Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-12-18

ers Association Of this city, Convention was
opened at the Smithsonian Institution last night.
at O'Clock.
The Convention WINS called to order bv q q
Wight, President Of the Washington Teachers
Association.
On motion ofMr. Ricketts,. Secretary Board os
Trustees of the Public Schools. Rev Or Binney
President Of Columbian College was el,c,eS
President of the Convention. = 'u
On motion Of Mr. Young, Secretary of Teach.
eIs Assoc'anon' " j. Abbott was appointed Sec
On motion, 1t was determined that the sessions
Of the Convention should hereafter be opened
with prayer
MeSsrs H. Richards, X Ricketts, and Otis G.
Wight were appointed a committee TO pronos,
Subiscts for discussion f''loN
Mr.. IL. Richards chairman of the C,o,u,,,,..
on business, read the Programme which tbsy
proposed to follow during the sessions
me PRESIDENT here Introduced to the COnvpn-
tiOn Prof Alexander Dimitry, late Superfntend
ent OF Education in Louisiana who delivered AN
address 10 me Convention, the subject of which
was " The Relations Of the Past and the Future
10 lhs Present, and particularly bearing upon
the education OF the young, and the duties of ma
rents ana teachers to the young. At its close The
thanks of the Convention were voted 10 H.
speaker for his able and excellent address
The business committee here reported , sub;.c,
Tor discussion for this morning, which was,
. How far are teachers resDonsible for tIa ,a-.i
education of their pupils9'' 800
And after the transaction Of some minor busi
ness matters. the Convention adjourned 10 this
morning. at O'Clock
The Educational Conve ntion met this mor,in,,
On motion of Mr.. Richards, the Secretary of the
Board OF Trustees of Public Schools. MIR LOOMS
ana Mr.. W bite Were appointed a e, mmittee 70
wait upon the Committees of the District of CO
Iumbla In the Senate and House of Reprcsenta
nVes' ana 10 invite their attendance this evening
at the meeting of the Convention when a discusS
SION Will take Place-immediately after the lec
tnFe of MI Barnard on the report on the stats.
uGs OF education in the city of Washington
In the temporary absence Of DR. Kinney Mr.
wight was chosen president. pro tsn1pors of the
Convention. " "
sion was going on upon the subject How far
are teachers responsible for the moral education
Of their pupils On this subject Mr. Emerson.
who for many years was at the head Of one of the
best seminariCs in Boston, gave the result of his
long and successful xPerence in respect to moral
TEACHING Further remarks were made by Mpssrs
Richards, Wight and LOOMS
ln view OF the celebrity of Mr. Barnard and
DIS successful laboTs in the cause Of education
and the Interesting facts which will he stated ir
regard to the want of schools in the District and
the large number of children who are growing
up IN ignorance in this city, we hope an expecf
TO see a large attendance Of our citizens esne
cidily ihe members of the CITY Councils teach
eTs and trustees Of public schools and ali Others
interested in the subject
SIXTH DISTRICT POLICE -6.fo,, Jys,;,, C,,U
rather singular was up the other day; in
which the plaintiff, one Flora Moore colored
woman, brought suit against one Martin Young
hautZ I'd German, to recover certain moneys al
legged to be due her for her services as midwife
in the defendants family The defendant was
had mp, and on appearing, ruled the daY for a
trial Of the case. In the me ntime he tbollyht to
sell the sharp-witted constables by efecting
compromise with the ex-midwife, and accord
1ngly he went to her and fOTked over the amount
of her bill, and took receipt in full of all de-
mands
When the day of trial came about the defend
ant appeared at the magistrates office and exhib-
tied his receipt, and of course the case was non
suited
The German chuckled heartily at the manner
Va Ich h. had lone hoa n,
tain anticiPatory fees, and went on his way, re-
jOicing.
The officers somewhat chagrined at the unex-
pected upShOt Of the case, put their heads to-
gether TO see how they might get even with the
cunning German They ascertained that Mr.
Young hautz had in his possession two goats
which he was harboring about his premises
without having paid license for doing. So
warrant was issued at their instance, and the
aforesaid Young bautz came before his honor on
the above serious charge The defendant plead
that the goats were necessary in his family TO
supply milk to an infant child in the failure Of
its mother to perform that essential function; but
the fact being proven that the animals in aues-
ton were billy goats, II was held by the magis-
trate that proof was wanting to show their use
fuineSS In the alleged capacity; Young hautz
was fined - and costs the officers thus having
the laugh on their side.
CRIMINAL CoURT.-The jury yesterday found
a verdict Of guilty in both the cases of James
Williamson and John McCuen, charged with
larceny Of money, and they sentenced each
10 i've months Imprisonment in the county Jail,
and TO pay fine Of 81
Anthony Ray was then arraigned, charged with
STEALING from John Hays one $40 gold piece and
one - gold piece. The verdict Of the jurv
Reco2nizanc Were forfeited in the cases of
Lewis Carr, JeheTson Payne. Robert Squibbs and
Thomas Johnston, alias Thomas Foster. Ad-
lOurned.
To-day, the Court met at 10 O'Clock and the
jury was sworn first in the case of the United
states rs William Jones, free negro brought
up on the charge of the larceny of a bank note of
the value OF 81 from one Frederick Stinoer, on
or about the l9!h day of September, Ie57 The
defendants counsel cOntendrd that as the said
note was a promiSSOry note Of the Corporation of
Georgetown. promising to pay to the holder the
value Of its face in Virginia bank notes, the in
dictment was not sustained and asked the Court
20 so instruct the jury.
His Honor decided that the law in such cases
made the redemption of promissory hank notes
I-d"emable in specie or other valuable thing of
the value OF its face. The indictment, which
read - prOmissOry note for the payment Of five
dollars. and Of the value Of five dollars,'' was
not sustained.
The jury accordingly brought in a verdict of
not gdiity.
The Court then took mp the case of the United
states rs Anthony Bias, in which the defendant
was charged with the larceny of eight cords of
wood from G.. VI. Keys, on the 10Th day of Sep
tember. Iej7-the said wood being OF the value
Of siO
This case was pending when this report closed
CASES ~ TIE SUPREME Court DURING rnK
PRESENT TERM.-There are We original actions;
that Is, cases brought originally before the Sn-
preme Court; and the whole number Of cases on
the docket. independent Of the five cases above
mentioned are l6i up to the day Of the sitting of
the Court
We give below the number of cases from each
State: Fast Louisiana ~ cases Northern Illinois
b. southern Illinois Illinois proper !, Wiscon-
sin 1O. Massachusetts ,. Maine I, Arkansas Z,
East Arkansas ], East Pennsylvania 3, Penasyl-
vania proper ,, Middle Alabama 6, Southern Ala
bdma j, Alabama proper 2, Texas 7, East, Texas
z, Mississippi l. Southern Mississippi 2, New
York proper 3. Southern New York o, Northern
New York ,, Eastern Virginia 2, Western Viz
GINA !, MARYLAND TO- California proper3 North
eTn California II, Southern California I, W ash
ington, ID c., 10, Minnesota 6, Indiana {, West
Tennessee ], New Mexico 1, Rhode Island q
Michigan I, Missouri 3, iowa =, Southern Ohio s.
on Tee 4 Gar 4