Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-02-05


| MYSTERIOUS ArfAfn fSAtrxaSpRr,.TA, X.
4 maias Of Tsro Murdered Children Dtseov,,ed bt
| Ghostls RscelattoHS The Alexandria Gazette OF
yesterday has the following rartic ulars of singu.
lar development in that CITY: On Saturday morn.
that the remains Of an infant had been found In
| the house No. IL Wolf street, opposite the Old
! Brewery. This house belongs to James Green,
Esq is two-story brick, lead colured, with 4
covered porch in front, has during a number OF
years been let 10 different families and Is at present
occupied by Capt Goodrich. Coroner Chancello,
having been Informed Of the fact, summoned a
jury, which met at the house at4 O'Clock on Satur.
day evening, and great was their surprise and as
constituent, as well as Of the crowd which attend
ed, upon ascertaning that instead of one the re-
mains Of two well developed children had been
found jammed In the cuddy holes under the caves
OF the roof The witnesses gave the following
evidence:
Henry Taylor testified that he had occupied the
upper room, adjoining the space in which were
the caves OF the house, for the past i've or six
months, and that during the whole of that time
ne had been frequently ANNOYED and alarmed in
the night by unearthly noises coming from these
spaces; that on Thursday night he was awakened
by something knocking heavily against his bed
post; that he arose and struck light, but upon
90 doing, nothing was discovered; that on Friday
night he again heard noises emanatinp from the
dark spaces that on Saturday morning, having
heard that old Mrs Rye had died I'm the house
about year ago, he thought that perhaps she
had hid some treasure during her life, and that
her spirit was uneasy about IL, and wanted some
one to md u; that on Saturday morning, having
failed to induce Mr.. Cheshire to accompany him.
he had, with lighted candle, entered the space
through small door opening into the room he
occupied, and had found jammed in one of the
c1ady, holes between the rafters, under the caves
Of the house, the sewed up leg of a pair of black
pantaloons; that upon seeing this, an indescriba-
bic sensation pervaded his W hole frame and that
he hastily retreated from the place; that he then
Iynnf Anxur ,tafr aa1 f.,I.
come up to bis room, and that then, while Mr..
Cheshire held the light he re entered the loft and
brought out the bundle. upon opening which,
eneased first In rags and next in lime-was the
dried, stitened, and mummy-like remains Of an
Infant, with all It's appendages attached
Ephrai,1 Cheshire testified Lives In the same
housei that the females In the house had often
heard strange noises coming from the unfreouent.
ed spaces, and that they believed the house was
haunted: had been asked by TAYLOR to help him
In the search, but had declined doing So saw the
pantaloons leg when it was brought out; saw 1t
cut open; saw the rags which come then into
view, then saw the coating of lime; (Dr Cham
cellor tested the material by chemical reagents,
and found II to be the carbonate Of lime) saw as
the lime was removed, something protruding,
which resembled a child's foot called for the
females in the house, who came and said 1t was
a human foot; saw, as the lime was gradually
removed, the legs, thigh, abdomen, chest, and
head, with fine coating Of hair, the color of
which had been removed by the lime upon II.
Also, saw another man, after Mr. TAYLOR had
made his search, enter the space and hand ont
therefrom-having found 1t In a cuddy hole at
the other extremity Of the roof-a bundle, made
Of portion Of an old coat, in the inside Of which
were found the detached portions Of the skeleton
Of another well developed and vable child; at
the time the second bundle was handed out, a
half sheet Of the "Charestown Eree Press con-
tanning an advertisement dated February, 1860,
came with It,
M. J. ID. Hxmphriss corroborated the above
evidence.
This being all the facts educed by the examina-
ton OF witnesses, the jury returned the following
verdict:
That they are unable to find when, how, and
by what means the infants came to their death;
but from the circumstances they believe that
death was feloniously caused by some person or
persons unknown"
The paper, rags, clothes, &c, found near the
remains were, by order of the Coroner preserved
Though no clue as yet attaches itself % the So
luton Of the terrible mystery hanging over these
proofs of guilt, the Investigations which have
Deen instituted, Will be pursued diligently, and
hopes are entertained that the perpetrators Of the
crime will eventually be brought to justice
The CONCERT Of the choir Of the English I.u-
theran Church, for the benefit of st. Johns Ger.
man Lutheran Church, given last night at tho
Tenth street Baptist Church. was well attended
and the performance excellent, and highly salts.
factory to the lovers Of good music assembled
Where every part was so well performed 1t is no
easy task to particularize Still we must mention
the opening anthem, with full choir and organ
accompaniment, which, notwithstanding their
being at opposite ends Of the church. was rendered
In the most superior manner. Miss Thomson
sung the " Gamblers Wife, in excellent styie.
Misses Harriet Conner, oslu nj Uttermuehle, Sarah
Parkhurst, and In fact all the young Misses sang
admirably. The Particle Family sung better
than we remember ever having heard this sim
gularly gifted family as before. Mr.. J. III Self
fert conducted the performance with ability, and
Mr.. w. 6. Parkhurst presided at the piano &C
ceptably
CENTER MARKEr-This morning the supply
offered at this market, though not as extensive as
we have seen, was sufficient for the demand, and
OF superior quality The representation Of farmers
and gardeners from the surroundng country were
meagre but the licensed dealers made ND for their
absence. The approaches to the market were In
rather better condition than for some time past
and the consequence was more numerous attend
ance Of ladies than during the late Indictment
season The prices were not materially changed
from those quoted in the Star last week Poultry
not very Plentiful, was selling at prices averaging
about II cents per 10. Country pork, scarce at
81 per 100 lbs. The fish market begins to attract
attention, the returns Of the winter fishing pre-
senting an increased supply of rock large at SO
cents to 81 per pair; small per bunch, 25a35 cents
perch, do; white shad, 81 .25aSl 50 per pair
The hay market offered an average supply, prices
ranging from 20 to % cents per 100 lbs.
|. THE METROPOLITAN RrFLRs-This corps had
dress drill last night at their quarters, the
sold Trinity Church, Fifth street Seventy
elSnt men answered 70 roll call, about fftV of
whom were in the uniform of the company
grey JAG kets black pants, and the modern fatigue
caps. This uniform will look well on a large
corps, when the complete equipments of the
). Army are added. The com pany was divided
into two squads, those uniformed and those not,
which were separately drilled by Sergeants Burr
and hilburn. and gained the applause Of a large
number Of spectators some Of whom, l.. s Army
officers, complmented them upon the progress
made by them.
THE TREASON INvEsTIGATIOx.-The Commit
tee Of Five are pursuing their Investigations with
regard to the proposition set forth by the Rich
mond Enquirer some time since, for the seizure Of
the Capitol and the forts Of Virginia prior to the
4th Of March. Gov. Hicks, Of Md, has not aud
probably will not be summoned to appear before
the committee. The testimony 30 far indicates
that the attack was contemplated, but the failure
to drag Maryland into the secession programme
mas caused its abandonment Deputy-Sergeaut-
alarms Clayton has been dispatched to Baltimore
with summonses for Capt Cipriani Ferrandini.
o. X. Hertland and Philip T. Dawson, to appear
before the committee to-day.
"THAT's A JOKE - Where's Binnv o',-The
great play Of" Our American Cousin at Home, -
with It's life, fun, wit, sentiment, Dundreary
puns, Rosslyn yawns, touches, Of young, old and
middle-aged America, Ethiopian delineatons tall
skating for the million, brilliant scenic diplays,
and general grand combination Of all that tends
to make performance amusing entertaining. ab-
sorbing, and all that sort Of thing continues in
nightly demand at the theater. Weknow of some
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