Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-28

| ed al the same place next ououay, auu o'e'
| Sunday thereafter until further notice. =
meelios was held 10 thu Friends meeting
house, en- st. Asaph street, 10 the afternoon
| which was addressed by Deborah Wharton ant
Sarah Hopes, of Philadelphia. Iho a'|enu
ance was vefy large, many rcTsops beng ua
able 10 obtain seats.
The CONFEDERATE DEAD.-Thc Washing
ton Republican has the following -
\ meeting of the Southern Memorial ASSo
citation vas held Saturday afternoon lor IN;
purpose e making arrangements Tor decorating
! The graves Of the Confederate dead on the III
| Of June. The President, DR.. \. !. L. Garnttt
presided, with Mr.. Henry W. Garnett aet'
! ing SIS recording secretary. Eu!ogica Of Tue
| life aaA character Of the late Charles L. Har'
mon, vice president Of the aSsOe!at'on, we're pro
| bounced i,g Nlossrs. john Hanna and Mills
Dean. u,
\ conni.tec consisting OF Messrs. Henry w.
Garrett, Mills Dean and Johu Hauna, was ap'
pointed to draft suitable re3ouHo2s TO the
| memory ct the deceased.
The committee retired, and soon atter re:
turned and reported appropriate resolutions OF
respe.t to the memory Of their dead comrada;
which were unanimously adopted. a commit.
Tee % uCCbldllOG hao appoin'NN, .'N'Ho -
Ncesrs. William Harmon, James Robertson,
Charles Wilson, Major Hungerlord, aud a. NJ.
| Tubmau, and the president DR.. a. y. I. Gar,
nett, and treasurer, j, W. Drew. and cor
responding secretary, Henry W. Garrett, as
es oiicio members Of The committee. On mo-
ton, the committee vas increased two to repre-.
sent the city OF Alexandria, and by order ct
the association the chair appointed Colonel Ar
thur Herbert to represent that city With the
arivi!ese of the appointee selecting his asso-
ciata The commilIo3 on decorations was To-
sruc.ci to meet at the Office of Dr. Garnett
Tueadag AFTERNOON.
TIE LATE DR.. MIrRPuY.-The funeral OF
the late Dr.. Francis J. Murphy took place On
Saturday afternoon AID was Target attended.
La accordance with the expressed desire OF the
deceased, tie tuuclaI was Q very quiet one
and marked by She absence Of ali display. Al
ter sarVicc for the Dead at the residence Of
Mrs. Wood, where Dr. Murphy died. by Rev.
\. p. Heating, Of 81. Mary's Church, the re-
mains were conveyed to st. Mary's Cemetery,
followed By large concourse Of friends, on
foot, the deceased having directed that no car
riaras should be allowed at his iuncral. The
nall. bearers were Drs Lewis, S!abler, French,
Gibson, kIipsteiu and Powell. The fiual scr
vice we're read at the Cemetery, and the re.
mains were oobSgnel TO The faulty vault, which
was immediately walled up. DE- Murphy
made will, by which be left his two houses
on the corner Ct Duke and Fairfax streets, 10
the Conference Of st. Mary, Of tue Society OF
ST. Vincent of Paul, Of which he was 4 mem.
Der, to be used for charitable purposes. His
furniture he lcf. to Mrs NJ a. Wood, ct
whose residcnca he had lived for some time
past. Ills medical library, very valuable one,
be bcoueathcd to DR.. Beale, of Washington,
who was very attentive to him while at ProVi'
Jence Hospital, some years since Messrs.
Richard j. and Wm. +. Carne are appointed
! his executors.
COUNTY Court. The May term Of the
County Court, Judge James Sangster prosidiog
was held to-day.
James I. Close was granted q certificate to
obtain license to practice law.
An account Of Il. II. Lucas for 5000 Was
ordered to be paid.
Charles W. Payne qualified as Supervisor
Tor Washington district.
Board Of Supervisors vs.. The Georgetown
| and Fairfax Turnpike; notice OF motion lcdi
motion dockeled and rule and continued.
| Licenses to sell liquor were granted to LaIkiO
| Patton, Patrick llynes, Anon Woodward and
others
Thc last will and testament Of Richard South.
| ern was admitted to probate. The executors
declining, Henry W. Febrey qualified as ad
miuistrator W. ". ,.
CommonweaIth vs.. B. N. Rothery; assault
aud battery; appeal dockcted and continued.
Moses Wilson, Daniel Walker and Andrew
Wilson we're relieved Of their capitation tax or
account Of age and iuhrmity.
Nlrs. Auuio Roberts, Il. i. Anlow and Johr
Temple we're relieved Of erroneous assessments
ARRESTED.-rhe Washington corresp onden
Of Tie Baltimore Gazette says
go. day Detective Pointer, of Baltimore
brought TO this city Charles Groedell anc
turned him over 10 the Washington authorities
! GroedclI had been engaged 10 this city with B
| Ullman in the Junk business, and about May 8
a check camc from q firm 10 Baltimore tt
Messrs. GroedelI & Ullman amounting to $3.50
which Groedell had cashed and absconded witt
the money, together with $500 worth OF silver
ware belonging to UlIman. The police author
tiles Of this city notified the authorities Of othc
cities aud Groede!! finding there was 20 chanc
Tor him to escape gave himself up to Detcctiv
Pointer last night.
Both Groedcl and UIlman formerly rcsid et
i6 this city and are well known here.
BASE BALL.-The Kcndel Club from tn
Deaf and Dumb Asylum, in Washington, an
the Howard Cub Of the High School, played
match game Of base ball on Saturday evening
The score resulted: kandells, 80; Towards. p
II is rerottch that some OF the deaf aud DUN
niue suddenly recovered their speech 90 thel