Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-12-19
EVENING STA r,
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

DEDICATION OF NEW CHURcH.-The mem
bers Of the Wesley Chapel have nearly com-
pleted their church edifce, on the site of their
former building, corner of and Fifth streets.
Instead Of patterning after the most modern
church srchitecture. the iecture-feom Of the
del, but which has been varied by tho archi-
tect, Mr. Morsell, in several particulars. This
plan, as Is we'll known, has the adv antsge Of
securing speaker, no matter how feeble his
voice, q distinct hearing-the sciencs Of acous-
tics being consulted. The seats are 60 ar
ranged that no two tiers are on the same ele-
walton in other words, the occupants Of one
row can see over the heads Of those in front,
while the minister, at glance, can survey
the entire auditory. "A gallery has been.
erected, after the manner of the lecture room
of the Smithsonian institution. The house
Will seat from eleven to fifteen hundred per-
sons. The basement story is large and COM
mOdious, aud is used for the purposes OF Sab
bath school, class rooms, do. The entire
building is heated with furnaces. But we
. merely design to call attention to this beauti-
full church Improvement, and not to attempt
a description Of its interior arrangements.
The public can judge for themselves, next
Sabbath when the dedication will take place
The Rev DR.. Durbin and Bishop james will,
with other eminent ministers Of the'Methodiss
denomination, assist in the ceremonies !: -and
We have no doubt that the proceedip@ WIN be
Of highly interesting shHscssE. u
Isauzsf.-Yesterday, Coroner Woodward
held an inquest IN the First Ward, over the
body Of Lawrence Herney, who died the night
previous. A large number of witnesses were
examined, and among them the attending
physicians, Drs. Msgruder, 8. A Storrow, p.
&. Davis and w. Ii. Newman. After patient
hearing Of all the evidence, the jury seturnsd
the following verdict;
THAT the said Lawrence. Herney, on the
night Of the 10Th instant, was at the house Of
James Gsrritry, on K street, near the corner
of Twenty sixth street, in company with other
Irishmen, who had been drinking; that jas.
Gsrritry, the proprietor of the house, had
called in the watch to arrest some of the party,
who had threatened him that the watch ar
rested the individuals designated by James
Garritry, and in attempting to take them
away they were resisted by this man, among
others, and q riot eusued, wherein they were
forced to use their sticks In self defence; that
the said Lawrence Herney received some
blows, being then In state Of intoxicati0n,
and was afterwards exposed to the cold and
died last night about ten o'clock, and the Jury
believe he came to his death from the effects
Of the three causes mentioned above com!
bined.'
A NEGRO NORMAL School HERE -Accordi
ing to recent sermons or addresses preached
by Henry Ward Beecher, Professor Stowe et
a., in Plymouth church, Brooklyn, the coli
ored female school in this city, cendectedl
under the auspices of an abolitionist named
Miss Minor, is designed to educate its pupils
for teachers Beecher says of il
The school has now forty pupils, Of ca
pacity equal, on the average, 20 white pupils.
They own the building and three aeyesyof
ground. 1t is proposed to raise $50 900 to
erect q more commodious edifce; 81 soc of
this sum hayi .lready been raised. The trus-
tees have power, in case Of necessity, to sell
the property"
In view Of the results Of abolition preaching
and teaching, in the pulpit, on the stump,
through the newspapers, and in secret among
slaves, as demonstrated very recently in va
rious sections Of the slayeholding States, the
quicker the trustees in question sell the prop
erty they hold in our midst, and invest the
proceeds elsewhere, the better.
THEPAIR AT CooMBs' SALOON will positively
be closed on Saturday evening, the 10th inst.
There are many things at present to be sold
or rafied of Persons wishing TO try their
good luck, will do well to give a call and take
chanches Among the beautiful engravings
and books, is 20 be seen a very ancient and
remarkable document, which was written and
sent to the Roman Senate in the time Of Christ,
by Publius Sentulus, Governor in Judes at
that time The Governor having seen Christ
m person, describes him and certain facts 20
his government The document is drawn up
from the manuscript Of the Governor by LIE
Able de Ia Hogue, S. J Professor at Sor-
benps, and translated into English and Ger
man by Rev. Matthias Alig of this city. The
original is certified by The Bev. Mont Mignon,
Vicar at the Cathedral at Paris, and the Rev.
Ach.rd Cononieus, Secretary of the same place
1t Is now in possession Of the Rev. translator,
at st. Asry's church, in this city So"