Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-03-16

VARIErE-Our readers viii regret to learn
that tonight concludes the engagement of
Dir. and Mrs. Barney Williams, 50 the play
bills announce, and We are sorry to be obliged
| to chronicle the news. Their engagement,
however, terminates with promising list of
entertainments, and we would recommend to
their admirers an early and full attendance.
Let them make their exit with eefdt They
deserve to be bid adieu by a crowded house.
on account Of the efforts that they have sue.
cessfully made to drive away the CHM and
the .'BIus devils from our city. We wish
them the same success elsewhef.. = -
A CLUE.-It is said that there is A cbance
of Obtaining Information which will lead tn
the detection Of the parties concerned i'm the
outrage at the Monument Place. The Grand
Jury have the matter before them, and we
sincerely hope they may succeed in finding
out every one concerned in it and that thew
may De punished, not with dollar fine or
tnree months in the county Jail, but in such a
manner that their cases will be a warning to
such like villains who may be guilty Of SINH
lar acts hereafter. Nothing Of consequence
WAS Drained from the examination of the two
lckmen who were summoned before the grand
jury. =aa : - - %
SPOILED FISH AGAIN.-A warrant was issued
THIS morning fer the arrest of A. Davis, who is
charged with offering spoiled fish for sale in
the Centre market. We hope the energetic
clerk OF the market will relax mono of his ef
forts to prevent this sort of imposition being
practised upon our citizens If the councils
would make the punishment for this offence
imprisonment in addition to the fine, we think
more care would be taken to bring the fresh
fish to market. -
MOUNT VERNON. - The steamer George
Washington leaves tomorrow morning on a
trip to the above named time honored place.
This is fine opportunity for the lovers Of Erin
to celebrate the anniversary Of the patron
Saint Of Ireland, by repairing to the shades
of Mount Vernon. ..,-
LAFAYETTE SoCARE.-Among the business
transacted Yesterday in the House of Repre-
sentatiyes, Mr.: Chandler presented the memo
rial OF Moor and Gallagher, asking for com
psnsition for losses on their contract for puti
iron fence around Lafayette Square.
SPIRIT RAPPING.-A meeting of the Spirit
Rappers, entitled Spiritual Convention, took
place yesterday evening on Capitol Hill, but
there were no spiritual demonstrations; as
Owen Glendower says in the play, 81 can call
spirits from the Vastly deep AYE, but will
they come, when you do coll them" is the re-
ply of Hotspur.-Vide Shakespeare -
INSANE AsYLUM.-The completion of this
building is now in active progress, the foun
dations of the two sections that were necessary
to be made to render the whole building en-
tlre having been laid, and the masonry Of the
lower basement, which is composed on tho
outside, of brown stone, having been SET
The whole sum of money voted by Congress
for the building of the Asylum, was Sl00, 900,
and of this, on the 18th ult, $50, 445 IS re-
manned unexpended. Three sections of the
buildings were at that time enclosed, and the
estimated cost of the interior materials and
work yet to be finished and done, and of fur
nlshing, Is $40, AS IS, which leaves $40, 900
towards the completion of the aboye-named
CRIMINAL COURT.-The following cases we're
tried yesterday
Richard r. Raglan, tried for malicious mis-
chief, was foun1 not guilty.
Frank Bell, (negro,) charged with larceny.
was likewise found not guilty
VIM j. Carey, tried for an assault, was also
found not guilty
q. w. Adrien, arrested for an assault with
intent to kill, and was found guilty of assault
and battery, but not guilty of the intent to kill.
CORRECrION.-We are informed that Hurry.
who was shot by John Common, has been re-
moved to the 1nirmary, and is some what bet
ter so, that should no accident occur, there is
fair prospect of his recovery.
DANIEL COVER The Coroner's jury, after
examining all the evidence before them con-
corning the death of the young man above
named, returned D verdict stating that he
came to his death from some cause unknown to
them
SAorHERED.-This morning, c0lored woman,
living on q, between lith and 18th sire cts.
awoke and found her infant, about two months
old, dead: She supposed her child had been
smothered accidentally during the night.
FoR The MoxUMENT.-The Sunday School
children of the Methodist Episcopal Church in
Philadelphia, have had block of marble pre-
pared to be inserted in the National Monu-
ment. It has been shipped, and is now on its
way to this city.
AceIDEEr--Last evening, Mr.. E. G.. Handy,
severely injured himself with an axe with
which he was cutting wood. Some one had
tied rope to post, near which he was work
ing, and the axe caught on the rope and was
thrown back on his head. inficting severe,
though not dangerous wound.