Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-05-04

CRIMINAL CouRr the Court took up
the case of the United States vs. John A. sitter.
David Franck, Charles Hoffman, VIM. Schmidt,
Herman Julius, Elias Kenner, Charles King and
Matthias Hane, for rape upon Victoria Fugleman
closed In evidence in this case are not such "a
admit Of publication. They show. by the ad.
missions OF the prosecuting witness, that she had
nSt oeeh 80 much OF victim to the base passions
OF the oelenoants as had been supposed These
facts are, that for certain pecuniary inducements
which had been held out TO her previous to the
act charged against them, she had ex pected to be
Pald ior such service as had been rendered by ner
She also admitted a previous acquaintance with
three or four Of the defendants and acknowl-
Gagged former liasons with one or two of them
she freely admitted that she would not have
made any complaint against the prisoners had
not the police officers taken the matter up She
had thought the whole matter joke.
j. :. The jury found Stzer, Franck, Hoffman,
Julius, and Schmidt guilty The court sentenced
Hoffman to Is years in the Penitentiary, and the
rest to IL years each.
THE CITY CHARTER OF ALEXANDRIA was
amended at the last session of the General As
sembly Virginia In various respects. The boun
daries Of the city are changed so as to include
within Its limits the land lying between upper
King and Cameron streets, as far as HoofYs un
and thence the line follows the old District line
| to n bunting Creek and the Potomac river. The
charter authorizes the cost of paving streets to be
assessed to adjoining property. 1t forbids men,
bers OF tho Councils from holding offices of emol-
ument under the city government, and in other
minor respects alters the present charter. The
| amendments go into effect only when accepted bv
the people of Alexandria, as they will undoubt-
eddy be on the first Monday in June next, when
the vote is to be taken at the following places
and under the supervision of the commissioners
whose names are mentioned
| First Ward.-Keyes's Hotel-A d. Warfeld
| J. J. Wheat, G w. Maxwell
Second Ward Council Chamber-H Mans
| field, w. N. Brown, j l.. Smith.
| Third Ward.-Court House-R Zimmerman
| T. NJ. Mccormick, A J. Ogden
| Fourth WaId.-Corner of Prince ard Alfred
streets. Bucking ham, w. N. Berkeley, W. w
| Harper. -
| SALES OF REAL EsTATE.-Wall 4 Barnard
auctioneers, sold yesterday afternoon, on the
premises, house and lot on l., between Twelfth
and Thirteenth SITS, for 81 ,2lO. Purchaser, Hugh
| Donoho. e.
Also, lot No. g. IN square north of souare SIS
fronting on New York avenue, between Fourth
ana Fifth streets; at u cents per foot Purchaser
| J. &. Nailor.
| ARREsTED.-Ths morning, Mr.. Donaldson O,
the Auxiliary Guard arrested young man named
J. Cragen, who was charged with being cor
| cerned in the riot at Kirby's restaurant He wa,
| taken TO the office of Justice Dom, but the wit
| Desses required not being present. he was admit
| ted to bail for further hearing.
| OMIssIoH.-The name of J. II. Daniel. Eso
was omitted in our list, published on Saturday
| Of Managers of the National Musical Associatio,
| for the ensuing year, 1t having been omitted OF
| the list Of officers sent TO our office.
The CARUsI May Ball at the Assembly r ooms
on Monday evening next. offers promise Of en-
Joyment which, we apprehend, few Of the pleas
| urelovlng citizens of Washington can resist
| WAsHINeToN THEATRE To mig BIT, Miss Avo
mia Jones. Recitation, ala Marseillaise, - ant
Lovell's play Of Loves Sacrifice"
WATCH RETURNS. - Christopher williams
Md, drunk and dsorderiy; fine and costs 81 "A
James Newell. ID. G., James Feney and Isda,
Wilson, Tiotng, held to bail in $50 each to ap
pear at Court Harriet Watkins, Nd, fugitiv,
| slave; delivered to her master Geo Calbraith
Pa, drunk and disorderly; fine and costs 81 iic
| Five lodgers-non- residents.
THE WoNDERFUL SUCCESS of Dr. Hostettcr's Gel
eprated ana unrlyailed Stomach Bltters, from the
time OF It's introduction to the public proves concu
nd G,he,
the digestive organs is of the most pleasing charac
ter all diseases or morbdy and Evn,
Dyspepsia, loss ofappette, general mental or ply 81
deed some of the most drefu Gases thst HaHe a
been nnder medical treatment have been entirely
Bitters are most delightful, ESPECIALLY before mea
For sale by Druggists and dealers generally. eve
| rywhere. ma cost
DYSPEPSIA AND Fits DIR. Tracy Delorme, tn,
gread cureI OF Consumption, was for several year,
SO afhloted by Dyspepsia that for part of the tim,
he was confined to his bed. He was eventually
cured by prescription furnished him by a younJ
calrvoyant girl. This presc iption, given by
mere child, while in state of trance, has cGret
every body who has taken 1t, never having failed
once. Ii Is equally as sure In chses OF Fits as o
Dyspepsia. The ingredients may be found IN an,
drug store. will send this valuable prescription Il
any person on the ipt of one stamp pay post
age. Address DIR. TRACY DELORME, great Curer o
Consumption, New York Post Office. ap29-lm
| WEDpING CAKES, very pretty and very cheap; Ic
cream and Water Ices ut 81 80 per gallon, at tn,
fhliadeIphla Confectionery, corner 18th and SITS.
| ap l0-5wN J. FussRII