Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-09-05

Ter the Middle hiia1tlC States Isir weather,
s)uthCr.y wlnds, higher temperature, stuiionaiy
or lower barometer.
INDIGNANT AND DISAPPOINTED EXCUR-
sIoN!srs.-Tho steamers John w. Thompson
aud Excelsior clIrlsd largo crowds down to
Lower Ceder Point ycs!erdsy. where 40 oyster
roast took place. |: is estimated that from
800 TO /. AGO people were OIL tho Excelsior.
80 crowded was the boat that mary passengers
got oil here, belOg unwilling TO risk thtit lives
IN such crowd. Tho Thomson . passengers
were landed at the Point, and CT yAd the roast,
but The EScesl0f'5 pssstr ?1s had TO content
themselves with smelling the sioaming i valves
from distance OF nb3ut tgo huUdfed yards
from the shore. Tho managers OF the Excel
hlor excursion, Koch and Sx:r, say tina. Mr..
ihomp5on, late Saturday night, gave orders
That none OF their Passengers should DO landed
by hia boa, aDd tho water w,a too shallow for
the Egco l)r to Land. TITS WAS The oiuia OF
tie whole trouble. no most intense bitter.
ness was manifested on the pira OF the pasanu-
gers agaiut Capt. Meachnn,. Of tho Egc,sior,
and no and tho owners Of tho steamer, we're
denounced 10 tho rncst severe ttrna. Tho
Washington RsIu6lioan Of this morniDg gives
the following account Of the affair:
At tho Start tho Excelsior vas packed with
mon, w.maD. and children, who proceed; d
down the river suffering the usual Glscomtoris
With hope OF reila! when the Point was reach
cd. However, the wharf had hardly boon left
before there was 8 disturbance, and phsn the
steamer tOrchoi at Alexandria fully twn HIM.
dfcd who had had en3nrh, d'a2mba.kcd Farther
DOM those who ronhlGcd at0ird became
suspicious that they I'D cot effect landing
at tho Point Gu account OF i1suhclcat water, q
suspicion Thcl was verified as they stood out
"a Ia L L..
tho merry crowd On .hcrO who t,d been tax co
doWn Oh tho StcauC: Ohm ". Thompson,
and who rl-ht III sight ~Gio cai>yiDg oystcr4,
salt water baths, and Utilizing forks to e. cir
hearia' content. The s;ormGrs Thompson and
hyaiic were al tho En.ri hut Wlutd rot cnma
ont 20 Inc larger boat To transfer her PASSENGERS
10 aul 10 inc hnGoYahCh e Gas :O0u aan0uuol Il
that thoro would BE- nJtbiag 10 en-. for s1v,i.l
hours at least ard in ;hc meantime they had 70
c0ntont themselves with fluids, OF which thcro
WAS Tell supplp. alter waiting ahau,nE hour.
and alter making frantic cndcay6!s IN that
direction. about tso hundred SnCc !edcd in oct.
!iog sshnrs IN HmaI! hca IS and tho T, III lndcr
held an IN !IgnAli0n mto!Dp st which hl,0up
reS1lulions o,nGt TnDal0Ig Of cvCIy body al any
way, manner. shane, and ioru oanaCc ca With
Inc mp, except ~ p0S1 ogcrI. Wnfn II lRni.nnus
~ adopted. Ilndirg i IL !c.a u s;and sill,
trip, Journey which tha better class at psssnn,
Ghrs ebI>Vtd quite IS much a. though they vera
s'lllng with load OF uncontrolled lunslios. IL
was lWp0A'lbln TO Keep even fcmblancs ni or.
dar, and, although sGmo Ulsht or ten Of the
"0rat o! the crowd Wtio itr1wn in "tho hold"
coming np ~hcn tho holt iorchnl her wharf
hbou! ten o clock . majority ci tho pssalupcrs
stepped asher. therkrd GLd they we're hcin3
nuVe, aId rtr miscd ocVtr. Lever to do it ag,in
Those who got ashore AZ "c!ar Point were p,r
mltled TO take passage zip on tho Thomp ar,
Tor which, they w,rG duly thankful
SOCIETY MOTIFS. Tho Washington Sunday
Herald say: Mis- Ohm T. Barbour AID Ms,
DAlngerted arc at the !ltccnbiier Whtc Mr..
and Mrs. II j. DaInrcili@id have returned from
that place 10 Alrxaudrii Rov. pI. Ratct,
Chsplaln United S'tntc3 Scnafc, is Speeding
month among his relatives in Kcnluck WI!
Gertrude Sinnshn'y, Ct Alexandria, has rciurn
ed home ifcm Hamilton. We, where she han
been spending the summer. Miss Magei,
Cox OF GcOrgatnwr. has returned home ,fcm
visit t. tho neIehborhool OF Wsrrautou, Va"
Miss Bessie Masters and Ms Lille Marhury
have returned home from visit TO Walrent0n,
which place has been very CAV daring tho sim
mer.-Mis5 Mary I.rout and her sister Jessie
have returned htmo irom Wyhevln ~hcrn
they havo spent the summer The White Sul.
phur Srrlpss correspondent OF hndreH Amer
lead y 1ecn writes that Miss i.i2Z!o Fairfax.
OF Alexandria, ono OF tho uIcuna Of society
curing her FoIcufn here, hos COCO 70 buchanan
anu mos! pleasant hro tho !cc1iltctl0La OF her"
Another ootresptn lent at Tho same plaza say:
Miss LZLo Fairfax. QUO OF the rcigoing baIIes
at Tho I'D White 10 among TIC most brilliant
ohoVorsatlonssts hero. and tho American
Queen takes pleasure 10 mcntinnipg her es q
society queen aud enc oho won!L be shining
light 10 any assembly" Tho ssmo corrcspon.
dent ssP: Every one Inquiries who that hand.
some and dtM'"gH" looking lady il. whenever
mrs: Il. j. D"nRcfilold, Of Alexandria, rss,c,
by.
POLICE News Mayor H,ckhsm presided
at police headquarters to day, and lad before
him al unusually largo number Of 'diaordorlics
:, James Beach, Charles l.onry. and William
Bradley for being drunk and disordcrly on the
streets. were fined s. each and discharged
Jane Middleton colorcd. for disOrdorly CON-
duct on the atroots. was fined 81. Not hsviag
any money she was ordered 10 b. locked I'D
until tho line is paid.
Maria Washington. coI0rad. for raing
another colored WOMAN, Saturday night. for
going to festival with her husband, VIA Gnfd
- 3D. aud discharged.
a saloon keeper and q orc ktnprr upon
theft own admission. wIrc iiDtd, the first SO
and tho second 81 Tor siolatnn of the &uEdry
law.
Another saloon kctitr was ~, tn; thore
being 10 cVldcuo9, tho warrsut sgn,ost him
WAS dmi SD.
Henry Freeman, sent TO tho chaia eaur
Saturday, was released, liz having paid his
fine.
A wsrrsnt ws issued II tho arrest Of Henry
Washington, the husband OF NlariG. for taking
up the qusrrel OF his sweet heart sid b ,stipR
hIs vile Saturday night last.
Attic conclusion OF the trials Mayor Btokhum
Instructed Capt. Webster to hsvo arrested all
erglneu9 n railroad trains caugst runpipp
her tralrs through the city at speed sfeater
thsn the lsw elloWs-fvo miles an hours.
AY-RELIGIous, ALI tho ohprches