Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-07-13

trial of Joseph Gerhardt for the homicide OF III.
Schoulte; the witnesses for the prosecution were
being examined with a view to elicit, IL possible
any further facts in relation TO the causes which
led to the death Of the unfortunate Schoulte.
Nothing material, however, was brought out, in
addition to the facts given before the court In the
former trial.
The evidence for the prosecution being closed
the defence commenced their examination, which
was pretty nearly the same as given before.
Nr Morgan called several witnesses for the de-
fence who had been the Jury I'm the other trial,
with a view to dscredit the evidence Of several
Of the los tas In mo
viOus trial. No material contradictions were,
however, shown.
The evidence for the defence was the same az
that given before, with the exception Of some new
testimony which was offered.
Lieut.. SHO,c, new witness, sworn.-Belongs TO
the coast survey; was coming home from his Of
fee about three o'clock on the day OF the ARRAY;
was passing by the house OF the defendant, and
saw three or four men, who Were very drunk,
standing on the side walk in front Of Gerhardts
house; another man, apparently belonging to the
party, was standing in the bar-room door, and
Reckoning to the party outside to come i'm and
pay for their drinks; they were swearing that
they had paid; witness thought they were in a
ripe state for 4 spree and avoided them in pass
ing, going ont near the edge of the pavement, to
pass as far from them as il was possible; got
some ninety feet by this house, and saw colored
man, who was calling to some companion beyond
the party; he was naturally looking towards the
drunken party, as the man he was calling to
thinking that if he went by the party, who were
ready to pitch into any one, they would attack
him; the negro did not hear witness tell him to
stop, but witness looked to see the attack which
he was sure would be made; he was not msta-
keG; the party caught the negro lie was pass
ing by and beat him shamefully, striking and
kicking him in brutal and shameful manner
Witness then passed on, and when he got over
the canal bridge, going from the place, he heard
the report OF pistol; did not 90 back to see what
was done; thought il was natural, from the state
lao in nfs al lNo@
This was all the new evidence presented by the
defence, and the case was closed
Mr.. Key, for the prosecution, addressed the
jury at some length and with great ability. en-
deavoring to impress upon the minds of the jury
the alleged fact that the firing the part Of the
defendant was not in self-defence; that the evil
shooting on his part, was not sufficiently clear in
his mind, and was not, he felt sure, in the mind
OF the jury to justify an acquittal.
MIR. Key was followed by Mr.. Morgan for the
defence, who made warm appeal to the jury
in behalf of the defendant, and of the position in
which he found himself for having vindicated
his honor and the sacred rights of his household
against Il mob of riotous and frenzied men, who
had att; skodwith brutal and murderous malice
the wife of his bosom, and by doing had caus-
ed the untinely death OF the defendants friend
and companion. Mr.. NJ. contended that there
could never be clearer of justifiable homi-
eide than this, and asked 1T the hands Of the Jury
the verdict which should send his client back to
his family.
Mr.. NJ. closed, and Mr.. Key stated that he had
said all that he intended to say upon the matter
and stated to the jury that it was their duty to
bring in verdict of some kind that the court
expected them to do SO, and urged upon them the
necessity Of trying to come to an agreement in the
case.
The case was then given to the jury, who re-
tired to consider upon their verdict
The court transacted some unimportant bust
ness, and finally adjourned, nothing in the mean
time having beenheard from the absent jury.
This morning the Court met at the usual hour.
- a.rxrf In ha o.f a. IL
sealed verdict Of not guilty.
The Court then took up the case of John Kelly
charged with assault and battery on Thos Thorn
on the 9TH day OF July, 1857. Verdict not guilty
The Court then took up the case of Thomas
Harper, indicted for larceny, in two cases of d.
vers articles CT goods, the property of Lewis Paine
and Thomas It. Sparrow, on the LIST day Of JULY
1857. Verdict, not guilty.
The next case which came up was that Of Eliz-
abeth Eddington, alias EdiDburg, free colored }
charged with assault and battery on Adeline
Smith (alSO cOlorea) on the Goth day of June last
Adeline Smith testified that on the day in Ques-
ton she sent her son Abraham Smith TO the ba
kers, and soon afterwards she heard Abraham
scream; she ran out and saw the defendant beat
ing him; she then ran UP and caught the defend
ant, and asked her why she did not come to her
(sitnesS) and not beat the child; the defendant
replied that she had right to beat the child for
ii had struck her child; witness replied that had
ii not been that the Lord had changed her soul
she would SeTEsh the defendant under her feet;
that the defendant then struck and bit witness on
the wrist and beat her in the face
- Rebecca ThOrne was sworn for the defense and
testified TO the effect that the attack was COM
merced by Adtline Smith; that she pushed the
: defendant off, and then the defendant struck AIDE
line; she heard Adeline say if the Lord had not
= changed her soul she would schruh the defend
ant under her feet; this was about all she knew
about it.
5ss The was given 10 the jury, who found a
verdict Of not guilty.
The NORTHERN MARkEr.-This fine little mar
hot MIA had for he
dents Of the northern portion OF the city, has grown
considerably in Importance In short time, under
the proper management and the energetic opera
lions of the dealers who occupy stands there
in. Ii has also become 4 source Of revenue
TO the Corporation, as the Clerks account of the
annual renting of stalls the LIST inst will show
In this market there are l25 vegetable stalls. be-
sides accommodations for country dealers and I2
stalls and these at the last renting Welded
over 50 .OOc the year previous the yield little
over $40. showing an increase in value Of about
5000. The entire annual expense to be deducted
from this Is $3.50 Including the Clerks pay and
r the expense of cleaning the market This
market is lighted with gas inside at the expense
of the dealers. The sales days Mondays.
Wednesdays and Fridays and short market
Saturday nights. The attendance is always very
good, and we are assured by Mr. G. d. Spencer,
the excellent Clerk OF the ket that the preser-
walton OF order is so carefully attended to by all
the dealers and citizens who attend there and
who seem TO delight in making il a quiet and or
DERBY market, that he was Obliged to solicit the
in the past twelve months.
The TURNER'S AND THE MANNERCHOR Dear
reader, did you hear play performed all In Ger
man, We did on Friday night, and were vastly
entertained, not that We understood a word of
what was said, but the acting was sufficiently
good to give US clue to the plot as it evolved
The Singer Society opened with a beautiful
chorus, 80 The Morning Greeting" by Marshner;
then came an amusing farce, - Humorous Stu
dies, ;" well performed by Messrs. Reinken. Wal
decker, Lahayire, Ackmann Rodenberg, Hubner
and Gretchen, Of the Dramatic branch Of the Tur-
ner corps,-so well performed in fact, that we
could readily have supposed them to be profess
sional adopts. Between the pieces the Manner
chor sang The Fatherland," after which was
performed Our Cousin from Bremen,D with
the richest comic effect. Afterwards the quar-
tetfe @ The sun is rising sung so we'll as to
demand rePetitiOni and the succeeding chorus
. My Native Mountains" by Christian, was
warmly aPplauded. The performances concluded
with the lively waltz and quadrilie uponthe part
Of the audience al large Really so successful