Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-08-20
The Annapolis Junction Camp Meeting.


The Annapolis junction Camp Meeting.
Especial Correspondence Of The Evening Star
DAMP GROUND, HAIsLIP's wooDs August
18th, le6e.-The great Methodist Episcopal
camp meeting for this section Of the country is
now fully commenced, on the same grounds
where so successful q camp was held ABOUT
this time last year. and Ii will exceed in the
number OF tents and attendance OF people tha
great camp. The charges Your city are all
represented, some Of them by quite large COM
panies. There are several large meeting tents
on the ground, and the entire number erected
up 70 this time is ls0, and 1t is likely that on
tomorrow and Saturday 90 more will be
erected, so that on Sunday the camp will
number 200 tents, and the crowd on that day
Will be numbered by thousands. The Foundry,
Wesley Chapel, Metropolitan, East Washing
ton, Dunoarton Street Georgetown, and Ryland
nave settled down in community. their
tents, forming a square, facing the tables
numbering about so, and Mr.. r. w. Bates
large company. The NJ ckendree. Wesley Nus.
sion, and Union Chapel folks, whose tents
numoer twenty-five TO thirty, are boarded by
MI Eggleston, while MIR. Ewing Is boarding
Annapolis, Mr.. Ohas. Haisiip has long
boarding tent in the same place he occ upied
iast year, and is boarding the public at large,
having seven or eight large tents, with plenty
OF bedding, faciDg the tables aud besides at his
residence near by he has prepared 10 take
number OF families. Laurel, Severn and Elk
company from Manassas headed by Rev Mr.
York, is on the ground. Messrs. Sayre aud
HOPKINS are running the refreshment booths
some OF the tents are arranged IN suuares
which will likely have appropriate n mes
gwen them, as is the case with row already
known as Howard street, and those around
Halshpp's boarding tent Haislipp's Court.
The preachers who are and will De present
are Kew. N. j. Il. Morgan, presiding elder 10
charge; Rev. w. 7. ID. GLENN and Rev f. r.
Phelps presiding elders in Virginia: Rev. DR..
n
day, OF East Washington; Rev. Cornelius g.
Cronin, OF West River; Rev. +. :. Cassiday
OF South Baltimore; Rev. J. w. art, Rev.
MIR: Arnold, Rev. George Y. Leecb, Rev w
b. Evans, Rev. ]. Ct. Henniug, Rev. q. q,
Baldwin, ofRyland ,apel, WASHINGTON; Rev.
Il. p. Brown and John hasslip.
The Mckendree folks appeared 70 bs the first
company fixed, and about shutdown the first
prayer meeting took place and was continued
until preaching time, when the services We're
lnausurated by Rev. VIM, Hamilton an
nouncing the rules which will be laforced hy
the committee, and Rev. &. Z. CronIn preached
the first sermon.
p. S.-Friday Morning.-Durinc tbaauiph-
quite number of additicna al tents were erected
and several additional trains arrived from
Washington.
THE PETITION FOR MIXED SCHOOLING
have already mentioned the fact that a petition
OF citizens Of the Fourth Ward was presented
To the Board OF Trustees of Public Schools, held
on "Wednesday evening, asking for the es.ab.
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children in that ward. The folio wing is the
body OF the petition and names of The signers
Tine Undersigned, residents of that part OF the
Fourth Ward Of the city OF Washington that
lies east OF Tiber creek, respectfully represent
Ihat there are now residing in the part OF the
city above named n large numb Der of children,
between the age Of six and seventeen years, for
whom there are no school accommodations;
that the condition of the streets in that locality
is such that it is improbable to send children
during the winter months TO any school now
u. shad hat he.R "A
guardians OF children between the ages above.
named. and that part of them are of African
ana part OF them of European descent. They
earnestly request that YOU will establish in me
locallty aooye-named a primary school TO
which the children OF both races may be ad-
mitted under such regulations rs your wisdom
may devise:
[Signedl-D. Il. Nicolay, q. S.ueornerzal
James Edwards, Daniel Greer, Washington
Martin, Patrick Henry, Robert Terrell, Thee.
phll1s Feverny, T. q. Mclean, Fustin Deb
Thornton, Henry Bell, MaIvina Brisco, Diana
Munday, Mary cambridge, John w Bell.
FREDERICK Cross, ). Bournot, Jessey Edwards,
Lessey HARDIN, John L. Ward, Macy ConIev
William Edwards, Thomas Whaiap, John 4
Tafe, Michael Roche, Anna Lee, Islay Wal.
9ron, j. Ambrose Warren, Lloyd Ross, Turner
g. Espey, John Terry, T. Il. Millsr, Tnfrv
Mills, Susan Young, Isaac Shorter. Margaret
SrIoihers, Rebecca Jones, Jane Tughman
Alice Carrel Mary WIdnow. Anna Iuun, las
II. WInfied. NJ. KEEL, CT Ii. LEONARD. q w.
smith Joseph Daniels, Michael Daily. Billy
Gresham. q gorge War, William Rob, Eugene
sullivan, Joseph q. Glotsbar. john Sullivan
VIII am Ford, Mrs. Kennedy
VI the persons whose names are appended
to this petitiCn, thirty are white ana thirjy-one
colored. The number of children belonging
70 The families represented BY them is nor-
than one hundred. This petition is siguaf in
duplicate and one copy trans mitted TO each or
me two Boards OF School Trus;ees-publIc
schools and colored schools.
BOYS IN BLUE.-A gu neral order has been
approved by The Executive Board OF the Boys
In Blue making the following appointments
assignments, promotions, &c: The FRS, and
Second Wards will cons titute the LIST division,