Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-03-25

Hon af Az ~, yesesfdey evening, . delega-
s I0r :. tne Managers Of the Maryland Ne.
reosived st the railroad station by a commit.
sS ea tnS Aanagsrs Of the Washington Ne
cnsnics Institute, who oondu ctsd their sueeta
70 the Fair rooms Of the Institute.
Inc visiting delegation consists Of the fol.
loving gentlemen @. W. Bentley, James
McNabb, John r. Meredith John Dukehart.
GeoIge ID. Rodgers, Thomas Trimble, Ezra
hams A'i"
=, In making their tour of inspection of tho
FAR the visitors expressed particular grstifi.
cation at the character of the machinery d.
Partment, and the opinion was expy essed by
some OF them that It surpassed in many re-
sPects that Of the similar department. display
ed at the late exhibition Of the MARYLAND
Institute. The discriminating vet cordial
praise given to the exhibition as q vhoIe bv
gentlemen of such we'll known iutellirsnc.
and practical experience was most fiatterino
70 our mechanics and to the managers of the
At half past nine in the evening, the man.
ayers OF the Washington Institute took their
goests 70 Gautiers 8, where . supper had been
prepared In Gautier's best style.
1esetn Bradley, esq, presided at tho
Mr. John Dukehart, Of the Maryland Insti.
tute, and on the other by Mayor Mapruder.
Mr.. Secretary Stansbury did the honors ut
the other end Of the table
The profusion of delicacies with which tbe
tables were loaded, having been disposed of,
the entertainment was varied by tho introduc
tlon OF a mental feast of good things in the
way OF speeches, sentiments and capital sto.
ries, which was kept up in this sort until past
one O'Clock in the morning.
In all respects this reception of the visiting
baitinoreans has been such as to do credit to
20 our city, and most particularly to the Man.
ayers OF our Mechanics Institute.
To-day the visitors are examining various
objects of interest about this city.
SANITARY CAUrIoN.-The warm and humid
atmosphere of yesterday caused the fetid gases
escaping from the sewers Old Pennsvlvan;a
Avenue, between At street and Rier: 4 Co.'S
Bank, to be seriously offensive, admonishine
rs that no time is to be lost in rsmedying tho
evil.
The Board of Health have decided that
privies water closets) emptying into the public
sewers are nuisances. We know that the
present difficulty is alone to be attributed to
this cause We have repeatedly warned tho
city authorities Of the Importance Of removinR
the city excrement to proper distance, and
We have suggested modes Of effecting this in
portant object, which is apparently the only
obstacle to our prosperity as great met rop-
oils.
The hberality of Congress Is unbounded;
every want has been supplied, even to sp-
Propriatlpg thousands of dollars to eifectualiy
prevent the escape of offensive gases from the
avenue sewers; they having contributed thus
literally have a right to expect that their
lavish bounty is not wasted through ignorance
or neglect Whatever may be required from
the councils to enable the Mayor to protect
the health OF the CITY must be promptly yielded
or with them rests the responsibility Of what.
ever magnitude. If our repested appeals,
viii not excite the councils to action the Last
resort will be the ballot box.
An ECLIPSE of the sun comes off to-day,
but will hardly call for smoked glasses in
these parts, as 1t occurs about sunset in our
meridian.
1t will be visible in part of the United
States and Canada, also in Mexico and q small
district Of the northwest coast of South Amer.
lea, and In part of Australia. 1t will not be
visible In any part of North America east of
763 deg. Of longitude west of Greenwich, which
meridian passes between W ashington and Bal
timore. not far from Laurel Faetory. The
general eclipse begins at forty.two minutes
past two O'Clock this afternoon, Washington
meantime, in longitude 155 deg 10 min east
Of Greenwich. and in latitude 80 deg 81 min.
south. 1t ends on the earth generally at pre-
clsely eight o'clock this evening in Longitude
lO4 deg. 80 min. west and latitude Is deg.
80 min north The last contact Of the two
discs of the sun and moon will not be visible
anywhere east Of the Mississippi 1t will be
. central eclipse in the western part Of Mex
leo, near Zlcatecas and Masat1an. At Gin.
cinnati the eclipse begins at three-quarters
past FIVE, at st. Louis twenty one minutes
past i've, and 1t New Orleans eighteen min
utes past Eve. In San Francisco Il will begin
At ffry i've minutes past two and end ut forty.
I've minutes past four. g..
CRIMINAL CoURfzTRiAL OF DopDRIpGE @.
LEE.-This Court il sitting in the Council
chamber. the usual room being occupied by
the Circuit Court.
Upon the opening of the Court, this morn.
ing, Doddridge G. Lee was brought in for trial
upon charge Of the murder of David Hume on
the 18th day of February, 1857. RI.
He was looking somewhat pale, PERTAINS
from confinement, but otherwise cool and col
lected. ~
The District Attorney, Mr. Key, assisted by
Joseph IL. Bradley, Esq appeared for Gov
eminent. and Messrs. Walter Davidge and
samuel Chiffon for defence.
The intelligence that the case was ND before
the court having spread, the court room was
speedily filed with spectators, among whom
We noticed several Alexandrians.
The court entered upon the preliminary
work empannelling jury, and the following
jurors we're accepted and sworn in: =
Thomas B. Brown, Geo W Spencer, Mi
chael r. Coombs, Elijah Edmonston, George
w. Bray, Thomas Riggles, Vim A. Kennedy,
Thomas r BrightIell, Reuben Brown, Ed.
mund Brown
The regular panel was here exhausted, end
Deputy Marshal Phillips was sent out for
t,lesmen
The jury had not been completed up TO the
time Of our paper going to press.
Editor of Star: noticed In your issue
Of yesterday, q communication requesting in
forms alton respecting the law regulating the
ratio Of fare in hackney coaches In that por-
ton Of the Corporation law published BY you,
there is no provision controlling the charge for
conveyance of baggage. On several occasions
Q charge Of Is cents for each trunk has been
demanded Of me.