Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-07-01
ALEXANDRIA,.
Correspondence Of The Star.

Correspondence of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, July /, 1858.
The students of st. Johns Academy are busy
this morning, preparing for their celebration this
afternoon.
The County Court for this county opens its June
term on Monday next, at the courthouse. The
following gentlemen compose the court:
Turner Dixon, presiding Justice; Josiah II.
Davis, Richd NJ Smith, Henry l. Simpson NJ
fe-brv, associate justices. All the Justices, how
ever, have been summoned, as the assessment OF
the county expenses will be concluded and the
sum of the county levy fixed.
The clerk of the County Court issued during
the month of June, eight marriage Licenses as
follows: George g S Fugitt to Nancy Jordan,
Lemuel A. Cook to Anne Campbell, John Cook
to Margaret Doyle, Anthony Dunn 10 Mary HAT
ley, John Rady to Catharine O'Brien. Thomas
@ Sullivan to Ann Cain, Samuel w. Everett to
Mary smith, F. Casey to Bridget Fitzgerald
On YESTERDAY afternoon a frame stable on st
Asaph street, near Friends Meeting House. was
destroyed by fire. The flames also destroyed a
frame carriage shed belonging TO the Meeting
House The stable was owned by b e. Mil
burn, whose loss will be some hundred dollars
The excessive heat did not prevent the prompt
attendance OF all the companies on the ground
nor siacken their Efforts to preserve the property
around.
Tue fire department committee, in conjunction
with committee of the company, have Just pur-
chased in Baltimore new hose carriage for the
HydrauliOn Fire COMPANY. We learn ii is fine
piece of apparatus 1t will arrive in this city on
Monday next
Eleven hundred and twenty-three free negroes
have been registered in this county since July,
1sl7
Quite number OF our citizens attended, YES
teIday, the seventeenth anniversary Of the Epis-
cOpal High School of Virginia, near this place
afternoon, and were proceeded with in the fol
lowing order:
PRAYER. .-.--.
Distribution of Schemes.
l. Salutatory Grafton in Latin-K. Nelson, JEFF
ferson county. Va.
2. Extract-Last Hours of Socrates-D- NJ.
SonieTs, Alexandria, Va.
3. Extract-Time's Midnight Voice. Il.
Lewis, Galveston, Texas
4, Q; ation-Books-wm. L. Fry, Port Repub-
lie. Va.
Music.
5. Extract-No Excellence without G reat Labor
&c. :. Wexer, Hodgesvilie, Va
6. ExtTact-The Patriots Elysium-Jefferson
Phelps, MartiDsbury, Va.
!. OratiOn-HistorY-W. H. Mcclure, Boyd
ton, Va.
8. Extract-The Critic-T. S Garnett, Han
over, Va.
Music.
o OTation-Character of La Fayette-J. w.
Mitchell, 81. Louis, Mo.
10 Poem-The Ravages of Time-G w Pc
terkin, Richmond.
II. Oration--Earth's Battle Fields-with the
Valedictory Addresses-Jos. Packard, Jr., Fair
fax county, Va.
filled the hall, and when IL concluded Rt. Rev
Bishop Meade announced the honors Of the
school and delivered TO the students the superb
premiums intended for the occasion. Then
after music and the benediction the exercises
closed. This morning a large number of the
students left for their distant homes some leay-
ing their Alma Mater forever. .f
The whole number of flour Inspections for the
last quarter is stated at l3 600 barrels
st. Paul's Sabbath School made a very pleasant
excursion TO tue White House yesterday At the
wharf they met the Lutheran Sabbath School from
Washington We hear that the day was spent
delightfully."- by the large company. The chill
dIen, especially, snjoyed themselves very much
The Rev John Cosby, of Sharon Chapel in
Fairfax county, was presented by the eongrega.
ton, on Sunday last, with beautiful copy Of the
Bible.
Mr.. Robert M. Monroe, an old resident of this
city, died suddenly at his residence on Water
street last Tuesday night.
Two sabbath School excursions are announced
for next week.
poor fellow came slowly into town vester.
day morning, having walked from washino ton
In the rays of the bToiling sun; unable to travel
farther he fell exhausted; but was cared for INV
a kind hearted negro woman.