Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-12-12
Georgetown Correspondence.

GEORGETOWN, December IL, 1853
The remains of Miss Williams, sister of Mrs
Bodisco, who died in st. Petersburg. Bussia several
months ago, reached II city on Saturday. and were
inferred in Oak Hill Cemetery, yesterday morning
at II O'Clock.
A fire occurred on yesterday morning. about two
O'Clock, in a small brick house, situated near the
Catholic Church, and occupied by 4 family of Irish
persons, named Sullivan. The building, together
with most OF the fiIrn ture, &c, consumed. The
building, we learn, belonged 10 Mrs. Mosher and
was uninsured.
The editor of the independent. of this city, in his
issue OF Saturday, undertakes defence of Senator
Bright. Do you not think ii strange for a rabd
wing to roiunteer a defence of an ultra Democrat
against an imaginary attack: Will the honorable
Senator thank him for il?
Quite crowd of persons were collected about The
watch house yesterday morning, in consequence of
report being spread abroad that officer Thomas had
on the night before. arrested individual
IN the description gwen OF Mcpherson Styles, who
murdered a man IN Anne Arundel county. Md,
some days past and for whose arrest the Governor of
| Mary land had offered reward of 5000 But upon
an investigation before Justice Rraver it was dis
covered that the individual arrested bore about as
much resemblance To the description OF the murder
er az the cOrpuient proportions of of the spicy
editors OF the Star does To the ghost OF Hamlet The
murderer being represented as man five feet eight
| inches high full face, with heavy whiskers and
moustacte while the individual arrested i narrow
faced beardiesS youth, about twenty years of age.
lie was also recognized by several of the drivers at
| tachrd TO the Union line of OmnihuseS as n Young
man from Baltimore by the name of James Henry
| Spreddy. We would remark. however. that he ac
knOWiedged during the investigation that he had been
| engaged IN some thrilling affair i'll Baltimore, which
caused Inn TO leave, tearing an arrest. Upon TINS
confession, Justice Reaver committed him TO i;til
until he could get hearing from that city. We do
hope, if similar should ever occur that il will
he investigated ut an early hour III the day, and
keep an innocent person, THIS one was $50 rr as
the charge OF murder Il concerned.) shut up the
cell of cold watch house until one O'Clock IN the
afternoon, and until he was nearly persisted with the
| cold.
The Rev. s. Il. Cox delivered, on Yesterday morn
Ing his farewell sermon before leaving for his new
field OF la' r, To which he has been arpointed a.
| President OF Madison College, FFnnS,l yania. H.,
also delivered last night. the closing lecture of the
series, which he has been delivering upon the doc
tunes OF the Roman Catholic Church. The church
on Congress street crowded It's utmost tension
and m?Hy had To return home, BEND unable to gain
adnIIttdHcr. The lectures are represented by com
ptr.it Judges ni all denominations. who have heard
thcm as mIsrry efforts and we'll calculated to cS
cite curiosity, and caIi>c Investigation into the
several points treated o IN them by his hearers 1t
may ne proper Tor Us Ia remark that the best
| order and dccOrum has been observed during their
delivery and every effort made upon the part of the
members o! The church accommodate all of the
! imnrn%c tFrGHg that has attended them.
Large quantities OF flour and grain have reached
our market dining the last few DAYS. Sales of the
former AT >6.6212 a. 500; wheat II 81 IA 81 40 for
red and Sl43 a sl.Ii for white; corn. whltr and
yellow, is IT. 10c1S. Pork continues arrive freely
| 10y wagons, and Is selling at s. - "a 500.
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