Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-15
at the Washington Wharvcs.

ard SeabOard Costing Company, not SO much
dumsgo was done az Was feared. The Jsno
Moscley was forced up against The warehouse,
which was stove in % the north side 10 conSc-
querc,, ard The boat somewhat damaged. The
steamer John Gibson was fastened up to the
end Of The wharf and lifted up. so that her bot
tom was level With tho warehouse flor, but as
the water subsidized she settled With it, and was
oct much damaged. Tho steamers John W.
Thompson aud Lady of tho Llko arc also fas-
tened up OF this wharf and arc on the south
side of the warehouse unit iured. except being
badly scratched BY leo and drift. Las. night
the John GibsCn's haWsers wcro parted and
she floatcd around on the south side Of the
| wharf and ali OF them arc aground together.
| The flooring at the end of tho wharf was stove
| in and damaged, but tho heavy storage of
| freight kept tho warehouse intact. MIR. Baily,
in charge, thinks 81, 900 will cover the loss of
the company. At Sheriff's whsrs the steamer
| Msttauo lays CD the south eide of the wharf all
| safe and without even scratch. The wharf
itself. however, has been pretty badly used.
Mr. Jones, agent for the Mattano. says $500
will cover tho damage sustained At wharf
No. ., Potcmac Steamboat o., the three mast
cd schooner SaIira w. Burrell, from New Jcr
sey, was lifted up bodily on the end of the
wharf, aud remained careencd ever, iIciuog
! toward tho channel until o'clock, when she
| fell eft, breaking down tho end of The wharf
srd making c,mmotoD 10 the water and ice.
Sho appears to have sustained no damage as far
as can DO s:er. She now lies 10 open water at
tho south side Of the WhsrF.
| At thn ETtry ypharf 0Ct muoh do Donua use
done tX!eDt to tie steamer ArroWsmith, which
was lifted up by tho bows on tho end of the
| wharf, and one OF tho pile posts stove hole 10
| her bow below the water line. She was tempora
riIy repaired from tho Inside before she vas got
CT, but it will be necessary for her to lay up for
repairs. The City CT Washington was 10 the
dock, and is unipjured. TIC Mary Washirg-
ton and w. w. Corcoran were lying below the
Ferry wharf ard Potomac Steamboat Com
papy's wharf and Gro safe, having sustained no
great amount Of damage.
Considerable damsgo has been dono the wharf
| Of tho Potomac Steamboat Company. Tho
steamer Excelsior was in tho slip, aud remains
Without Goy injury whatever, The George
L,aly was at the end OF tho wharf and lifted
up ca the ecd aad careened over. 10 forcing
on tho wharf.-the sheds Tcra damaged and quite
badly wrecked, and the wharf pushed 10 about
. feet. A forco Of men was put to work, and
| the steamer Leary WIS gradually pushed off,
add it - thought she will sustain 90 i'iury
ahateVer ex1cpt some scratches.
Az Stephenson Bro. s rfcOnsiderablo dam
ago mas been sustained. L: now looks as il the
cutlro wharf will have to DO rebuilt. When tho
ico came down it threw tho whole structure
{ some four or five feet south, bending the piles
on which tho wharf l3or rests aud swapping
some of them Of ike Pipe stems. Some coal
belonging to the Potomac Ferry company .
wharf which had boon stored hero vas washed
away.
Mossrs Wimsatt & Uhlcr's Lumbar and
planning mill ct the foot OF Oh street WAS dam
aged somewhat The water stood Two feet cvsr
tho floor, subuersing tho machinery, which is
badly rusod. MIR. Uhler thinks $3.50 or $500
will rapleea things as good as they were. The
damage at Georgetown is very small, being net
near 50 great ns that ID 1877. At the canal Of
| Eco they know of 70 damage 10 tho canal Iii,
water is 10 feet over Dom No. 4. but it is i'm.
| possible to tell whether any damage even hero
has becn done or not. Telephone oommunio,
ton oil along tho loo Of tho canal to Harper q
| Ferry brings 40 nows Of any damage OF all, and
| The canal authorities feel very comfortable.
| Tho water WAS not rs high at any plaoo along
| the canal by feet as 10 1877.
The damage to tho coal ccmpaLios is also
very slight. Tho Borden company had 200 tons
| OF c,al en- the wharf which was washed to o
seal extent ord muddied. The other coal
| companies lCso slightly Washington Star of
| yesterday
DIVORCED FROM Two HUNDRED Wives AT
| oNcE.-Siai Huey Hsssao, the Sultan Of Mo-
roico, hss SC. touching example of radical re-
tronchmen! to his Subjects Constrained TO
Thrift by GnlLC;al crisis of no ordinary severity.
he has shown tho true believers committed to
hls rule the way to reform their household
b:lls' in hlghly-spirited snd thoroughpoinp
manner. Having completely drained the In
perial Treasury during his successful t',rts to
suppress thu rebellion that ragged throughout
| his domlnlons last summer, he has Just cut down
the State expenses by some urcommonly sweep
| Ing measures, the first of which WAS the reduc"
| ton OF his own domestic establishment TO about
ono-balt Of its normal strength. He dismissed
at blow two hundred of his wives, beslowing
their hands upon distinguished officials of his
army, whoae pay in consideration Of the h gh
favor thus con ferred he locked to the tune of
! some live and twenty per cent. A pleasing
feature OF this sr1aagement-to oil. at lesst, e1-
cept the Immediate recipients Of his especial
| graco-ls Tho feet that His msjesty has made his
matrimonial dispositions in such sort that al hi3
older moetes have got new husbands, while he
has reserved the younger ones to gladden. bis
own hearth. Instead OF ssddling the civil list
with provision for these supersL nIated ladies,
he has united them to gallant warriors at posi-.
tive saving to the public purse, for tho gilt of
each e1 Sultana has been by him decreed TO
compensate her respective reciIi mt for the loas
of one fourth Of his income. Muley Hsssans
popularity, it appears. has been increased 10
much on extent By this noble solf-sscrifce on
his part that few days ago IS no rode form bis
palace TO the chief mosque he WAS greeted with
enthusiastic reclamation by line whole N ale pop.
uls!ion Of Fec. his capital. This ia quite new
| experience for the Moroccan Sultan, who has
been for some years past at opon war with his
subjects
a MAN OF MANY FAMILIEs-On Tuesday of
last week Judge Boswell had brought before
him VIM. Stiles and John Cunningham the
two tramps, who have been in tho county jail
for sometime. After hearing testimony both
were committed TO the house of Correction for
three months. Cunningham. who is s.slwart
1flshman, thought the sentence too long and
WAS anxious to be released in q month. He is
considerable OF wit, for after sentence no gave