Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-15


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CHURCH SERVICES, &c., ToMoRRoW.@oo
CHRIST CHURCH Service st IL a. m. ana 81
p. m. by Rev. Mr.. Dame.
ST. PAULS CHURcH-Service at II a. NJ ana
4 p. m. by R,v. DR.. Norton. %
GRACE CHURcn-Servlce at IL g. III. ana ~
p. m. by Rev. Or. Sprigg;, ID.
ST. MARY's CHURcH-Mass at ana IL H. ILL.,
UNION PREsBYrS. CHURCH (First CHURCH, y
Service in the morning and ut nlgat os ''o''
DR.. Bullock, cu;oo morn.
inr and night bv Rev. Mr.. Dinwiddic
METn. EPIs. CuUEcu--SeryiSe St Il a. M;
s.5 20 n ~ nv Rev. w. g. Webb. Subject
ut night, liking Saul; study tor young man.
At $50 p. m. young peopIe mv0''Hs. o. T.,
MrTu Ep1S. CHURCH SoUTH-SerVice NJ ii
~ a I'D 531p. m. by Rev. w. X. Boyle.
I" M H. PEor. CuURcu-Service morning and
n;nbt by BY Rev. W. K. G.aham. Subject at
night, by request. ITO tic Unknowa God
BArrISr CuuECn-Service morning and at
men at night
GERMAN LUTuERAN-No service.
YoUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN A>socIAT1oN.--
Prayer meeting in tho NJ H. Church South at
4p. M Aims House at u p. m Jail at ID p. m.
%EATnER PRoBABILITIEs.-Wa Var DEPART
nsent, Office ofthe Chief Signal Officer, Wash
,ngto., d. t., Dec. Is lS77--lO:30 a. NJ
For the Middle States filing barometer, winds
mostly westerly and southorly. Warmar and
generally clear or partly cl,uiy weather arc
probablo.
TO CHRISTMAS DVERTISEHS. The holiday
season is now rapidly approaching. and the
people generally are beglaulag Il luok around
for the cheapest and best pIncas to purchase
their Christmas presents anil supplies 10
doing this the very first I'Iau.' to which they
naturally look for Information Is IN the aver
Using columns Of the Gazette, aud merchants
who have holiday articles for sale should see
that their wares are duly noted there. "a word
to the wise is sufficient
The CANAL Boat BURNING CASE The
lIagerStowG correspond lent Of tie Baltimore
Sun, under date of the lob. tolls OF more pew
features in the canal boa' burning cas-, as
follows:
"Wsrrsnts wcro issued Oh Monday f.ernocn
by one Of the magistrates hora for tna eTr5st Of
several parties, Including Oh a1los Birch. the
now celebrated witness, for consp;ring to OBJ
struct navigation on tn Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal last sur mer. hut they AL got away with
out being caught Birch, WHIP was about the
court house while the proceedings in tho case of
the bostmen indicted for burning tho steamer
wero taking place, upon hearing OF motion be-
ing made tor his and detective Marx bag ans
arrest for perjury by Mr. A. K. Syester, slipped
over the wall in tbs roar Of tho court house and
walked to Brothrcdsvillc. tho fl -st station below
here on the Washington County Railroad.
where he got on tho train which left here 1T 5 Is
p. m. TT warrant for his arrest had been given
to Constable Bonner. Of Shsrpsburg, ard he
depu!ized all the DO atmen to take him, and had
all the trains leaving town watched, but Birch
eluded them, as stated above. 1t is stated that
several Of the boAtnen who want away on the
3 Is train attempted to arrest Birch and detec-
tive Hagan on the train but they resisted. the
detective saying In At it they produced warrants
for them thoy would ygld themselves up, but
otherwise thoy would resist to the death. As
Constatls Benner, who had tho warrant, was
not on the train, those who attempted to make
the arrest ad to forego their purpose, and Fla
gan and Birch reached Baltimore in safety
THE MCFEIGu CAsE-rhe Richmond Dis.
pitch says:
Ia the Supreme Court on Thursday the case
of the Bank of the Ola Dominion vs. McVeigh
was decided in favor OF McVeigh. The bank
sued him upon endorsements amounting, prtn-
cipal and interest, IL ABOUT fifty thou sand dol.
lars and recovered Judgment in the Corpora
ton Court He appealed, and that JuGZmeht
was reversed and the csusG romance 10 De 'slea
pesls a new trial WAS had, and q verdict and
judgment were rendered in his favor. Tho
Bank thon appealed; and that WAS the case az
cided on Thursday, in whIca tina Court OF APP
pe9lS afflr MOQ inc Judnlieht VI tie CoulI ooiN"'
The result of that decision was to exonerate Mr.;
McVeigh Iron ell liability IN the matter ana
the decision ie fnal. Il will doubtless be inter.
esting to Mr. MsVoigh's friends to know that
all the famous litigation In which he was so long
engaged in the Federal and State courts, lnVolV-
inc the validity Of tho conliscation by Judge
Underwood during the war OF Gil MS large real
estate in and near Alexandria, has been fully
terminated in his favor, aud that he Is no" III
quiet posse sion Of every foot of his property.
INSANITY. Mrs. Daniels, who resided ucat
the Theological Seminary, was brought to the
isi 10 this city, last uight, hy Constable Beale
Howard, and committed for Insanity. She was
unite violent, and had to be conhncd Ia cell.
The case is o peculiarly sad Que, as Mrs: Dan
iels' husband is now couiiced in the asylum at
Stauntop, to which he was com mstted IN Sep
TENDER. 1876 The eldest sjn 81 the afflicted
ladv is also iosaue, and is now said to DO wand
eriog in the woods, armed with double bar
relied shot gun. \ party has been organized,
and has started to effect his capture.
A commission dc lunatico inqulrcudo was
held at the jail this evening by justices Padg
EFT, Nails and Lovcjoy, and Mrs. Daniels was
declared lunatlc.
ALExANrRIANs IN WAsulNGToN:- 1.-The
Washington correspondent OF the baltimofc
"A delegation of young ladies, about thirty in
number, pupils of Psnick's seminary, A! iand
dria, visited this city yesterday. They Vleweo
ali o. If the puhlic buildings, winding up at the
CAPITOL ca il' where they remained for some time
Nearly all of the party woro the same KIND OF
hats, gray, trimmed with blue feathers ana vel
vet and attracted considerable attention.
TIE STEAMER PRINCE WILILAM.-Captaln
Eli Petty has been employed by the insurance
agents to raise tic wreck of the steamer fr'nce
800. L,r,o5 OF RrSo mt 4 Point