Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-07-22


'id At The guardhouSe Van Loman Johnson told
witness that he knew nothing of the murder that
nau oeen committed on the previous mig ht; when
witness arrested him. he said to witness that he
nad heard nothing and knew nothing of the nnr
DER; witness said, in reply, - Never mind ,,,.
VIII see when we get to the watc house. wit
ness thlnks ne said. also, that he had heard moth
ing OF the murder until he came out on the stree,
on the following morning
The case was here closed as far as the evidsnc.
was concerned
MI Ratclitfs, for the defendants. then sub-
,ill'Fu the following prayer for Instruction. to
a. ISL II the Jnry believe from the evidence that
Inc murder charged in the Indictment ,vas com
united by George Johnson. Augustus Heis.ler
w imam Johnson, Thomas Brown or Edward
ounII'' o. any o,her person but entertain rea-
Sohdpie doubt as TO which, then in the absence Of
'uhc'r', 10 which the prisoners, or either of them
were parties, the jury ought to acquit
Eu. II the Jury believe from the evidence that
.nt witness, w lillian Johnson, was concerned i'm
tue murder charged in the indictment then they
"u@h' nov To convict the prisoners or either Of
mem, upon his testimony, unless il is confirmed
~ 10 ihe identity Of said prisoners; and il is not
sumcirnt that he is confirmed ~ To the p,rticu
iarS ci Tue murder, or his general statement CON
MIR. Radcliffe was arguing the above instrrc-
tons to the Court when our report cIossd
rUBLlc SCHOOL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS will
no doubt, long be remembered by the citizen. of
'he EASTERN section OF the city, and especially by
tue itle ioiks there, with emotions of gratifca-
| ton, and in time ii will probably become IN.
source OF very many pleaSurabe "reminiscences.
AS our readers are generally already aware. It
was the occasion of the distribution OF medals
premiums, and diplomas to the scholars Of the
public schools of the third district whose names
Were published in the Star Yesterday; and ac-
cording to the usual custom in such cases, the
other scholars and teachers Were present. and Far
ucipated in the ceremonies Having met at their
respective schoOl-honse$, they marched up to the
| mousse occupied By the female department Miss
Myrick's of the district school Here they formed
into one procession, and, headed by the Marine
Band, marched 10 the new Methodist Episcoral
church. on Fourth street near |, south The lsad
| playing suitable music, meanwhile, attracted
quite d large crowd OF spectators The following
was the order Of march, viz:
| Thlrd district school, male department VIM
| 81 McCathran, tehc her, and Miss Lizzie Parsons
assistant third district female department Miss
| NJ y Myrick, teacher, Miss Amanda Baird sub
| assistant; male primary, Miss Jane e. Moss
i,,..cher; primary No. l, (frst Department. Miss
| Frances Elvans, teacher primary No l. Second
| department Miss Rrbecca ~ John teacher:
| primary No. l, Uhifd Department. Martha r.
| IhuinTSon, teacher; primary No. =, Miss Lucy
j.. Moore eachcf; primary No. ,, Ounior de-
! paIlment,) hattie SandeTSOn, teacher primary No
| y, MIS- h. w CLARK, teacher primary No. /,
| Miss LYDIA u Choate, teacher primary No s.
Miss Laura X. Hinton, teacher; primary No. ;,
/
| primary No. q, Mrs. NJ Freeman teacher
| 'h reaching the church, the scholars were
| necessarily crowded, in order that the seats on
| Inc H'aln hOnT should contain them and IL ere
| was no room To spare. The galleries were also
| we'll filed with Visi,srs and qnIte a number Of
| persons remained Ing in the vCsibuie. being
unable 10 get seats. The hand took their seats in
| the gallery. and while the arrangements were
| being completed, they discussed some excellent
| music 10 the company.
The exercises were then commenced with an
| eloquent prayer by Rev. Mr.. Norsell. after which
| l.. Fendall Esq, made a lengthy and inter-
| esuhg address In the course of these remarks
| lie went INTO history of the public school Sys-
tenn, especial in this CITY and WILDLY Dorraypd
| the manifold advantages arising therefrom to the
| community. he commended that i'm this. as i'm
otheI TcSpef {, Washington is an examine for tho
| "hole l mon, and il therefore behooye, ms here
I" place these schools in such position that they
| may De really worthy of imitation and At the
salr litle unsurpassed as institutions of lea rnjup
lie said that there in this CITY at present "a
| schoolS. employing IL teachers, aud giving in
Siructlon to 2ljn children, at aggreg ate cost
\ 1UiihS iHc past year, of 80, Hn I'm This tbe
thlrdl sc hcol district there are schools enrlnv
ing IL teachers. aud giving instruction TO some.
| 30 children According to a census taken last
| between the ages of ) and Il years OF these
3,52o are IN private schools. 2f5O in the public
schools, and J,Ol9 not attending any sc hoolS The
public schools cannot, however, accommodate
twenty live per cent. Of the children IN the city
and Mr.. +. dwell at considerable length on the
necessity Of making further provision for them.
The action OF Cong iesS, at It's late session was
referred TO- aud the hope expressed that al the
ensuing session the work then commenced would
be- resumed and completed. Mr. +. thought the
blIl proposed To do nothing more than Congress
should do fcT public education IN This CITY
Rev. MI Morsel being then called upon ad-
dressed the audience very briefly, Coufnng his
remarks to some good advice TO tn. scholars.
teachers, and dTeni> and expressing good wishes
FOR tGelT future welfare.
Mayor B,rrett distributed the medals, premi-
uins, aud diplomas 10 the pupils. he names Of
the latter Were called by MIR kytt thp
secretary of the Board
Tie Mayor was assisted in the selection of the
presents by the treasurer oil the Board Mr. Har-
haugh, and 10y MI. P,ice, and Drs IroEsjd. aud
W aisn, Trustees-Crl. Randolph, Mr. Wh,te,
and DT. WIllrtt. members Of the Board, were
also present. and assisted I'm the ceremonies Mr.
Pearson was the only member Of the legislative
bTanC Of HI city government present, we be-
tieve-ai least We recognised none other among
the gcntlsm n WHO occupied the stand.
At intervals, in the course of distributing the
premiums, the audience agTeCably enter
tanned with vocal performances by the schools,
the arrangement being such that each school san.
by itself once during the afternoon The singing
was all very GOO :, bit some Of the little folks
seemed 10 be labos Ing under the most fear full ap-
prehensiUE> during their performance, aud they
consequently fJtiied notes not SO marked in the
music.
The exercises closed at seasonable hour when
all retired TO their homes, well pleased with the
events of the day. The distribution 20 the pu-
pills OF the second district takes place al the
smithsonian on this, and to those Of the First
district on Tomorrow afternoon.
The CONVICT BARRETT.-We hear that for
| some days after being convicted of the murder
Of Reeve Lewis, Barrett plunged in the
deepest despair, conducting himself in the most
unmdnly manner, and foolishy protesting that
he did not do the deed The subsequent d omise
OF his counsel to eIdsavor to obtain for him n
new Trial elevated his hopes and gave him some
split. Since his counsel gave up that point
finally. on the day before yesterday. he has been
visited By some Of the Sisters Of Mercy aud a
minister Of the Roman Catholic Church, under
VII DSe Kind solicItude and advice he seems more
recOnciled TO his fate. Though he has not yet
been sentenced we believe the law fixes the time
for his execution the first Friday after the ter
Inination of the next ensuing session of The Cir
cult Court for this District.
The MYSTERY EAPLAINED--We mentioned a
day %: two since the discovery Of Il suit Of cloth
Ing on the Sycamore beach, which led to the ap.
prehenSiOn that some lad had been drowned the