Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-01-05

l.ssALniaA h~ceuaas-Yestsrday, ysmes Josdsa
and Charles Thomas, charged with stealing a
par OF SHOES, valued atS2 SO, from Lewis Payne,
on tne 18th day Of last August were found guilty
The Court then took up the case Of John Tay.
o., ron one Lewis WEIGH. The jury found the
The case Of James Thomas, ALA. Lamb.p, and
Gusty Price, both free colored, was then taken
up. The defendants stood charged with iarcenv
OF ten bushels Of wheat and two bushels of corn
from William T. Aud. Found guilty as indicted
The Court then took up the case Of Isaac Lam.
bert, charged with larceny of as pairs OF chill.
dren's boots valued at $50; IL pairs Of mem,
eS f siy 30 20 pairs OF shoes valued
guilty as indicted -' P'''o"o'
The Court here proceeded to pronounce sen.
tence upon John Ia, Tor, convicted of netit lar
ceny; he was sentenced TO imprisonm.pt In ar
county county lail for space Of IL months, and pay
James Jordan and Charles Thomas wer. then
put in the bar, and sentenced to nine ,nonths
Of 81. r'' ''''''y nue.
Mr.. MOTHS here made motion for a new trial
whi inc ease OF James Thomas and Gusty Price,
motion was fixed for this morning The Conf
then adjourned O'"'
Today the court took up, rst, the case of the
~. unit 4 states rs VIM. H Mangum, in which
the defendant stood charged with the LARCENY of
one coat valued at So one vest valued At ~ so
ana twenty-four pieces of silver coin valued al
-nve cents each, said to be the property of
1 Th Daae, on the 18th day of December, 1857
iae jury returned a verdict of not guilty
The Court then took up the case of the United
States rs Isaac Lambert in which the prisoner,
Swho Was convicted of grand larceny on yester-
dav,) stood charged with the larceny of one coat
valued IS, one vest valued at 80 so and twenty
four pieces of silver coin valued at twenty. five
cents each, the property Of one John Dade, all Of
Mn,en Is said TO have been stolen in Georgetown
on the 18th day of December 1857 This case
was pending when we left the room
The "RAILRoAD CoNvsNFIoNn was held last
evening In room No. 80 of the National Hotel
Mayor Magruder presided, and Thomas H. Bos-
well, Of Virginia, was appointed secretary
Gen. Duff Green proceeded to state to the dozen
or so gentlemen present the purpose of the meet
ing, and expressed much disappointment that
The call had not been more fully responded to by
the parties interested. Hernunciated two propo-
sltlons, and advocated them at considerable
length. First, that Government should capital
lze the payment for Carrying the mails Second
that an increased duty should he laid upon iron .
A discussion of conversational character en-
sued, when 1t speedily became apparent that the
opinions Of the different speakers were SO con-
hicflnS that no harmonious action was likely to
be Effected, and the meeting adjourned sine die.
SENTENCED TO BE HUNG.-Yesterday the slave
woman Jenny, aged about thirty, who a few
weeks ago, murdered her mistress, the late Mrs
BAIL Hall, at her residence In Alexandria county.
Va was duly tried before the Court of County
Justices, in Alexandria, and convicted of murder
| in the first degree.
The leading evidence against her was the A.
fdavit made by her victim, in artienlo nrortu:s
ihe case against her was clear that there was
| no question whatever as to the propTiety of her
| conviction. The presiding Justice sentenced her
10 be hung on Friday, the 36th of February p,ox .
| limo. r
Her Young child some five or six months of
age, was duly taken from her Yesterday after
| noon She remains quite hardened. rs
| COURT OF CLAIMS YEsTERDAY.-Judge Gil
| christ delivered the opinion Of the Court In the
| case of Benjamin Cozzens, adverse to the claim
| Judge Biackford delivered the opinion of the
Court in the case Of Ansarts heirs adverse to the
| claim.
Judge Blackford also delivered the opinion of
the Court in the case Of Rebecca Head, adverse
| to the claim.
| Judge scarburgh delivered the opinion of the
Court In the case Of A. o. p. Nicholson, adverse
! to the claim: Judge Gilchrist dissenting in the
same case.
b. b. French opened the argument for the
| claimant in the case Of John l.. Writ, and con-
cluded at 3 O'Clock when The Court adjourned
Law LEcrURR.-On Saturday night last
when Washington was on the alert to hear DR.
| Mackay on 90 Songs and Song WRITER'S" our
Young friends, the law students Of the city were
IN attendance at Temperance Hall. to listen to a
lecture delivered before the Law Association by
Ihos. A. Hendricks, Esq Commissioner Of the
General Land Office. Mr.. Hendricks. on being
presented to the Association by its President,
made very appropriate and forceable address
which was listened to with mar ked attention and
pleasure by his audience
We understand that it is the intention of the
Association to continue the course during the
winter, with lectures by Members of Congress
| and others Learned in the law.n
WASHINGTON FTREMEN IN FHILADELPHIA.-
delegation Of the Northern Liberty Engine
Company Of this city, have been spending few
DAYS past upon visit to the Northern Liberty
Hose, OF Philadelphia. 1t is h-adrd by the pres
dent OF the company, who took with him a
quantity OF gold mounted canes. made from wood
their friends who entertained them Oh the occa-
sion OF their late visit, at the fremsn's parade
During their stay every object of local intc rest
has been visited, and on Saturday last the affair
terminated by handsome banquet at the falls of
the Schuylkill
AT A MEETING of the Medical Society of the
District of Columbia, held at the Washington
lhfrmary, January i,h, 1859, the following gen
tlemen Were elected officers for the ensuing year
VIM y Jones. NJ. D.. President; Harvey Lins.
lev, Nj d., and Joshua Riley. NJ D., Vice Presi-
| dents; Grafton Tyler, NJ D., Corresponding Sec
rotary: JDo. c. Riley, M ID Recording SECRETARY;
A J. Semmes, M. d, Treasurer James E Nor
gan. Nj: ID Librarian; Thomas Miller, NJ D.,
| Noble Young, nj. D., A. Y. p. Garnett M ID
Oh: Lieberman, M. D., C. Boyle, M. D., Board
| Of Examiners.
The LECTURE by Hon. H. w. Hilliard, at the
Smithsonian Institution, last night, upon "The
Life and Genius Of Milton" held the close atten-
ton Of large audience through it's entire deiiv-
cry albeit his estimate of the blind poet was not
universally conceded in
| The next lectures. on Wednesday and FRIDAY
evenings of this week, will be by DR.. J J. Hays,
| upon 'Arctic Explorations"
| MONEY RECOVERED Yesterday Justice God
| dard issued search warrant to police officers
Lloyd and Gill, directing them to search the
| premises of Mary Dulin for the sum of $3.50 I'm
| gold, stolen from Edmund Buckley, supposed
| to be there concealed, The house was thoroue hly
searched, and nothing discovered but upon ex-
aiming privy attached, the sum # S2lO.75 was
| found. ~ = 80
| CENTRE MARKEr.-The market opened this
morning with very fair supply In all the de-
Partments. The prices in the sheds continue
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