Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-04-02

oTOuSnt 10 . terminat1O to dav a-as
Inc jury in the case Of Leonard Storm. the
nia.Aet master, indicted for an assault and
oaueiy on john Talbot, (resulting from the
duty on the market premises faiIed To .crs.
on verdict, after being retired for nesrlv
TWO Gays the vote standing eleven for acouit-
TAI, the other juror holding out against the
majority; but Mr.. Richard Stoops, the dissent.
ing one, In conjunction with his brethren,
signed paper recommending to the Court
tnat the case be dismissed; and It was dismiss.
cd accordingly.
Pharnella Skinker and Della Hazel, having
been acquitted on one Of the pending indict.
ments for poisoning Mrs. q. williams and her
cognizanoes, fer their appearance to answer q
the next term Of the Court.
MISS MoRAHr.-This charming actross VA,
again greeted with a crowded house on Satur.
day evening last, on her second presentation
Of Julia, in the Hunch back, on which OCCASION
she was far better sustained than before, an
those appearing in the piece being perfect In
their several parts, as thcy were not when che
nrst played the character at Iron Hall. No
" julia" was ever better received in w asb;no.
ton, which in itself tells the tale of her success
In the part
Tonight she again performs Meg Merriles.
in Guy Msnneiing. We understand that i, !,
the intention Of the manager to present the
piece this evening without the mutiIation
winch 30 marred its effect on Thursday night
isst. That was owing to the fact that it vas
put on the stsge at very short notice Miss
Morant is by long odds the best Meg Merriles
"no mas ever Psrfor med in this country, OK.
cept Charlotte Cushman, and in rendering the
part viii doubtless greatly delight ali WHO 10
to Iron Hall this evening Miss Tyson on
Saturday night also won many rounds of ap
plause in Helen, in the Hunchbaok.
FIRES IN ALEXANDRIA COUNTY, VA.-Yes-
terday there were two disastrous fires in Alex-
andria County, Va, in this neighborhooo
One began at Galpin's, on the Leesburg turn.
pike II originated from careless brush burn
ing on Saturday. 1t sprsng up again at noon
Yesterday and extended rapidly to the south
fencing and cord wood ready for market
Tires or four hundred persons wore EMPLOYED
all the afternoon in efforts to arrest it. 1t had
not bean entirely subdued this morning.
Az four p. m, yesterday, tho barn Of Mr.
Judson Northern man. who owns and keeps
the new seminary at the Falls church, took
hre from the segar of some lounger, it lie
thought, aud was entirely consumed He had
barely time to save bis carriage and horpes,
all the rest OF his property in the barn being
consu1 ned This hrs extended to tho premises
OF Vim. Taylor, who keeps . wagon stand on
the turnpike below the Falls church, and
burned nearly all his fencing.
The last We hoard of the Galpin fire was
that 1t had destroyed the fencing in the neigh.
borhood Of the Episcopal theologic al seminary.
and was with great difficulty prevented from
destroy ing all the fine and costly buildings of
that establishment, all the professors and
'stadents Of the seminary and high school
working for hours, Sunday though il was, to
stop the confsgration. Mr. Louis Baily is a
consider able sufferer in bis wood, having lost
about fifty cords that were ready for market.
Major Butt, and his neighbor Mr. Osten, lost
fencing; and a small house on Mr. Cabins
place, occupied By fee colored family, was
destroyed.
lee ADVENT OF APRIL, was ACCOMPANIED
with fierce winds. which continued ali day,
blowing the dust, in dense clouds, throughout
the streets Of the city, much to the discomfort
OF pedestrians, and not to the pleasure of
cleanly housewives. Notwithstanding this
state OF things, the various churches were,
particularly in the morning, filed with alton
tive Worshippers The high winds continue
to-day. Not . few hats wore blown of the
heads OF the incautious Of the male gender,
who were in consequence, Afforded fne op-
portunity Of showing the extent of their speed
IN pursuing the rapidly retresting casters.
B. 2. THOMAS, after being confined in the
Jail of this county, was sent to Mount Hope as
pauper lunatic, some time ago. He made
his escape from that Institution, and returned
home He was again apprehended in this
city, and conveyed to the Jail, from which he
together with other inmates Of that establish.
ment, was discharged on Saturday last, the
criminal court being engaged in winding ND
the business of the term. On Saturday the
unfortunate individual was again arrested
being dangerously drunk = and again sent
back to his old Jail quarters.
MYERS & MABIaAs's CrRcus-A local
paragraph crept into the Star a day or two
since, saying that some of the persons con.
nectcd with this Circus, left Washington with
out paying their board bills On inquiry, We
hear that the genDemsnly proprietors of tha
establi shment complied with all their obIisa
tions incurred in Washington. Ifany Of their
employees have failed to pay their bills, the
fault is not that of Myers 4 Madigan, who
paid them their dues promptly.
TIE POISONING CAsK.-The second trial Of
PharIella Skinker and Della Hazel, charged
with poisoning CASEY Williams and her family,
took place on Saturday, and resulted in q ycr.
dict Of not guilty. Thore are three or four
H;hcr indictments pending against the same
parties. The following are the names of the
Jurors in the case last tried Thomas j. Crane,
w. 7. Upperman, Walter Stewart, Thomas
Crown, Jere. Simmons, Jesse Plowman, Rich
ard StOops, Jos 7. Fenwick, Henry G.. Muir.
ray, Charles Z. Cummin, VIM. Flcnner, and
John Z. Dement,
DISCHARGED The following named priso-
ners were. On Saturday, ordered to be dis
charged from Jail, the grand jury not having
disposed Of the cases James Scrivensr, Pat.
Rsdy, Benjamin It. Thomas, Othello Webster,
Catharine Montagu, Charlotte Pepsico, and
James Chesley.
THE STEINER SAN GEDNEY, belonging to a
son Of Dir. George Page, caught FIRE on Sun
day morning, about one O'Clock, while har-
bored at Aqua Creek, and burnt to the waters
edge There were seventy cords Of oak wood
on board. Tho captain and crew scarcely %,
capped with their Ifves. We learn that there
IL an insurance Of $1,000.
IsJURED.-On Sunday afternoon, q small