The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-26

pied tho attention OF philosophers, but hitherto no
means have been practically established to travel
in given direction Irrespective of the opposing
currents of air. Visionary MIR. Porter may be;
but, in the absence of fair experiment, upon a
large scale, it is not exactly generous to condemn
altogether, in advance, his honest efforts to de-
monstrate, beyond doubt, the soundness Of his
theory. We shall, however, be greatly astonished
| if he succeed
| JUDICIARY SquARE.-We alluded, several days
since TO the fact that persons desiring TO take a
near cut over the western part of the City Hall
lot, have to crawl under the bars Of the enclosure
for that purpose; and now have the pleasure to
state that, at the instance of Mr. Pepper, yester-
day afternoon, the Board of Common Council, of
which he is an efficient and valuable member,
made an appropriation for the erection of stun-
stiles" at the corners of the fencing; thus obviat-
ing the STOPPING process.
| SINGULAR REMEDY FoR RHEUMATIsM.-A lady
writing from Cape Island, New Jersey, to a rela-
tive in this city, says that there, suffering
with acute rheumatism, was put into deep hole
and covered up to his neck with sand; and, after
remaining thus buried for half an hour, was dug
out, and then soused in the water
| THE ''AssAuLr ON A Boy. in our paper of
yesterday we gave account of recent assault
on boy, and the result Of an action before one of
the justices of the peace in consequence. A cor
respondent, who we think has some right to be
heard, requests the publication Of the following
communication upon the subject We were not
present at the trial, but obtained our information
from gentleman who had no motive whatever to
make an incorrect statement:
coMMuNICATED.l
| Mr.. EDIroR: AS the names of J. l.. Smith and
z. b. Key, esqs., and Justice Beck, appear in the
article, appeal to them and others who were
present whether the following is true statement
of the case: A boarder at hotel ON Friday last
was arraigned before justice for an assault on a
boy eight years DID, also boarder in the house.
Two gentlemen who were present testified that
the boy, upon being charged with cowardice by
assailant, called him id liar, or used words to
that effect, when assaant struck him with stick,
(no small rattan cane, asserted in the article,)
which, upon being exhibited on trial, proved to be
farszed cane; and that they saw assailant' s leg
raised as the boy thrust out of the room door.
The boy upon being Intercepted by the justice
was allowed to give testimony, and stated he was
struck with stick, and kicked when forced out
of the room. ..4
The substance of the evidence of witnesses for
defence was, that the gentlemen about the house
leased and played with the bow; that he was mis-
chievous and bad, Every bad no doubt when
squeezed or pinched by strong mans HANDY A
distinguished attorney of Washington said the
boy deserved beating and kicking, or language
amounting fully to that, and the was
quilted.
Now, Mr. Editor, | know not the author of the
article referred to, his motive for bringing the
case before the public in the columns of a news
paper, but do not apprehand that the facts have
set forth be successfully contradicted and if
it be the law in Washington that u man of thirty
may strike with stick and kick boy of eight
for offensive language when provoked to use it,
zens and strangers who bring their families here.
a1tEtl4 ta HUMANITY