Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-06-10

HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION The third
semi annual exhibition of the Society com.
menced yesterday at Coombs's Hall, near the
corner OF Tenth street and Pennsylvania avenue
ne nan IS beautifully fitted up with tables SUI
IouhulhS ltS outer area, on which are DISPLAYED
some Of the most beautiful and various 'fruits
MOWERS, vegetables, etc to be seen in This mari
pL the country Indeed, ii may he clearly seen
oJ WISH 10 the exhibition that Washington NAV
soon vie with any city in the country in borti,
CULTURAL and Horticultural products Our city il
young in exhibitions of this kind: but the co1rse
Wnlch Is being pursued by this Society is giving
horticulture an impetus among the pardener
which Is being felt over a large portion of the
noutneIh country. The specimens on exhibition
thls summer are undoubtedly improved in quail
lty and size. Ripe peaches, mammoth strawber-
Ties, luscious grdpes-all of improved excellence,
together with gigantic cabbages beets rhubarb
potatoes, peas beans etc. give a substantial
character tn the show; while flowers and plants
both costly and rare, lend beauty well as de-
the heat and dust Of town. to the rural bowers
The following is a list of the premiums award
ed by the Judges yesterday, viz:
For Strawberries. first premium to Victoria
variety, exhibited by William Cammack: second
do to DR. Bayne for his Bayne's favorite: third
90 TO MIS- John Douglas for her Alice Maude
variety; fourth do discretionary Mr. John Saul
Tor the Dundee variety on account of its superior
navor- For greatest variety Of Strawberries dis
eTetOnary to John Saul; greatest variety of seed
llngs, discretionary, to VIM. Cammsck For
cherries, first premium to Mr.. Grimes for hi.
Black L aFtarian second do. to Mr.. Degyes For
large ripe peaches. discretionary premium TO
AT AIT SSPencs; black Hamburg grapes premium to
discretionary, first premium to Mr.. A Jardine
second premium TO Mr.. TurtOn; best potatoes to
DIR. Bayne; second best TO Vim Camnack: be,t
asparagus to VIM Cammack: second best TO Mr
Grimes best peas to- Mr.. Grimes; second best TO
DR. Bayne; best onions to Prof. Page; best let
tuces To w m. Cammack; best beets to DIR Bayne:
best cabbage to Clement HeshIy; discreticTa
premium to d.. Bayne for second best cabbart;
for best turnips to Mt Grimes radishes to John
n. TToOk; best Thubarb to Alfred Raw: second
bestto VIM. Cammack; best s1uasbes to Clement
Heshly; best pOtherbs to Prof. Page For best
collection OF table vegetables to DR.. Bayne, sec
ond best do to Mr. Grimes. A specimen of a
rare vegetable, spinach-lettuce is exhibited
For the best verbenas = premium was awarded
to Mr. De2Ses; for petunas to Prof Page; for
carnations 10 A JardiHe; for Teonics To Professor
Page; second premium for peunieS to Joshua
Pierce; best collection of cut roses to A Jardine;
SECOND best to Mr.. Vernon; best arranged coIlec-
ton, discretionary, to Mr.. Degges; best collec-
ZION OF cut fowefs as to taste, AleXander McKer-
ichar; second do. TO Mr. Degges; best centre
piece TO Clement Heshley; second best to Joshua
Pierce; best hand bouquet TO Pfof PAGE second
best to Clement HeshIfy.
We cordially recommend this exhibition TO
The pubic, feeling assured that their patronage
and n arty support will not fail to be well ie-
waTded
To-day, the exhibition presented MANY new
and attractive features in the way of fruits, &c:
Fresh Victoria Strawberries, new species Of rare
Cherries Goose berries, and other fruits the sight
of which would tickle the palate Fresh flow
els, also, OF rare beauty and many kinds
some of those deposited by DIR. Pare attracted
great admiration. New varieties of the beauti.
fuI Fuschia occupied conspicuous places among
which were White Corolla from the Capitol
lighthouses, kept by Mr. Smith, and Venus dc,
Msdici. both bearing flowers of delicate tints
and deserving of special mention. The speci-
mems OF exotics from tie Presidents Grounds,
John Waltz and CorcOran's green houses (MI
PARTICULARLY adj mil for tbejr
colors and vigorous growth.
Com. WoODHULL's TEsrIMoxY.-In publish
ing the evidence in the of Officer Allen YES
terday, folio was by accident left out Of the
evidence Of Com Woodruff We republish his
testimony complete:
For the defence, Com. MartcsH WoodauH of
the L ; Navy, was sworn and testified as fol-
lows: About O'Clock on the day of election,
accompanied by j. Linton, Esq, Was crossing
the east side of the City Hall enclosure, near the
corner of and Fourth streets, and nv attention
was directed to police officer having in charge
man (who was struggling considerably evil
IDENTITY taking him towards the JAIL in an instant
after l heard cry, - Let's take him away from
him. and on my looking back, at a short dis
lance perceived a large crowd of men rushing
towards the officer; short struggle then ensued
and the prisoner was rescued; the officer at
tempted to regain Possession of him, but the
effort was Intellectual, and rush being made at
the time, the Ger was urged towards the middle
OF the street, when his hat was knock ed OF by a
stone, and simultaneously heard two distinct
charges OF pistol (or such took it to BEL i'm
mediately afterwards one of the crowd. u short
stout young man, stepped rWaIG, revolver in
hand, aimed il direct at the officer ard snapped
II az him; they were then about 10 IL feet apart:
the orlceT In his own defence, being alone and
unaided, a. ! conceived him 10 be, drew his piss
t"i and commenced firing; the Young also
firing in rapid succcssion think the officers
pistol snapped, aud the first explosion of the
pistols Was simultaneous. or SO sound
"a to render II d III cult to dejermi which pistol
I'd n, Il TttIfI hlly
assault was made BY the young man before mem
toned think both shots OF the Inst explosion
took effect, a. l saw blood Tickling down the
face OF the officer; the man, to great a>ionish-
IBent, did not fall. or show any Signs of being
Int, but continued to the end dischaT"ug his re-
Eolver. which h deliberately cooked. pointed
and discharged; he then withdrew To the east
side Of Fourth street. urged forward by an elderly
man, who supposed To he his father. and who,
by his mfnner, seemed 20 be adinonishing him:
the crowd now made another rush. when / and
some one else called out to the officer to retreat
which he slowly commenced doing towards the
city Hall, the - lockers on with him in ad-
"lnCp. the Cihcer would advance few feet and
then turn and face his assailants; the pursuing
crowd hurting stones and bricks AT TO such an
extent that the air seemed TO be filled with them:
many shots were also nrrd fGom the crowd, one
Of which passed between Mr.. Linton aud myself;
bling unarHed, was prevented from render
ing such assistance ~ l felt the clrcuui,tau,,,
would have warranted during the pistol affair
between the officer aud the young man, (abuve
related Mr.. Linton and myself stood together
about ID to ~ feet directly TO the west of ihsnn
and about equ-dlstdnt from the rest of them so
that we could not fail to observe all that occurred
nave cons defcd this matter COOlly and impair
italy, having no interest in either of the parties
concerned IN the atTdy, nor did know OF nv
own knowiedse To which pol. teal party either
belonged; INV being there WAS pu!eiv accidental,
and the circumstances OF the case max me one
Of the witnesses; and have come ~ the full
conviction that had not the OF. e. acted j. lie
did br certainly wOuld have been Killed, ard
perhaps tn other look ers-On, myself aHOrg the
nGmhe', might have shared 4 similar fate; the
Cmcrf, when first saw him, appea ed to be- in
the performance Of his duty. executing il n
. n m and spirited manner; he also appeared
throughout unihtiueEced, collected ard bravery
determined To DO his duty at al hazirds; thee
appeared to b- present in the crowd, when tue
rnng took placv, about one hundred and nifty,
OF more, and many others coming up.
WATER The families residing In the squares