The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-06-27
LOCAL NEWS.

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| ANNUAL eosxEses~s~- -'r"e-honored institution
annual toifiraencefnent OF tfis tl.-e vi a M.
viii take place OH ideesay, July 7th, al ovs~- al
Owing qisisfiy % the large class u graduates who ON
this occasion will receive the crowning honors 6f te
collegiate course aid bid adieu to their venerable Alma
h the philosophical exercises and dseossion Of Theses
which have heretofore been witnessed ON the day pete
ding the commencement by select but highly delighted
and appeciatiye audience will be omitted this year
These p-en>T exercises designed to subject the
graduating class TO public test Of their comparative pro-
ciency in theoretical and practical science logic rhetoric
Sci the privilege being extended to any one of the
audience to PROFOUND questions urge objections to the
propositions OF each graduates Thesis. Their omission
this year is learn exceptional and we rejoice at this,
as among those who have heretofore witnessed
with pleasure these annual trials of intellectual skill
The sadrev before the Philodcmic Society this year
win be pronounced by Hon Judge Merick of this city
This society has been in existence wentyseven years,
having been founded in the year $780, and is essentially
debating society having for its objects g the cultivation
of eloquence, the promotion of knowledge, and the
preservation OF countrys liberty 1t consists of
residrtt '.cr resident, and honorary members. Its
meetings of two kinds viz the ordinary to be held
at such times may be prescribed by the by laws and
the grand annual 10 be held after the day of the
annual commencement OF Georgetown College. This is
the meeting before which the Hon Judge Merick will de-
liver the annual address. ss.l f.a 81 a.8si
There are at this time entered the rolls of the Phi
lodemic Society hundred and sixty resident
bers, graduates Of the college hundred and eighty
who left college before graduation, and hundred and
twelve honorary members Among the latter we per-
ccve the names OF gentlemen who enjoy worldwide
reputation In the various departments of science ter
ture and the arts.
The number of students has been unusually large the
past year the College Heights has maintained It's pro-
verbal reputation for salubrty, the inrn1ary records
showing cases of serious sickness during the session
The It'll day Of July is fastening apace and all those Who
intend return and those who have completed their col
legie course axiously looking forward to the hour
when their popular and beloved president shall proclaim
aloud, Pack up your trunksvacation has commenced.
The TEAcHERs ASSOCIATION of Washington met at the
Smithsonian Institute to-day at III o'clock a. m. The
essay that expected not forthcoming The
mtee appointed to take to establish educa
tiona paper in the city reported that they making
considerable progress in the matter and continued
in office.
Ry previous invitation of the association Miss Johnson
teacher in Miss Narrower boarding school street.
read number of selections in prose and from
rious standard authors Her conception Of the text was
perfect and her rendering unexceptionabe and showed
how much hstrionic power lies in mere scholastic read
ing. Among the pieces read ght of the Light
House, by Epes Sargent and Lohgfellows Psalm Of
Iife.''
Possc ing lrionic talents not inferior to any of
popular eocutiouss, she left no chord of the human
heart untouched and for three quarters of ho Held
the audience in alternate smiles and tears She retired
to her seat amid storm of applause, and voted the
hearty and unanimous thanks Of the association and
dencc and special committee appointed to wait
her and solicit another treat of the kind and call
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sion The association then adjourned until its next reg
ular meeting ON the LIST Saturday Of September
EyES Az IsnABITAxr TRorlcs would have had no
occasion for thicy padded overcoat to-day The most
intense lover Of dry and burning weather was pre-
sumo satisfied The coolest blooded mortal had case
to toast himself before anthracite furnace We have
heard Of feminine throwing away her parasol,
cuine his umbrella when exposed to the rays Nur
has to our knowledge that any has made it his
business to seriously inform his friends and fellow citi-
zens that the weather pleasant beyond precedent
The fact that ce-watcr in demand and youngsters
cross and impatient, does not excite spe-
| cal wonder
LARCENY FIRE.B Between eleven and twelve O clock
Friday night the store Of Mr. Jossett 9th street,
near Pennsylvania avenue was entered from the back
door and robbed of a hundred dollars worth of men S
apparel The rogues satisfied with this spoliaton
attempted to set fire to the house by kindng flames at
the steps leading to the upper chambers Several water
engines were promptly hauled to the scene and COM
menced operations but the application of few buckets
of water stayed the further progress of the confagraon
The GRAND jury we learn from reliable source, has
not yet entered upon the examination Of the general sub
ject of the progress and termination of
the recent election riots The judge of the criminal court
in his charge, instructed the grand jury to present all the
facts in the case duty which, it reasonable to sup
pose, they will foaressly and mpartally discharge,
WALTER HAMMOND, young man from Frederick, Mary
land, came to Washington this week. drank to excess
early this morning conveyed to the watch house and
died alone in his cell of po This brief relation
of the fatal event carries with it an important commen
tary a5f}rF
EXAMINATION. only public school examination to
take place Monday is that of Mrs H. Myers assistant
in the second department of the second district school,
Modern Languages. Sts
DR0FESSOR DANIEL T. GROUX having return