Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-04-24

+ EMMY blessed, At 81. wary CnuTcH, yeSIeTua
afternoon At S o'clock, nearly hundred
members of the society assembled at ST. Mary
Hall, and proceeded by Wolfe, Fairfax, Duk
and Royal streets, to the church, in which
large portion of the congregation which ha'
attended Vespers remained, They were hand
somely dressed in beautiful new regalia, cen
sisting of a green sash, handsomely trimmet
and fringed with silver, thrown across the lef
shoulder, and fastened on the side with silve
cross. The officers wore elegant white sashes
trimmed and fringcd with gold, and bearing
the appropriate emblem Of their respective
offices in silver, on crimson rosettes Six can
dies were lighted upon the altar and the pro
cesssion having occupied the front, central pews
the Chaplain, Rev. Thomas McDonough, 5. D.,
appeared, in suplice stole attended by two
acolytes bearing the holy water and incense
and the banner being presented at the altar
rails on the Gospel side, he blessed it accord
ing to the form provided for the blessing OF
standards, in the Roman Ritual There was
no music and the ceremony was very brief
After leaving the church the procession return
ed by the route it had taken in coming, TO St.
Mary Hail. The regalia was not blessed,
only half Of the requisite quantity having been
received. That ceremony will, We understand,
take place on the second Sunday in May.
DONATION TO THE ORPHAN AsYLUM.-Mr.
L. O. Tompkins, Of Richmond, managing di-
| rector of the Association for the benefit OF the
widows and orphans Of the Southern States,
| of which ex-Gov. Henry A. Wise is President,
has forwarded to Mr. f. Snowden, jr., Of this
city, for the benefit Of the Orphan Asylum, a
check for $500, which the Board Of Directors
of the Association have appropriated to the
relief of such orphans as may, under the pro-
visions of the act incorporating the Association
which is ''to relieve the suiferings Of the wild
ows and orphans of the Southern States who
have been left homeless, helpless and penni-
less by the late war, be entitled to. MIR. s.
has handed over the check to Mrs. NJ. NJ
Stewart directress of the Asylum, by whom
it will be properly distributed and the -Asso-
citation receive the thanks not only of the little
helpless ones, but of the managers of the
Asylum and the community in whose midst
they are and by whom they have and will be
cared for
NOTICE OF ELEcT1oN.-T County Super
intendcnt of Public Schools has in pursuance
of new law on the subject posted on the
Court House door the following notice
Ga IL, r.
Alexandria, April ODD, 1871
Notice is hereby givon that the sense Of the
voters OF the County of Alexandria, (eccln,1tng
the city. will he taken at the township election
on Thursday, the 25th day Of May next, on the
question of laying 4 tux of one and half mills
on every dollar of the real and personal proper
ty of the county to assist in paying the salaries
of public free school teachers
RICHARD l.. CARNE.
County Superintendent of Schools.
Similar notices are posted at all the voting
places in the county
POSTAL CoNrRACr Route from Washing
ton, d. G., to Norfolk, Va Contract is order
ed with Brown, Plant & Go. to convey mails
from Washington, d. G., by Alexandria, Fort
Foote, Fort Washinyton, Glymont, Piucy Point,
Point Lookout, Boyd's Hole, Old Point Com
fort, and Hampton, to Norfolk and back, three
times Il week, by steamer, at So, o0Op per annum,
from LIST Of May, 1871, to June 20, 1872. BY
this arrangement the steamer Lady OF the Lake
will make tri-wcckly trips between this city and
Norfolk
FAST TIME-The steamer f. c. Knight,
Capt. w. S. johnson, which arrived here this
morning fronl New York, made the trip in tho
remarkably short time of thirty-nnc hours.
Freight by this trip was received almost as soon
as if it had been sent by railroad.
SERVICES AT THE BAPTIST CnuRCH.-The
ceremony of immersion was performed ut the
Baptist Church last night in the presence Of 4
large congregation Services will be held there
every evening during the current week.
PoroMAC FISHERIES. 1t is said that the
present is the best fishing season on tire Poto-
mac, that has been known, for twenty years
past
WINE-A specimen of fine Currant Wine
made in Fairfax county, in 1861, has been re-
ceivcd, and Is acknowledged with thanks to the
donor.
SPEECHES. We have received from several
members of Congress- copies OF speeches recent
ly delivered in the Senate and House OF Rep
resentatives.
Local BrevitieS.
Registration will commence in this city to-
morrow IL, the same places in nil the Wards
as were used last year for that purpose.
A State Convention OF the Catholic Benevo
lent society is to be held in this place next
| June.
The Messrs Smoot are shipping large guam
titles of black oak bark from this city to Europe
via Baltimore.