The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-12-21
Local Matters.

JENNY LIND.-On the last night Of her perform
ance here a large crowd gathered near the door at
which she had to enter, at Wizards Hotel. On
her arrival, MIR. Willard presented himself and
cried out "Gentiemen, have thus far had uni
fornly good order; let it end.' Immediately
an avenue opened from the carriage TO the
door, and Jenny uninterrupted, except that
she had to shake hands with about a dozen OF her
admirers as she skipped along. When she reached
the door, however, she found herself surrounded,
and might have had to surrender herself to the
crowd long enough to shake hands with every
body, had not gentleman of her company seized
her in his arms and carried her by force away into
the hall. The shouts of the crowd then arose in
her honor, when, in a moment, she appeared above
them strewing handsfu of flowers upon their heads;
their shouts again arose as she finally disappeared
FROM them.
On the following morning she was conducted TO
the steam boat without interruption; and, when the
boat was n Nout 20 start Mr. Reside approached
her TO take leave She gave him her band, uttering
kind GOOD bye, f" ant. then she said "oh, ! have
been honored 10y the people Ht your besElu' ciy'
-by the great and good men of you, nation that
Jenny said chat" but she said no IN, e ior 1eh-
ny's voice-that most beautiful of all yoic "s-hao
failed her for once, and Jenny was weeping liz ~
very child and it was thus that Jenny left US We
have very firm belief that that little weeping wo-
man Jenny Lind is a superior being even to the
great warbling Jenny Lind whom the whole
world so much admires. We do not envy her the
great gift she Possesses but he will be greatly en-
We'd who shall ever possess herself
TIM ED or THE CHAPLIN CAsE.-Mr. Chaplin
wac, on Thursday, liberated from the Jail of Mont
gomery county, $4,000 bail having been entered
for his appearance at Howard District court Bail
to the amount Of $1,000 had bee given in this Dis
trict. lie passed through Baltimore on Thursday
on his return home.
CRIMINAL CoURT.-Thomas Harry, il appears,
has been found guilty Of an assault with intent TO
kiln both II. 5. Wharton and John Payne Todd.
He had an accomplicc, who fed when Harry was
arrested
The trial Of Horsed Mediperis, a messenger in
one of the public offices, "a Mexican by birth,)
was still in progress yesterday afternoon. The
offence with which he is charged s Of a like char
aracter as the above, but lie aggravated by attcn-
dant circumstances, woman being the object of his
violence
The proceedings Of this Court during the present
term have been highly satisfactory and will have
a salutary influence. Rogucs and rufiians have
"caught it some," and il is hoped that rogucs and
ruffisns will take warning. Lord Byron has some.
where very philosophically remarked that " when
things get TO their worst, they sometimes mend"
and his aphorism has been verified by the e1pe-
rience of our citizens within half year. Affairs
were long approaching very bad statc--"their
worst" would fan hope-when the wretched
murder was committed for which Camper is soon
10 be tried. From that moment to the present there
has been steady improvement in the order Of the
city and, believe, in the energy Of the whole
police department.
New YRAR's.--The custom Of devoting this day
to pleasure and to pleasant Intercourse amongst
people has been adopted in this city. On last New
Years day there was very general suspension of
business, and the people of Washington, and all
who sojourning with them, gave themselves
up to the enjoyment of visiting receiving visits.
Many who had held no communication with each
other throughout the whole year, renewed their
former intimacy; and many, who had even become
s-tranged from each other, no doubt hailed with
high qualification the epoch in which all restraints
and endorsements might be removed.
These things were general, say; but re- |
greet TO add that they we're not universal. Many
of our storekeepers watchfu Of each chance penny
that might fit by, kept their stores open and con
fined their clerks and salesmen to their counters
THE was not right, and we hope il win not be re-
peated. Let the usage be strictly observed, and