Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-01
LOCAL NEWS.
CHURCH SERVICES T0-.H0RHoW'

LOCAL NE w ~.
CHURCH SERVICES T0-.H0RROW
CHRIST CHuRou-Morning Prayers : o Clock X,
Communion at II q. m and evening service AT
So. M, by Rev R. II. Mckim T.,
ST PAuLs CHUKcH-Service at IL IT, ILL., ~
Key Gni nl S CgTReu-5ervco ut II a. H. and 8
d m. by Rev. Mr.. Sprigg:
ST.. Mays CHURcH-Mass att, and ii 4. m.
and Vespors at p m c :;
F1RsT PREsBYrERIAN CHURcu--Sermon Ill
tho morning and at night, b% Rev. Mr: MeA.ee,
,he morning and at ni ght, by Rev. DR.. Bullock
NrTs EPIs. CHURCH-Scrmon in the morn
iup and at night, by Rev. Mr.. Hemenway.
MEru EpIscopAL CHURCH SoUrH-oermon IN
the morning and at night by Rev. Dr. Hough
METH PROT CHURCH-Sermon IN the morn
ing and at night by Rev. Mr.. Benson.
BAPTIST CHURCH-Sermon in the morning
by Rev. H. H. Wyer. Lords Supper at 8 p. IN
You've MEN's CHRISTIAN Assoc E-Prayer
meeting in the End Presbyterian Church at p;
Bethel, Prince street DOCK at p ~: 81 Ja ~
o'clock D. Al. During the week there Will be
daily prayer meetings in the rooms OF AsSocla-
ton ut 5 .. m. Suburban prayer meeting VIII DC
held every Tuesday night at s o'clock at Mrs.
Stanbury's near the Orange depot An open
mir meeting will be held at the corner OF hlng
md ST. Asaph streets tomorrow evening, at 64
o'clock.
GERMAN LurHERAN-Service at II a. III; and
ut 8 D. M, at tho rooms OF the Christian Asso-
citation, by Rev Mr.. Bischof.
SUPPOSED MURDER considerable excite
ment was created in the ncighborhood OF the
lower ship yard last night by the incidents con-
uectcd with what is said by some to have been
4 murder. AS early as half past eight o'clock
the noise of scuffle and cries of murder were
heard proceeding from the pungy boat -Four
Bows, Capt. James McCracken, lying in the
cove between the two ship yards Soon after
wards i man Was seen to leave the pungy III I
boat, land at the lower ship yard, and walk up
into the city. About halfpaSt nine clock two
men got in boat at the lower ship yard and
boarded the pungy, and in short time the
noise of scuftling and cries of murder were again
heard, accompanied with an order to get over
board, and splash Two men were then seen
to enter the small boat again, aud come ashore
at the lower ship yard, and one Of them, JAS
K. Jefferson, was seen to jump tho fences
around the SAW mill there, and run in the dl-
rection of Battery Rodgers. He was pursued
bva crowd of colorcd men, who had been at
tractcd to the locality by the noise, and caught,
and they were carrying him to tho station house
when they were set upon by some white men,
friends Of his, who compelled then to release
him: but he was soon after arrested by the
pocc and locked up in the station house. The
other man who came ashore, and who Is sup
nosed to be James Novel;, w;r; not seen again
during the night, but WAS, it is said, seen this
morning on the road leading to Occoquan, with
some of the city police on his track. The Capt.
of the pungy boat, James McCracken, was ar
rested soon after Jefferson had been rctaken,
and was also carried to the station house and
locked up. The affair, us stated above, created
considerable excitement, particularly among the
co!orcd people, who were eager IN their scarch
after the suspected parties, and handled them
roughly when found y reporter OF the Ga
zette visited McCrackcn and Jefferson IN the
station house early this morning, but they
both denied any knowledge Of the cause, even,
OF their arrest. The police boarded the -Four
Bows this morning and found L torn
shirt, which is supposed to have been
worn by the missing man. The arrest
ed parties were brought before the May
or and Justices Herbert and Alexander
this morning and the following witnesses were
examined: John Nightengll, James Punch
and Henry A. Simmons, white aud William
Lee, Thomas Shelton, Thomas Murrcy, Cor
undFrcderick Grays,and recognized for their APP
pearance at 4 further examination, and eleven
others were examined and discharged as their
evidence was immaterial One of the witnesses
testified that he was on boat near the Three
Boys, and heard the scuffling on her; saw 4
rush towards her bow; heard a voice say now
overheard you son of 4 b; saw somebody
20 overheard and heard splash
Jefferson was committed to Jail fora furthc'
examination and McCracken was held in the
sum of $1,000 as an accessory to the murder
The missing man was named Silas johnson,
4 colored man from the ncighborhood OF
Mathiass Point. His body was dragged
for all the morning, and was found about
three 0 clock this evening by colorcd man
named Dickcrson in the cove near the place
where he is supposed to have been thrown
overheard or forced to jump into the river, bu
us i could not be taken from the water unit
the arrival of the Coronors jury, whether any
marks of violence were visible could not be de-
tcrmined at half past four o clock.
SALARIES According to 4 bill which paSSeC
the Board Of Aldermen last night but which
was rccommitted by the Common Council, the
following were the salaries affixed to the mum
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