American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-10-08
GEORGETOWN AND ITS AFFAIRS.
GnoRonrowE. October 8-l2 !

GE0RaET0wNs october liz IN.
Few towns are blessed with greater number
Of fourishing Sabbath Schools, according to its
size, than ours commence to-day to give q
condensed report from each, Gas they come to
hand, showing when and under whom they
were organized, the number of teachers and
scholars in each, the number of volumes in each
library, together with some interesting facts
connected with them, and hints at their useful
ness. The male school in Christ Church was
organized in 1920, under the ministry of Rev.
Charles ?. McIlvain, now Bishop of Ohio. Here
the male and female departments have always
been separate, and under separate governments.
Some of the teachers (who have just left) were
continually engaged for period of a quarter of
a century, without any intermission; among
them Mr.. William G. Ridgely, and some now in
the school ten years. The superintendent, Mr..
A. Hyde, has been in the school twenty years,
five as teacher and fifteen as superintendent.
A number of scholars from this school are now
in the ministry of the Episcopal and other
churches. There is missionary society con-
nected with it, which was formed by an in
diyidual class in 1888, and extended to the
whole school in 1840 One cent week is re-
quired by the constitution, and 5000 have been
thus gathered together, and appropriated to diff
ferent points Of missionary effort. Owing to
their having no regular minister for some time,
their number has become small. The present
number of teachers is seven, besides the super
intendent and libra rian. Scholars in actual
conne1ion forty-three.
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under the ministry of the Rev. Beverly Waugh,
now Bishop, of the Baltimore Conference.
From this school, also, there has gone out
number of Jealous ministers Of the Gospel it
is now under the management of the Rev. John
Lanahan, superintendent, and John Dickson,
assistant, in the male department. and Mrs.
Brown, superintendent, in the female depart
ment 1t 10 in fourishing condition, there
being 26 classes, with 226 scholars, and 500
volumes in the library. There is connected
with this school, also, cent missionary society,
and about $50 per annum are collected for diff
ferent missions.
Officer John Adams arrested, this morning,
Samuel Robinson, William Robinson, and Thos
Fowler, under the vagrant act, and took them
UcloIO cupllCe II. IcufcAy WIN COmMltlcu Iuem
all to the work-house for thirty days.
At the meeting of the Building Association
last night, the company was large and the bid
ding spirited About ST 600 sold at premiums
ranging from 35@37 cents. Several shares of
stock sold at 7@9 per cent. advance.
The -four market remains firm at yesterdays
prices, 1891 @$3.873. There was sale yes
terday of 1000 bushels prime wheat to the
Lock Mills at 70 CENTS and one of ], 200 bush.
yellow corn to the Columbia Mills at So cents.
The Baltimore PresbytoryIwill meet in the
Bridge street church, on the 18th inst. some
forty to fifty ministers are expected to be pre-
sent.
Arriuals.-Schr. George Henry, Smith, Wen
ma, to Pickrell & Dickson brig Mary Parker,
Chase, Wilmington, N. c., to Wheatley & Walk
er; schr. M. ]. Fardy, Hooper, Salisbury, to
Jos. Libbey & Son.
Canal Trade Arrived Massasoit,
Cumb., 115 tons of coal; Annawan, do, 113
do; M. L. Rawdon, do, 60 do; Cumberland
do, 63 do; VIM. J. Booth do, 112 do; Gram
pus, 124 miles, 3,400 bushels wheat; Union,
100 miles, -four, &c.; John Van Lear, 100 miles,
-four, &C.; Gen. Taylor, SIS miles, wheat, sc.
Departed-Anna, Marion, G. Williams, R.
g. Violet, Ann s. Berston, Ospray.
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