Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-04-07

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entn ward requiring The resignation Of his seat |
In the Board, and that he had refused accession
70 the request for, amongst other the following |
L. That he was not aware Of any lust cause for |
the interference, by that body, with his tenure of
?. That special election at this time ,vou,a 1
involve unnecessary expenditure of time to the |
people and Of money to the Corporation
8. That the annual municipal election in June |
next Will afford the most appropriate opportunitv
for the manifestation Of such opinion as the citf
1ens OF the Seventh Ward may think lit to express
In the premises. &c.,. 80 - -
sition as Secretary of the Washington National |
Schools. = -. 80 ""1A'"
Note.-The public Of Washington will. doubt |
less, be curious to read the warrant under which
council irresponsible and unknown to the |
laws assumes the right to unmake legal officers |
after the constitutional voters Of the CITY have
made them. Not long since we had reason to ex-
press dissent from the proprety of the act of an
irresponsible association of the other party I'm as
Stunning the direction Of public matter; and we
then essayed to show that the idee embraced
the germ OF the principle of Jacobinism. In this
case that odous principle is essayed to be carried
stone's-throw further. We are a progressive
peeple-very. For our part, we have lived long
enough not to be willing approve assumptions
Of authority by any small politicians Of any party
| EDITOR.
CIRCUIT CoURT.-Judges Dunlop and Mer
rick.-The court met this morning at 10 O'Clock,
and the case Of DR.. p. X. Skinner and the mute
and blind children in his charge was brought up
This case was continued over it will be remem-
bsred, from the last sitting of the court, and is
! upon writ Of habeas corpus, calling upon DIR
Skinner 10 bring before the court seven persons
mute and blind, who, through their next friend
Amos Kendall, pray discharge from the custody
| OF said Skinner, on account of alleged cruel
treatment. ..s
Mr. Key appeared for the prosecution. and
Messrs Bradley and Davidge for the defence
I nxxyi nty xxitn ALL
prosecution: Casandra Raymond, Mrs f. D. E.
| n: Southworth, Mrs. Brewer, Annie Murray
| Alice Adams, Mr. Burrows, w. H. Weaver Mrs
Savers, Mr. Odds, H. Richards, Miss Faulkner
| The children of the Asylum were brought into
court, and Mr.. Bradley opened the case BY read
ing to the court the written defence of skinner.
| claiming that the children in his charge had been
uniformly treated with kindness and considera-
ton, that every means had been used by defend
ant for the moral and mental improvement of
the unfortunate beings, and that no charge of ILL.,
treatment could be substantiated Mr. Bradley
stated to the court that he should dsprove the
charges brought against the defendant by the evil
! dence for the prosecution.
! Mr.. Key. for prosecution, then entered ubop
the examination of witnesses
| AT the time our report closed, two witnesses
| had been examined Mrs. Cassandra RAYMOND
and Mrs. Southworth.
| Yesterday, in the case of johnson ps the Poto
mac Building Association, injunction was re-
| fused by the court
| UNITED STATES Police REPORTS Before
| Justice Dom On Saturday night, MIR. Joseph
Nardin, before returning to his residence stopped
! at the Northern Liberties market house TO make
some trihing purchase, and, in taking out some
| money from his pocket book, dropped four notes
OF the denomination of 800 each without observ-
ing II, and did not miss the money until some
time during Sunday morning. At first he thought
some one had entered his bedroom and taken the
notes. Information having been given TO Officers
| King and Kemble, they soon ascertained that
/ man named Isaac Brooks, (who was known to be
/ mn \ had Oar q
taurdnt for change, and that il correspondent with
one of those lost by Nardin A warrant was is
! sued by Justice Dom, and Brooks was arrested
Oh examination he admitted that he had endcav-
ored to pass the said note that he had received il
! from his wife, and that Bacon & Co had changed
II for him, (Which was ascertaned to be the case y
! but he denied any knowledge of the other three
/ notes. A search warrant was then obtained to
/ make search Of BrookS's residence To prevent
the search his wife produced the notes. asserting
/ that she had found them at the market The offi-
GERS returned to the office. and after consu taton
| with the defendant returned again to his dwell
| ing, when Mrs Brooks handed over to them
/ xS.75, making up the sum lost with the excep-
| ton OF % cents, which had been paid for the
changing of the note. The defendant was then
lseharged as it appeared that none of the money
( had been used, and further that Brooks and his
wife only attempted TO retain il believing that as
they had found IL, they were entitled to t. Much
| praise is due to the officers in this affair
PRESIDENT PIERCE AND THE DISTRICT REGI-
! MENT.-A few days after the Inauguration of Pres
/ ldent Buchanan meeting of the officers of the
! regiment of the District Volunteers was held at
! which Major Bacon presided. 1t was resolved
| that a committee should be appointed to wait
upon ex-President Pierce and return the thanks of
| the regiment for his Kindness to the District mil
| itary during his term of service as President of
the United States and tender him an escort of the
! regiment upon his departure, the officers to &C
| company him to the next city. The committee
/ performed their duty and his Exceency desired
! few days for consideration. In due time the
| committee received reply thanking the regiment
for their many acts Of kindness and courtesy, and
! assuring the committee that he should ever re-
! member the kindness of the military He was
grateful for this tender of regimental escort upon
his departure from the city, but asked to decline
| the compliment, IL being his desire (Mrs. Pierce
| being at the time unwelI to leave the city in as
| private and quiet manner as possible.
| The FIsHERIEs.-The Alexandria Sentinel
| learns that number of the fisheries on the Po-
tomac below this city are experiencing much in
4 terruption and loss from the mud banks formed
last winter, and that wherever the ice collected
! in banks or drifts, on the breaking up Of the
ffeeze, the mass, as il melted, replaced by a
depOSite Of mud extensive to become yisi-
/ bic at low water. There are many Of these within
the sweep of the seines, and they interfere much
! with,th ''hauling i'm At one fishery on YES
/ terday, the seine hung and burst mud hank
, and the haul Of fish and two hundred fathoms OF
seine were lost The Sentinel thinks if the effect
/ Of ice-drifts is to create mud banks everywhere
as they have down on the fishing grounds the
mud mats opposite washington must have grown
| wonderfully since last winter
| The NATIoSAL ENpEMIC.-The Washington
correspondent of the Baltimore Clipper denies
| that the death of the Hon. Samuel Brenton which
took place in Indiana, came, reported, from
| the National Hotel disease, and says:
so far from this being true, that gentleman
was not a boarder at that establishment For
years past he had been suffering from the effects
of paralysis, and IL was this, probably, which
caused his decease. Alike erroneous Is the state
ment that Col. f. f. Lane, the nephew of Prcsi-
dent Buchanan, died Of the National Hotel sick
ness, contracted during the Inauguration week
He in robust health until within four or five
days of his death, which was in consequence of
a heavy cold.
The sickness at the hotel was bad enough
without being nIagnihed.'
TIE JEWISH PAssOYER-The LEWIS are heni In. |