The Washington union., 1858-02-25
IF WASHINGTON. THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY rs, 1858
LOCAL n Il w >.

counr OF cLADs YESTERDAY Judge Blackfori dcliv
cred the opinion of the court in the case OF Oliver Dubois
adverse to the claim.
Judge scarburgh delivered very elaborate opinion in
the Of Jonas Levy, the testimony being extreme
ly vouminous, adverse to the claim.
Adjourned until to-day ~ o'clock, IN.
GAS METERS Public attention is attracted in Bal
timore and other cities to gasmctes and ever increasing
gas bills Robert Prince, of Brooklyn, in published com
uncatc asserts that all the meters made in that city
for the gas companies degnedly constructed to ni-
cate consumption Of about fifteen per cent OF gas great
cr than the real amount Some years ago he became IN
terestcd with manufacturer OF gas meters which were
made with indexes that truly indicated the amount con-
sumed but the gas companies would not purchase these
consequently the manufacturer obliged to give up
the business attach false indexes to his meters He
now works to the order Of these companies. ~. sF /.
WAsrSaTos THEATRK. - Guy Mafnering was per-
formed last night in highly creditble manner, Miss
Fanny Morant appearing Meg Arrle, in which she II
equal to Miss Cushman Mr. Howe played Harry l}er-
Aam Mr. Whiting tie elder was capital as foDfne Sssp,
son and Mr. Dawson brought down The house as U0ndy
Danon Miss Tree, (who made her first appearance as
Lucy Bera sang very swcctly and created favorable
impression.
On Saturday night Mr. J. b Howe, meritorious and
popular actor of decided ability. will take benefit, on
which occasion the famous play of Money will be pro-
duced
ANOTHER VICTIM William Farrell, honest, indus
rious mechanic died Tuesday night from the effects
of wound received the evening previous from Balti
morean named Williams who is fortunately secured and
in ail This is an addition to the list of victims who
have been slain by this band Of refugee ruans from Bal
more who feel that here they almost certain to es
cape punishment for their misdeeds When we to
have police able to keep them in awe?
/ NICARAGUA SHIP CANAL.--Mr. Speaker Orr having
given his permission the commissioner for the proposed
canal yesterday morning unrolIcd his maps upon the Off
cia reporters table in the hall Of the House of Rep
resentayes and explained the surveys and the import
ance the work in commercial point of view, until the
hour Of the session arrived 1t is understood that the
proposed canal will soon be referred, possible, to
lcct committee.
Our INAUGURATION FRIENDS the Lancaster Esacbes,
Captain Duchlnan, the albany Burgess C5rp" and the
.CAerlesopn CTy Guards Captain Pierce, all celebrated
Washngton's birthday. The ast-nanled commander,
at the dinner table, expressed hs regrets at the absence
of Hon Caleb Cushing who had Hospitality enter
tanned the company ON the occasion of their visit at
Washington, and whose company had been expected
the present occasion.
Miss AvoxrA JONES had crowded house Friday
ming last at complimentary benefit which concluded
her engagement ut Louisville Kentucky She appeared
AZ Adrienne in Adrienne the Actress with Mr. Elmore
as Mrechol de Soye The after-piece Faint Heart
Never Wen Fair Lady,, in which Mrs Melinda Jones ap
pea,ed Duchess de Torrrnoo and MIR. Mcstayor Ry
! Gomez.
uE WESLEY CHAPEL CHoin gave great satisfaction at
their concert What appears to have pleased hest in the
whole performance quartettc, Nevcr forget the
dear ones sung with great effect by Messrs Wheeler
Cummings Daniel, and Staings, and vehemently en-
chored by the audience and There's Music in the Air
sweet little composition by Professor Root, and per-
formed by the persons The efforts of Mr. Daniel
and the Wesley Chapel Choir to entertain the public
| always meet with success.
Mons RorrNG On Tuesday night and again yester-
day evening parties of disordcrly entered shops
and committed outrages. In one arrest was
made and the rioters (who not citizens of Washing
| tom committed to Jail.
A SUPPLY IcE.'Its an i'll wind that blows nobody
good" and the present cold term gives employment
large number of men, who busily engaged in cutting
and in housing the handwork of Jack Frost. Pretty
good ice four OF five inches in thickness readily OBJ
tained. q,
NEws--Wc learn much that sad to transprc here
from the northern papers, in many of which it is stated,
under the telegraphic date Of Washington February 22d
that "a number Of military companies paraded the streets
Notwithstanding the slush Who saw them
LAND WARRANTS are not in great demand, and are
bought at 81 to 30 cents per according to the
size of the l60 warrants sell at 81 cents
| per acre. and 4O-acrc warrants at 81 per acre.
NAruRAIizArroN. We learn that during the present
term of the circuit court twenty foreigners have
ceivcd naturalization papers Most of these were Irish
This number is much smaller than has been the du
ring any previous term for many years
WAsuINGToN LIGHT INrANTRy.-This ''anccnt ana hon
orae corps attracted much attention during its visit at
Richmond drill the square is especially commend
ed by the Dispatch worthy of admiration
w,eu,xcroS Y ,erps We learn from the Richmond
Dispat,b that Capt schwarz,nans fine command had q
peasan time in that city guests of the Virginia Rifles
ON Tuesday they were invited to Mr. W. G. Hulchers
| where they were cordially entertained.
! Tur ocrs Casa messenger sent yesterday morning
10 the brought back word to the court that the
Jury had not agreed upon verdict neither there
likelihood that they would be able to do kept shut
up for twelvemonth The court meets again this
! ing at ten o'clock
North Carolina will lecture in this city Wednesday
next at Philharmonic Hall
THE LATE JAMES A. GATES GUNNER UNITED STATES