Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-12-19

yesterday, the jury In the case Of ANTHONY Bia.
cnarged with larceny Of certain wood from 4 M .
heys' round verdict Of guilty; and Bias was
sentenced TO suffer imprisonment in the county
jail ioT the space Of ten days, and pay fine Of
States rs. William Jones This was a new in
oictnlent on the same case that came no yester-
udy morning, in which the defendant stood
Gnarged with stealing from Frederick Singer
bahk note valued at So The new indictment
described the stolen goods promissory note;
| ana the jury, IN finding the verdict, valued the
SAID note at sj-thereby making the crime grand
| larceny. Mr.. W barton, counsel for the defend
ant, made a motion for arrest of Judgment in
the case. The motion was ordered to be entered
| on file.
who was yesterday convicted of an arGravated
| assault upon some man the first day of June
| last wilson, II will be recollected, was tried
w al o,heIs al the last June term for riots
IN the seventh Ward. He was convicted tc-
| getheI with several others but was not arrested
until last September. since which time he has
oeeH IN jan. he was sentenced on the old score
| 10 nine months and two weeks confinement in
the county Jail, which time with that he has al
| READY been confined makes up an aggregate of
WE'VE months; the same to the sentence in the
| cases OF StoddaTd, Warnack, and Others his as
sociates on that occasion. For the assault for
which he was yesterday convicted he was SEN
fenced to four months confinement in the county
Jail-tbe sentence in the latter case to commence
rom the termination OF the sentence in the for
| mer case The Court then adjourned
| To-day The first thing up for consideration was
me motion Tor an arrest of Judgment in the
| oil WIN Jones, convicted of grand larceny YES
terday. The Court, after hearing the remarks of
| the counsel oveTruled the motion
| The grand jury were then called, and the Court
took up the case OF Anthony Bias. charging the
DEFENDANT with ASSAULT and battery upon w m
Ross. The jury found the prisoner guilty.
| me Court then took up the case of Benjamin
r, watson, charged with assault and battery on
| WIN. ID. Beall. This case was peEdng when
our reporter left the room
THE R1vBR-At Gait & Young IS wharf arrived
schr. Buena Vista, Capt Tench, from PhiIadel.
| Phia, with l55 tons of coal
| Also, schr Woodruff Sims. Cant. William w
Mason, from Philadelphia, with 3O3 tons Of coal
Az Magruder * stones wharf, schr EcliDse
Capt Hitchins, from Philadelphia, with 900
Schr. Anteris arrived at Howard's wharf, with
$50 bushels of oysters. of very fine quality, from
ST Jerome's Creek
The Collyer made fine trip to Mount Vernon
yesterday, with a large crowd OF passengrrs
From Capt. Baker we learn of the arrival at AL
exandIia yesterday, of the schr. Fairfax, Dodges
line, from New York, with general cargo for
! that city and Georgetown Also scbrS BIack
Monster and : b. Baylis, from same port
The schr, SYlyanns Allen sailed Yesterday
from Alexandria for Boston, with a cargo Of
| coal.
| SIMPSONS FINE PICrURE-" The Restoration
Of the ship ResolIt to her Majesty, the Queen OF
| Great Britain, by the People Of the United
States"-continues to attract much attention II
has just been placed ia lie hit better adapted to
show its merits than il has hitherto enjoyrd
aside from ITS interest as graphic representation
OF an event Of historical and national interest II
presents striking portraits of the members of The
| British royal family, and also Of other eminent
peTsoIages of that nation. The techinal e1ecu-
ton OF the picture is wonderfully good; and by
the way, II may not be uninteresting to our fair
| readers TO note how royalty dresses They will
come to the conclusion, PERHAPS that Queens
princesSes and maids of honor dress very ,pucb
| like eommoners in this year of our Lord 1857
| The visitor TO this painting has now the oppor.
tunity Of seeing some excellent watercoor comics
Of Turner celebrated pictures; but of these more
| hereafter.
| CASE DIsNIssED.-YeSterday case was laid
| before Justice Goddard, which required consid-
cradle investigation TO settle. 1t appeared that
| young man named w. b. Dalston on Monday
| loaned gun to another named Height who
| pawned the gun and gold watch with pawn
| broker named HuBsbergeT, taking his chez ks for
shein; IN order TO recover his property Dalston
had Height arrested on a criminal charge and
| taken before Justice Dom. where the case was
setiled by the accused giving up his checks as Sc
Gnrity Tor the return OF the property. Subsequent
| Iy, DalSton had a search warrant issued for his
| gun, which he said had been stolen Wednesday
| and YVES concealed at Hunsbercer's house Jns
tice Goddard decided that the gun should be re-
| turned 10 the pawnbEOker until the money for
| which II was p1wned be paid and dismissed
the case with the remark that to an unpreiu,iicpd
| mind il must look like collision to keep the
Pawnbroker out Of his money.
| Masonic ELEcTGOSs AT the communication
| OF Hiram Lodge, No. 10, +. d A. NJ, held last
evening the following officers were elected for the
| ensuing MaSonic year, viz Joseph Gawler, w g.
"; c. l. Alexander, :. w; John NJ. Jewell, ] :.
| w Il. W. Flood, Secretary Thomas Smith
rFeasurer; VIM ID. Serrin, Tyler
THALBERG's FAREWELL CONCERr-We learn
that Thalberg will give his farewell concert in
this city at the Philharmonic Hall. - Star
| build ings on the 9Th of January On finishing
his series of fare well concerts the United States
| ne proposes TO visit Cuba, Mexico, and South
| America.
| The COLUMBIA TYPOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY are
making arrangements TO celebrate their forty
third anniversary by ball on the 18th Of Jam
| uarv-the Eth. FTanklin's birthday fdIIinp on
| sunday A competent committee have the mat
| ter in hand, and, Of course, everything will lie
done in the typos best style.
| On MONDAY EVENING the charming Miss r
L. Williams appears in her so-popular entertain
| ment, The lHdy's Dream, or the Freaks of
Queen Nab, writted for her by the author of
| Handy andy" Tue fine new Philharmonic
Hall, neat door is to he inauSuTatsd on this occa
| sion
| On THURSDAY NIGHT next our handsome friends
| Of the American Hook and Ladder Company
! give their grand ball at Odd Fellows Hall, Navy
Yard.
WATCH REIURNs.-John Johnson, Ireland W.
grant; workhouse 90 days. James Murphy, do ,
| do do. John MURRAY, Va, fighting; do. Geo
Derrick, do do. George Roberts or Chas Wa
teTman, 5. G., disordeTly conduct; fine and costs
80 ~. Patrick sullivan, Ireland drunk and dis
ordeIiyi workhouse 30 days. Timothy Shugrove
do, dol do: ID Shugrove, do, do do. Hester
Johnson, colored, Md, larceny; security
Eighteen lOdgeIs-noh-residents.
The FIVE LITTLE PIss.-Another supply Of that