Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-01-20
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Special Correspondence of the 4ie1o. Gazette
WASHINGTON, u. c., Jsc, 20, 1850

bridge lc!OsS the PoicIuao tia. passed the
House CT Representatives yesterday evening
aad that will prJbatl! pass the Senate,
rhc otj:c il, as will be seen, IS 10 give the
Secretary Of Wsr control over the Hho!e INA t:r.
! tho Fel,c ion of tho site iucIu4eG:
Be 1t enacted By the Senate aud House Of
! Representatives. Cthe United States Of -jn,eri
| CO IN Congress assembled fha. thJ SEC o,ary
! vi Wal ae, sud he Is he,oby. autNor:zI aud
| dir, ccd 10 Cause TO DO CONSTRUCTED &C ass .h.
| i'otvDac river at CT near Gcor1 ctown, in III
O!st:!c. ct Columbia. az sucl pin. So be ziay
seI c suhsta0Gi.i iroa AID masonry bridge,
| siti a!3UrH. h9+; ana thc suu! u sl40 600 lc,
and TIC s:nle IS hereby, aprrIprasuG ut OF
aGs moiey in the Treasury oct Otherwise ap
| lr0p..tei, t9r INC construction vt said bridge
and alip!c" clts. tie S .lne so DC nJsGGaluGI az
! u srro n DIS Tor trsv Provided, ILal the
SID Secretary vi Val snail cGast!uc b'i4Ac
14o0 stc' plan shall st nc u,Usc than tic
amount nG!C:n appropriated, and Shich COST
sSaii II UG- the construction Ut subs..u i4l
briggs ;var tbs c.aul, sad eDy ard al! e;,.
prchcAcs - The said iron bridge; aGd 60 par, IT
tits appropriation shall be paid GU; of the
irsaGuyy Gnil cJntfac:s shsii have been enter
Ell into with responsible parties, ard With 1000
anG sufficient susoiies to be approved By the
| Stc~cia:y G! War, fer the oOost!uc on acd
completion Cf said bGijgc, lneu1iuA the NE.
Soury, iron work aud approaches, st cost Dot
90 exceed Sl4O 600: And provided also, Tha;
& Gia7 Of 1oGi:ignt width to permit the free
! passage ot vessels usVlsati1g That part OF tn
! Potomac ri7Ir shat be- c0us.iuc I'd liz sold
! hndGo, Utl s. SAID bridge shall bn { n5;ruc &C
! GY IL slCn u, or Gp the river from the ptns
! cut tqu DOC and &! the saoao or graajaE eleva.
| ilOu snnVC the water: AID provided also,
LGat ,hs SUE &hicn my be expcldod uoder
! this &c; shall be treated SOD regarded as ra:i
| Of The general expenses Ct the District of Gel
rUhi,, and ha y. S. shall b. CREDITED wit,
:t1 arIopnt wh;c.t it may usy uuuer this 90, for
he erection II sdit bridge lD0u ii S 80 per IT.
! OF thp expenses Of the Distrc- Of Columbia, as
| ;'roVlaeG IN the act of juno H.. 1878. entitled
| "An act prov ding pcrmanrut form Of govern
| matt inf the Distr,c! Of Columbia" Provii-
Cd ~ thcr, That the Secretary OF Wer shall,
as sorn sS may be. fix aud ieicrmino the !Qca-
| ilor Of said bridge, acd causc a survey O! lha
| river Ia b MADE 81 such pi.ce OF K cstion. &c,
| tcTGlDe nc length. width spG height Of aaio
| hidgc, and tbs lcnrth Of draw. If ouo is re
/ quircc, ani thcrcTnnu advertise for Dlnts aid
| price Tor tho cjbs!tuc ion IF UGH bridge; such
! advertisement t. be Inherited 10 one or nCrt
dait2 newspapers published il Washipgton, D.
! O., NcG York, Cleveland, O., aud Detroit,
| Nllch, for the sp,c, OF ODe Week
/; AmcDg the pctil.ols ioiroduc in the Seu-
atv to day aas Gre by Sir. j ohpsioo from the
| Gratd Division f the Sons OF Tempera. &C oil
| Firg!ola for tho appointment OF commission
to irquire INFO the liquor trait G Of the .untry,
and eco by Mr.. Wi!hrrs FROM the Goou ruuu-
!ars Of the State for the same object, both of
which were referred to the Committee on Fl
mace.
| The Military Committee Of the House at
! their mecuDg his m1ruing determined TO re-.
pr, Dll! restoring Geu. ti.z John Porter. d
native Ct AIexanGria, to al! tho rights priv.
| icgce and cuulum n.s to vEieh he would havu
h9o3 entitled :IRd there never been a C urt u,ar
tia! IL bic case.
AGong me approp!ia;ions recon- amended by
tbs House Committee or Public Buildings cad
Grounds ms incoming was ooo Ter $65, eco fox
q public buijGiag o; Darye, Va.
! Amooe tho bills iotroducca 10 tho House
yesterday were tho following By the Virginia
members By Nil Tuckcr. ior tbs erection Of
c monument over tie gtavs of Gen. Daniel
! Morgan at Winchester; by Mr.. Hunton. 10 pay
Lewis Johnston & %. for r'Gio Dstrc u
ions lost or destroyed; 10 regulate the vrac.ic
Vi dentistry 10 the District VI Columbia, at.i
for tho relief of Dsaiel Woodca.
Among the petition, Introduced we're the
! foilJ@iae: By Mr.. Huston, tho peiliJu of
Caroline L. Dulauy for au Increase of p.nsion;
| b2 hIr. Jorgunsou, the petition OF Seth R-ynoc
and hogs THAI 10 Ia. b. passed restricting the
Use Of acts 10 the Potomac aishir the Distrc
| iocs.
|! is said r that the vessel Low being built
ct the ship yard 10 Alexandria will oar,y eleven
huodred tons OF coal, and will DC .he largest We ,
eel liza ling to the ports on .he Potcm: exc Il
! TIE sohooucr Hattie Williams, witch os1rits
louTie. hutdred tons.
| MIR. Samuel Shipley, ruorly a constable Of
| alexandria, but tor msby years past q resident
! OF thIG C ~, Is rcc.vsIlnK from the stroke CT
paralysis 30 received recsutlY.
Il is Stat here that Dir. Ward, the recent
| y c c cd EsaGjus'ios judge of Washinx.oo
county. Va, Was uud r Indictment for Shoot
| lCg With iGtau5 TO XII Rhen eieotoj.
BIZ. VIM. Cogan, OF Alexandra. has q forc
at york here repairing the aattr aud gas pip.s
! tur the Dis;ro; government 10 diff root sections
OF the city.
1t Is ported thss tha Poii mill recently cs-
iaLitshod gear the io1t OF 7h street is proving
SUCCESS; that the ore b.tu ,hC 10 il turns Gu.
$50 to-; that il USES FIVE tops day, snd thst
tic supply o: the ere tTtm the mu;s Of North
GaroIGs and FauquoS oDucty, Vs., is almost
ioyzhGuaioic.
TIE SIN oF7HE fICu Il AE.-PrCsiding Elder
No, d.. OF IEdiGnspuiis not long sgc Vas dis.
c0uEslng on the sin of he rich E1sn to concre.
sa!jon ID which were some brethren more re-
narkable Tor tho extent snd production OF thai.
farms than the lu3urias tb9y intu'ged in ct
tsb'e When he came TO spesk OF the Items Ut
the old Insas history, he found Several thing;
rot very otjec,oasbio. and 40 Jared So mpsu-
ously every dsy' well. what Of Ii ,t2' said
the, reaeher. He YVES rich and could afford it
II there is any character 10 bs deSpisad more
tBsn smother, It is the Itch man who raises goo
beef, good pork, good poultry snd other god
things, yet FEEDS himself snd fsmly aud euests
on Old mutton, nall dead with the rot be, auss
BIO csnnUt sell such staff il the market" 1t pro.
duced desoness in some psrts of the cong-e-
cation.