Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-09-12

TIE SKooxD WARD DRAFT Msxrrsa.-Tn
response 10 call published in the Star OF Sat
urday, number OF the citizens Of the Second
Ward met IN dermania Hall and were called
TO order by Mr.. ]. W.SpauldIug.
Mr.. J. Il. Barr was called to the chair and
J. W. Spaiding was elected secretary tempo
rarily.
TO be to take measu res TO fl the wards quota
of men for the army before the approaching
draf'.
be appoin ted to prepare plan OF operation,
and report st q future meeting. Carried.
The Chair appointed Messrs. ]. W. Spaul-
ding, H. c. Stewart, S. A. Peugh, j. II. Sess-
Mr. Roose moved that the committee be in
structed TO report resolution requesting the
ward delegation in the City Councils to Gu
deavor to obtain an increase or bounty from the
Councils; which was adopted.
Those present was evidently In favor OF a
plan to fiji the quota or the ward by recruits or
substitutes before the draft, and to this end
propose the raising OF bounty fnnd.
THANKSGIVING FOR FICroRIEs.-Ths ser
vices in all the churches in this city yesterday
were of a peculiarly interesting character in
consequences of the general compliance with
the Presidents recommendation that thanks
giving be offered for our recent victories
Proper prayers in conformity with the recon-
mendation of the Chief Magistrate were of.
fered In the Episcopal churches the prayers
appointed by the Bishop were said; and at DR..
Halls church, after the services had been con-
cluded and the con aggregation were leaving the
church, the organist struck up the oStar span
sled Banner" and played 1T in magnificent
style
In Baltimore most Of the churches also OBJ
served the day; but the American states that
"Some OF the Episcopal Clergy, whom we
might suppose consider themselves as belong
ing rather to the Church Of the Confederate
United STATES of America as the title page OF
their affairs read" failed to comply with the re-
quest of their Bishop and the President. Some
left town in order to avoid the service.s
FIREs.-About 4 o'clock on Saturday morn.
ing, a fire was discovered in an upper room of
Sandersons Marylan Hotel, Navy Yard and
on opening the room q bedstead and bed was
found in light blaze, and some wood work
had caught, but fortunately officers Shelton
and Duvall and the proprietor extinguished
the flames before much damage was done. 1t
is thought to have had its origin In some chill.
dren playing with matches in the room.
About 9 O'clock yesterday morning, fire
broke out in the carpenter shop in the alley
between L and N and 9th and 10th streets, be-
longing to John w. Simms. The police Of the
adjacent beats were soon on the spot and aided
the firemen in tearing down the building, and
so prevented the flames extending to other
pre- .,erty. A very heavy storm OF rain at the
tille prevented the spread of the fire, for
although large Goals were carried by the wind
distance from the building, they were extin-
tinguished by the rain. 1t is supposed to have
been the work OF an incendiary.
MISUNDERSTANDING night, W. ii. Lowe went
to the house of Henry johnson, alias Richard
Anderson, colored and arrested him as de-
serter. johnson refused to go with Lowe. when
some words ensued, and he stepped back and
fired two or three shots from pistol. One
took effect in Johnson's knee joint, the other
between his navel and right breast. johnson
was taken into his house, and DIR. Finn was
called to him, and pronou need the wou nd in
the side mortal. Lowe was arrested by OH GER
Gladmon a few moments after the shooting,
and was confined in the station house. John
son died about 9 o'clock Sunday morning
The coroner held an inquest, and the jury re-
turned verdict according to these facts. The
verdict also duplicates Henry Nicholson, who
was with Lowe at the time, but Nicholson has
not been arrested. We are informed Lowe
was n OF regularly appointed q detective, but
acted as an assistant to one OF the United States
detectives.
INQUEsT-Yesterday, the coroner held an
inquest in view ofthe body ola cOlored woman,
name unknown, who was drowned in the Pc.
tomac near the aqueduct bridge 1t appeared
from the evidence that she attempted to cross
the bridge, and was arrested by the guard and
placed in the guardhouse. She suddenly made
an effort to escape, and running past the guard
either slipped or jumped from the bridge into
the river, and was drowned before aid could
reach her. The jury returned verdict &C.
cording with the evidence. and also that de-
ceased was not OF sane mind, and was in DIES.
titute circumstances.