Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-12

| Fourth l3'
Total, 962
The ballot btiog secret Qua Of course
| nothing dsGoite oao bs known IS to tho re.
suit until the cunt. Meanwhile the friends Of
| ell parties seem confident.
Fatal. AFFRAY.-Passsnger on the steamer
| John w. Thonp:oo, last evening, brought
| news OF very sad affair ct Indian Head, near
Glymont A young man named Robert l..
| Clements, about twenty years oil age, became
| io7olred 10 O dispute With negro named
Pollip PRICE, Price, who was drunk, and Is
| repre-. Gated as havi5g baen very qusirc!some
| ocaso. used abusive language TO Clements, and
fight With stones cnsued, each party being
struck several times op the head. They were
Ii osIls separated. and Price walked of down
The shore, bu! had only gone about two hu1'
dred yarls, when no reeled and fell into the
| water face dow6wards. and was drowned before
assistance reached him. Il is supposed that
Price fall was occasoued by weakness FROM
tho Wounds on his head. Clements WAS hoiri.
fed ard almos. crtz,d st the result OF tho
atfray. 10 which BIO had FL received severe
Wounds, his fac, and head being covered with
blood. A coroaer's itquest was to have been
held to day 10 d4terniiue how far Clements was
r. spopsib.e for Pfics's death. Clements, who
is said to DO an orderly young man, Is the
snn OF Alr John w. Clements. OF Stump
Neck. who ia we'll knoTn here, and brother OF
Mr. James f. Clements, OF Alexandra cou1ty.
FAST RUNNING Much complaint i5 made
BIZ shippers aad others of the practice among
some of tho steamers Of iuoning at very last
rate past the Whsrves. tften cccasioulog c)n-
siderable damage. GA Saturday evening, rs
the Norfolk steamers gero passlog tho AmeTl-
I'm c1al wharf, their speed WAS 80 rapid that
tho sue i>n caused the canal boals lying there
t. b, thln3o violently against each other, one
OF them havng her en'iro tattrall carried aWsS
and others beCg broken away from thtlc moor
ings. Tie schooner II. h. CooGdon, lying OF
the same whaif, was as, Violently bumped
agaiUs. tho wharf, but, fortunately, was not
damaged. There is laa regulating the speed
Of stasm.rS IN tho harbor, and it should DO ca.
forced.
Lively TIMEs-The wba,veS Of the Nor
felix beats, on Saturday evening", presented
q lively scene, one 10 fact, which it moro per.
msneot would gladden. the hearts of tho lovers
If the old towo. rhe competition betweeo the
r,vs Iinea waved very warm ard every tttJrt
was put forth TO expedite tho departure of the
boa!s Cd the long RAGS 10 Norfolk. Barrels aud
bags wero hustled aboard 10 'ff7, the laborers
seeming 10 outsiders like Swarm of bets. IT,
irg hiihcr add thithcr, Cvar and against each
other os they worked. At the George L:ary's
wharf as the boat moved of, number OF the
passengers, initiating oucs popular custom on
tho Mississippi, threw hands full Of coins among
the negroes. which caused lively scramble,
aud caMc near carrying several meu overheard.
PoLiCs REpoRT.-Oa Saturday evening,
ai!c. ihs G;z,tte went to press, the Mayor
tried The negro boy ChaAes Heory, who shot
Robert DuaDy, also oolored, as heretofore no
ted. TIE cf,Dse was reduced to simple
assault, and Henry was 61cd $50. llc took
az appeal 10 the Corporation Court.
Bub Thonrson, colorcd for throwing stones
on the street, vas aed aod discharged yes
to-day.
There were several cascs Ct disordelly coz
,:u:. I. the polls. but oil of the parties were
i;ck:d UP 10 co5 1T.
PERSONAL Hons. j. Proctor kuott, #
ky., Pr.lip Cock, Of g.. aud C numbe. OF
other Copart ssmco, we're among the Strangers
from Weshioeton who visited this city yester-
day.
R2g Jobu Z. llseae, who preached in 81.
Msry's Church, yesterday, was formerly STU
drot a, st. Johu's Academy 10 this ely, aud
has ma"y friends AID old scbooimatcs here,
who will BE- glad 10 bear that be Is cooking well.
Tie IS nCw stationed 10 Norfolk.
EXCITEMENT -koyal street, renr Camelon,
was alarmed 90 Saturday night, about DlGe
o'clock, by screams Of murder proceeding irom
the s, cond story OF restaurant there. 1t was
fund that drurkeo msD had Wandered to
,hs UPPER story O! the house Of Mr.. No~laod,
where his family reside, and had so frightened
his win aud daughter ss to occasion the out
CIV. The intruder was speedily ected aud
tskcn 10 charge by au officer The affair ere.
uitd considerable excitement for awhile.
RAILROAD SuIT-Snit was Instituted in
Washington Saturday Ivy Andrew Melville
against the b. & p. II. r Co., claiming ST.
coo dsu,uges for violation of coulract. he aS,rs
that or two separate occasions be purchased q
ticket for Fort Rnli,D. between that city and
Alexandria, ana that each tino the conductor
| Of the irsio refused to stop at that place, aod
he wss carried ONE distance beyond aud suffer
| cd hardship and sickness 10 walking back TO
| bis destination.
YESTERDAY Although the clouds yesterday
noreirg appcarcd 10 indicate rally Sunday,
III. SUI soou broke through them aud The day
| p,ogtd q fright aud warm ooe The streets
wcre throngrd with peotl, eud large cEo~ds
| came dcwo from Washington. The churchts
we're we'll a,tcaded The reg uIar clergy othois,lrg
in all If them kept the Baptist, where Kew.
Mr.. Mitick preaoEtd 10 tho moroioR, and 81.
| Mary's, where Rev. John 2. Hayden preached
| CORPORATION CoURT-Judge E. H. Loct