The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-06-25
Local NEWS.

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rine Band, which disco'rscd ''most eloquent music "
The procession was formed in the following order Brass
band Freshman class Sophomore class; Junior class
senior class graduates and professors among whom
a number Of the Washington clergy.
The procession moved down Tenth street % Pennsylva
mia avenue and down the avenue TO Seventh street up
Seventh street and along to the Street Baptist Church
which was filed to Overlooking by large number Of
ladies and gentlemen. TheappeaInce OF the audience
highly imposing and If those who honorably acquitted
themselves Of Their parts needed anything to inspire them
VIII, courage, they found II III tile interest tat beamed
from the bright ewes pf the ladies who gaced the bce
sion by their presence
After the .tLoye Not QuicIsstep' had been played by
the band. orations were delivered as follows:
n, No wasto ~ Mind NV n A c,brist;an r. Mid.
d,esex county, y;r,duia. nm tbs pride Of Ancestry
Gi,es n Eubank Ian,aster comfy Virginia nm the
character Of Sir Walter Rale;ol r j BARNES Harts,d
conntv North c,rolna ON Tho Relation ~ science and
pf;o,,i fi,asai,, n Mealor Bedford county VIRGINIA
/ an tbe Aoss "a ~ n Moroan Marion comfy Viz
;oo on ,o ch,isa,, stateso,ao Alexander T, Moor,
wa.,,,5ytoi Ii d on tbc Fine Arts n America VIM
1 I pi'''ney, ~ :, ~
r These addresses were 'sleneu 70 WIN b"kso a'teii-
ton ana frequently caiied iorh inc applause 81 inc no-
dience
After another appropriate ar rom inc Dand degrees
were cohicriea 40 ioiio"s
Bachelor of Philosophy -Messrs John W. kcrnedy,
District of Columbia, and William r Mattingly District
of Columbia.
bachelor OF Arts.--Messrs Travis Bagby, Virginia !;
Luthef Barnes. North Carolina Richard A. Christian,
r., Virginia. Giles T. EubaiiE, Virginia Cbastain c.
Meador, virginia Alexander d. Moore, Dsttiet OF CO.
lumba and o. W. H. Morgan, Virginia. #
Master OF Arts Richard H. rawlings, Virginia.
Subsequently meeting OF the Alumni OF this College
held in the lettureroom OF the Street Baptist
church for the election OF officers for the ensuing year
lams. vice president Prof. A. ]. Huntingdon CORES
bonding secretary; DIR. j. W. H. Loveoy recording sec
| retary and VIM b. Webb esq treasurer M5
The following gentlemen compose the executive com
mittee DR.. w. v. H. Brown, VIM b. Webb esq. Dr.
JoI,nsop Helen Rev A. G. Carothers and William Mat
] tingly
A specal committee. consisting Of Dr. w v H. Brown
/ William O. Force Prof A. j. Huntingdon Rev. H. W.
Dodge and Dr. s. c. Smoot was also appointed to make
arrangements for erecting monument in the Congress
siona Burning Ground over the remains of the late Dr.
Chapn foriief president OF tic College. e..
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The ANNIVERSARY OF ST. JOINS Day yesterday
morning several Chapters OF Free and Accepted Masons
numbering in all between three and four hundred gentle
men, embarked on tile George washington and steamed
for Fort Washington, but being unable to reach that
point in consequence of low water they stopped at Mount
Vernon Upwards OF zoo ladies added life and spirit to
the occasion by their presence -r
The object Of this excursion was the celebration of St
Johns Day. An Grafton suitable to the occasion de-
lysred by Most Excellent Grand Commander b. b. French
With view OF envenn2 the exercises several heafsr
ring sung by members the Knights Iempars
after which Rev. Mr. Role addressed the company. After
dinner which was served up in sumptnous style, the
steamer left the landing at Mount Vernon on her home
ward way reaching this city about o'clock last eve
| ming. Several bands OF music were in attendance
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oioLfs o'op' ies'o ois nio5 ns'iissV 'N
US .hae lu'e an Important capture ii oee n''.o oy o'
Pohec ''if. s''ion soo"s nav ~" u''eo..', - ="
amounting 70 "'o"' @io'ooo. 'D'
VIC ici' or uio oeii''' suaiuno''S' " Dit'S
inc Vhue " 'iie eoohs'
'"use VI our surprise oi ieaohhs 'ic "aoinouso "
hho everything quie', anu no appeaince VI Unusual On
cemeht. "me quickly making circle round INC
puding IN seaich OF adoor' Vor we assure you that
we had never oeen there peofe we resolved 70 t the
latch and make our entrance nnannounced Acting ac-
corng we soon found ourselves in the presence OF the
where the stolen goods and the prisoners were
The busincss-l,ke answer OF the chief left no room
TO doubt that the story which had been told to
and expert burglars under arrest we found the officers
engaged in taking inventory of the most Heterogeneous
of goods we have ever seem In one corner of the