, about ninety feet below the
surface.
The receipts st the TfeYsary to-day from iu-
ternal revenue amounted to $37S. 23G; from cus,'
toms, 1896. 4S0. The rational bauk notes re
coivad Tor redemption today amounted to
$l4l 900.
Two Of the mes; prominent real cs ate agents
IN this city WGrc interviewed separately today
With regard 20 tho ad9au1a ia tbs prica Of real
estate Wlttl1 the District OF Columbia and both
agreed hat there had been al advance OF fifteen
per cent. DUNG the last two months, and that so
lar rs rents WerJ cone ,raeJ, the Increase had
been even greater. 4 large uunbar Of build.
lGgs aro gov in progress Of erection all over the
eiiy. but principally Ia tho nGrticin portion. O
quarter not Gtcn visited by people trcm Alex.
auGIll.
hir. HOWsrd hreLch, son ui the ex-2crgcant.
alarms OF the SeUnTC lul WIN mt cnntlv