Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-04-20

mouse, against man who was brought thither |
oy police cfi,er, relating her story substsr- |
TALLY as follows: keep boarding house; this !
man came with his wife to my residence, and |
L accommodated them I believe tho woman |
to be respectable and amiable, but she has re- |
cei7ed the most brutal treatment at the hands |
OF her husband; at the table she dare not |
look Ip-if she does she meets the scoWl q! d |
frowns Of her husband he several days ago |
tore some Of her clothing to shreds and de- |
s'royed her bonnet the poor creature, alarmed
for her safety. led TO the cellar, where she hid
herself; afterward the man ordered his VII Q
to leave the promises but she is a strarge
here, sir. and did rot know where to 60 /; in.
deed pity her, [wiping away a tear i tod
her che yht sleep with me, net knowing but
that be might severely injure her am a
widow and have two little children to struggle
for; L love to live in peace, and L DO not knew
that am safe while that man is in the house;
he may murder Us, or set the place on fire
The woman related the story under the co.
whatsoever that sle spoke forth tho words of
truth and soberness
"What have You got to say? observed the
Captain, addressing the accused.
Did modest you I? he remarked, speak
ing to the woman. Didn't treat YOU with
respect?"
But" replied the. widow, in a manner
which plainly showed that she was friend 10
her abused sex, you treated your wife in a
shoe King manner, and you cannot deny it."
cts mig wife, and i claim to do as
choOsc-nanage my domestic afflirs in my
own way, and ask no odds" exclaimed the 60
called husband, wi h an ar Of authority; and
which shosod he IVES csllous to that refine.
ment which is always 80 much admired in the
social relation.
The Captain " Can you give security?
d.. NJ e.-
She's nct icy wife"
The Captain Ycu said she was but
whether che is your wife or not, you ought to
be ashamed of yourseif to treat any woman as
you have done. Woman should be protected,
not abused BY man. You ought to be ashamed
of yourself"
The rsproof, however, had no effect upon
the man
The Captain: If you can't find security
you must 60 to jail, which is the best place
for YOU"
But, as 1 said''- He was here inter-
rupted by the exclamation of the Captain, 4
want no further remarks " And one of tbs
assistants at the guard house escorted the
priscnsr to cell On the first 1oor.
The name Of the man is Thomas o Brien
He was this morning committed TO Jail in de-
fault Of security to keep the psa3s
Thou2h he denied last night that the woman
whom he bad so cruelty treated is his wife, he
avOwed this morning that she ia
The man would have excited no pity if, like
the Improbable servant be had been +" beaten
| with many stripes"
ORPHANS COURT.-We alluded several day
/ ago. to an interesting case pending in tic
| court, before Judge PARCEL. This morning,
the examination OF a number of witnesses
having been concluded, I. Parkin Scott Esu
4 anrnDneroed he 70 FL
! ward Law Rogers who prays that the letters
OF administration heretofore granted to Henry
| May, On the personal estates Of the late Thomas
and Edward Law, nGy be revoked he claim
ing, through his counsel, (Me SIS Scott and
| Il. 5. Cox that he is the cousin, or next of
kin &C the deceased Mr.. Scott read both the
! petition Of Mr.. Rogers and of Henry May;
the latter denying this assertion, and praying
the court to dismiss the application Of Mr.
Rogers, with costs.
| Mr.. Scott, in the course Of his argument
| said that Ihos. Law, Sr., was formerly a resi-
| dent OF Was5i7gton; BIZ birth en- En- lishman,
| and came to this country, as the records show,
| towards the close Of the last century. lie had
| tErse SNns-1h0mas, Eiuund and George
| Tie last died IA infancy; and the other two
| lived IN western State. Mr.. Law being a
| WidoEer, contracted a second marriage with
| the grandmother of Mr. Edmund Law Rogers,
EliBabs. u Pa!ks Gusts. He tden proceeded
| 10 show the fruits Of that marriage, and to es-
| tab!ish the fast that Mr. Rogers Is next Of Lin
of Thomas sad EdmInd Law and he con
ire 7eTted various points in the arguments CT
Mr. May among them the allegation against
| Thomas Law, Sr., of bastardy, referring TO
English as well as American proof in support
| Of Legitimacy. -
HANDSOME INPROyEHRNrS.-Wc are glad
| to see Improvements going on in our city, and
=. Ill, a. n
manifes;e by some Of our citizens. Work
men arc now busiy engaged tearing down the
buildings owned By Me.srs. Z. d Gilman and
VIM. III. Ward, two doors west Of Browns
Hotel. On the site whore stood the unsightIy
pile, new and handsome four story buildings
will. in a few months, be erected They will
be about seventy fVe feet deep, from ting OF
Pennsylvania avenue twenty-five fest eeeh,
and III 2ning through to C street Very little
attention hes heretofore been paid to street
architecture; and 10 city is SO we'll calculated
as this for showing 6ne buildings. Tho store
front Of the building to be occupied byZ D. Gill
nan, one Of our old established druggists. is TO
be OF iron, and the pla'e glass wind0 VS. ten feet
high. The altitude Of the store is fifteen feet
in the clear; second story. twelve feet; third
story, eleven feet; fourth story, ten feet, all
il the clear The windows are ciTaular, hay
ing iron columns On each eide. The cornics
four feet long The from. is designed to REP
resent brown stone-nastic or stu9co will be
used. The cellar will be finished, and ceiling
eight feet il tho clear. Mr.. Wards building
is in oyery way similar, except in the store
front, which is to he Of brown stone The
block when anished, will be ore Of tie finest
improvements on that great thoroughfere-
Pennsylvania Avenue.
Messrs. VIM Ii. Baldwin & Nenning, are
the architects whose office is on the corner of
Eleventh stree. and Pennsylvania avenue,
over Farnham's book store, where We would
advise all our friends who contemplate build
ing to call.
Cross FIXING 1t is not very pleasant to
report any police case in which respectable
pers0Ls are connected, especially if those ger
s)Hs are females This morn ing, batch Of
cases was given us, which grew out Of quar-.
rel between families in the Second Ward, and
which, to deal fairly, We are obliged to insert
MrS. Ross vs.. Miss Il. Moran, and Miss ~
Moran vs.. Mrs. Ross and tho United States
We. Miss Bridget Grady. They appeared be