The Evening critic., 1882-09-01
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS.
Readiustcr Conversational Commit
tee-POlitfcal Talk-SchOOl Matters
Police Afmfrs - w. w. Wood
DrOwued-Kiyer News.

Tho Rcadjuster Congressional Committee for
this district, appointed ut the last convention
OF the party, held meeting In this city yes
were present Benjamin Austin and II. A. Wha.
len, OF Alexandria County; ID. A. Windsor and
J s. Wimsatt, of Alexandria city; VIM. Ayre
and Job Hawxhurst, of Fairfax; O.W. Hogo and
owen Holmes, of Loudoun; N. W. Crissler, OF
Madison; L. n. Stevens, Of orange; A. A. Boil
and W. II. Eggborn, OF Culpeper; W. @. Ken
nerlcy, OF Clarke; j. II. Jones and j. u. Bur-
CESS, OF Frederick; W. A. pathe and Judge
shumatc, OF Fauquier, and II. II. Farr, OF Fair
fax, the candidate for Congress. The COM
mittec was organized as follows owen Holmes,
chairman; j. s. Wimsatt, secretary; job
Hawxhurst, treasurer; the three above named,
Judge Shumato and +. ~. Stevens, executive
committee. This was all the public business
transacted, but 1t Is understood n programme
was mapped out, and vigorous canvass ar
ranged for. Several members Of the committee
expressed themselves as honestly believing
that, If Farr is not electod which is hoped for,
the Democratic majority In the district will DO
greatly cut down. The idea Is TO bring out n
largo vote for Wise. James Barbour, an indie
pendent candidate for Congress, without the
colored vote In his favor came near carrying
the district against Hunter, at that time very
popular man, and there Is no telling what
might happen this time, as there is a great
deal of dissatisfaction.
The clerk OF the schools finished issuing
permits to enter the public schools to the
white children Wednesday, and commenced
issuing TO colored children yesterday. Eight
hundred permits have been granted to white
children and three hundred, so far, to colored
children. There Will be, this year, three
hundred more children In attendance upon
the public schools than last year. Beside the
public schools, there arc over twenty-five
private schools, the principals of all OF which
expect more pupils this year than last. Pro-
fessor II. l.. Carne, OF st. Johns Academy, has
had to make additions to his building 70 &C.
commodate the Increase OF boarding scholars.
In connection with the school subject II may be
said that superintendent william L. Carne, Of
Alexandria city; william A. Gave, of Alexan-
L.. 80 aN-ga
yesterday recommended W. W. Mallon, OF
Fairfax, and +. p. Nichols, or Loudoun, to tho
officers Of the Nashville Crenn0 University as
entitled TO the Peabody scholarship In that In
stitution, they having come up to the re
CURED standard In a competitive examination
held IN this city during tho past two days
The scholarship Is worth 5000.
There were in the station.house this morn
ing, awaiting trial, the following prisoners
Beauregard German, for stealing $40 from
Mrs. Price, in the market, u fow weeks ago;
John Brooks, a chicken thief; John Clark, for
assault last night on colored woman; and
william Burley, n hand on the schooner NJ. ".
Dunken, from Baltimore, for threatening tho
life of a follow.sailor named Stewart.
The steamer Lady Of the Lake, from Norfolk,
brought the news up this morning that W. w.
Wood, stakeholder In tho Inland Il Seaboard
Coasting Company, was drowned while out
sailing, of Smiths Point, by the capsizing OF
the boat yesterday afternoon. The fags on
the steamer were displayed at half.mast.
The remains of Luke GREGG, colorcd, who
was killed In New York Wednesday last by be-
ing run over by the cars, were received by his
family In this city this morning.
There are now lying at this port the bark @.
+. Ward, from Baltimore, to load cooperago
for Cuba, and schooners Cumberland, Ariadne
and Laura L. Messer, with plaster from Wind.
sor, Ms. Tho Nellie Dinsmore, from Windsor,
with plaster, is daily expected.
II is reported by Captain Enoch Davis, of the
sloep BENJAMIN Lambert, that smallpox Is
raging In Charles County, Md, many persons
having already died with the disease.
The gaming season commenced this morn
ing, and the marshes surrounding the city are
nlled with bird slaughterers.
A match game OF baseball is to be played
here this afternoon between tho Hooleys, OF
Washington, and the Alexandria Association.
Tho inclement weather prevented the game
between the National nine, OF Washington, and
the Association.