Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-10-29
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

CIRcUIr COURT.-Yesterday, affer our report
closed, the appeal case Of Messrs Humphreys 4
Juenemann was concluded This lager-beer
controversy, which involves large interests TO
the German eli lzens, may be summed up as fol i
lows some two wears ago, German named
hotzel, was nned for selling lager beer without
license, and appalled, from the Magistrate. de.
cfsion TO the Circuit Court. The appellants at
torney, Mr.. Morgan, took the ground in his az
gemeAt, thar lager beer was not an intoxicating
drlnki and that, therefore, there was no law to
nne Rotzel; and, after hearing the evidence
which was very full, the Court so decided The
corporation, In order TO meet this decision,
passed law, In which lager beer was made
Iicensable; under which law, Messrs Hum
Phreys d Juenemann. who are manufacturers of
lager beer were twice fined, they having refused
20 take out license. Several grounds were "a ken
~ their counsel in these cases one of which vas
that the warrants were defective on their faces
ground In which the Court assented. But II
* ,eea az par Tor the purpose Of testing the
qussnoh raised by appellants counsel namely
whether the Corporation bad any rio bit to IMPOSE
license on the manufacturers that one of the war
rants should be amended. After considerable
argument upon the warrant as amended the
Court held that the amended Civ ChaTter OF
Io4o was no restriction or alteration Of the Char
Ter OF lS2O, but gave additional powers and that
tne Coz Polation bad the tight to impose license
Upon the manufacture Of every and any kind of
article, II the same be sold In this CITY
~ me court then considered the appeal case Of
henrV hackaway as X. II. TrunnelI in which
hSaVST-was
reversed, and judgmen de aoro entered for the
Plalntlr for 81 81 and costs La this case II ap-
Peaned, iOm the evidence that Rackaway en-
. mss'to Judgment for collection to TrunnelI,
VINO - constable and soon afterwards found
tnat the Juds ment had been paid and was in the
possession Of the original defendant revuIarIv
salsned The defence was that Mr. King an
other constable, collected the judymenf and
satisfied " il, and that Tunnel not having
received any portion Of the amount, was not
naDle. IL was also alleged for the defence that
~ a ~ all
action should have been against the bondsnaep
Oh Irunnell. TIE Court decided that King acted
as the agent Of TTunnel, and that tn. latter wa.
pohsi9ie, and accordingly gave judgment as
for appellee.
To-day, the Court is considering unimportant
appeal cases.
TOPPING OCT ENTERrAINMKNr-Ane entertain
mentwas given yesterday afternoon, to the hands
employed upon the Church of st Aloysius, at the
corner Of and North Capitol streets, the occa-
sion being that of the completion Of the walls and
towers Of the edifce, and the covering in of In.
building The largest portion of IA. roof hz,
oeen put on, and the church presents a beautiful
ana hooie appearance. The entertainment was
gMsn oy rrteI Gallant, Esq =, the contractor and
superintendent OF the work of erection The
edloles were provided by the popular caterers
Columbus NardOn, and consisted Of everytbin1
Palatabie and appetizing, and were partaken of
oy nearly one hundred persons who are enoaged
upon the work. The dinner was presided Over
oy Kew. Father Stonestreet aud Rev Father
Lynch Of Georgetown College After the hands
naa oeen assigned their positions at table, an APP
ProPflate grace was said by Father Stonestreet
ana the gTOaning tables were rapidly lilo htened
OF the load Of well-coOked comestibl1s-such as
oysters In various styles. beef steak corned beef
nam, chicken, reasonable vegetables, pies, and
other substantials, surmounted by divers long,
neeked bottles, which Were filed with something
pleasant to the inner man-all of which were
uone anPie Justice to by the company After the
Pp m rlef. lv tod
were drunk, and some appropriate remarks made
oy Kew. Father Stonestreet who proDosed fbe
health OF the master bricklayer, Mr.. Alfred Cas-
SELL ana then followed quite a lively time
during which great many pretty speeches were
made with reference to the occasion and good
nnmor and sobriety were the order Of the day
AFTER an hour passed in this manner, the tables
were cleared away and all hands resumed work,
afternoon.
A full description Of the church Of st. Aloysius
having already been published in our columns
we do not deem II necessary 10 recapitulate or
comment upon this handsome structure but
slmply TO remark that il is one of the most sub
stan.Iai ealnees In the country, and Of a size
Commensurate with the increasing wants of the
catholic population Of the city OF Washington
Inc walls and tower contain about thirteen hun
dred thousand brick, and the external appear
ance OF them is certainly suf cienty neat and ar
tistic 10 commend the admiration Of every thor
ough- going mechanic. It is expected that the
interior Will be ready for by next Easter sun
OF realization Of this expectation We learn
that the Rev Father Mcguire, who Is well known
70 most OF our citizens Is to have charge of this
cnuren when eompleted- Such an arrangement
will be most satisfactory to many persons in This
city who esteem that gentleman highly
POLIoE.-B.fOys Justice Williams On the
day before yesterday, Ofhcer Henry Nash ar.
rested Joseph 6erhardt on a Corporation war
rant, for selling liquors in violation of the law
- Tsnirf
The defendant exercised his right to have a jnTy
called, II being an ALLEGED second offence and
lnVoiVlng nne Of go, and forfeiture Of IL
cense.
The prosecuting witness depo,ed that he wa.
IN defendants house on the sunday charged in
the warrant, and purchased a glass of lager bier.
when pc drank and paid for; that subsequently,
ne incldentdIiy mentioned the fact In presence of
pollceman, who thereupon had a warrant is
sued ana summoned depOnent TO give evidence
against defendant
July, who returned the following verdict of ac-
quittal The warrant setting forth the offence a. a
second one, and no evidence having been given
10 snow the preparation Of first offence:
We, the undersigned jurors in the case of the
corporation OF Washington as. Joseph Gerha DIT,
unanimously agree the charges are not sustained
az in the warrant
The RAIN.-The citizens of washington. yen.
orally, are highly delighted with the rain-de
scending In torrents we write The heavy
showers Of last night and this morning have had
tue effect TO settle the dust in those cavities made
In the streets by driving heavy vehicles over
nrwiy-lmproyed portions, and will be- no disad-
vantage To the Improvements The residents
upon ID, between Twelfth and Fourteenth SITS
have been complaining Of great scarcity of W.
Ter The rain, IL il hoped, will effect for th.In
what their complaints could not, aud by furnish
Ing supply for other uses, give them The use of
the pumps for drinking and culinary purnos-s
discriminating sone may be put To inconyenI
snee by the rain, all will be thankful for a.
CHARLEs ii. BARRETT, whose execution takes
place In the Jail yard to-day week, unless E.ec-
utve ihterpostion IL exercised in his behalf, re-
mains In = condition of mind which is regs rd.d
oY bis spiritual adviser as implying the pniov-
ment OF nrm hope in the pardonfny grace Of
the saviour. He devOtes all of his time sxe,n,
sneh rev short hours as are necessary for mental
repose, to religious meditation and PRAYER ana
gives utterance to no expression Of feeling with
regard 10 the action Of his friends in their en-
drawers TO procure a Communication Of his sen.
fence NO person Is permitted to visit the con-
demned man except his immediate relative, and
those who have In charge his spiritual welfare.