Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-31

CHURCH SERVICES, &c., TOMORROW
GuEISr CsURcu-Service ST II a. III. by Raw.
d.. Walker.
ST. PAUL's CuURcu-servico at II 6. III. by
Rev. DIR. Norton.
GRACE CuURCu-No service.
ST. MARY's CHURCI-MAss st and II g..
m: Vespers at p. nj.
UNION PREsBYr'N. CHURCH (First Church,
Service in the morning and night by Rev. DR..
Bullock.
SECOND PgEsBYT'N. CHURcI1-Sorvica nj II
g. m. and 8 p. m. by Rev. Mr. Dinwiddie.
METH. EpIs. CHURCH-Servicc At IL =. IL.
by Roy. Mr.. Pearce and D. N. by Rev. W.
q. Webb.
MEru. Er1s. CHURCH souru-Sorvice NJ II
a. m. and S p. m. by Rev. w. X. Boyle.
METH. Prot. CHURcu-Service al II a. 10.
and ! p. m. by Rev. w. Il GrahaIo.
BAPTIST CHURcH-Seryicc st II IL. III. en! :
p. IN, by Rev. Mr.. Ponick.
GERMAN LUTHEEAN-No service.
YOUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN AssocIATIoE.-
Prayer meeting in tho Meth. Epis. Church st
4p, IN. Aims House at q p. NJ jail al -. n:
Open cir meeting at the Canal basin at 5 10 and
on Vinegar Hill st Gt p. NJ, and next Friday
night. ut O'clock. on tho cornor Of Aing end
Royal sta.
Our SCHooLS.--ihe public schOcia Ct cur
city will DO reouenati> as usual. on Monday
next. The Clerk ot' ;he School Board Will be
IN attendance y. inn Superintendent oihce'
Peabody building. every day dutcg next week
from 9 g. N, uut:! :: =. H. To grant permits; on
Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday
for the white And wi Friday aud Saturday tor
hi. coored Hchjul+. The Office vii! not I've
opened On MONDAY ihn 9th. Applicants must
present their father city capitasion tax receipt
and must have been varcinatcC. Tlr city naHl-
ialIon tax is cp.y Iity CENTS, and IS to b. paid
to MIR. Hill or Mr.. Field. al the tax collectors
office. market buil3ir;r. Superintendent Carne
r, nmesta W. 70 say thar whilst he is always roadv
10 give Information rs TO public school matters
=. his Office or On the street, he caupot see
,,rraIus on such business at ST. john; Aead
c.av HE entire tilao Willie tIiara being devoted
10 TEACHING Til. Clerk c:si, answer all eruu.
r,rs a. woll 81 he. and he will DO specially 90.
,.yrs,; all next week.
The public schools will have The same teach.
crs AS last year and FROM the specimens of their
,ymk exhibited at tho final examination, we
I.c justified in saving that nowhere IL better
instruction piycu.
+, students from abroad, and To those smoag
our own peop!e whn las;re to pursue higher
studies than gro taught ia the public schools,
ar who urefer private oucs, our city aGd it's
.;cio;.v oirsr special Inducements. Exceeding
T., h.nlthv emirrn,iv scressjtln and highly
,ur m re- nasrnoas f. ths fracri ,an;tsl eivcs
AlcvunJris peculiar .!vsotares Us an educ.
tino.l crptre' and that these advantages have
hnen jmrroycd. The long array Of advertisements
n our columns ahuniantly proves. Our teach
era nrc all men and women OF high culture and
,nuch exparicrc,, aud they need bus trial TO
,,,.yince rarcrts that their schools are as good
~ can b.! iound anywhere. We glVd tnu l0!-
,awinr rcsnmc:
10 open Oh Monday, September 2d--St.
Johns Academy, Richard l.. Carne, A. Nj,
PRINCIPAL; 10th session.
Alexandria Academy. John s. Beach, PIN
cipa; 81 ). session.
ST.. Mary'a Academy, Sisters Of tho holy
Cross.
Mrs. Sarah L. Padgott'a Schoo! for Young
l..d.cs Girls and Small Boys.
Ga Monday, September 9th--Mount Vernon
Institute, Miss Nj. a. Roach. Principal.
Miss a. X. SWANS School Tor Girls and
little Boys.
On Monday, September lG.h-ll. L. llonry's
School lor Boys; l7Ih session.
Bell, liaycn Institute, q. A. Pcn!Gk and
Garter Pag,, Associate Principals
Home School Tor Girls and Little Boys, by
the Misses BroGdus.
Ga Wednesday, September tho lSth-poto-
mac Academy, John :. blackburn, Principal;
10th session.
ALEXANDRIA Female Seminary, The Misses
Greene, Princinals.
Nlisa Mary Il. JohnSton = Schoa ior Boy.
l,stilutc, Miss Rebecca T.. Powell, Prircipal.
On Monday, September .ajsl.-1ho Episcopal
niph Schoc Of Virginia (thrce miles from the
city) l.. II, Rlackiori, \. NJ, Principal; 35;b
ress,ou.
Miss Suumcrs, n75 kiog street, will give
Instruction on the piano AMI guitar.
Miss II. NJ. Purcell will rge lessons in In
trumental anh Vocal Music, also in thorough
Bass, at 10 Prince street.
For .Alcxandrians and others dcSi,de 20
educate their children away from home. We
present the following list OF excellent schools:
RocLiand School for Girls, Sandy Springs,
Md, opens September 18Th, Henry Q. Hal
lowell, n. NJ. Principal
Kenmore High School, near Amherst T.. FL,
opcus September 18th, II. A. Strobe, lfnel
phi; 7th session.