Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-06-08

or the Nlluuit AIllullS btotSS, io"NA f'~.
stationary or higher temperature, variable
Winds shifting to vest AMI south anu ihcFo"sns
,loulincss with rain areas.
The DECORATION AT ARANGToN.---i Inc
Southern Memorial Association yesterday, II
,,,,r,l,ncc with t!eir annual custom, decorated
III, crave; @! thc,r comrades at Arlington cGnc
;,.rv lIuIjr fifteen huEdrGd persons nartlc,
,,i,J and although the weather was unprorl-
INNS the demonstration Was imposing. Inc
,,a,nbcrs o! tic Association with their families
,.;s.ml,lrl aL the board Of trade ruOluS, where
,hrv tnok coaches and proceeded 10 The cc!ne-
ic,y, followed ly six largo wagons tiIlrd w'h
U,wrrs. Al the cemetery they asScnlhleu on
the rortto nI the lI3c mansion, where hces;t-
,,,ns from the surrounding counties Of 'lrgta-
=, and MARYLAND iplncI them. AZ t. ocock
,h,, committee OF arrangements, co:iSlatlnS OF
,',utain j. ". Drew, twenty third Virginia
,w.lry; \. y. i. Garnet, mcdlcal director y.
:. A.; ". II. llatmo", ien'l' lrs"' =: caval-
-. Mai Il ll."yer!ord Forty srsrnth irslnla
..i,utry, Phil Il. Riley, First Virginia inialr
.r,. ". G. King, Light Artillery Blues nt Nor
eli. 4. NJ. rubman, Seventeenth Virginia;
jain Hanna lnbuIca' y stall; Chas. Wilson,
r,r,t Nicriuia, arranged themselves at the en-
!c:nrr to tie uilualun.
In III, crowd were H,v Ar. bcalc, E. ID.
u,r,l., ranr. ". j. Carey (whu was in The
Union army,) H. ". Garncit, Major ihL
lIunyrriori, E. l.. Maury, Charles WILSON. A.
II, Young, \. IL. Harmon, Capt. W. IL; lar
RS, lnmucl lltury, ". /. Hayley. a. Il. ia
leg, Thomas NJ. TosDn, DR.. an Camp. Jos
s;obinson, and tGc following from thus cry -
Major james NJ. SteuArt, Capt. II ~. SMITH
t,pi. William Smith, and Joseph NawnoI'
lhc party WAS made liz comfortable ~ possible
al iiin fry
Frederick Illut!ulam ana his a,a'!ata'Its
Can't. Dew caIi,i the assembling: I" order,
and stated tla = procession conasting "i two
r,iumrs wGuli be formed u0d.r the command
af Henry Gaructt auii William Harmon, and
,r,crrfi 10 the cemetery, whrre the graves
;vnun H., decorated. lie then introduced hrv.
AIR E,alc. pastel l.! the First BAPTIST Church,
;,,orrciown, aud i,rnrrlr Captain ul the
Ninth Nir.ini, cavalry, who Offered prayer.
The coliluus were iurlucd and pr'rteIr4 I" tue
northern portion ct the c"nielcry, where are
,ut2rrr, nlnc Confederate olll:rrs ANA two hnn
,irc,! and twenty five pllvltcs, aud the graves
.irc marked by wooden headhoaidS Inc pro
...%,i,,u GA arriving at the plar" where til" ON
t.I.rlt,, are buried wls received with = salute
# thirty ci.hi qua. the decoration followed,
and the graves were covered with II lWrtS. ana
q, ,il,tiuciiru was made bctHtcn the Unl)n
and Confederate soldiers buried IN the 'ucahtY
The slrryiug lasted about one hour, alter which,
;hr PROCESSION was reformed and marched back
t. t!lt MANSION, where 1t VAS Dismissed. Among
those present were large number oil ladies aud
,,ytral * officers OF the lln"u army, who par
sl'iratcd in The decoration.
TL,. ton.ha ni George Washington lark
tus,is and his wife, Mary H. Gusts, we're
.,nn ',,i ,,,,n iir;nn soldiers. WAS literally
''"''" ~ A. 'low TE y, Mar,l,oj n,i after
ave" u ~ ,'t'' '''''', =, In ,.n,,.t.rv mar
''' ;''' 1fm 1901 Iro, this civ anal can
~ u, l,or,,;,,,, c.,cn,,n;ra 'rtr D:riy
.,,.,.i,,,I. "a :, l,r,i, number of The graves OF
:h. ru;.:r,lrruc deaf! Ia The extreme southern
;'"i"n 81 t!'', 'srm'itr} have been removed ny
''inn one, amt there ~ ""'"''S ""'''''' ~ W.
'"nat' thru'-
.r ,.,.r,r. p,,,o,,,,.j, fran,
lhh' '"''N ; '''r''' o''' ~
tho cadet Eata'on. nov making h' TRIP up
l.. canal have been received at Tins othce a
follows:
ilARpEE'5 FERRY, June t. l%!'.
Ihc ST John Cadets arrived here safely :"
SO thus lnoruinr. All are Well and enjoying
themselves notwithstanding the bad weather
VIII leave IN al hour Tor Shrphcrd5'own.
;inErnEED%roWN. ". VA, June !, lH.'.
,a,Icis on hoard, arrived here at I'D =. III. to
LAY. The boys al we'll ana enl'y'ns themselves
81 'l't :" tnr ''i M,n,,,.i :; ,,rn,sc;nt trm
~. ' 'I ," ;, .,,'nip i.n. r,lirn wti.
fI'" .' , ,. Ia lax ~ Eiurl,y npl Ii if
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES " Y. Jim, :. r.
~. i,aro bnr,,i 10 -, m and If the weather
VII 1,a,, ,,si,r ,r.,;n Al Iaru,,s Fclry
.r.t c',,,,.. n,i,I lnr,r down.
LIE NE" LINE Tic " aS"''S''' '''''' "
the has'ifoEc Dun gives ''| ''''o"'"I III ''F','"
TO the new r!vtr ire mentioned IN TIC "aHrI''
Yesterday: Negotiations nave lnr several "a1 =
Lac,