Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-03-02

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most noted, worthy and substantial citisens.
We never saw q more mournful procession
one in the countenances Of which deep sincere
grief was more plainly depicted. And well 1t
might have been; for they were mourning the
sudden passing away from earth, Of man IN
ten thousand. -
Normonism and Filibusterism- We hear
. great deal, from time to time, about the
diffusion of intelligence in this country. The
Yankees, especially, spread themselves won
derfulIy, and talk msgnifcently on the sub
ject of their colleges and schools, and Of the
extraordinary scuteness of the universal Yam
kee nation. We don't think they evincsd
much evidence of their vast wisdom by the
loose way in which they ran mad on Know.
Nothingism and on Kansas. But let those
two delusions pass: as good enough political
hobbies to ride until after the election; and
passing over them, what are We to say of the
table tipping crasiness, of Mornonism and of
flibusterism?
Here is great heap of inoonceivable silly
humbugs and falsehoods, by means Of which
Brigham Young and his gang draw q pack of
poor fsols to Utah to suffer all sorts of mar
tyrdom on the road, and to sink into the mean
est and most brutal slavery when they get
there. During the same time, another great
crowd seven or eight thousand in number, of
equally foolish victims Of W alker, are deluded
by equally monstrous and silly fslsehoods to
60 to Nicaragua to starve and rot there az his
bond slaves. Are the people of the United
States really int elligent, or is all our bossted
enlightenment nothing but misplaced vanity
and shallow self.conceit?
Doddridge g. Lee is spsre.ma1e mar,
rather tall, with thin gray hair and largo grey
or blue eyes, and is about IS years of age. 1t
is known to tho police that he procured the
pistol on the morning on which he perpetrated
the fatal deed, borrowing it for the occasion
As the testimony shows, he was assured of the
respectability of Mr.. Hume, not only on the
night of the difficulty at the Pres dents he use,
but in the morning before Mr.. 81. called at
bis room in the Pension bureau. Some years
ago he was connected with Billy Meshon in
the management of the Alexandria race course,
and was then most noted 10 tb at neighborhood
as a cock.ighter. He was dismissed by Sec.
relay McClelland from his clerkship in the
Pension bureau within an hour after the fatal
occurrence.
The Late David Hume.-A strong and most
commendable point in the character of the late
Mr.. Hume, has been most forcibly illustrated
in the testimony already given before the
Coroner's jury and the bailing Il &C istrates
We aIlude to his forbearance feu men
would have so earnestly plead as he did to be
relieved from resenting the grave inputaiion
upon a spotless character, SO pertinaciously
forced upon him by the man by whose hand
he fell. The affair, with its antecedents here
and its results so far, has struck this commu.
nifty with o thrill Of horror.
II. Stuart.-Among the host Of strangers
of note, whose presence now grace the Fei-
eral Metropolis, is II. Stuart, Esq, the Col
lector of the Port Of Galveston, Texas, and
for near twenty years past the editor of the
Galveston Civilian, q journal which, under
his conduct, has come to WELD perhaps more
powerful influence over the popular mind of
the southwest than any other; an influence
always considerably and happily directed, SO
far as the true interests of society are con-
oerned. He is at the Kirkwood
The Excitement The excitement in Alex.
andria, concerning the homicide of Mr.. Hume
continues to be intense. The Board of Trade,
which passed resolutions on the subject on Sat
urday, was in session upon it at 10 a. m to.
day. 1t was understood that the act Of admit
ting Doddridge G. Lee, under the Giro un.
stances, to bail, caused the meeting of this
N corning. -
The Corpse.-The corpse of the late David
Hume, Esq, was carried up to Orange Court
House, Va, yesterday morning. An immense
concourse of mourning citizens of Alexandria
attended at the depot, notwithstanding tho
hour of the departure CT the train-at a. N.
Opening Bids The bids for the new Post
Office building in Windsor, Vermont, and
Custom House at Galens, Illinois, were duly
opened on Saturday at the Treasury Depart.
ment in pursuance of the Secretary's notices
to that end.
Court Of Claims .-Thur.day, Judge Black.
ford delivered bis opinion in the case of Rob-.
BlackfOrd Judge Scarburgh delivered his
dissenting opinion in the same case
Chief Justice Gilchrist delivered the opin
lon Of the court in the following cases on the
facts; favorable bills ordered to be reported,
viz:
Temperance Childress, Sarah Weed, Ann B.
johnson, Almira Reuif, Sarah LOOMS, Sarah
Eaton, Mary Ann Harper, Elizabeth King,
Mary Grant, Rebecca P. Nourse, Hannah
MurIes, Ptebe Polly, Elizabeth Morgan,
Nancy Ittig. Polly Booth, Jane Martin, Anne
Hill, Mary Pierce, Lydia Clspp.
Mr.. Bibb concluded his argument In tho
case Of j S Rowman. Mr.. Mcpherson, re.
piled IN behalf OF the government, and Mr.
Bibb closed, when the case was submitted.
Adjourned
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