Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-10-29


fairs in that quarter:
A rich scene came off the other day in the Ma
Tinc Court. Your readers will all remember the
celebrated Beau Hickman. Beau has been stay
Hotel. where his bills are paid by his friends in
the gambling and sporting lines On j Thursday,
Beau was subpenaed witness In the above
court The attorney on the opposite side was a
regular tartar He prides himself upon his sk i'll
in examining witnesses. and claims that he can
confuse witness more successfully than any
other member of the bar. One OF his methods of
doing this is, when the witness hesitates to snap
at him like an angry terrier, worry and abuse him
for his hesitation, and then seek to confound and
embaTraSs him.
Before this man Bean was brought up for cross
examination. Beau took the sand, and, after
giving his testimony in a very mild and umid
manner, was handed over for cross-questioning
to this keen set lawyer. He bad, in his direct
testimony, affirmed that the sharp lawyers client
had ''no money whatever" The counsellor,
with look at Beau such as hungry dog gives
at a hone asked - .
Chow do Won know. MI Hickman, that INV
client had no money Are you the keeper Of his
80 He told me so, sir" ...
When did he tell you so ?'
a. This morning.
- Where, sir ~
80 In this very room''
What did he say, sir? Come. give us his
very %oTds-nOne of your differences. sir.n
= do1 Z like to answer that question:
''Ho, no! so you're afraid to answer that ques-
tion are you! knew | should drive you into
close corner Come, out with it, and none of
your sinking here"
81 should rather be excuscd.''
Then shall appeal to the court to commit
you for contempt"
well, sir, if must answer, he told me this
morning that he had no money!
We'll, sir, what language did he use ?"
why, asked him TO loan me half a dollar,
ana be said he couldn't, for you had robbed him
Of every cent of his money and if he didn't get
out OF your clutches very soon his children would
h. A,I
roar Of laughter arose in the Court which re Wired
some trouble to check, and by the time the law
yer had collected his thoughts again the case
was decided against him.
Treasury ExIKNsIoN.-The west wing ad-
vances steadily. The area walls are nearly up
and the basement walls are being arched in; the
main walls are also begun, and considerable pro-
Eress has been made on them The work is heavy
and Of unqnestionable durability. Crowds Of
persons are to be seen everv day, eager specta-
tors OF the gigantic operations going about
the south front-an inclined plane of sixteen feet
elevation and some one hundred and thirty-six
feet in length, has been erected to be used for
drawing up the granite pilasters, which are to
form the facing between the windows Of the sec
1 %, anu MIRO s!oles; oy thls arrangement the
70 the planes by means Of purchase screws work
ed by hand, are drawn mp to the required posi-
ton on the basement wall in the space of four
minutes by steam process. This process done by
hand labor, would require something like two
days TO each Pilaster. The work thus facilitated
is carried on with great regularity and ease. The
second and third stories of the east angle of the
south front are expected to be completed before
the working season classes.
CRAWFORD AND HIS Brother ARr1srs-One Of
the most attractive features of the National Me-
tropolis is the studio on Capitol Hill, where
number Of sculptors are engaged in making mar
bic copies OF the plaster designs prepared by
Crawford, in Rome, for statuary to embellish the
new Capitol.
Yesterday, on receipt Of the news Of the death
Of Crawford, the studio closed and appro-
priately dfaPed in Grape, and the artists engaged
therein Joined in expressions of sorr for the loss
Of one who stood so high in their ranks as man
as well as professionally. One of them, Thomas
GazIardi, came from Crawford's studio in Rome
and he is eloquent in praise Of the deceased, who
he says, was always most kind and considerate
TO his fellow workmen, was indefatiyable early
and late, in his profession, and who, during his
twenty-three years stay in Rome, had particular
~ endeared himself 10 the inhabitants by his
qualities Of heart and mind.
AT The SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, carpen-
tiers, under the direction Of the Messrs. Baldwin.
are putting up cases Of very pretty design to con-
tain the articles of the National Museum which
are to be there displayed in the large hall. This
hall furnishes ample facilities in point Of dimen-
slOnS and design for the exhibition Of the extern
siye Government collection. The cases are to he
two stories high, and arranged along each side of
the great hall through its entire extent in a man
me- 10 give fine effect TO the articles 10 be dis
PLAYED.
The library Of the Smithsonian Institution has
been closed for some weeks to give the caTpen-
tiers chance TO make extensive alterations and
sddi'lOnS 70 the bookcases. MANY new cases are
TO be put up, and various internal improvements
and embellishments to be executed which will
give the library rooms quite a fresh and pleasant
look
SToLEN HORSE REcovERED-Last night a
ooloTed man who PrOfessed to come from the
vicinity Of BladenSburg, carried horse to the
corner Of l. and Third streets and offered to sell
hln TO Mr. r y BTien. Mr.. O'Bren suspected
al was not right and proposed to take the horse
and the man could return this evening for the
money, to which he agreed, the price being sew
enty-1ve dollars. Inquiry having been made
relative to the horse, it was identified as the
property OF Mr. Sepper, of MARYLAND, and had
been stolen. IL is hardly probable that the col
ored man will return for his pay and il is believed
that he Is a runaway, and was trying to raise
money by the sale of the horse to carry him to
some Of the Northern States.
PAINFUL SISHT--This morning, two young
girls were placed in the dock at the guard house
Tor tEial IL was their first appearance, bat the
nature of their offence was such that the sitting
magistrate determined TO commit them TO the
wOrkhOuse for sixty days. One of them gave her
age as fourteen years, and the other hNean They
had been guilty during the ni ( ht of drunkenness
riot, profanity and indeceaey, and could not con,
troll their tongues even in the cells Their youth
excited sympathy, and the question was FREQUENT
IAN not girls OF such tender be
saved from destruction 80
CIRCUIT CoURI-The case of H. Jones rs
Ann Dermott, still occupies the court. On YES
terday the examination of the witnesses for the
prosecution was closed; and to- day the evidence
IF the defence is being heard II is supposed
that the arguments in the case will occupy sew
eTaI days.
Since the first sitting Of the Court on Monday,
the 18Th instant, there have been naturaIized nine
teen persons Of foreign birth /; of whom nine
We're from Ireland, seven from Germany, two
from Italy, and one from France.
DIsNIssED.-Last night, Arthur McLeish, who
was charged with forcibly entering the room of
Mi David Reed sometime since, went to the
office Of Justice Dom and answered to the charge
Mr. Reed sent for, and after heinz swan