Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-07-14
nIILY EVENING STAR.
LOCAL INFELbIGENCR.
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enVsou uofe, ana also Win refer eHce to the
duties Of the coroner for the District Of Colups.
bia- This section is as follows
"Sec. IL. A,sd be It further enacted. That
there shall be appointed by the President of
the United States, by and with the advice and
consent Of the Senate, a coroner for the CITY of
Washington tor the city OF Georgetown, and
for the county of Washington, respectively:
each of whom shall be appointed from, and be
resident of, the place for which he NAV he
appointed during his term of office, which shall
be for the term Of five years; and they shall
have the powers, perform the duties, and be
entitled to the fees of office as now existing or
hereinafter provided for and thew shalI sscb
have power to hold post mortem inauisitions
in any place in said District of Columbis and
the Office of coroner as now existing is hereby
abolished. And hereafter it shall be the duty
Of said coroners of Washington city, of George
town, and of tho county of Washington, in the
month of January next ensuing, and in the
same month every year thereafter, to furnish
to the marshal of said District list, which he
shall duly publish, of the names of a sufficient
number OF intelligent and respec table citizens
Of said District, who may be over twenty five
and under fifty years of age, to serve as petit
jurors of said District and the said lists shall
reformed for each of said cities and said county,
respectively, according to the ratio of their pop
ulation as nearly as may be practicable /; and
the number Of said jurors and the proportions
thereof for each of said cities and said county
shall be previously, in due season. ascertained,
and certified by said judges to the said coro-
ners, respectively. And it shall be the duty
Of said marshal TO place said names on ballots
and cause the same in due season to be fairly
drawn from a wheel or box in the presence of
one Of said judges, who shall superintend the
said drawing, and order that the persons
whose names have been first drawn, to the
has foa
courts, respectively, shall be summoned as
jurors in each of said courts for the trial
of causes therein; and others shall be sum-
noned, or serve as jurors, unless by special
order of the jadges of said courts, respectively.
And whenever special jury may be ordered
on an affidavit of bias or prejudice, as afore-
said, the same shall be drawn, as aforesaid,
from said lists until q sufficient number,
qualified by residence, may be obtained, who
shall then be summoned to attend as such iu
rors. And so, in like manner, shall every in.
ry be hereafter selected for said courts and no
person who has served his term az q Juror in
either of said courts shall be again required to
serve as such until all the other persons named
on said lists shall also have served their terms.
or been excused therefrom for sufficient reasons
BY either of said courts; and said annual list
of jurors shall be composed, as far as may be
practicable, OF the names of persons who have
not been included In any previous SITS, or who
have not actually served in turn as Jurors in
one of said courts, so that the duties of Juror
may be distributed equally among the citizens
Of said District of Columbia: Provided, ho,o
eUer, That talesmen ma be summoned by said
marshal, under the order of said courts, N i..hh
out resorting to the ballot or list aforesaid and
said talesmen having served as jurors, shall
not by reason thereof be exempted from again
serving as jurors when drawn as such in turn.
as jurors, by ballot as aforesaid; but thew shall
not be again competent to serve as such tales
men during the same term of the court at
which they have so acted as jurors. And the
said courts shall, every two weeks during the
term thereof, cause fresh panel of Jurors to
be selected by b illOl and summoned as afore-
said, and the old panel to be discharged, un-
less they, or some of them, shall be sworn
upon the trial of case, and all who are moi
sworn shall be discharged
ATTEMPTED BURGLARY OF SUsAN-Every-
body who visits the Court House, has observed
the tidy cake woman who supplies lawyers and
attendants at the City Hall with eatings, from
cracker to slice of ham, and drinkings from
lemonade to pure crystal water She is
known by the name of 9 Susan, - her full anne
however ID Susan Ford, and there she is the
Empress Of the Vestibule. With an ebony
face, the mouth sat with bright worries, and
eyes OF pearl, a goodly looking person and
polite manners, Susan is the freely ackrowl-
edged purVeyor of the City Hall In view of
her popularity and the supposition that she
must have money, party of burglars took
notion to 20 to her dwelling on & street, near
I'd, few nights since, and help themselves to
all they could get of her hard earned cash
They entered and runmaged the first floor
without any success, although there were
twenty-five dollars concealed there. A ladder
was then procured, up which one of them
mounted, entered a window and passed over
the sleeping occupant; and searched the second
story for the treasure they were after; but
again without effect The burglar gave it up
and again went over the body of Susan, out of
the house; but she just then awoke, and says
she saw white man making tracks from her
premises. In this room she had concealed
500, which the ungallant burglars could not
find, and they therefore % had their trouble
for their pains Susan was greatly alarmed,
called for help, watch, &c but the rogues es
capped. Such bold attempt at burglary has
not before occurred in our history, and Susan
says it cannot happen again without a % shot
from her locker that will finish the daring
rascals. She has since put her money in bank,
and has officers on the lookout for the burglar
ious party. -
Trip OF THE NATIONAL GUARD.-Yesterday
afternoon the fine corps, the National Guard,
had their annual excursion, and notwithstand-
ing the rainy weather. left this city with a
well filled steamer, the guests composed of
ladies and gentlemen to an unusual extent
Had the weather been fair the gallant George
Washington could not have borne away the
numbers that would have gone Those who
did brave the - fair and foul weather. en-
joyed themselves highly. At the White House
Pavilion, dance and supper were merrily
enjoyed, and the many pleasantries going and
coming, made the trip one of real enjoyment
Singing, especially by the ladies, on the cool
return Of boat, charmed the hearers; and there
were gentlemen, too, who sang with fine effect.
The companies represented on the occasion
were the Presidents Mounted Guard, the Ma
tionsl Grsys, Washington Light Infantry.
Green Mountain Boys from tie Navy Yard
and others. The ball room is fine one,
eighty-obe by thirty, and the whole front is
one hundred and eighty feet Mr. Hines, of
the Island, furnished a sumptuous supper, and
Esputa's fine band made splendid music to the
delight Of all tbs company. Captain Jett
who commanded the steamer, won the appro-
baton of all by his polite and gentlemanly
conduct. Altogether the excursion was one
of genuine pleasure such as the gallant Ma
tional Guard know how to give
DEMAND FOR MUsIc.-Our bands, both
ProsperIs and Esputa's, are in great demand
We should judge. The latter tells US that he
has various engagements for a week ahead,
and Prosperi has before him the pleasure of