Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-02-22
DAILY EVENING STAR.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE,

4 OBTAINING MONEY BY FALSE PRErEycEs.-
The Grand jury Of this District, have Just foun,
hill of Indictment against a clerk in one O
he DEPARTMENTS of the General Government
II n this city, for obtaining money by " falls
\ ,reteneesn upon the following very common
5rm of assignment of his salary, which W
ave in blank, emitting the name, &c. Sal,
fetal being absent from this city at present
II would be improper, and contrary to lega
,ad public policy, in such cases to adyertis
re accused on the said finding of the Jury, unit
4 ae fangs OF the law are fastened upon hin
Ihe following is copy Of the form in blank
" WASHINGTON CITY Is
l For value received, 1 hereby assign anC
nsnster unto - the sum OF - dol
lis out OF my salary for the month of -
tie said sum or salary being free from any
PREVIOUS assignment, demand, or order thereon
: snd from all claim whatsoever my part a
any time hereafter to assign, recover, or other
wise dispose of the same, or any part thereof
(Signed) -
"To the Pay CLERK"
The said SUN or salary, having, it appears,
been assigned or otherwise disposed OF, either
| previous or subsequent TO the date OF said as
signment, it not being material which, the
pretence is equally false, and the offence
eomplete. whether the said sum or salary was
received or otherwise disposed of before or after
the dare OF tUe tuc OlIcult COur1
of this District having decided in the case OF
Harriet Jones and Lefty Clarke VS. United
states reported in Craneh's Circuit Court
-sports page 641, that " A false assertion. nv
means q which the party fraudulently obtains
money 5r goods, &c, is a false pretence within
the meaning Of the penitentiary act, of Con-
gfess of 1881. and that " Congress. in passing
that act, had in view the act of 30 Geo 2, CHI
a. respecting false pretences.'
Every man is supposed to intend the natural
s,useduences Of his acts, and if the consequence
Of his false assertion has been to cheat and
defraud another out of his goods or money, the
Law iufers that he so intended, and deals with
him accordingly. Indeed. were the rule OF
law otherwise, offenders would never be pun-
ished, because OF the impossibility of penetra-
ing the secret recesses of the heart, and there
discovering the internal resolve of the man
tits by outward signs and acts that we are to
jsdse Of the inner man. In a word. 1--WE are 10
Judge of the tree by its fruit"
We understand that there are other cases
similar to the above, which will probably be
brought to the notice of the grand jury, at this
or the next term of the criminal court
WHERE is THE CONNns sI0NER OF PUBLIC
BUILDINGS We would, with all due eour-
tesy. call the attention of the Commissioner of
Public Buildings to the wretched condition of
the foOt-ways skirting the public reservations,
and some OF the public buildings. 1t ID now
eight and forty hours since the snow fell, vet
there are no indications of any efforts having
been made to remove the snow from the above
locations. Official industry appears to have
been confined to the precincts Of the Capitol
and about the White House, gang of labor
ers being buSily employed during yesterday
in making thoroughfare at the first named
place for Senators and congressman But it
appears to US that the same convenience might
be accorded TO our citizens, and that laborers
might be likewise usefuliy employed in clear
ing the snow from the footways along the
The public squares. At this Indictment season
Of the year, there are hundreds of laboring
nen TO be obtained, who would be rejoiced at
The opportunity of earning few dollars, and
II performing a duty for which every pede )
trian would be grateful. We hope that the
Commissioner of Public Buildings viii look to
it. and have the snow cleared away before the
places now encountered with il, are rem
dersd still more intolerable by the next thaw.
''cOmParisons, says the immortal bard
Shakespeare. - are Odious," but We VOL re-
member that the late Commissioner was very
active in causing the snow to be removed from
before the public reservations Us soon as it fell
THIS Il mentioned with no feeling of ill-will.
but Is corroboratlve proof that nothing ex-
traordinary is demanded. During the term of
Office of the present Commissioners predeces-
sOr. there never occurred such u fall of snow
as that just happened, but notwithstanding, the
public convenience was carefully regarded,
and We hope that the good example which he
gave will be followed up.
In connection with tbs, we would remind
all hOasekeepers, that there is city Ordi-
nance in existence, by which they are liable to
fine if the snow before their houses is not re-
moved within four and twenty hours.
MILITARY YIsIr-The philadelphia Crews
arrived in Washington this morning, and put
upat the National Hotel They had, however
tedious journey of it, having started from
Philadelphia on Monday, and ought to have
reached Baltimore Ins same evening, but in
consequence of the snow storm, did not arrive
until the next morning, having spent the night
In the cars with number OF other passen-
gers.
The Philadelphia Washington Greys are a
hight artillery company, and commanded by
Lieut.. Eekendorf, numbering forty three mus
ketS. They are accompanied by Beck's Phila-
delphia Band, and arrived here this morning
about a. IN About III O'Clock, they paid q
visit. escorted by the National Greys, Captain
lowers. AMI Montgomery Guards, Capt Key
and Major p. +. Bacon, both with side arms
only, to the Patent Office, and afterwards pro
eeeded to the Presidents Mansion They will
probably visit the Light Infantry's ball thi
evening, and will leave tomorrow morning fol
Richmond
RIsLEY GOODALL's NARIErE Daven
port appeared last night in the play of Love. u
Tonight, she will appear as "Julia" in the
"Hunchback, and, a matter of course, all
who have seen her in the former piece will moi
TAIL to see her representation of the other char
aeter -night-both pieces being well adapted
To show her magnificent abilities an actress
The afterpieee will consist Of the laughablt
farce, entitled ''The Double Bodied ROOM
NATIONAL night, Mr.. Forrest
Will appear again in the celebrated Indian
tragedy of Metamora, which was so ably rep
resented by this eminent tragedian the othel
night, when his truth TO nature was acknowl-
edged by the delight Of the simple children Of
the forest. party of the Seneca Indians, who
are now in Washington, being present at the
performance The afterpiece will consist of 8
laughable one act comedy, entitled ''Sketehe:
IN India
CHCRCH SINGING IN THE C4PITOL.-At the
commencement of the session. it was announced
from the temporary pulpit, or rather Speaker
desk of the Hall of Representatives. after the
religious exercises, that a choir would be form
ed for the purpose of leading the singing Las
Sunday, this promise was effected in a very de-
Ilshtful manner by the appearance of the
hutchinson family, who sang several hymns in
the most exquisite manner. The congregation
were evidently highly pleased by this accession
10 the religious services of the place.
BALL.-We would remind our readers, that
The Light Infaptry's ball will take Mace to