Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-04-07

tHls term oil the Criminal Court, meets the ar
prevail OF all who know anything Of them. The
grand jurors have labored to discover the per-
! petrat0rs OF the many offences which have been
committed in this lnunty for months past
Their efforts TO discoS r the actors in the out
| rage at Monument Place, have beo.. unsuccess-
! ful, although witnesses were before them during
several days. The complaints Of citizens OF
/ the Second Ward. in relation to bawdy and
! dis0rierly houses. were listened to- and tho
| parties complained of indicted IL addition 20
those already convicted, and who are nnw il
Jail rs sentenced, three others-Ann Bell
! Madam Mallett, and Jane Lawson-wsre or.
rested last evening and taken to Jail to await
the action of the court. They also had a CON.
scitation about the treatment of prisoners in
the county Jail; but there is no law which
prevents a prisoner from furnishing his cell
anu purchasing his meals, they let that matter
crop Several prisoners refuse the iail fare
and have their meals furnished nv Their
friends " It'll this the grand Jury has nothing
20 DO as 1t does not affect their safe keenine
mere VIII be no complaint Of this grand Jury.
ESGLiSH I'LL ALIAS New ORLEANs.-We
understand, from reliable sources, that the
COCK nights, bull bate, and etceteras, which
characterize a New Orleans Sabbath, can be
nea.ly paralleled at English Hill, for regularly
every SABBATH there assent les on the corner
OF and "a streets a crowd of men and BOYS
varying from one to two hundred, for the
ostensIbie purpose of playing hurly- burly',-
Dali playing An innocent and beaIihful
amusement, certainly, bu. becomes a leral
crime when done upon tn Sabbath, being in
direct violation of The 81 .tute " in such cases
made an provided. Ii makes worry strange
impression upon the D,,nd of a stranger 70 wall,
forth of a Sabbath and hear the n.isv sbouts
OF portion q The populaee in wild discord
with the solemn and impressive tones Of the
ceurch Del, and see portion Of the inhab-
itants devOutly vending their way to places
OF worship, and Others hotIy engaged in ex-
citing games.
NATIONAL THEATRE The new Piece nIaveJ
Tor the first time last nis;lt entitled the IN
visible Prince. was in theatrical parlance II
MT. Indeed it was Succession of hits beino
full of jokes and VT cis,ns aimed at the lead
inS topics OF the day. They t,ok famouslv.
ana kept tho audience in a roar of laughter
Hiss kobe1tson was more captivating than
ever, and took all hearts by storm Hale was
irst rate, playing in all three pieces The
piece Will be repeated tonight with Bob
Nettles" and the . Lottery Ticket -
The BOOK CHILnREy.-These clever I;ttle
actors have lately exhibited before the Pres
dent and select party, when their Rotations
we're received with mueh applause. On Mon
uiy last large portion of our most dis tin
guished and fashionable citizens met at thu.
residence OF the Marshal, j. d. Hoover, Esq
when similar feeling of delight and surprise
was expressed at their wonderful perf.rInan-
ces. On Monday night, we understand.
complimentary benefit viii he got up for the
Boon children. Let it be well attended.
PENNSYLVANIA AyENuE.-The continuation
OF Pennsylvania avenue to Georgetown is
rapidly being carried Oh, and will most proba-
bly, be completed this summer; the avenue
VIII be carried on straight line to Rock cree
oy an easy incline, thus avoiding the present
lDcOnvenient and dangerous curve. nv which
accidents are often likely to occ,:r. With re-
gard to bridging the creek to connect the con-
unuation OF the avenue with Georgetown. we
do not know whether an appropriation has
been made by Congress as i: would form
particular item, Independent of the improve
ment
1NsrALLArIoS.-The Congregational Coun-
Gil assemblies TO- morrow Saturday Mt tho Con-
sregatOnal church, west of The CITY Hall. az
O'Clock, p. IL to examine Rev. A. Duncan
son publicly. There will ,lso be preaching Oh
Sunday at ] q. N. installation at !, D. N.
and preaching at u in the evening Re-,
Mr.. Stone, OF the Park street church. Boston.
Rev. IL. ". Beecher, and other distinguished
clergyInen will occupy the pulpit There are
large number of eminent divines present
from various portions of the country, and the
services will be highly interesting The clergy
Of the city, the laity, and public generally are
invited to be present at all the exercises
METROroLrAN RATLRoAD.-Tbere are two
routes proposed for the line Of railway between
Georgetown and Washington One route
starting little south OF Georgetown College
runs through Prospect street ae far as High
from High to Congress, up Congress To- Dan
IN all Ilup Inv q
in Washington thence by the "circle'' 10 K
street; continue on Il to I4th, whence it turns
into L street; through l street TO Massachu-
sets avenue. and thence connects with the
Washington Branch Railroad The other pro
posed route is along Pennsylvania avenue
SPIRITUAL DEAWING.-TLis morning. we
were shown some pencillnCs said to be ecutcd
by medium, under the influence of spirits We
couldn't exactly catch the aesieu but SUD
posed that perhaps it might be u copy Of the
patna which this celestial carries in the other
world At all events it was intended TO repre-
sent branch Of some description.
SERIOUS CHARGE.-yohn W. Bean was Ibis
morning sent to Jail for receiving bribe Of
fifty dollars to keep away from the Criminal
Court, where he had been summoned to anpcar
az witness against Louisa Sanford During
the examination of the witness, Bean Appeared
very anxious to " blow on others who he said
visited that house. The evidence against him
is rathor strong, being primo pally his own ad-
missions TO different persons
CRIMINAL CoURr.-Nothing of especial in
teTest transpred before this body I'D to ~
o'clock to-day. A case of assault and battery.
which occurred ut English Hill wa, pending.
but prosressed'slowly.
SUPREME COURT.-A use Of much interest
IN the religious world, Is now being tried b.
fore the Supreme Court; namely, the suhjecl
matter o. the Western Book Concern BELONGING
to the Episcopalia, Methodists located at
Cincinnati, In the settlement of which there is
dispute between the north and the south,
ARTESIAN WELL.--The experiment of an
Artesisn Well has beenrfred ut Frederick
Md which has been entirely successful, and
supply of pure sof. water obtained
REAL EsTArE.-A lot Of ground on New
York avenue, between 9th and 10th streets.
20 feet 'front.' by 30 feet deep. was sold at aus
ton on Wednesday, to Mr.. Harris at 50 cents
per square foot,
NATIONAL observation-disclosures received
during the past month, ending 4th inst 1913 81
Expended during the month Of March 81 $50 IL.
The work has been resumed
PUBLIC SCHOOLs.-The vacancies in the
Board OF Trustees Causel Inv the rotiror,o,,