Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-26

Inc lcRCnelS having SpelloC luOSt Cloliitapiy
| VIM. L. VIII was tho successful contestant.
Professor McGilvrsy closed the proceeding
| in briefly reviewing what people too frequentl.
think OF teachers duty, imagining that they ar
anything but human, and closing with feS
remarks upon "kecitaton.'
PERSONAL Senator j. w. Johnston ant
| Major Jed. Hotchkie5 arc going to PcnnsylVa
ria to speak IN the interest Of emigration L
this State.
Rev. ". G. Webb, formerly Of this citi
| preached at Symmetrical camp meeting yes
terdsy .n0rrlng. aud will preach again to
night Mr.. Webb will visit his old friends ir
this city this week, ind will preach in the NJ
r.. Church next Sunday hight.
City Sergeant Lucas, whise serious illncss
ha1 been heretofore noticed, is, his many
friends will bo glad to learn. much better TO-
day. lie passed quleter night last hight
than for week past.
Rev tlr. Suter, the new rector OF Christ
church, will preach his first sermon there on
tho 18Th proX,, the third Sunday OF Septem-
Der.
Fir. }. y. jordan, formerly of this city, er-
rived here last night from Memphis. lie re
port, that all oi tho AlexaGdrians have left tho
city, except NJ. James t. Walsh, who still re-
n!aiH9. Of the lilly thousand people belonging
10 the city ouy about ten thousand remain. -
Most of the refugees arc encamped at Camp
Williams, about three nils from tho city.
SocIErr IrEMs.-The following society
stems arc taken from the Washington Sunday
Herald -
Miss Anna Douglass Gray, of Loosburg. tho
acknowledged bello of Virginia, is at present On
on Il visit TO friends in Winchester, Va. Hiss
Gray is a blonde with an exquisite complication,
and in addition TO beng remarkably beautiful and
"fsG s y9se Of n 70 sGee
Of thAt gay little town.
Colonel Mostly, who has just accepted the con,
by his daughter, Miss May, who has been the
belo Of Orkney this summer, and by his oldest
son, beverly, when no proceeds to his post OF
duLy.
''Mrs.Thomas and her daughter, Miss Eugenie,
left Carou Springs last Monday, and are now
visiting Mrs. Tuly, wilu of Colonel Tuly at WIN
chester, Va"
John A. Dixon. esq. and family, and Miss
Manic Graham, have returned homo from Or
kroy.
The Misses Packard, Of The Theological Som
mary, haro also returned from tho mountains.
TIE YELLOW FEVER. ---Thero were several
wild rumcrs of yellow fever cases in tho city or
passing through, yesterday, all OF them entirely
Without foundation. Those reports woro also
circulated 10 Washington and caused consldera'
Bile excitement there. Tine leading physicians
of the city say that oct only is there no yellow
fever here but that the city is unusually free OF
Sickness of:ll kinds.
a letter received here by a gentleman from
A relative in Memphis, states that affairs arc IN
4 terrible state there and that some OF the Alex.
.gdrians there "are 10 want of many things.
Il il suggested that any donations for their beu
etit be left with Mr.. WIN. Murray, at bis store
on King street, whence they will DO forwarded.
As these people have friends and relatives here
their appeal for aid should DO literally answered.
The Alexandria Catholic Beneficial Society.
at its meeting last night, appropriated the sum
Of So for The benefit Of the Memphis sufferers.
The Washington authorities deny the report
e.: existence OF yellow fever there.
polAcE ITEMS. The following cases have
been tried since Saturday.
Charles Smith, colorcd boy, Tor dlscrdor'y
conduct in the market and vagraucy, WAS sent
to the chain gang for fifteen days.
Frank Robinson, colored, for dlsorderly con:
duet on tho stroot and profanity, was fined and
discharged.
Sue Smith, colorcd, for being drunk and dis
orderly On the .trrot, was fined end discharged.
Riley Robinson, colorcd. for stealing watch
from Mrs Niece, was sentenced to receive
fifteen lashcs.
YEsrEnDAY.-l'ho services 10 such OF the
churches 81 were open yesterday were vel!
attended. Rev. hlr. Kepler oftcisted IN ST.
::auts church 10 tho morning. aDd lev Father
NclIuph, Of Washington, in st. Mary 3
cauroh, beth morning aud evening. Christ,
q rac, the Methodist Protestant and BaphsE
churches were closed. a number of member;
Of he GA Sc!oo! Raptist church attended the
snry ices Of their denomination IN washington
Nun orous parties ilao went to tho Vafiou;
Camp moutiuga 10 tho surrounding country anu
in Maryland.
GARNER PIGEON EsTRAY. Capt. Cham
hers Of tho schooner lierSchcI, which arrived
h,.rc on Saturday, reports that Oft Earnegat'
rt !, about slxlcen miles from land, carrier
;i.cou, with paper tied to It's neck, new on
hnarJ ard WAS caught by one Of the crew, who
nlscad il in q coop, where it WIS detained unit
| Tho schnorcr ayrivcll 10 the Potomac Whcr
about bali way III the river the bird was set
liberty. aud, after ciroling around several times
started of Ike shot in = n0rtheasterly dlrco
:icp, ard hay, doubtless ere this, reached 1t
| home. ----
HANDSOME RRslDEscE.. Tho Washiugto1
! Sunday Herald asy5
| "Ground is being broken fer the erection Of
handsome resideuce ut the corner OF Seventeentl
and Ii sircols northwest, to be occupied BY, it
owner, Walter II. DaVidge, esq, the dis1 h1
puishod lawyer. It is one OF the most eligl6l
Sites for residence in tho city, and it is intende
tho building shall DO worthy ct tho Location
! which is in the very heart of the West End
The estimated cost will be in tho neighborhHo'
| Of soO O00'