The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-07
LOCAL MATTERS.

CRIMINAL CouRr. - vandora Otis, Mexi-
Gun youth, who came to this country and to
this city in the service Of General Gushing, but
who for some time has not had any employment,
was tried and convicted Of entering the store of
Mr.. John J. Joyce, at the corner of + and Thir-
teenth streets, and stealing therefrom gold
watch valued at fifty dollars. Otis carried the
watch to Mr. Voss, the jeweller, for sale, but Mr..
V. knowing the watch, retained it and sent for
the owner. This led to the arrest and conviction
of the accused.
Emma Mallet, gay, dashing, wel-developed
French woman, Of considerable personal beauty,
although apparently it has been some six years
since she bade farewell to her teens, was yester-
day tried and convicted in the criminal court for
keeping the notorious yet fashionable house Of
ill-repute on G near Thirteenth street The evil
dence was conclusive, including the additional
fact of young and virtuous girl having been on
one occasion abducted from her residence, and
found by her friends locked up in this house
After the rendition of the verdict, Mr. Radcliffe,
counsel for the lady, informed the court that she
was prepared to pay any fine that might be i'm
posed, and would rather the punishment should
come in that shape.
The fair lady herself then addressed his honor
with the greatest animation, amounting at times
to vehemence; and displayed considerable tact
as an oratress-alternatingb between the thunders
of denunciation and the soft and winning accents
of fearful pathos. Her imperfect pronunciation
gave additional effect to her words. She depicted
the perseverance and industry with which she had
toiled for the support of herself and child since
she had come to this city to reside; she assured
the court that the only occasion when any per-
son of unfair character lived in her boarding
house, was when member of Congress (whom
she named) took rooms at her house with his
lady, and who, after occupying her apartments
for some time, ceased coming there, without hav
ing paid one cent for board. She then demanded
her bill of the lady and discovered the most hor-
rible fact that her ledger had never been united
in the holy bonds of matrimony Her outraged
feelings she told the court, could not endure this
insult, and she turned the honorable gentleman s
friend into the street, but retained her clothing
till such time as the bill then due was paid.
From this time she dated the prosecutions which
have followed her in her efforts to earn her bread
which prosecutions she said were mainly carried
on by that s'ras-caiL Barnaclo, who is one of
ficer.' The witnesses were ''all lying peoples,
who themselves were guilty of indecencies too
foul to be ever mentioned by her lips, much less
practised by a woman of her virtue She init
mated that she could show her real character by
hundreds of ladies of the most respectable stand
ing, who made her house place of visiting and
calling.
His honor, stern man, was wholly unmoved
by the tears or the earnest pleadngs Of the fair
| and trembling victim of persecution, addressed
her with much severity upon the infamous cha
racter and tendency of such establishments as she
kept, and sentenced her to be imprisoned in the
| county Jail for six months, and to pay fine of
twenty dollars
of the ugly and rather uncomfortable mansion
kept by the United States known by the rather
unpoetcal name of the 'scounty JAIL" received
the poor heartstricken victim of the Congress
mans duplicty, and conveyed her to that abode
provided by the law, where doubtless every thing
in his power will be done to contribute to her
comfort.
Martha Parker, free negress, was tried and
convicted of keeping house of similar character,
| and was sentenced--she having already been in
Jail seven weeks--to one month s imprisonment
| and q fine of one dollar.
STAMPED ENVELOPES There have been re-
ceived at the city post Office very many of the
three-cent envelope stamps, which are sold in
packages of twenty-five for eighty cents, and at
the same rate for larger number. The only OBJ
lection to them is that the printer has prominent
" paraded his name and the nature of his business
at the sealing point; thus gratuitously awaiting
himself of the opportunity to give his advertise
ment widespread circulation. Many an active
patent medicine manufacturer would no doubt
generously pay the General Government for such
desirable privilege.
| CHURCH RoBpERY.-The First Congregations
Church, on Sixth street, fronting Judiciary
Square, was recently broken open by boys living
in that vicinity, who stole therefrom nearly all
;. the lamps which had been made use Of to light
the church, previous to the introduction of gas.
The lamps cost eighty dollars. After the
little thieves had battered them and destroyed the
glass chmneys, they sold them, together with the
pendants, for old brass. The trustees Of the
church have we learn, the names of the boys,
and evidence sufficiently clear to convict them
in court of law.
! ARTISTIC ENTERPRIsE.--R. W. Wilcox, a
talented young gentleman of this city, is engaged
in the preparation of work entitled 'sThe Wash
ington Monument" 1t is to contain history Of
. the Monument Society, the orations delivered
upon the occasion Of the laying of the corner
stone, and the facsimile drawings, on reduced
scale, of the various contributors of blocks pre-.
scented by States, Territories, societies, and 9th
ers, with description of each. A view of the
!, Monument, in its present and contemplated as
pect, will accompany the work. We have seen
some of the drawings, which are highly credita-
BILE to the youthful artist.
i TnE WALKER SHARPsHooTERs, who left the