Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-04-08

NJ sEsf EGGS PEssIrE--0ur readers no
aouut RENE r,ber an affair of honor that took
Pace some time ago, during last fall, on Penn
syivanla Avenue. ia which prominent leader
u tne MaI1e law party was concerned. and
one OF our.citizens. We refer to the affair be-
tween Mr.. Savage, the temperance lecturer
ana Dir. Hunter, when the latter was held to
oali for hayiGg eggs pressed Mr.. Savage, who
drew the soft assault upon his harder head by
certain remarks that Mr.. Hunter did not con.
slider complimentary. On Thursday the case
vas tried as one of assault and battery in the
Criminal Court, and resulted yesterday in a
verdict of e guilty after the Jury had heen
locked up for twenty four hours before thew
could settle the knotty question, reminding n,
of the old fashioned riddle: - VIC
.Hnmpty dunipty sat ON a wall -. 's
iinnlpty dumpfy had a grea, fall :: -
Al the kings horses, and all the kim. n,.n
oouiu not raise up poor Huanpty agaia.D
The jury, however, in their verdict rs.on,
nended the smallest possible amount of nnn.
lsament that the court could inflict. on, accom-,
VI sne strong pr0yoca alton, and, in consequence,
the Judge fined Mr.. Hunter one ceuf. Not
very eggs-pensifei Z IL Trl9
-@2@t~ 49, rEaEku
DASGERoUs.-Is there no way of sreyentin O.
men from driving their horses rapidlv bv n 3
market space when the Avenue Is thronscd
WIN women and children? We have seen
lnaiEiduals driving at such a rate through the
avenue, thas the lives of persons walking to
and from mako have been seriously endan.
gered by them There is a law against fast
driving, and its enforcement, particularly
against those parties who are in the habit of
selecting market day and the market snace for
their drives, at the rate Of 2.4O, would have a
good effect.
SL5 d. s. 80 Z -
SUMNER BEyERAGEs.-we return cur ne
knowiedgments to Army Il Shinn, mineral
water manufacturers, at Georgetown for the
present OF some bottles Of mineral water and
ceiient, and we speak confidently. from bavine
tried their sparkling contents.
CRIMINAL C0URT.-U S. VS.. Patrick Coin,
arrested on charge Of bringing his own hons
In the First Ward Witnesses were underao;no
examination up to going to prass
Drsr.-Every little Whit of wind on III g
Avenue drives such a cloud of dust into one q
optics, that he is tempted to exclaim: {. Bles.
their eyes," - = ""'s l"
sS We call the attention OF onr raodar, 30
the advertisement in another column Of ,bo
sale OF Evergreen Trees, etc., by Downs en,,
Hutchinson, on Tuesday morning next.
10 the Editors Of tile Erenfug Star: PIT
GENTLEMEN: Having seen, in your local
columns ef Monday last IAN account of Htbe
closing Of the Fariete,'' in which Mrs. Boon
the mother Of the Boon children. is aIleoeJ r.
have come before the curtain and made a
statement rejecting unfaeorably uron me, "a
manager Of the Variete, 1 beg leave to cor
rect, through your paper, any unfavurable
impression that may have been made by her
erroneous statement. am fully prepared to
convince all who may put themselves to the
trouble to call on me, that have more than
fulfilled my contract with that LADY, in enea.
ginS her children. The agreement was +,
give her one.third of the gross receipts eff the
establishment on her benefit night: hut find;ns
the business bad, I gave Mrs. Boon on this
night one full half of all the money received
as can be proven by my treasurer and he
books the establishment; in addition to which
paid board bill to the proprietor of the Pc.
tomac House for herself and children.
have only given this much to wire off i'm
putations upon my character, which absence
from the city has prevented my doing MT an
carrier date. r. W. RIsLEY.
WASHINGTON, April 7, 1S54.-*