Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-06-27

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CELEBRATION OF THE FAIRFAX LITERARY
SOCIETY," OF THE EPISCOPAL Hon ScunoL-~
At half past eight o'clock last Eight he r't'l
dent, Mr.. Il. W. Moore, OF Fairfax [. H., after
appropriate remarks OF introduction, presented
the declaimer's medal in graceful terms TO- Mr.;
j. +. B. Beckwith CT Ca, who then dscia'I,''u
with Gpc effect 1.-The Battle Of Lille, Srtc
ton combining the beauty Of poetry and Tue
wisdom Of philosophy.
Next 10 order was the presentation o. :, Tue
Debator's Medal to Mr. =. lea Fto'D, "i ha'.
timore, who handsomely accepted WHAT WAS
handsomely given. A.
The Ealedictory was delivered hy Mr.. j.
Randolph keau, Of Lynchburg. The yonns
speaker in style and spirit well worthy Tue
emulation Of his elders pointed out me causes
| Of the present ioaneial depression OF Virginia.
aud suggested the means necessary to ressof
| alton OF her former glory, urging AZ the nr't
step requisite thereto that her young men OF
Industry, talents aud education. must remain
within der borders and find their fields OF lancr
at home lie showed al accurate kno|ledsc
OF tie history, & strong Interest III the welfare
and Zsa i1r the honor q! his State that can
aot hc toa higa!y commended to the RISING gen
Grafton.
The annual Grafton OF Mr.. Robert Is. Be;ke.
ley, OF the Richmond bar, was mastery effort.
ln language chaste. eloquent and strong' ne
placed before his audience the present ana
pressing clalu.s and duties OF! life, pointing out
the various fields wherein to exercise mat &c.
curate scholarship and manly virtue developed
only ia those schools where knowledge Is ao.
uuired under the Influence Of revealed truth aud
christian faith Much, be said, is the need 10
the pulpit, at the bar, and especially 10 the
political arena. OF men Of character aud ability,
to crowd out the uoscrupuIous trcksters who
nom degrade their callings, and to restore to
the country the pure minister, the just Judge,
and the honest po!itician, who onca adorned
the professions OF our State. The society can
truly congratulate itself on their selection OF al
orator.
Your correspondent with so extended &C.
quaiutancc 10 school aud college suclct'cs can
DOT recall Il more pleasing OCCASION OF the kind
than this celebration, presenting maoy features
u Interest and instruction. Especially would
be call attention To the ease and dignity OF the
speakers. the sound sense and culture evidenced
b. their efforts, AMI urge upon them the fur
Their Development Of those qualities which IN
this day and cnnotry bear so nigh premium.
The oam3 CT this society Is matter OF
mouruiuI interest TO many readers OF the ia
zattc. Il was named by the founders in honor
Of Randolph Fairfax, Of Alexandria, Va, 40
u!u;Duus OF the school who fell at the age Of
20 10 tic great battle Of Fredericksburg, De-
cau1tcr 18Th, 1862, a touching tribute aud
most appropriate monument to the memory Of
oae Who though dying 80 young, LETT namc
glowing With virtues and patriotism even upon
The shiuirG rUii Of Southern heroes. l.. T.. b.
The STORM LAST EvES1Na. The storm
of wind, thunder, lightning aud rain, which
reached here about seven O'Clock last evening,
did very little damage 10 this city, some
broken blinds. a smashed glass or two, and
the Ike, are The only INJURIES reported. On
the i've it compelled all the craft masters 10
keen weather eyes open, but 40 damage was
dcuc. The steamers City of Washington and
City ol Alexandria, each With full compile
mant Of passengers, and the jane Moselcy,
with an excursion party. came out Of the storm
cooler and more c!carly looking than before. n
Wasiin2ian writer thi5 describes he storm
there:
"a dusty looking cloud ia the northwest
threw shado7 over Inc city Just before sunset
las. evening. 1t kept growing bigger aGd
bigger uul it filed hall OF the sky The |
air grew dark, anl people hurried along to
escape the impending storm. More umhreI. !
lss were borrowed 10 fifteen minutes than will
BE- returned 10 year. Thea the storm br9 ke
\ wind swept along the streets ratllug signs
and raising pillows q! dust. The air was SO
thick with dust that ore cOuld hardly sec acrAsS
the street The rcadwaya were swept clean. 1t
was wonder where ali the dust went, but y
good portion o! il was deposited 10 tho i.ous"s
aIang the line of march which happened 10 have
their widows open. Everybody wore their
hats over their eyes. 1t must have been a
pleasure to Marshal Doug lass. ii he was around,
10 observe this. Alter the dust came q heavy
rain shower, which cndcd the programme. It
fell ia big, refreshing drops, and cooled The sui
try atmosphere The wind while it blew Was
slroug, hnt no serious damage is reported.
Weather sharpcra say that this ~ the same
storm which has been making Z tour Of the
couutry, beginning IN California ard paying Hy.
ing visits to the cities along the Pacific railroad,
aad that Inc dust that came with ii was collect
ed in 4 hundred cities. At the rate it was travel
ing when il struck this city it must have reached
Europe early this morelog.'
Ga the liurS of the Virginia Midland aud the
Alexandria and Fredericksburg railroads much
OF tha growing grain was driven hat, anC IN TINS
way, rs we'll as in cases where the harvesting
was but hall douc, there was considerable dam
age. During the storm the lightning struck
tree ia TIC yard Of Major Mutt, at Gullford, on
the WASHINGTON and Ohio Railroad At Lees,
burg the store, WAS one Of the scrercst ever
known, aud the rain fail was SO great that the
branch near the town oVeltl1Wed its banks.
puBlc School EXAMINATIONS. AT Q
o clock this morning, John S. Beach, esq,
trustee, began the examination Of the Wash
iuston school No. |. lie aiterward exam.
iped No. ,, while his brother, Samuel
T. Beach, esq. tormcly principal WaSbiostou
school, but now Of Sbockue Hill Academy,
Richmond. conducted the examination OF No.
| 3. The section Of the SCHOOL 10 the Peabody
bulldog, Nos. 1, ) and 6 WIS examined by
John W. Burke, esq, trustee. All the exam
nations were finished by little after one
clock. This evraiog, ats, His Honor, Mayor
Johnston, vii distribute the cards OF honor to
those cuti,eG to them, at Peabody Hall.
TREspAss IN THE COUNTY, esteFday