Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-07-14

looked round while going up the hill, but Is not
lowing. t ~. IL I'D. -..tE.. -.
The case was here closed on both sides, "a far
as the giving of evidence was concerned. ..
No instructions were asked on either side and
| Mr Cross proceeded to address the Jury on the
| part Of the prosecution. He began by stating
| ed TO display the oratorcdl powers and forcible
reasoning Of his absent friend. the District At
torney, yet he would at least initiate him in his
proverbia brevity.
| Mr. L. then went on to Tecite the evidence that
nad been adduced, and TO comment upon IT,
There was little in the evidence to be disputed,
ana no Perplexing law points TO be explained
anu the only question for the jury to consider
would be the Identification Of the prisoners; and
That was clearly done by the witness Carrico.
mere could be no doubt that this was a case Of
murder, clearly proven aud indsputable.
After going over the case, and abiding to the
material points which had been brought out in
| the evidence, Mr.. Cross commented with severity
| upon the cowardly conduct of the witness Car.
| rico, on the night of the homicide; stating that
| there was no denying the fact that his cond net
was unworthy and unbecoming a and an
| officer, on the occasioD yet that Circumstance
| could not lessen the credibility that should be
attached to his evidence. His reason for conceal
ing the matter until he had ascertained that the
perpetrators could both be arrested at one time
was obvious His life would have been In peril
had he communicated the information according
| TO his expressed belief, sooner than he did
W. HiosS Cohcluued DY saving TO the jury that
all that he asked of them to consider the evil
dence which had been given, carefully, ana dis
| paS>lonately, and he had such entire confidence
IN their ehaIa cters as jurymen to believe that
fairly
His remarks occupied about one hour. after
| which the jury took recess
After taking short recess, the jury came into
| for the defence. He began by commenting upon
the fact that the prosecution in the pending case
presented the unusual spectacle To the iury of a
| case OF murder In which they relied entirely
| upon the evidence of one witness upon whose
| character for credibility they had conceived It
necessary TO expend all their ingenuity In order
| 10 bolster II up and sus ain it aud that witness
| was man whose conduct on the occasion now
| being inquired into, the learned counsel had
| characterized in terms which IL richly deserved
he then went on to comment upon the evil
! dence, which he did with great legal acumen
and was speaking when our report closed
| FIRST DISTRICT Hen ScHooL-smais n.
| part,ReHt.-The examination of this school t,ok
| place at the school room, corner Of renn,yl.
vania avenue and Nineteenth street Yesterday
afternoon 1t was to commence at 2H O'Clock
| but on our getting there at , As O'Clock on
| one OF the trustees was present At about 3
| o'clock, DIR. Ironside came in, and, soon after
| MI. Price and DIR. Walsh made their appearance
| fairly commenced, and then none Of the members
| OF the subcommittee. on whom the duty OF ex-
| aiming this school devoved We're present DIR
Walsh and Col. Randolph came in during the
| Besides the trustees, the examination wa, at.
| tended by Mr.. Richards, of Union Academy:
MT. ;; Thomson, OF the male departs -nt Of
| this district; Miss Milbnrn, Of the fourth dis
| trict high school, female de artment; Mr Ed
son, Misses Moore, Choate, Hall, Adams Lowe
kodler and Mills, teachers in primary schools
There was larger number of PAL ents md friend
of SC holars in attendance atthis examina ON thu
at that Of any Of the other schools and thew man
ifested considerable more interest in the Progress
OF the scholars than has elsewhere been the case
| We also noticed in the audience Mr. Anthony
| Hyde, Of Georgetown board Of school commits
s!oneTs: Mes,rs Abbott and Pope, formerly con-
| hsc'fa WIN inc school board OF this city; and
| MI ricketts,, the present attentive secretary Of
| the board
| The following is list of the scholars enrolled
| all of whom Were present, viz:
| Fannie A. Middleton Laura A Hardness "a
nm TrPlett, Mary A. Triplett, Florida II
Van Tyne, Susan NJ Watson, Sally +. Rodiey
Emily f. Tucker, Sarah J. Drake, Laura A
Shedd, Laura v. Parsons, Ella T.. Lowry. Fin.
ma + Morgan, Mary A. Worth, Mary r. era
ham, Mary NJ. McGlue, Ellen Brown, Martha
brown Kate A: Sherwood, Anna r. Steele .ou-
| lisa Hilton, Laura v. Tucker, Helen Greer
| Sophia X Cook, Lucretia Barker, Caroline
| Reeves, Fannie Hays, Augusta Wetherill, Mary
| \. FnIinore, Olivia French, Hannah Woods
| Walker, and Emma Roche-36
| Ihe following was the order Of exercises
/ Round" School is Open by the school
| Chorus" Prepare we for the Festive Scene
by the school.
The whole school was then examined in the
rules OF orthograPhy, and weight and measures,
| and answered promptly and accurately.
The fourth class read lesson, 80 The Converted
Miser, in the Third Class Reader, and did very
well. 10y
The third class wrote on their states from die
tdttOn, and showed that they had not IaCk ed FIJI
| instruction in chirography
| Song" Onward Onward - by the school.
| ne iourh class passed Protracted examina-
tion IN mental arithmetic; and among the ques-
lions solved by them Were the following
:. Bou2 ht 3-5 bushels of corn at SIS per bushel
and paid for it in wheat at 6s. per bushel; how
many bushels OF wheat did it require p"
" How much sugar, at s. per 100 lbs ran he
boIg ht for % cords OF wood, at ~ per cord
Although this was the lowest ciass in the
school, the scholars composing it returned ready
answers TO all these questions
The third class thea read a lesson and acquitted
themselves very cTeditably.
Song and Chorus" CIocus," by Miss Van
Tyne.
The third class answered a large number of
questions from the mental arithmetic involving
proportion, interest, and fractions without max.
ing any errors, and with but little hesitation
The fourth class was examined thoroughly in
written arithmetic, and proved an extensive at
tainment considering their opportunities, in this
Round &c Bring the Song Book, by the
school
The second class read a difficult lesson with
huency, and the second and third answered a va
riety Of geographical queries
Duett and chorus. NV Happy Home,,-was
| sung by two young ladies whose names we did
not learn.
The second class then wrote on their states
from dictation, In NEAT and legible hand and
wards In conjunction with the first class an
swered the following propositions from mental
| arithmetlc, together with many others:
| A pole is 2-5 in the water, IA in the mud and
| IL Feet above the water, what is its lenyth9',
| "A pole is 81 in the water, l. 2 of the remain
der In the mud, and feet above the water; what
| Is its leDgth,r
| Two boys counting their marbles, one said
he had 10; the other said 80 Of yours them is J
OF mine. How many had the lattef!n
| rive one halves of II are equal To five one
2S''i
| "Hod he meIciful unto us, was chanted by
the wLols school, Ia style that id honor 10 the
music teacher of the school, NJ Daniel
The first class then wrote lengthy examine
ffon dictation, the first and second classes were
examined In grammar, and the second and third
classes woI ked out the following and one OF two
other arithmetical operations viz:
- II men, In Is days of o houIs each build n
wall 20 feet long, feet high and feet thick