The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-10-02

dangerous injury though there great cances that
he would recover The metatasa bone was removed at
thejoint.
d. Arandsr Ssgsues testified that he had had con
yesaton with the prisoner az the Jail and subjected him
to cfossexamination The result was that wtess be-
Heyed him to be insanethat is, laboring under delu
sions and hallucinations or in other words,
maniac lie Is under the impression that the whole Ma
sonic body is bitterly hosie,to him thinks that every
Mason In the Union Is acquainted with his presence here
and in league against him He said that they pursued
him In various ways, and annoyed him while he was at
work, and in the night In order to prevent this
annoyance, he always locked his doors at night
but he thinks the Masons have some machinery
or some secret instrument by means of which they
manage TO inject themselves through the atmosphere and
got at him IN that way He also said that he had called
upon the President to obtain protection against the fra
ternity He did not know any Of the gentlemen whom
he shot at and had preudces against them in partc
ular but against the body in general He further stated
that he had never been an applicant for admission into
the order While he was in California, before he came
here he says they pursued him. and sent himo the Cal
iforna State Lunatic Asylum at Stockton Witness
CARDS his case as q very common one and these
maniaos actually dangerous than persons who
aboring under insanity for always know how to
take the latter class but with monomaniacs are in
danger at any moment, and their very appearance of
GOODNESS and camness upon other subjects would natu
rally disarm all suspicion Witness regarded the prisoner
| rs a very dangerous person to 60 ut large.
Rev. w d. ley testified that he passed out from the
Lodge about ten fifteen minutes before the shooting
occurred and he down TO the door he observed
this man. and felt impression on his mind that this
person to be avoided, and he therefore walked
away with unusual haste Witness never saw the man
| before. Regards him unquestionably monomnniac
had had conversation with him to-day and found him
man of very considerable all other topics
cept freemasonry He considers himself under SPELL
sort of witchcraf and that this is of the secrets
of feemasonry which they exercise to his ethent He
ntimated that he sorry for having shot this man. but
c felt that it necessary that he should kill Mason
in order that they might kill him. He unwilling to take
his c and therefore resorted this mode Of ermna
bvtr he hauha
twice to the President and both times lie carried the
revolver loaded and would have shot the President
ii he had treated him harshly, and told him to go away
but the President told him to come again. and therefore
| he waiting to what he would do. This might
all be an insane mans deuslon but 1t manifest that
he very dangerous TO be suffered to go at
large He had loaded this pistol four weeks ago ana had
! kept 1t loaded ever since
w. n. Faulkner thought this the
who had made disturbance in the anteroom of bis
lodge two three months ago. and who then gave his
name as Hidebrand. He sent TO the asylum
insane man. but he afterwards escaped
In reference this latter opinion the officers at the
guard house say they had this there be-
FORE The examination having been concluded the prs
fully committed to jail to this charge
the next of the criminal court unless he should
be taken out writ of haas corpus by the authority of
Judge Crawford to be sent to the insane asylum.
We informed that Mr.. Heibergcr remains in
paratively comfortable condition The amputation
|
| by DR.. Holston and under such excellent hands we
trust he will soon be able to resume his business
i
CoRREcTIoNs Many inaccurate statements arc going
the rounds of the papers in relation to astronomical mat
tiers which show not only the ignorance of the writer's
but the careessness of the publishers who insert them
without due consideration. In numerous papers
have observed statements that the brilliant comet
visible in the Northwest known Donats is the same
yhc in nd in is not
correct there il wide dissimilarity between their
paths The comet of 1856, known among astronomers
Charles VS. Is supposed to be identical with Tuttlcs
third comet of 1858, which be only with
the assistance of telescope Its period about 292
years. but owing to the retardaons IN its motion caused
by the attraction Of the larger planets is ten years
| behind its time When the comet which is
sicuos first discovered its orbit found to be 30
that of tho first comet of 1927 that the two bodies
surmised to be Identical and to return every thirty
one years. This supposition however, does not
destined to be confirmed The accurate calculations of
its elements, which have been published combine to
der it almost certain that several thousand years must
elapse before it again visits our system
We also observe paragraph in of the papers to
the effect that few evenings since the three planets
Mars Jupiter and Venus appeared in range the west
ern sky" This is somewhat incredible, since while
Mars and Venus in the Southwest shortly after sun
set Jupiter is then below the horizon and docs not rise
until about ten O'clock after which il may be in the
Northeast Venus in Scorpio Mars just enter
| ing Capricorn, and Jupiter is in Gemini.
STRIKE PLAsrERERs. Yesterday morning some
seventy of the pasteers employed upon the Capitol
tension struck for higher wages they had previously
/ sgnifed their intention of doing. From the following
letter Of Capt Megs which read to Them 1t will be
seen that he declines acceding to their demand
! OFFICE U. S. CAPITOL EXTENSION
! September 80, 1858.
/ DEAR SIR / have received letter from number of
the pasterers employed upon tho Capitol extension
quesng that the wages of all those receiving
than two dollars day shall be advanced to two dollars
and half per day from LIST of October and informing
that the advance is not granted they will work
have caused inquiry to be made and have ascertancd
that the wages and for time past paid at the
Capitol fully equal to those paid by private employers
in this city, and from rs cents to 37A cents per day high
er than paid in Philadelphia and New York.
lately you to New York in order to procure
mechanics capable of doing the finer work at the Capitol
not finding sufficient number Of skilful hands here
employed
You found understand no difficulty in procuring ms
many needed willing TO here and work till
the end of the season. the heretofore paid on the
Capitol extension and you found large number OF plas
terers unable to obtain work in New York, and willing
to here for it, had they the means of paying their
travelling expenses.
All these considerations lead to believe that the
wages paid high in the present state of trade
ought to be offered,
/ While understand that every man has the right to
carry his labor the best market demand for IL