Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-08-21
EVENING STAR.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
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EXAMINATION on CHARGE OF IscEsn1,p,,s
,ns nolnIng, tne Examination IF the charge
of incendiaH<n sgAsns Geo Ssb anis tlah,sss
Barnes ami fhos. Mechanics tootf rls,sr Tes
charge Is tor burning the stable and bouse Of
Nh Douglass, the house of Ann Dip.os cold
and house Belonging 10 James Abbott. ON tb
night of the 2ist March last. -
Jons McQuali ties fled TO the effect that he
had said ne knew who set fire to these houses
out was AFRAID If he told they would burn his
property The prisoners met him and told
him that ne ought to treat bee auss they hal
Not set fire to his table
Other witnesses followed but little was eIici
tel until officers Boss and Hurley were ex-
aInined, who testified In substance that Mr.
Manner VINO was arrested on Friday by him
had acknowledged to being present at tn a firiro
of the colo7ed woman g house bu. not ar ,hee
others mat Barnes and Shinpich had said
the IlSnt douglas property was burned thai
they were goIug to put something up,'' md
had owned to hun the firing. Said he did
not care ID about going to the peni,entiary.
II was netfor bis poor mother, it would break
ner nearI' and shed tears. To-day on bring
ing Mr.. N, to the Office no denied having tod
officer Boss wnat tina, officer terrified 10, When
justice Myers read the warrant to MIN. the
fs'teE asked where are the rest of them-why
are all the party not here?r
Schenlg and Barnes said they knew nothing
about who set the property on FIRE, and they
hal no. hing to do with it. In the cop,sa ~
the evidence it was stared that DR. Smoot,.
stable, and other property had been DESTROYED
by he sang 80. =
The property was situated out towards and
In the slasaes AT the close of the testimony,
the Justice committed them all until he Fl res
the amount OF bail, 49,.
HE SALE or LOTTERY TICKETS IN THE DIS.
rRIcT-- By M act of Congress, passed in 1870
the sale OF lottery tickets in the District of Co
lumola were TO cease on and after the Ia, of
January, 1913 and any person or persons who
should De guilty OF keeping lottery Office or
yendlng lottery tickets should be subject TO q
fine OF one thousand dollars and six months inn
prisonment in the County iail one-hsJr m ~.
informer and the other half to the pnuuicip,J
corporation IN which the offence should be com.
United lhIs appears to be dead law on the
statute book, rs it has never been enforced
since its passage, though the Grand jury have
indicted several persons for selling tickets, the
cases have never been brought TO trial-tbe
reason why Judge Crawford can answer. Prior
to the passage OF the above law, the corpo-
rstions OF Washington and G Georgetown derived
large revenue from licensing lottery vendors
by an act OF the Washington Corporation of
the 18th October, 1888, the vendors OF lottery
tickets had to pay to the Mayor of Washington
Tor license the sum of three hundred dollars
\ per year for selling tickets. In Georgetown.
- the license was nfty dollars Then ONLY a few
lottery o&ces existed, beca use the license wau
almost prohibition, but now rs no license ia
paid and ne penalty enforced, every person
can keep lottery ofhoe. The law abolishing
the sale of lottery tickets in the District ia q
good one; but if il ia not enforced. il wouId he
Tar better to repeal it, and let the cite. of
Georgetown enjoy the benefit of the license
money than to permit the business to be car.
ned on in violation of the law without license.
The DESPERATE AFFRAr AMONG THE RA-
KERs--The late ARRAY with the bakers it is
said. arose oat of m assistant of Mr. FRASER
calling out in the neighborhood of the BAKERY
o. mchelden i Co., Here's Frasier's fine
bread and Tea biscuit-can't be beat,| A
feud and rivalry had existed for long
time previous to this between the two shops
On Saturday night. i. is said, MIR. Patterson,
OF the firm of Mcke,den il Co with FIVE of
bis men, passed by Frazier's bake house, and
scted In riOtous manner, when FIVE m n from
the latter bakery came out and the fight hogan
between the parties. in which a knife was used
BY John Beckett; sticks and fists were also
handied. The result of it was that several
were more or less hurt, and John Schenots
s'a11ed oJ becket In a dangerous manner.
Ine ofhcers soon Afterwards arrested John
Beckett august HOofmsister, Jos. Meisel, Jno
Miller, and John EsaId, all of Patterson's
party, who were taken before Capt Birch and
committed fer further hearing MIR. Pat
terson gave bail for his appearance in 81, 900
yesterday morning The examination will
Dot take place till the wounded man is out of
danger. The doctor to-day says he is no
better.
APPROPRIATIONS TO PrBLIc BUILpIses In
the General Appropriation Bill there is a clause
sPPropriatine S2l -o15 for he rent of the Hinder
building, now used for Offices connected With
the War, Navy, and Interior Departments,
with proylsO authorizing the Secretary of
War to purchase the said building at 5000 600.
Sena,or RGsk succeeded in having an item
inserted In one OF the appropriation bills pro,
yiding for an addition to the General Post
Once building, but the House of Represents
uves H0aid net concur, and the measure
failed Be- the Department proper and the
SIKH Auditors office Labor nDaer serious diff
cuiles Tor want Of room The vouchers con.
nected Herewith are accommodating 30 fast that
many of them are piled in the passages, and
the clerks are huddled together, much TO the
detrinent OF the public business New post
of1ces are established weakly, and rapid in
crease OF business necessarily follows, for
which there should be good accommodations
congress must have been alarmed at the extent
OF the appropriation, Else il would not have
begun 10 economist In case like this. o., r...
GIat AT a HALF-pRY PUHP. On one of
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white girl hang her bucket on a pump, and
Commence working the handle, which at every
operation came down On the empty pump with
lis well known sound. We thought her work
all labor IN vain and asked her what she was
trying to pump that dry pump for? No, 81. ;"
said she, tits lot dry-I1I make the water
come directly" So. on she worked till her
lace got rs red ss daDssk, and her patience
seemed 10 be fast wearing out, giving her
healthy and rather handsome countenaTce a
cross expression Still she persevcred. and at
length the pump yielded to her e1ertions.
nlllng her bucket to overfcwing, and sending
awreAth OF rosy smiles over her face Taking
the bucket from its hook, she looked at US in
triumphant and pleasant manner. and ex
claimed: Il knew, sir, could make the old
feiloWeOme, If stuck to it, That GIRL Ia
bound TO prosper, as such perseverance, n,u,r
carry her ahead in this world II
CAMP MEETING AT COOP HoPE.-The ooIored
population OF this and surrounding cities are
at present holding their annual encampment
at the above place, over the Eastern Branch
bridge. We paid them visit yesterday, and
were much pleased with what We observed
Tere are large number Of ten ts on the ground
In all OF which there are excellent accommo-
dauons, and the utmost decorum prevailed
throughout. We afterwards, attended the
camp where preaching, praying and singing
we're given, and were for some time rivetted 10
the spo, by the excellence Of Language en-
pioyed by the several speakers, as we'll as the