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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-05-26

MARSHAL'S ShLE.-In virtue OF a writ of
VA heTi facIas sefa, under lien Jaw issued from
the Clerks Office of the Circuit Court of the Dis
trlct Of Columlia, for the County of Washington,
CASH. IN front Orthe Court house doo5 of said coun-
ty,on TUESDAY, the 18th day of May next, 1885,.
ut - O'Clock, M. the following described property,
to wit: all defendants right, title, cialm and int
rest n and to certain Brick Blu, Ding erected on
nrton y. G., the SAID Lot being p feet front and
running back the whole depth OF SAID Lot, seized
and levied upon as ihe property Of John II. Peters
and will be sold TO salsfy Judicial No. 49, to May
term, 1853, IN favor of John FuTdy.
ap Sits Marshal for the District of Columbia.
IN consequence of the ram until TUES DAY next.
tho list OF June, SAM hour and Place. W.
w. SEIDEN. Marshal
ma Is for the District of CoumbIa
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Afr.s eetween q Military Com pany ~ an.

PntLADELPHIE. MAY IS During the return Of
fhe German Lafayette ires from a celebrst ton NJ
lemon ilil- last evening, a police officer wss
stuckfby q soldier with a sword. The pcifcs
attempted to arrest tire offender, watch Sss re-
sisted Ivy the soldiers. The mob sided VIII h the
pHce, and several shots were fired on both sides.
Frank Wendell and Cha Hes Bremen. .priyates
were wounded, supposed fatally . = =,
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TRUSTEE'S SALE Of VALUARI.E pROl

y II
~ = ERTY Is SQUARE 625.-On "WEDNESDAY AT
IEKNOON, June I'd, 1855, at So o'clock, / shall
SELF az cunI &c auction. Oh the PREMISES to the
est ddsr, 10y vir.ae or deed oftrust to me reoted
dated May 20. 1854. and dGiy recorded Mar 4th 1854
IN !per % C. one of The land records of the coun
~ OF Washington. ID. c., Let -, OF Cabots suIdIyi
SION oil Square S25, With the improvements oon-
sfstlng al two- story Frame Houses in front with
oaseire nj a1d attic, and one small aIne House in
The reaT SAID lot fronts north q street. fetween
North Capitol and LIST streets west
Terms: S6U9 cash, S2n OF wHIch to he paid at the
time oi sa lie the remainder in 6, IL and la months
with unteS hearing interest
Deed gwen aad deed of trust taken for the defer
RED pay mcnts. 0
1ne Trustee reserves to himself the riv MT 70 re-
SOL the property at the risk and cost of defauting
Pnrehaser the terms Of sale not CO led with
ment three days in the Star
, p. NJ. PEARSON. Trustee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-05-26

NARSHAL,S SALE.-In virtue of four wrIts
1I or herr tacias Issued from the Clerks Office of
the Circuit Court of the District of COlu for the
County of Washington, and 10 me diIected, shall
expose 70 public sale, for CASH, In front of the
Cnurt-Iouse door of ,aid County, on FRIDAY Y,
the 18th day OF une, 1885, az IL O'Clock m, the fol-
lowing described property, to wit: All defendant
right TILE, clam and interest and part of res
yation No 10, beginning for the sans in the Ire
sected nv the north line OF alley feet n inches
wide opening into SAID az street and running tbeye
with The sad east line OF said street north - fe,t
thence east IS feet thence south - feet to the sad
alley, and thence with the same west IS feet 10 A.
street and point of inning, together with all
Washing ton, ID. c.. seized and levied upon as TIA
propert, OF James WI Iams. and will be sold tn
Isfy lcas, No. ST. 50 80 and 81 to October err
1853, in favor of Howell h Striking.
w. SELDEN, Marshal
81 mn Is dts for the District of Columbia
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TheSeuthern Aid Sseissy.

Boston. May ei.-The southern Aid Society
Wsas, ESQ, presiding. The treasurs,', Ieport
lyS.ue var ending October IaS7, shows recei pss
oiciI.xse Expenditures $40, I3i. The followinr
Resolution was adopted.
y 9 Rsseired, That the Sou;h.r, Ala s.,.,.,v a.
etthied 10 cordial support. because A foet~rs a
Gospel -..4-- II.
Remarks were mnde by Rev. N...r. c,,,,,.
Randall md Others, urging zealcv.oe~. in ,n.iss
tanning Chrsstsan unioa North and south -
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by 4: GREEN, AuctioneeI,

by AUTHORITY of DECREE OF THE
- Orphans Court OF WashIR gton County, ID, c,
passed in n petition of John Fister, guardi1n Of
John Stopper, and Bernard Geier, guardian of 10
seph GeIer, and others, affirmed by an order of tho
Circuit Court of the District If Columbia. l shall
SELL at sncnn, on the premises. to the highest bid
der, on WEDNESDAY,, the 2d day Of June, 1851, az
O'clock IN the afternoon. Lot No. I. In Square No
se9 fion'ng on Virginia avenue, south street and
l2th street eas', In the city of WASHINGTON
Terms Of .ae One half cash the residue in 6
months, the deferred pay to bear Interest from
the day OF sale and TO be secured by the purchaser
note or bond OF security to he approved by the tTus
toe. the terms of sale are not complied with IN
three days the trustee the Ig to RESI- ell
upon three days notice IN The Evening Star. All
convey AMONG al the expense of the purchaser.
VIM. X. WOODWARD Trustee.
ina " 2awSds A. GKEEN. Auct.
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By WALL & BARNARD, Auctioneers.

DOSITIVE SALE OF yALUABIEBrrI nr,e
Il Lots AT IuBLIC AUCTIOE.-On THURSDAY
Az IEhNOON next. 9th tant, at 6 o'cIobk we
VIII sell, ut pub &c auction, three valuable Building
Lots VIZ lsOts &, IL and r.. of Dai,'s subdivIsIon
OF square N5; fronting each twenty-five C22D feet on
ten feet alley. " "
These lots are in one of the finest localities IN
washington, ono square north of Franklin Row
sna n q iasi improving neIghborhoOd. TItls indis-
eIms: One third cash the residue IN &, ~, IT,
ana "a months, secured by deed af trust nd bear
Ing interest All cCnveyancin the ex pense OF the
ma q dts WALL & RARNARn Ann,s.
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FGRE.-Monday night, between and O'Clock,
frc broke out in an unoccupied building at the
foot Of Rodbird s hill, north of Judge Douglas $
residence Property near saved by the neig h.
bOrs and watchmen on the beats. Some of the
apparatus of the Fire Department was on the
ground. The property Destroyed belonged %
Mr. Austin O'COunor, and was valued at 500 ;
partially insured In Etna Insurance Co, of Hart
ford, COnn. IL was an incentiary act
BADLY BEATEN.-Last night, a girl named
Lucinda Bayly, was found At a late hour. crying
in the street. She was taken to the guard house,
ard this morning stated that she had been beaten
by one of two men, vino had met her her " ay
home. She thought the man was one Of several
who were prose- utCd by her for an attack on her
house Shewasy very badly bruised and scratched.
POLICE REPoRrs-The officers of the Police
Department report to the Chief of Police IS cases
for the week ending 22d inst:
First Wa'd, IL cases; Second Ward, S Third
Ward. 1; Fourth WaId. 25; Fifth Ward, 5;
Sixth Ward 4 ; Seventh Ward ~; total rs.
WATcH Returns WIN. Morrow, Nova SEQ
tia, drunk in the street; workhouse 30 days JAS.
NcGaV, Mas, do DO. Ms. Tracy, England
drunk and disorderly; do Lucinda Bayly, Va.
disord-rly; dismissed. Seven dodgers non-resi-
dents. -
Po>1P0XED-Thc visit of Sioux Indians TO
Arlington Springs has bcen postponed, in conse-
anence of the unfavorable weather, till better
opportunity oEIIs. Notice will be given.
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WhhSEhI'S SALE,-ln virtue Of a writ of
w hen facIss issued from the Clerks Office Of the
Ercult Court of the District of COLUMBIA Tor the
county OF Washington, and TO me directed viii
expose 70 publ SALE for CASH, la front of tho Cont
n1use door OF said county, or FRIDAY, the IIt5
o. June 1883 nj IL O'Clock m tho following described
property. to W.T. All defendants right title claim
and interest lnand 70 Lot No. Z. in Square NO 20
III the City oil Wssington ID. c., seized and levied
upon as the property Of Edmond Riley and viii be
sold to satisfy Judieis No ia. to Nav term, ia5s
In favor Of Morseii& Kcmble
. w. SELDEN
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OEAToRIo OF TIE "FLOwRR QUEEN The
pupils OF the first and second public school dis
tricts, under the musical direction OF Prof j. ii
Daniel, hav. been training for and will produce
on the. 10th OF June, at the Assembly Rooms the
beautiful oratorio mentioned above. To bring il
before the public as II ought to be, the employ
ment OF an orchestra, the erection CT suita bic
staging, aud the preparation of scenery have been
quite an expense to the friends OF The schools but
no doubt the costs will DE refunded The poetry
of the ora,OriO is said 10 he the production OF q
blind girl CT New York, and the music by Prof
q L Root Ii will he produced by ninety pu.
pils Of the female departments, and under the
direction Of Prof Daniel will be quite treat to
the lovers Of music.
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FUTURE DAYS.

ATARSH AIS SALE. - In virtue OF a writ
Ia "a ol neri iacIas, ISSUED from the Clerks
Oihce OF the Circuit Court Of the District OF Co
%moia i9r the County of Washington, and to me
front OF the Court House door of said county. on
THURSDAY. the nth day of j ue, 1881 al IL Och
NJ tho following describtd property, to wit: All
deieHdSnts right title, claim, and interest M and TO
i,1ts Nos. III and V, IN Square SIS the city of
Washington. ID. c.. together with all and singular
TIE improvements thereon, .sized and levied upon
IS the proPcTuy of David A. Hall ard viii be sold 10
satisfy JUDICIAL No l's 10 May term, 1853. m favor
SWeenf, hIttsnhcnse Go, w. SEtDEN,
ma 24-dts Marshal for the DistrIciHf Colu mbia.
MARSHAL'S SALE.-In virtue of a writ of re
1fA n ftolas; Issued by John II Godd.rd and Fran
CHS j. murphy, two Justices of the peace for the
county OF Washington IN the District of Columbia.
ana 20 me directed shall poss public sal Tor
lash, on the rrerses, on TUESDAY, the LIST day
on June. 1908 at o'cDck p M, all sarah washinr-
ton right Gto and interest IN and to frame bull
al erected on east part OF Lot No. S. IN Square
or Reservation y. about rs feet front of said t and
running back that width 10 the of said lot seized
ana eviee rpon as tie property of Sarah Washing
ton snd Val De SOD N satisfy said ier facias in IA
'oI vi " lihsh H. ihiiip- w. SEIDEN,
ma y Us Marshal for che District Of Columbia
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-05-06
.1S34-
How Washington Behaved when he
was in the Wrono.

An incident in the Virginians, repre-
sentlng Washington as ready to accent a
challenge, has led Leslie's illustrated Pa.
per to reprint the following pertinent an,
ecdote from Weems' G~ossipping Life Of
Washington
In 1854, Washington was stationed at
Alexandria with his regiment. the only
one Of the colony, of which he was Colo.
mel. There happened to be at this time
an election in the town for members Of
the Assembly, and the contest ran high
between Col. George Fairfax and Mr.
Eizey. a dispute taking place in the
court house yard, Washington, at this
lime not twenty-five years of g contra.
~ to his usual manner, became excited
and what was more uncommon. said some
thing that offended Mr.. Payne, whereup-
on the little gentleman, who, " though but
d cub In size" raised his sturdy hickory
and by a single blow brought Washington
to the ground.
Several Of Washington's officers being
present, they whipped out their irons in
an instant, and it was supposed that there
would be murder off hand. To make bad
worse, the members Of the regiment, hear
ing how their commander had been treat
ed, bolted out of the barracks, every man
with his weapon, threatening vengeance
on those who dared to knock Down their
beloved Colonel. Happily for Mr.. Payne
and his party, Washington recovered in
time enough to go out and meet his en-
ragged soldiers, and after thanking them
for their expressions Of attachment, as
sured them that he was not hurt in the
least, and begged them, as they loved him
and their duty, to return to their bar
racks. As to Washington himself, he
went to his room, and finding on mature
reflection, that he had been the aggressor
he had determined to make Mr.. Payne
honorable reparatior, by asking his par
don on the morrow. No sooner had he
made this noble resolution than he recov-
cred his natural calmness Of manner
dressed himself and went. to a ball, be-
having as if nothing had happened.
The next day he went to a tavern and
wrote polite note to Mr.. Payne, request
ing to see him. Mr.. Payne presumed the
import of it was a challenge for a duel,
and repaired to the place appointed for
a meeting, expecting to see a pair Of pts.
tolls introduced. But conceive bis sur.
prise upon entering the chamber where
Washington was, he discovered a ocean.
ter of wine and glasses-upon his enter
ing, Washington arose in a very friendly
manner, met him, and presented his hand
saying
"Mr. Payne, to err sometimes is nature
to rectify error is always glory. l find
was wrong in the affair yesterday, you
have had, | think, some satisfaction, anG
if you think that is sufficient, here is my
hand, let us be friends"
1t is only necessary to say, from tina
time Mr.. Payne became one Of Washing
tons most enthusiastic admirers anc
friends. If this conduct had not beer
deemed in Washington to arise from mag
aaninasty and not from fear, then he could
not have become the immortal hero as re-
garded in. history"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-05-06
Murder Trial Extraordinary.

A scene unparalleled in the history of
criminal Jurisprudence, as we learn from
the Family Friend, was witnessed in one
of the South Carolina courts. It was the
trial Of fifty four persons for murder.
The prisoners had organized themselves
into a vigilance committee, for the pur-
pose of abating a nuisance in the neigh
berhood in the shape Of a low grog-shop.
kept by a man known as Ack Windham !.
whose principal customers were negroes.
The committee obtained a promise Of
Windham to cease the nefarious traffic.
but the promise he did not keep, but in
stead thereof laid in a stock of three
barrels Of whiskey. These the commit
tee resloved to destroy, and, approach
ing the place, gave notice to that effect.
Windham had assembled an armed party
in defense Of his rights" one of whom
fred upon the invaders, after which a
general battle ensued, during which the
whisky defenders were conquered, the
whisky itself demolished, and one of the
allies of Windham killed while in the
act of stabbing one of the opposite party.
Tho committee and their friends
fifty four in number-were put on trial
for murder. The jury rendered a YER
dict Of mot guilty"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-05-06
A Warning to our Women.

II, as the ancient proverb said, it is
right to receive instruction from an enc
my, the women of America may we'll give
heed to this declaration by the notorious
Lola Montez, in one Of her lectures on the
wit, women and scandsl of Paris, lately
delivered in New York, and reported in
a journal which, Of course, our modest
what will degrade and despeil the female
sex, the adyenturer referred to must know
it; and she declares it to be the passion
for dress, in which it is well known that
our women are emulating the example Of
dissolate Paris, NOPE eagerly than any
others upon the face Of the earth. 1.-THE
great want of Paris was that they had no
such institution as home; and nowhere,
perhaps, was this want SO keenly felt, out
side Of Paris, as in the houses of our own
merchants; to absorbed in business to
know that they need at home. It vas as
true of the Fanbroug St. Honore as Of the
Fifth Avenue, and vice Uersa. This led
women to devote their attention to their
exterior, and there was no such degrader
of womanhoed as a passion for dress. If
this were to continue, and did not urder-
mine female morals in the United States,
then the lessons of history and experience
must go for naught."
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-05-06
All Of the Same idea.

A Prussian Journal Of the Rhine tells
a very good joke Of a religious communi.
ty threon who approaching the LONG and
able services of their faithful minister.
unanimously resolved, as a slight testimo.
NAL of the same, to present him, this wear
of a bountiful vintage each with a bottle
of white wine. The minister, of course
duly sensitive of this delicate tribute .of
love and affection, as well as pretty prond
of it as an evidence that his ministry had
not been altogether in vain, and at con
siderable expense prepared in his eeller a
huge aramented cask, into which On the
appointed day appeared every member of
his flock and empted his bottle. But
what was the surprise OF the minister. as
we'll as Of the generous donors, on tast.
ing from the now OVERLOOKING cask. to
find it was not wine but water A strange
thing, certainly, and of which we have no
other explanation than this, that everv
member Of the society was of the same
idea, that one hottie Of water would mot
be noticed in a whole cask of wine.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-05-06
The Myrtle and steel.

One bumper yet, gallants, at parting.
One toast ere we arm for the fight.
Fill round, each to her he loves dearest
IT'S the last he may pledge her tonight.
Think of those who of old at the banquet
Did their weapons in garlands conceal.
The patriot heroes who hallowed
The entwining of myrtle and steel!
Then hey for the myrtle and steel.
Then no for the myrtle and steel,
Let every true blade that er'er loved a fair maid,
Fill round to the myrtle and steel!
lis in moments like this, when each bosom
When its highest toned feeling is warm.
Like the music that's said from the ocean
To rise ere the gathering storm
That her image around us should hover.
Whose name though our lips ne err reveal
We may breath mid the form of a bumper.
As we drink to the myrtle and steel.
Then hey for the myrtle and steel,
Then no for the myrtle and steel,
Let every true blade that e'er loved a fair maid
Fill round to the myrtle and steel
Now mount for bugle is ringing
To marshel the host for the fray,
Where proudly our banner is finging
It's folds DER the battle array;
Yet gallants-one moment-remember,
When your sabres the death-blow wonld deal,
That MERcY wears her shape who's CHERISHED
By lads of the myrtle and steel.
Then hey for the myrtle and steel,
Then no for the myrtle and steel,
Let every true blade that e'er loved a fair maid,
Fill round to the myrtle and STEEL
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-05-06
Loves Labor Not Lost.

At the late election in Rhode Island, a
Senator was elected by a love letter in
the following manner: The Postmaster in
one of the rHral towns took upon himself
the pleasant duty Of delivering to ayoung
lady a letter just received from her lover.
Stopping on the way to vote, like a good
Democrat, he proudly deposited the love
letter in the ballot-box, and FASTENED to
deliver to the blooming maiden the entire
Democratic ticket, State and town which
he had conscientiously enclosed in a sep
arate envelope. The Journal does not ex-
plain to us how the lady interpreted the
missive, but the moderator and clerk un-
calamity refused to count the love letter,
and the Republican candidate was de-
clared elected by one majority.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-05-06
Couldn't "FooP Him.

Professor Adams, of Amherst College.
was a great e~ntomologist, and had the
largest collection of insects that was ever
accumulated by any private individual
in this country since the days of Noah
Some wicked students thought to Quiz
the old gentleman. and, with a good
deal of care and labor, succeeded in man.
ufacturing a mondescript insect by taking
the body of the beetle, and glueing to it
the legs of a ~grasshopper, the wings of a
butterfly, and the horns of the dragon Ay,
With this new style of bug they proceed
ed to the study of the professor, and told
him that one of their number had found
a strange animal, which they were una.
Bile to classify, and requested him to aid
them in defining its position. The pro-
lessor put on his spectacles, and after ex
aiming the specimen carefully, said.
" Well, young gentlemen, this is a very
curious bug, indeed l am inclined to
think it is what naturalists call q hum
bug"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-05-06
Rolled in the Dirt for Nothing.

A good story is told of a negro who was
exceedingly anxious to be converted I'M
der the preaching of the celebrated Whit.
field. He attended every religious meet
ing he could reach, and inquired " Who's
that 7" whenever a preacher took tho
stand. At length he was told that a man
holding forth to a crowd, was Whitfield.
The negro OF once fell Upon the ground
and rolled about apparently in an agony
of emotion, and rose with the mighty
idea that he was a converted man. Not
long after, he was told that he had never
heard Whitfield, and that that celebrated
preacher was far distant from the place
at that time. "Ohl" said the disappoint.
ed fellow, Den | rolled in de dirt for
nothing !"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-05-06
Another 6f Natures Yagaries,

The Louisville Journal hao th0 f0fivv-
ing from Henderson, KY:
| have just returned from q yisitto one
Of the most extraordinary curiosities ever
known il the history of the human race.
A negro woman9& slonging to Mr.. Samuel
Sites sf this place, gave birth eight days
ago, to four living children, Joined togeth-
er by pairs in a still more peculiar man
ner than the Siamese twins. The two
boys are connected at the shoulder, and
from the hip to the knee joint, leaving
the lower joint Of the legs and feet Of
each perfectly free. The girls are joined
at the shoulder, with this difference from
the boys, that they have but one arm issu-
ing from the junction Of their shoulders.
They are Joined from the hip down to the
foot-the two legs ending in one foot.
In regard to the color Of the children,
nature seems to have been quite as eccen-
trio as in their formation, one of the boys
being black and the other as white as the
child of a white woman; and so with the
girls. They all seem to be perfectly
healthy, and the mother is doing uncom-
monty well.
Mr.. Sites, who is a man of wealth,
takes great pleasure in showing the twins
to his friends, and their "leyees' have
been greatly crowded for the last day or
two.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-05-06
Ruth.

When the midnight kissed the hill tops,
In the dew of early morn,
Ruth went out behind the reapers,
Through the golden shocks of corn.
Patience CLEANED with her the pastures,
Hope sobbed softly in. her signs,
Love lit up her trembling features
With a glow of Paradise.
Then said Boaz to the reapers,
Hers be all that each man leaves:
Trouble not the Jewish maiden.
Let her CLEAN among the s~heaves.n
Long the master loved to linger
Looking backward DER the plain,
Seeing there a sweeter treasure
Than the summer-scented grain.
Ruth no longer haunts the pastures.
Sobs no more amid the corn,
Follows not the other reapers
Through the dewy fields of morn.
But the harvest sons from meadow,
Slumb'rous hillside, billowy plain,
Bear the tiding-" She is mistress
Over all the rustling grain"
Thus when Hope and Love ard Patience
Clean the pasture God has sown,
Softly angel-songs shall welcome
Us, the reapers, as His own.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-05-06

1I~ Do any of our readers know the
origin of the phrase rather steep ?n-
When a price is too high for a mans
means, or a story too incredible for his
We fancy we have detected it in the fol.
lowing, from a Pennsylvania paper.
A certain facetious acquaintance of
ours was a few days ago F" poking fun" at
the very high aud steep hills which give
such an air of of sublimity to some parts of
our country, and said he had seen cult.
waited hills SO PERCEPTIONS that he had to
lie on his back to see the top Where
upon he was taken down by another
sharp customer in this style al onee
was at a place where the fields were so
steep that the people looked up their
chimmeys to see whether the COWS were
coming home p