Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-22
The Potomac Buptiss 4ssor,u7,uu.

tCOi reapoGdtGco OF the h'uxnrUri.. G.Zcl,u |
WATERFORD. august I9-rh9 Potomac
Bagtla Association which he's been H. sts,ien
here sluce Wednesday Eoturg, will cIo.e to
day. TITS Is The lis meeting Ut lku knd ercr
held Nth this CHURCH. uud Euc u,dt il due
! the pastor. Ed.r +. 4. WArreu, Iyr tho sue.
ccssluI maLuci 10 which il has been ooudue ed
The Serslocs orc held IN y beautiful locust grove
within lew yards Ut tho ohuich. This g,oyc
- tho properly OF e., Ii. tloliogsHcrth. u uian
Der OF the Society OF fii1nds, aud he is rtalnty
| cotitIcd to ihn thanks. not only tt tho B4pts
! cturch, but OF the vsss c,uoGurse Of people
who haVe assembled beneath. md CT pyud Il,
| beautiful shade, the past three days. Bu: Mr..
| II. ls not alone 10 his ee5cros iy. The tthy,
| denominations here have each vi ID with the
othtr IN their efforts t, mtk Thu meolng
| sucorss.
Waterford is weather beaten, anc;eot loak
| ing toWo, whoee cl!lZsps arc forever setkipg
| tho cool stquesttrei saado, AID mixrg little
| with tho toll and Wnu!t that furnishes life to
other VILLAGES, but wo wish here, to put our
selves upon record ls saying, that for genuine
| Ga fashioned Virginia hospitality, sho can't be
| b.st, and know, that Thousands who, 10 the
last few days. have psraken of her good things
and shared Der generosity, Elt pendent Of scot,
Will soy amen. to this proposition.
Baptist meetlrgi are generally we'll attended
but this has b,cn uru3uslly 50. Almost overy
section OF the Stete is represented, whiIo Llu=
douo, Fsuqu!er and Jefferson counties bsye
turned out 90 mss5o.
MANY eminent ministers Gre pres iut and the
preaching has been very 6ns. OF tho vi.i;irg
clergy We noIloo DR.. Griffith. OF N. g.; Dr..
Hatcher. of Ricbmocd; W. A. Pearson of Pc
terbburR; s. Is. Shepherd. Of Charloscwa, W.
Va; DR.. Whitp!e, cf A!exsudria, and macy
othsrs whose names We did not learn.
Waterford charge hos been in laoeu'shirg
condition Tor many years, but judging from the
interfs: manifested on this occasion and know.
lng Elder Warren to bo 40 sc.ive worker, We
predict brighter future, and ticcereIy homo
the pastor may live TO $40 this clurch ll)ut>
ishing one.
The meeting closes to night already pa.tioes
bave com nencad. and those from distance
are loaViog for home. We hope. however, tho
good results may bs seen and felt for ruapys
day. JABEE,
A. T. STEwlRT's BoSEs-Acting upon
mysterously worded note, accompanied by
painting on which was marked at ono point
Stewards body is buried here New York do.
tectiVes are engsged in digging in Cypress Hill
cemetery for the remains of the late a. T,
Stewart, locality having baen discovered in IN
unused part OF The cemetery corresponding al.
mos' exactly with the painting. At last &C.
CO. nts nothing had boon discovered which would
lead TO the supposiLion that the detectives ware
on the light track. Tbs IA ost important devel.
0pmentls contained in some dispatches from
judge Henry Hilton MIR. Stewards executor,
"nicn 90 10 show that the remains of the dead
mlillonAire nave not heretofore been recovered,
despite the many publications made leading to
such impression.