Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-03-01

of Capt Wirz, which were removed from the
Arsenal on wednesday last, were Inferred at
Boyle, of ST. Peters Church, o0ciatiaE. Wrz,
IL will recolleeted, was con victed by Military
Commission Of muroerIng prisoners placed
under his charge At Aodersonville. and was
executed on the morning Of the 10th OF Novem-
her, 1e65 An order was ~ that time given for
the delivery OF the body TO Father Boyle, By
but hat order wa countsrmanded, and another
issued directing that il should be- inferred at
| the Arsenal. Father Boyle. who was the spir-
itual adviser Of Wirz, and Mr.. Louis Schsds
| his counsel each promised him 10 see that his
body was given q Christian buriaI After the
remains of Mrs Ssrratt were delivered to her
application, In behalf Of wirz,s family. tor his
| remains. and Mr.. John +. Tucker, of the S,xta
Waro, UNDERTOOK, in oenalf Of the family, the
.s 9rdse ioI ms reinierment The neces:
the remains were delivered to Mr.. Augustus
BnIgdorf, undertaken, and by him placed IN a
nanosone manoeany collin and carried TO toe
vault al Mount Oiivet Cemetery, where they
remained until yesterday, end In the meantime
Mr. Scbade, considering il a mater Of duty.
adore ssed to the President tie folio wing letter:
WASHINGTON, ID. e., FEB. %, 3-69-To HIS
tTc@H'ncy 4adrs &c johnson. PrssideHf Of the EEi-
TED Nd'ss Sir w hen you gave <he or Ter To
have The remains of Captsia Wirz delivered TO
M. " was certainly your intention that |
81 ouid get the whole body and N IT p Art of ~.
iDe coffin, however. which was delivered I'd
me at ihe Arsenal, contains only The frame
II they had been retained for the beneRt aud in
tue interest Of scieD &c, would certainly htv.
10 objections 10 II, nor would the relations of
Captain WirL, IN whose behalf ac.. Bot the
skall of the Captain. or some other part Jf his
bOOy. has tabOut two years ago) been rxhIo-
lied ~ the Old Capitol Prison by discharged
soldier tor money For that T-asOn, and no
other, i respectfully ask Won to give an order
that <5e missing parts of he rem aims of Ctpttn
Wirz, said To be a. the Surgeon Generals oihe4.
NAV es delivered to me for interment aInuy
SuQnaV fter
three oclocs. L am, sir, most respectfully,
Your oeeolent servant, LIUIs ScHAps.
No answer was received TO this up 70 yester-
day, and at2 O'Clock in the afternoon NUMBER
of persons assembled at st Peters Church
ana took carriages for Mount Olivet, where
they arrived just before O'clock There war.
on the ground about fifty persons including
Rev. Father Boyle, Mr.. Schade, Mr.. Tucker
and several mem beers Of ST. Peters conSreya.
ton, and the eOffin having been set a oier az
the door of the receiving vault, Mrs. Schade
IN Uebaif # the daughters of the deceas ed
placed on the coffin 4 handsome wreath, aud
Rev. Father Boy read the services of tn
church. and the remains Were carried to tn.
grave In the southeastern portion Of the
grounds, when the services were concludst
rev amer boyle Iemarked that ne had full
niled long promised request In conducting
the Sc vices.
\ number of those present visited the grav-
OF MIS- Surrau, IN another part of tue Gene
tely. and found that the lot voted 10 the family
had been neatly sodded, q cross of flowers Iaiu
on the grave. and NJ the corners of the lot m .r.
bic blocks set with the initials M. E. s.
ST. PATRICK DAY.-Extensiye preparations
are bring made by the various Catholic cougrs.
cations for the proper ceiebr iton of the frsrI.
val OF ~. Patrick, lreland's patron saint, which
occurs on The 18th inst. In ST. Patrick's parish
II WAS expec- ed that Rev. Father Ryan, Of 81
Louis, one OF The most eminent speakers in the
country, would deliver the psnegyric of the
psuon SAINT and lecture at Carroll Hall in the
op of 81 Louis. Father Ryan will be unable TO
Keep the I'll gagement, though the congregation
will not BE- disappointed, because R.v. J. j.
keane, their assistant pastor, has con sented To
iectn1e' choosing for his subject, "Ireiand
Saints and Heroes" The lecture will he de-
llvered IN Carroll Hall, ana at the conclnsiDn
tnrIe VIII o- musical en- terrain meut, the pro.
eramme consisting entirely Of lrish melodies
suog by the bes. vocal talent in Washington
In 81 Peters parish. Rev. Father Boyle the
esteemed pastor, will lecture in the evening a.
the paTi-h school house, on street upon
"lrlsh Affairs-teDant right. the alien chuf h.
the Ds'Ion's crisis His ability to handle these
subj. cts is we'll known, and no DOUBT the lee
tuTe VIII be very Interesting one.
A
FGRE ALARNs-Two alarms of fir. were
sounded At IN early hour yesterday m lruIny.
both OF which pTocseted from trivial ctuses
A pile Of rigs III the warehouse of T. T. Green.
corner Of l IN and u streets north. was first
discovered TO BE- on FIRE. and was -xtinguished
with few buckets OF water; and about the
same time a bed In Mr.. John Key worth's, M.
5l3 street, between I'd and Sd streets, caught
fire. but was soon extinguished. This N >ri.
ing. about half past eight oclo k, a few shin
giles on the roof of the Green Mountain sQack
house, located on the space Ia font Of -ha
Cen'rr Ma set-bouse. igni,ed from the stove.
pipe, but The nre was so1n extin guis he'd. and
ou' u IL danase done The Fire Dapartman.
promptly responded 10 the above alarms bur
fortunately their services Were not neaist.
DisCovRcvOF INDIAN REMAIYs-On Friday
asst While Messrs SIMPSON, Knight and 9th
y III. To- N no WI "A hnr
deTing PCtoma Creek, they discovered an In.
dian mound about ten feet square. which ba1
b ~ uncovered by the crumbing Of the bank
snd which contained large nu mbar OF SIX L.
ton bones. beads. arrow ba-bs. and other relics
peci liar 10 the anci|Et in hseitants of the Pu-
'omsc. Some OF the beads were OF glass W lIls
Others Were made OF sheiis-a fact which indf.
ca 'es that irads intercourse was keep. up h.
tween the tribes An q their more CIVILIZED bret n
ren. The announcement of the disc )very sx-
cred m ueh attention in the eighborh oDd, and
4 large number OF the al lacsnt inhabitants
visited the spot to crafty their curiosity.
T4E MIsIATU SHIP CONSTITUTION which
haur.d In the inaugural procession Of Ba.
CDaf III in 1s57, and has been laid up m TIE
ship borS. OF The Navy Yard ever siuce. /. 70
be IA the Inaugural line ON The 4th, under tue
auspices of the Sixth Ward Republican Clmh.
as she Is now being refitted for the purpose
Ste Will 5e full rugged and equipped, will I've
stern and quarter boats, and anchors aud
chains arranged in regular man IT. war style
BESIDES she will have a formidable looking
bafr'ry and will b. manned by you' h IN sailor
costume. The car bearing the ship will be
drawn by six richly caparisoned horses.
A
SUDDEN DRATH-Yesterday afternoon, Mr.
Joshua Hill, OF AIlegany county, Mich, Estate
SrBaior.l who arrived nare on the Goth ui'. to
attend the inaug uraiion and transact some
business. died At the residence OF Mr.. France,
on ID street, between 9th and 10th streets Of
hemoIrhae@ OF the stomach and bowels, with
which he was taken on Thursday. He was
attended by Brs. Borro ana Tree, and re-
ceivsd all necessary attention from his NIchi-
gsn friends and a committee from Washington
Lodge, j - orc. +. His body will BE- saa' %
Michigan this afternoon by express.
"Jcsh billings is at the Metropolitan
hcrei, and has issued his circular ssto The Folks
az Wash pgton" ssttingf rth ,ha, he is here with
ms Milk. and shall let her no " at 5 O'Clock
To- MORROW night at MetZsrott Hall. jos has
been very successful with his milk route. ex-
tending, as IL does, over thousands of m les
ira, - 10 say, his lecture on MIX has beea
delivered more than forty times during the
Present winter, from New England 20 thu r.
mOt-st ldI.s OF thr West.
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WHEREFORE vSIyERsITY-Thts m tin.