Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-08-29
n.U,Y EVENING STAR.
CITY ITEM )

"'' u. ;,,uaeted By the Senate amt House OF
',tg,iirss offhe United States o. Amer-
nersons now under sentence of death,
rdI' IH@ hui hereafter be adjudged to suffer
or NhV thin the District of Columbia, shall
des'n ',,sJ within the walls of some prison in
Do '.iJ District, or within yard or enclosure
tD 8.-;s;no such prison, and not elsewhere
a1gi4. hall be the duty of the Marshal OF the
anl or some one of bis deputies, with such
pH - of the prison. constabies and other
oHes,s ofieers as such Marshal or deputy may
Pso' necessary and proper, to attend to such
execution. ersugct.5 That the
IA Marshal or his deputy shall invite tho
n;..riet Attorney, and the couhsel OF me prs
P'.I .,vo or more physicians, and twelve re-
oneL, ~. ~ citizens to be present at every such
sPee '',;on and. at the request of the person
yaruted, shall also allow any ministers
70 .. Se ro.nsl. not more than three in number,
Oh ,"U Of his or her near relatives to be pre-
AIL ,b.reat: but no person or persons other
'en t3o.a in this act mentioned, and no per-
Ha ,,ba,ever under the age Of twenty-one
'on hall be allowed 10 witness any such
.Va.ution." Approved, January 70, 1893.
.boxe il the law under which Daniel 7.
v.,drsrd is to be executed next Friday at
,oon which is published for the information
,fthe public The last Congress, seeing the
m.uv evils of public executions, passed this
$50 act. which will be rigidly carried into
sH-ct BY the United States Marshal for the
district who, we hear, performs the duty him
self IS the law requires
This will be the first execution in the Dis
,,;ct since that of Deyaughn, for killing Elias
Martin by shooting who was executed on the
9Th June. 1927. near Alexandria. Previous
=, that. an execution took place on a tree now
Standing. we are informed, near the Capitol.
Grand Concert Tonight at old FeiIops'
HqH-This evening the celebrated ''Adel-
stems" give an unusually fine concert at Odd
rsIlovs' Hall. vocal and instrumental; COM
posed of songs, in every variety, variations on
the sax horn, violin solos, the sweet flute, and
the charming voices Of the singers, male and
female The programme comprises eighteen
choice selections, among them Dempster's
beautiful ballad, When the Night Winds
BswaIeh," the Soldier Burial .'Lutzo's
Wild Hunt" and highly comic song called
The Barber Shop" Itpromiscs to be rich
night of musical entertainment and the charge
is small-on the plan of the peoples con-
certs"
The Kwnkei, are Coming.-We understand
tina, the celebrated minstrel band of 'skunkel's
Ethiopian Orera Serenaders' are to pay d
visit to this city, in few days. and give q
series Of their interesting concerts Mr..
Kunkel has performed for over one hundred
nights in Baltimore, with immense success,
and may be said to be the shero of a hundred
battles" as was said of Bolivar; Georges bat
lie, being against the blue devils and their
.gions, while that of the South American hero
vas also against the enemies Of his native
serving their countries, however.
sith distinction. John T. Ford, ESQ, the
prince Of managers, is still the polite and GEN
lemanly agent of the troupe, and that is CON-
,Osed Of the very best talent in the Union-as
he names of Search, Birch, Macaulay, Floyd.
Morgan, Brown, Berger and Master Adams.
nth Sam Glenn, the Dutch Shakespeare of
be day, fully prove. A warm wei come awaits
he coming of the Mig htingales to the District.
A Mistake ia the Dark.-A few evenings
ince, while a gentleman Of this city, who
years prof of dark hair, and is Of dark
complexion, was walking with a lady on the
venue he was aceosted by a Waterman, who
ei1ed him by the collar and said that he had
10 business out after hours
After hours '" exclaimed the arrested gen.
lsman, in astOniShment, what do you mean?''
- Don't you know, you black rascal. that it
5 against the law for negroes to be out after
o o'clock, in Washington. and now it is near
! o'clock. Come along. come along, your
Walking with white lady amt goin' to save
'Or-so, move on, move on -
The gentleman 1raS moved on rather pre-
lpitately, The lady in much alarm, and crying
ut' " Hes no negro, sir; he's a gentleman -
When, coming to light, 10, and behold,
Charlie found that he had seized white
nan 10 mistake. The Natchman pretty quick
aade tracks. before Old Joe's" eus' lit on
I'm, for if it had he would have known white
rom black all the rest of his life.
Military FHHCTai.-The German Yager.
apt Schwarzman, and the German Benef.
Ia! Society, turned out yesterday morning
siore eight O'Clock, and soon after followed
the grave the remains of the unfortunate
lsrun Lauxman, who was drowned in the
anal on Friday. Il was full and beautiful
aFade, the lagers having out sixty guns
I'd the Society being about one hundred and
ity strong The Band discoursed solemn
ia'Ic as the procession moved slowly and
ally through the streets Such WIS the sad
I'd benevolent tribute to the unfortunate.
DOR man
Iaf boats for AieyaadjiG on Suudav-As