Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-07-29

ms business business went home, and saw nothing more
'ntn w ne saw them 1T the poiis between.
ilid clock that MORNING; Teeorui,e5 sn,,,a of
tf4ein as part OF the party he saw al the resfau
ram; witness supposed tie object for which they
CaHlei IL was twenty minutes after they first
came to the polls and left that thew returned.
knows the names of some Of the police who ,,,sTa
theIe; the chief of police was there did not ex
change woEd with him. One of the police Ar,
drew witness attention TO the fact that the Pines
Were there there were six, seven or eight of the
police there; does not remember exactly how
many; Esquire Dom was there; and James
Kennedy also, who was a county Justice Wit
ness had no other reason TO suppose that there
would be an attack on the polls than his own
Judgment and knowledge of the character of per-
sons there; witness thought ii very necessary to
have more police there; does not know Of his own
knowledge whether the police were around: only
pistol he saw was in the hands Of Capt Baggott;
witness had no weapon. except penEnife The
voting went on quietly until the Plugs returned;
saw no person interfere with the Plugs or speak
an angry word to one of them; no wea pons
then, and saw no violence used against them;
when witness returned to the polls the Judges
were not there; everything in confusion; peo-
pie yelling and hooting; did not recognise any of
the rug giles that witness can remember; went
to the Navy Department for the purpose of apply
ing To the Secretary for the assistance of the ma
rines; found the Secretary at the Presidents
house. witness and the Mayor returned TO the
Mr.. Bradley asked the witness whether he was
present at the Mayors office when assistance was
volunteered by the citizens!
MIR. Key objected to the question
The point was debated by the District Attor-
ney for the prosecution, and Messrs Scott and
| Ellis for the defence. Witness recalled TO the
stand; when he went up to the polls did not 20
with the mar ines; saw some of the same persons
| there whom he saw there in the morning; saw
three or four of Them did not see any members of
the Empire Club; did not hear of their heinz
,f,
Empire Club from Baltimore; witness saw them
then and met one or two of them as he went to-
ward the marines who were on the corner of
ana seventh street, witness, after the Mayor left
the polls. followed him towards the gun prola-
bly, at the solicitation of Mr. MerrilI; there met
the Rugs; they were coming down towards the
| marines; one of them passed witness quite
| near did not arrest him, because he had not
power to hold him; marines were one square of:
accusations were SO changed that il was not safe
to arrest him; would have been knoc kcG down
dozen times before he could have arrested any
one; Judged, when military came Oh the ground
that they were escaping; did not follow them; fol-
lowed The Mayor up towards the gun; the Marines
Were there In line on street; did not say To any
one, there goes two of those men; no guns were,
fired till a marine was struck the pistol shots
| came from the direction of the maj ket house:
cannot say that they were pointed at the Marines;
seven or eight shots were fired before the Marines
fred don't know that the party who took the gun
nred at all; the pistols were fired the charging
party were marching up to the qua
The point was argued at considerable length
ana with great ability, by the various counsel
MI Ellis, in his remarks, went To say that
thr people OF this city Were fast coming. under
military de>poiiSm, and that the President OF the
United states had assumed all the power of 4
military tvTdnt; that the marines were illegally
ordered out 10y an administration that had come.
INTO power 10y means OF force, fraud, bribery and
perjury, and who would probably endeavor to
remain in power by the same means He was
several times called to order by the Court; his
Honor saying that politics was out of order i'm a
Judicial investigation.
The question was overrulcd
Witness (reSuming) heard the Captain order
the marines not to fire until ordered.
The cross examination of Mr.. Goddard WAS
concluded at 4 to p. m, and Mayor Magruder
was called to the stand
The Court here took a recess of fifteen minutes
and at the expiration of that time
Or; Won Is. MaSr"der, Mayor Of the city, was
called TO the stand.
A THIEF Look Our FOR HIM!-On Satur-
day evening last young man. calling himself
L. Rodgers, hailing from Cincinnati, and reI
resenting himself as Il newspaper (steam) press
man, took room at the boarding house No BIZ
Pennsylvania avenue. On the day before yester-
day afternoon some of the boarders lodging ON
the same floor, missed sundrv articles of cloth
ing, &c., from their trunks. The fact that one of
the servants saw him passing in and out Of the
rooms led to the suspicion that be was the thief,
and he was placed under the surveillance of the
police, who took him into custody Yesterday
morning, and on examining him before Justice
Dom no proof on VIII CHI 10 hold him for trial was
at hand. He was accordingly discharged from
custody.
He then returned to the boarding house paid
his bill, and taking his baggage. went away His
roommate, one Of the sufferers Nv his robbaries
having had his suspicious aroused by his move
Ineuts on the night before last, followed him and
saw him 90 TO a small building i'm an otherwise
vacant lot near the depot, and taking something
from under the house, place II in his breast peck
ct He then immediately went up and demanded
TO know what it was he had Just concealed He
denied having concealed anything, bnt explained
his act as that of looking for water II is accuser
immediately charged him with having stolen his
paper cut c tools, &c, and said tn; lie would
at once have him arrested.
After 4 short parley, the thief admitted his rob-
berries, aud accompanied his pursuer Mr. John
t.. Ellis, 10 the public house of - BOYLE near
the depot, where he had left them. as strangers
arriving and departing are al times accustomed
TO leave baggage temporarily. Asking Mr.. BOYLE
Tor the things he had requested him TO take care
of, they Were handed to him, and were taken po<-
session of by Mr.. Ellis. They proved to be all
the things missed from the boarding house The
recovered property consists of two pair of panta-
looms, two coats, two pair of shoes, shirt vest,
ana cravat; also paper cutters tools. satchel,
books, Chinese varniSh, and sundry other things
The thief then made oil, and was soon on. of
sight. We hear that some of his clothing the
name of James X. Mott is marked. He has prob
ably left the city, and the police are doing their
best to track him.
This thief is about 90 years of age, has light
complexion and blue eyes, and is cross-eyed
somewhat His height and wei9 lat are medium
He wore high-crOwned, snuff-cologed Kossuth
hat, and had variety of clothing. He wore
away dark, thin frock coat.
THE RIvER.-The sloop Old State. Capt Bret
sil, arrived up yesterday from Machodc, with
apples pears, and fruits of various kinds, for the
Washington market.
Arrived at Harvey q Co.'S wharf schr. Breeze,
Capt. Dickinson, fon Philadelphia, with $50
tons of coal for MesSrs. Harvey & Go
The Columbia yesterday in passing the Pages
wharf moved the slip of the George PAGE four
inches There would seem, from this fact, to bc
necessity for new slip at that wharf
The President of the Washington and Alcxan-
drid RAILROAD Company is about putting that road
in first rate order, with view to a resumption of
travel on that road. IL will he done by the first
of September. The damages OH the Long Bridge |
last Spring have proved to he great drawback TO
the ComDauy. bnt Mr.. French il drt,rmined o.,