Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-12-14
A Mo.r sHockrsd Mu.p,R -ye,

most SHOCKING MuRpRR Yesterday ,f,.,.
800, aoout p m, most shocking murder wa.
1 =. upon the body Of the wife of Basil
ai'' residing In Alexandria county, Va, about
hve miles from this CITY -.
HSeoIolng TO her deposition, her husband was
waking over his farm, and the rest of the whites
y. nc iamlIy Were at church, when a slave woman
1 ncnee yenny-the property OF Hall-put an arm
iulI OF dry plank on the fire, which Mrs Hall or
oered her to take OF. She did So but Quickly
put II on again; Mrs, Hall again ordered her to
axe IL on The negress then seized her and
forcing her head down been her 1.-THE assajlant,s1
legs, back her into the fire. Three times ar
cofding to Mrs. Halls deposition. she manaoed
10 break loose from the hend, who as often sei,ed
her and placed her back on the fire I'm The isst
occasion her screams brought other Of the family
heg[oes n and he ;r husband to her rescue
yy mis- nan 9ied last night at midnight Drs.
Wunoef ana Locke did all they could to alleviate
her surerings, but in vain ''"'e
The murderess, before committing her road
nat riit loon the PrecautiOn to send a small
Tor water The negress, who has of conrse bea55
committed to Jail, denies the crime alleging that
hef mistress fell into the fire. 1t is most fortu.
mS.e Iol sne ends OF justice that Mrs. Hall sur
deposition q" ""'e -i'ioi ehh
Hall tried to shoot the woman ere she was con-
ssyta 10 prison, bnt was prevented from accom-.
pilshlng bis object. He and his family were
considered by respectable persons in the neigh
borhood as being hard on servants; and NOT vsTv
toh2 since ne had portion OF his farm buildings
ou'heu Oy some OF his own servants
SORRY JokE.-On Saturday evening, a gen.
ueman made complaint at the guardhouse that
MS pocket had been picked at the eamboat no
Tel, opposite the market and that the pic kpock
was then there. Captain Mills accordingly de
tached three OF his men to arrest the criminal
On reaching the hotel the loser pointed ont A
person well known I'm this CITY as Am honest i'm
Offensive man, but who had been DESIGNATED by
some OF The practical jokers Longing about the
par room as the StealeT of the pocket book
He was arrested by the officers and taken TO the
guard house, but here the witnesses owned up
that Il was all a joke at the expense of the pris
ohet. captain Mills, however, thought it Il pity
that the fun should all be one side and having
discharged the prisoner, he ordered the officers
10 cohnne the Jokers IN the guard house cells for
the night. The funny fellows here looked SOL
emn and protested, bur il was no go the kew was
turned on them and if any city husbands were
missed by their spouses until daylight this morn
Ing, they may here learn the reason why
WHIrE-kID-DoM GETTING THE WORST OFF
Last night, three young men were arrested in the
seventh Ward for disordeily conduct, and con-
fined in the watch-house. Shortly after an arrest
was made OF another trio charged with tue same
offence: These, however, prided themselves on
being highl y-Scented specimens of MINER ton.
dom, and on being ushcred into the same cell
with their plPbean predecessors they demanded
that the latter should confine themselves to par
tCuldI part Vi TIE cell. IHlS the pleDeS declined
in explosive terms. f. ht followed of course
and the +. Z VS. got decidedly the worst of il
In fact, one Of them got badly damaged about the
countenance before the guards could separate the
castles.
WE UNDERSTAND that it has been determined
to appoint about the 18th of FEBRUARY for the day
on which the sense Of the people shall be taken
on the Revised Code, and that there will be polIs
opened at one place in each Of the seven wards of
the city, at one place in Georgetown and at three
places In the country part of the county. viz: i'm
TenailytOwn, on the 9TH street plank road and
on the eastern side of the Anacostia river There
Will be three judges at each place of election
WE UNDERSTAND that the new Hall of Repre-
sentatives was lighted up on Saturday evening
for the inspection of the select committee ap-
pointed 10 consider the propriety of occupying IL
~ IS expected that. the report being favorable,
the House will proceed to occupy it during this
week.
PROF FowLER's LECTURE, last night was
upon mans moral nature from chronological
point of view, and drew more hearers than the
hall could well hold. Tonight he lectures upon
the mental faculties and their culture
The FIRST SMITHsOSIAN LECTURE will lie de-
Hvered this evening at the Smithsonian Institu-
ton by Prof John LeContc. on the sources from
which The earth derives its temperature Prof
LeCOntc's course will consist of six lectures
WATCH RETURNS est lock up, for the week
ending Dec 13-Benjamin robinson colored. D.
C, assault; Jail for Court VIM. Long coIored
ID { witness; do. Sam'l Kicks, colored, ID. c.
do; security for Court. Louisa Jefferson colored
ID c, drunk fine and costs, So IL Edward
Green, Ireland disOrdei ly; security for peace
Central station, Dec. 12.-Philip McCanu Ire
land, disorderly conduct; workhomse so days
Michael Twin, Ireland, do; do. J. Twomey
Ireland, do; tne and costs. 50 a. VIM Dona-
hoo, Ireland, vagTaEt; workhoUse 90 DAYS John
GordOn, Va drunk and dis0Tderly; do 30 DAYS
Robert Parkhill, Pa, disorderly conduct and
carrying pistol; fine and costs, S3l ~ Edward
Barton, Ireland, do: do, S2G.Ii John Barron
Ireland, diSorderly and resisting officers, So a.
Thirty lodyeFs-two OF them residents
Dec. l2-Wm. Ready, Ireland drunk disor-
defly and cary ing pistol hne and c0sts-for car
Iylng pistol S5l A. for fifng il $40 So for being
drunk and disordeIly So Th0s o 'Donnel. Ire
land profanity; tne and costs, SIlII Frank
Round, cOlOred, ID. e, assault, dismissed Ma
than Allen, cOloTed, Md larceny; Jail fur Court
Juha Jacobs, alias John Johnson, Pa. drunk;
fine and costs, - A. VIM Green coIored, D.
c, larceny security for Court Frank Mccarthy
Pa, disordeTly conduct and threats; fine and
COSTS, II Al, and security for Peace JAS Ietcher
Md, do do Ransrl Henson, Va drunk and
dlsorddrly; fine and costs. So A George Henson
Va, do do. Samuel Lloyd ID c. do do
Twenty three ludgers-all non residents