Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-04-11
LOCAL ITEMS.

U,.r,pp pRo.ABlLlTIEs.- War Depart
,.,t Odice ofthe Chief Signal Officer, Wash
"'a', j. t., lpril IL, lo76-lu:3O a. m: =
m m'r,og Ihs rest of Tuesday, 10 the South At
p u,,c States, stationary pressure and tempera'
,a '., sasterIv winds aud increasing cIoudlness'
HING JURY.-When the Gazette's court re-
49,. ,losed Yesterday, the case of the Common
asalth against Virginia DeeVers, Tor grand lar
osnv. was 10 progress. After hearing the eVi'
J.n,e aud the arguments OF the counsel, tue
;nrr consisting OF Messrs. A. Diedel, l. L.
Nontoe, j. G. Ncvett, }. 5. Emerson, W.
Schiller, II. H. Wade. A. H. Nott, Charles
Wilson, R. h. Rudd, Thos. Huntingdon, II.
Jacobs and K. B. Lawson, retired to thelr room
where they remained for several hours upon
c,mjug into court they rendered verdict OF
unity. aud fixed the term OF Imprisonment 10
The penitentiary ut five years: Upon the an
noupcement Of this verdict, Edmund Burke;
eso,, the counsel for the prisoner, demanded
that the jury be polled, which beng done, Que
# the Jurors, Mr.. r. H. Wade, reconsidered
his vote aud refused 10 endorse the verdict.
Judge Lowe reuanded the jury to the custody
Of the Sergeant tn b, kept together durlog the
night Mr.. w. w Adam, jr., was sworn 10
As taiIiff and he together with City Sergeant
Lucas, conducted the jury to the Mansion House
whore they spent the night.
Upon the opening of the court at III O'CLOCK
this morning the jury were again brought IN ana
rendered the same Yerdlct-hve years 10 the
peniteutiary. They wero again poled on the
demand of the counsel for the prisoner, aud
each Juror haviog been asked BY the court
WAS this and is this your verdict = and each
having answered in the affirmative, the verdict
was entered The prisoners counsel made .
motion for a new trial, and she was remandeo
10 jail.
The Washington Republican Of this morning
publishes dispatch from this CITY giving the
following perverted account OF this case:
10 he Corporation Court the jury IN
the case of the Commonwealth VS.. jennie
Deevers, young white woman, on trial TOR the
theft of S25, after six hours dehberatlon,
brought iu verdict Of guilty Of larceny, aud
fixed her term 10 the pcntentlary to be h0e
years The woman carries her infant 10 her
arms and is enctente The announcement OF
the verdict shocked the court officers aud oy-
ISLANDERS. Onc of the jurynen, appalled, at the
magnitude of the punishment, protested against
4 verdict 10 open court, and Judge Lowe ad'
,urncd them over uu,il tomorrow morning to
reconsider the verdict
Why it was written is not apparent. The
gentlemen composing the jury are among the
most Intelligent and respected people 10 he city,
and without doubt they we're guided 10 hxlDg
their verdict by the law aud the evidence. The
accused is a cyprian, ADD the larceny took place
in house of bad reputc; she confessed the THEFT
at the preliminary examination, and at the trial
Yesterday the evidence was directly against her
aud was not attempted to be rebutted.
CHRIST CHURCH In the Vestry room OF
Christ Church may be seen the following yer
batim copy of the specifications for building
that Church, &C., January l, l776:
The Church at the falls aud Alexandria to
be twenty eight feet from the foundation. That
is. three bricks aud half to the sleepers, three
bricks 10 the water table and two and halt from
thence The quoins aod arches to be OF rub
bed brick, the pedimeuts to the doors rubbed
work 10 the tn can order. The outside OF the
wall 70 be done with place bricks, the morton
10 be two-thirds lime. aud one sand, the inside
half lime, halt sand the aises to be laid with
tile or .gs the lower windows to contain
eighteen lights each, OF nine by eleven. the up
PER windows twelve lights each, besides the
COMPASS head, the ssshes of the lower windows
10 hang with weights and pulleys and to be
clear OF sap, to have Medallion Cornist under
the caves. The roof to have three pair OF prln-
cpIe raitors or, as the Workmen call it, prln-
ceapal roof to be framed 10 the best manner and
to be covered with rich pine or poplar plauk
laid close to Single on, the shingles to be OF
the best juniper Cypress three quarters OF an
ioch thick, eighteen inches long aud to show
six inches. the & DOTS to be laid with ioch and
quarter pioe plank and to be raised four inches
above the aisle., the pews to be three feet six
inches high besidesthe coping, with doors to
all to be neatly walnscosteu with quarter rouod
on both sides and raised panel on one, and to
be neatly capped with some handsome mould
lug; the seats to be twelve or thirteen inches
broad; the out doors to be folding and 10 width
- feet, hung With proper hinges, locks and
bar; to be raised panel 90 both sides; locust
sill. to the frames aud archetrives on the out
side, the altar piece, pulpit and canopy to be
complicated in the lonick order; the walls and
ccll,ug to be we'll pastercd with three coats,
with cove cornish; The whole to be neatly
painted aod finished in the best manner; the
a,slcs 10 be six feet "