Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-04-18

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the church AZ menbers, bo.h BY certificate and
by profession OF fifth. The pastor OF this |
church, the Rev. 8. ). Mitchell, prea he'd 4
Chsiss risen." Mr. Mitchell was called by this
church about one year since, an has en- feared
himself to on by his genial manners, consistent |
preacher Of the Gospel. We understand that
arraDgem ents are being made to initiate aquar-
tette choir at this church, and certainly the
pleasure OF the services would be greatly en-
Al the Evangelical Lutheran (0thodox)
Church, corner 9Th and E streets, the; church
was decorated with flowers, notices in 0efmAn,
and evergreen. There were three seryices, viz:
e. 3, It ie1 q M, and ct p. m, the pastor
nf "a Sr n 1mesafns IN +, N: 70, s.o meIn
At the close Of Che teS O'Clock service, tn. 80
rament Of the Lords supper Vas $4,000
The choir, under the lead o. MI. ,ssifs. the
tesshsr q the Parochial School,. gave s0sss ins
At the Metropolitan NJ. 3. Church Yesterday
morning interesting memorial services were held
in honor Of taA memory Of the late Bishops
Thomson and Kingsley, and Rev. DR.. McOhn-
took Nearly All the Aethodist clergymen I'm
the city. were In attendance. Addresses were de-
hvered by Rev. DR.. Newman, Rev. B. PeytOn
Brown, and other prominent clergynep. DIR.
Newman preached from the text " am the res
direction and the hfe." 20 81
At the Fourth Presbyterian Church the
pastor, Rev. J. g. Smith, yesterday morning
difcoursed ON the resurrection. = hr- - NJ
At the 9Th street Methodist Protestant Church
Rev. DR.. Drinkhouse preached q sermon yester
day morning ON the resurrection OF the sea
ing Of Republicans OF the Sixth Ward (undSr-
stood to have been called by Charley Osbor n ITO
express their opinion or preferences for candi
date Ton the nayoralty was called for Saturday
and sth street east. About O'CLOCK, the noise
OF q drum and nfe was heard In the vicinity, but
It was powerless to attract more than nftsen or
reinforced By i've more boys with torches, also
BY Charley Osborn and eoloredl individual.
Ashesgn Rsl.ng ram prevailed a the time
{abcur half . dozen torcAss) were turned ON, and
up vent the curtain, revealing the noble forms
By side dominating the aforesaid crowd
q boys, who enjoyed the fun hugely.
Mr.. Osborn called on several present for few
mingie, 20 he mingled himself and said :-ssGen-
tlemen," Tremendous laughter by the Hoysl
I'VE have come here to express cur prefeue6ce
the Indictment weather the attendance is so
small that nothing much can % dOne.ps TAp-
Plause by the colored mani He then &verged
manner In which his harangue at She Sixth
Ward Republican meeting on hast Tuesfiay
night appeared in the stan, but marry ap-
On 70 the MaSorsltV soS anS a. vent
always been q HECTARES man, butsnow that the
fight appeared to he between Bowen and Emery
two evils, and (after long appisuse) "support t
ting uish three cut Of the i've torches.l Two
he sanSSt Of ssd
Mr.. osborn continued that he felt In taking
Aat step he was dong what he thought to Be Se
can party; and concluded, ssGentlenen tank
You lwhereupon the boys nearly tainted with
laughter and out went one Of the two remaining
ON the stand all along, here essayed tospssS on
the merits Of the candida for the Na5oraf ty,
but the boys enjoyed his fnc0herent remarks to
the stand. Then came the fnaic, Charley
Osborn coming forward with paper IN his hand
and saying; "Gentienen wish to Offer the fol-
the only torch) whereas we no longer ont
went the glfm, leaving Osborn, cSs1red man
and boys IN utter darkness, the boys yelling out
&C." and the few present dispersed with three
cheers for everybody. :
MURDER WILL OUT-Arrest for Partia patton
readers no doubt remember the execution m' at
Marlboro, Prince Georges county, Nd, on the
ID day OF November, 1865, of four eolored men
VIM Platter, Henry Luckett, VIM. Jones and
Henry Davis-who were tried and convicted of
the murder of Colonel VIM Lyles near Fort
ashmgton, on the Potomac, in the Month of
June of the same year. The murder was very
atrocious one ,and was solely for the purpose Of
robbery. The four men above mentioned with
70 tina nsoo s 81 1yv or Mo .u scsa as
lodgings, and were directed to An clubhouse. a
former quarter for slaves, where they were
told they could remain until morning. They
retired; but. according to the confession OF Pla-
ter, made shortly after his conviction (on the
eth OF september, instead OF going to the shell
ter pointed out 70 them, they laid down in the
grass, having agreed that Richards should give
/ the word for an attack on the inmates of the
Sex M Uaaet 70 OBTAIN possessionof the money
word was given, and the party burst open the
door OF the house and commenced firing on the
inmates. Colonel Lyles was shot in bed. Mrs
Lytesy escaped The parties then robbed the
house Of money and yaluables including from
els9O to 81, 800 in Virginia bank bills. Some
some of this money, at O banking house in
Alexandria. and the police Of that city from the
clue thus obtained, soon arrested the four men
named above, bat Henry alias Nmod Richards
managed to make his escape. Since that time
he has been all through the North, but a few
weeks since colored detective of Boston ar
rested him, andhe was subseq uently sent to Bal
dmore on . requisifi0n, where he has been con-
hned t0r q week past. Richards, in the Balti-
more jail, aekncwieged to sherih Albert that he
was the party thst they had been after; stated
that since the murder he had been All over the
Nerth and West, being followed everywhere;
said that he knew that he would have to swing.
and the only request he had to make vas that he
should have speedy trial. Sheriff Frazier, of
Prince Georgef county, Md, arrived here with
the the. prisoner i:st night AND imnedtasely started
quest for speedy trial win be granted. :.
THE REBORN IsRABLITKe AND THE p AssoyER
daor Of ise EssnisS SsarWi find in he morn
ne ST+n, an article ieadsd .sThe Passorer,'
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