Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-03-11

orrRAsEous CONDUCT AND DESERVED Pun
lsHAkNr-About O'Clock last evening. as a
iady, accompanied by her son, aged some four
teen years, was passing up Seventh street, be-
tween the canal and Penns ylvan la avenue, she was
assaulted by ruff any hound She ran from him.
passing up the south side of the avenue to Ninth
street, where she crossed Her assailant puTs ued
ana Is she reached the pavement on the north
side, he succeeded in grasping her by the arm.
Several gentlemen then interfered, and, rescuing
the lady. dragged the ruiz an down on the pave
ment. when he immedi ptely commenced playing
of intoxication. Having regained his feet he
behaved quite rudely 10 gentleman in the crowd,
-Mr. Baxter, Jr y of Virginia,-who immediately
Knocked him down by blow in the face This
seemed to render the fellow utterly insensible
but on being disturbed shortly after by some
member of the auxiliary guard he speedily re-
| covered sufficiently to accompany them to QUAR-
tiers. The punishment the scamp received was
inadequate to the offence, but his rernark able
skill at PLAYING drunk, - no doubt saved him
sound tbrashing. He gave his name at the Guard
House as John Collins, of Va. Justice Dom
held him to security for a further hearing the
lady who was assaulted not being present testify
against him.
CRIMINAL CoURr-After our renort closed
yesterday, on account of the scarcity of cases on
the trial docket, the petit jury was discharged
until Thursday (to-day)
The argument In motion for a new trial of the
case OF the United States rs. VIM. Hutton John
which
ton and Welsh had been con icted of riot ,yas
now head; Key for the United States and Norris
lot pIalntlh>, and the motion overruled Hutton
ana welsh Were then sentenced each to fifteen
months IN the County Jail and each to paw fine
| of IS w and costs of Court
The first case taken up was that of the United
states rs Joha Mortimer, charging the defend
| ant with assault and battery on VIM BOYD. Yer
dict of guilty as indct
The case Of I.ucian Pipsico, colored, charged
with assault and battery on his wife, Mary Pip
~I.s W. nlktnif Id tl
fence, and the Cotu hearing the evidence in the
"as- fined The d-ffndant four dollars and costs of
| court.
Tue ease of the United States ~ VIM. Brown
for ASSAULT and battery on Charles c Edin (I.un
CoOper) al fire on the mig lat Of the 10th of Feb
ruary last was then taken up
This case was pending when our report closed
CHARLES MATHEWS is a trump! He was sue
cessful ON Tuesday night; last night he was tri-
umphant, glorious In the first piece he pleased
everybody, and in the second the sketch of
"Patler rs. Clatter,'' he astonished everybody
He astonished by his stage transformations,
made In a twinking and In the face of the audi.
ence. Now he was dashRg captain; presto
change. he was Dutchman; anon, HI was the
man with the cold in his head again lie was
barber, then LAWYER, then a Judge, and so on;
IN short, he perSOnih-d ia thirty seconds almost
as many different Characters, all the while keep
ing up forty horse power flow Of talk emitted
too with such clear-tongued metallic cleaFness of
caught perfectly by the ear.
Mrs. Davenport Mathews appeared In the first
piece, and looked as charming az possible
d0,nis ut Mr.. Mathews appears in new pro-
what the deuce he will do next He takes the
part of Mr.. Afible Hawk, :" in his own comedy
| OF "A Game in Speculation" and as 'iThe Chew
aiier" in his new comedy Of "The Comcal
Countess" Mrs. Matthews also appears in the
latter piece.
ANOTHER SLUNG SHor AFPAR.-A young man
| named j. T. Maxwell was attacked, knocked
down and robbed on last Tuesday night, about
IL o'clock, as he was returning on foot from the
Presidents Ievee, by man who followed and
attacked him when near the corner Of Twelfth
and G streets. The fellow came rapidly up be-
| MUD him and struck him blow over the head
| with a heavy slung- ahOt. Mr.. NJ. attempted to
ward off the blow and, crying murder ran
across the street. The villain followed him and
struck him again twice with the weapon, cut
| ting his head and face, binding him with the
blood which flowed copionsly, and telling him
senseless on the pavement How long he lay
there he was unable to say, but his consciousness
was not restored until he found himself near his
| own home in the Northern Liberties. He then
examined his pockets and discovered that he had
been robbed of his watch and chain and all the
cash which he had about his person.
AFFRAT IN THE SIXTH WARD-Mondav night
a man named Morgan, while intoxicated ere.
ated disturbance in a restaurant at the NAVY
ara, KEPT by VII Conner. He was put ont BY
the proprietor, who closed the door against him
Morgan became outrageous, and returned and
forced his way in again, when the proprietor
| struck him with weapon, said to he a gun bar
rel, seriously wounding him. More an was taken
to his residence ard his wound dressed We
learn that he Is not in proper condition to ap-
pear before ma. istrate and the case will 90 to
the grand jury for investigation.
lN THE CIRCUIT COURT, yeSterdiv, the Chan
Gerry case Of Jennings as. John r. Callan was in
progress: and Mr.. Brent for defence was reply
ing TO the argument OF Mr.. Austin Smith plain
Tits attorney.
O-day, was akrn up the case of Statham
Smithson Co. and Austin Sherman rs John F.
Callan and others. a bill to set aside deeds OF
valuable property, and To apply II to the payment
OF debts for the complainant