Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-04-03

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market; referred
Mr.. Kelly introduced . bill appropriatinp
$500 for cleaning alleys and cutters in the
First Ward: passed.
Mr.. Barr introduced . bill paying the
sealer OF weights and measures tho extra
salary heretofore granted him; passed.
MI Plant introduced bill to gravel
Thirteenth street from New York avenue to
street, and Eleventh streetfrom B to G streets;
referred.
Mr.. Barr offered resolution req Nesting the
Mayor to call the attention of the committee
OF public buildings to the necessity Of i'm
proving the squares formed at the intersection
Oh Massachusetts, avenue, Eleventh street, and
NJ street
Mr. Walker moved to amend by adding also
the pavement in rear of the Judiciary square
from Third to Sixth street. Agreed to, and
the resolution as amended was adopted.
On motion Of Mr. ]. w. Davis, the bill for
the relief Of G. Vanderwerken was taken up.
After . short discussion In relation to the
amount, and other particulsrities, in which
Messrs. Busey, Davis, smoot, Ruff, and Dun
canson partici pated, the bill was passed.
The bill, reported by the committee on
claims, in re ,ard to the paving of Pennsylya-
MIA avenue, DO, in the First Ward, was taken
up.
After long discussion, in which many of
INC menUofs pdrlclP8toQ-
MI smoot moved an amendment providing
that the payment shall come from the general
fund in place Of the fund of tho First Ward
lost-yeas 8, nays Is.
The bill was then refused third reading
yeas 8, nays IL.
A committee of three (Messrs Smith, Ball,
and Clements) were appointed to revise the
laws In regard to the inspection Of lumber.
The board then adjourned.
CAPTURE OF SECRET SocIKrY.-Last
night, between nine and ton o'clock, informa-
ton was given to the police that q number of
male colored persons were meeting, in secret
conclsve, in the cellar of house on D street.
between Ninth and Tenth streets, which they
had rented of the white proprietor Of the
premises. Accordingly, police possee pro.
ceeded thither Tho door was opened in
obedience to the rap of one of tho officers,
when he and his companions made forcible
entry. The members of the society exhibited
much alarm when they saw the white faces
rushing into their midst; and the officers of
the association ut once removed their glitter
ing regalia, and hastily gathered up their
books and archives. The entire party were,
without ceremony, escorted to the watch
house. Placed in the psrtitioned enclosure in
the business Office of that establishment, thew
presented the spectacle, not of a company of
apPoiontiy ScHtSoi COiOTeQ men.
Captain Birch read to them the law which
prohibits free or slave blacks and mulattoes
from assembling unlawfulIy or meeting in
secret; the smallest fine for which offence is
five dollars. The municipal statute likewise
subjects police officers to q fns Of fifty dollars
in the event of their failing to enter and break
up such associ atoms.
The fact that he prisoners had assembled
IN secret or private meeting was proved, and
n hat all L.
watch.house were in the cellar in D street,
with the door locked.
The Captain having asked them whether
they had anything to say, one Of tho blacks
requested the examination Of certain books
which he placed on the desk, which con sisted
of the Holy Bible, Seneea's Morals, and Life
in Earnest Among the private papers was
one IN the form of subscription Cor the pur-
chase Of slave woman named Eliza Howard,
the value set on her by her owner being $3.50
To the liberating fund, Hon Gerrit Smith paid
$50, and Hon W. II. Seward IS; Hon j. r.
GiddiDgs was " down. for 81 90, but the cash
was not paid. Several Of our respectable cit
liens had likewise contributed There vers
scraps OF poetry in manuscript, including
" The Lone Indians Dream" and the printed
constitution Of a society called "The Daueh.
tiers of Jerusalem" similar to ono the col
ored folks have in Ric hmond, Va, tho object
Of which, as stated in the preamble, is to q re-
lieve the sick and bury the dead" The CON-
tents Of paper box was also examined BY
the Captain, consisting Of sets Of handsome
regaiia for the officers Of the society.
At the suggestion of an of6csr the negroes,
twenty four Of them in number, were sever
ally searched, each one in turn going down
stairs for that purpose; but nothing tending
TO implicate them in crime was found on their
persons.
According to their own statement they had
met for benevolent purposes. d..
Some Of them were released last night, and
the other cases were disposed of this morning
The following are the names of the persons
arrested
Slaves-Walter Clements, Charles Mason,
Richard Henry Sanders and Joseph Jones.
Freo-James Williams, Joseph johnson,
John b. Bennett, Chester Taylor, Chas Brown,
James Curtis, Henry Dunlap, VIM. Simonds,
Geo. w. Gaines, Lewis Norton, Daniel Will
liams. Peter Hempsley, Aaron Jones, Reuben
Boss, Edmund Duckett George Sands, James
Clagett, George Lee, Grafton johnson, and
Aquilla Barton.
Bennett, Taylor, Lee, and Barton were sent
to the WORK. house, Joseph Jones received six
lashes, and the others were released on the
payment Of the foe and cests-$5 So each.
The occurrence to which We have above re.
ferred created this morning quite an interest
among the colored population OF the city.
SPRING FAsHIOss.-With the incoming of
spring is the reception of new styles of dress
suited to that ever welcome season, and in the
pursuit Of the fashions our fair ones can never
be charable with sloth. Our readers will find
at Mrs. Hills, south side Of Pennsylvania
avenue, between Ninth and Tenth streets: at
Miss Morley's, north side of Pennsylvania
avenue, between the Same streets; at Mad.
Delarus's, No. 1888, Pennsylvania avenue,
north side, between Twelfth and thirteenth
streets, Miss J. Thompson, at Hutchinson &
Munro's, Pennsylvania avenue, between Ninth
and Tenth streets, next door to Walter Har-
per's; and NJ. William have all opened yery
recently excellent stocks of spring millinery
goods John 7. Evans, the fashionable and
goa head halter, has large and varied stock
Of spring bonnets for the ladies, to be made
up by the ladies at home; and Maxwell q
Sears q stock of new style Paris mantiIias,
such as has rarely been seen in Washington.
All these goods are we'll worth seeing even by
those ladies who do not wish to buy. Nothing
superior to them we're ever imported into this
market