Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-08-30

AoDos YESTERDAY BRookvrtLR wan
Any body missing in Washington YESTERDAY WA.
most like at the Montgomery mp-me,,,rs-
ihrorsh the night Preceding there was : ste,Sv
procession OF vehicles passing along Che Brool.
vie turnpike, Including several omnib,. "a slIed
~ nom the District cities Not few
oqueetilans, too, undertook the somewh,t .a,er.
pelment OF a forty-mile horse. bach ride The
uPRu 70 Inc camp ground for the last ten
80. .. least, was indicated by little roadside
and Sy ths .oe sale Of ginger cake. and peaches
direction and finally the encampment was fonnS
iocated with Its one hundred and Hfty white tents
ed m locality, by afunning stream, and
Were hundreds Of carriages, primitive country
Mayons with grapevine wheels and dashing red
sPoked city buggies, and one huge four-horse ON.
"ious, all the way from Baltimore
AT III O'Clock m i, the four or Eve thousand
people on the ground were called together for
DIVINE service by the sound of a tin horn blown
a. tne preachers stand; and, after some good
singing by Wesley Chapel and other choirs
united, an earnest practical discourse was
delivered by the Rev. Mr. Morgan of wesIev
Chapel. The benches appropriated to the women,
we noteed were much better filed than those on
the male side. As near as we could estimate.
mere Were thTee-quarters of an acre of pretty
Montgomery girls In front of the stand. Bnt The
men, or many Of them-sinners that they are
seemed TO prefer to loiter in groups along the
skirts OF the encampment and leave the devo.
tonal duties to the females, or as one reprobate
: ma, since woman brought sin into the world,
-, - ner business to get It out again" Yet all on
tie ground were sufficiently impressed however
constitntionally irreverent-and there were many
|" hard boys" thei e-to maintain external gravity
ana decorum In tact, unusual good order seems
partly due to the stringent MARYLAND law protect
Ing camp meetings from rowdy interferences A
nquor dealer from Georgetown, who took up his
t %es YESTERDAY morning for the purpose Of sell
ing mem al the encampment, was pouuced upon
oy the sheriff Of Montgome " county, who
smashed some 100 bottles Of his liquor, and held
him to bail for court =,
As we have already said the Di,frict cities
were well represented on the ground. Some of
our Common Couneimen were tlere-getting
good we hope-aDd among the most attentive of
tne audience who were listening to the exhorta-
lions OF the " fishers of men" we noticed one of
our most renowned fishers Of fish, portly, jovial
Andrew Hancock, with his patriarcbal white
oeaId. Alter the sermon we saw him in the shade
oil low spreading oak, reclining placidly upon
a couple Of buggy cushions, and surrounded by
a circle of congenial spirits.
The return home In the afternoon by the w ash.
ingtonians was characterized by some fast driv-
ing, the roads being In good order The toll, gate
Keepers had time Of IL, and SO had the horses
o II no bones nor buggies wer lroken thst we
know Of
The WARRENroN HoMIcIps-A Warrenton
correspondent of the Alexandria Gazette, under
date Of the 18th instant, says:
James Green was re- arrested on Thursday morn
ing, on a warrant issued by Justice Beckham
upon the application OF the Commonwealth
Attorney The examination of the case was
waived before the Justice, and Green was recog-
nized to appear before the County Court (then in
SESSION. on the following day. Accordingly,
yesterday morning the case was taken up by the
Court. The Commonwealth Attorney moved
continuance until the September term of the
court, and r. l. Scott, for the prisoner moved
that further proceedings be quashed and the
prisoner discharged. These motions elected
lengthy and able arguments from counsel upon
y fort
defence, and w III. Payne and ID. A. Radcliffe of
Washington City, for the Commonwealth, parti-
cipated.
The Court refused the motion of the prisoners
COUNSEL and continued the until the first day
OF the September term, as several important wit
nesses upon both sides were absent from the
county. Mr.. Scott applied for bail, which was
granted, and the prisoner entered into bonds for
SIP 900 to appear; Ii. III. Shackelford, ESQ , is
the security. At this stage Of the proceedings,
w. II. Payne, Esq. Commonwealth attorney
asked the Court, in consideration OF his near
connection to the prisoner, and the consequent
delicate position he occupied, to excuse him from
the further prosecution of the case, and to appoint
some one else In his stead. The Court granted
his request and appointed James v. Brooke, ESQ.
to conduct the case on the part of the Common
wealth. The witnesses present were then Tecog-
n'z' d, each in the sum Of $500, to appear at the
September term.
The arguments of the counsel, above alluded
to, were listened to by large crowd Of persons
from various parts of the county. Mr.. Radcliffe,
DTOmt-
nent part in the discussion. He stated that he
had not come here for the purpose Of revenge
but to have fair and thorough investigation OF
the case He did not know that he should even
appear as counsel but he felt II due to the family
OF the deceased TO the prisoner himself, and to
public opinion, that the case should be investi-
gated. He had heard since his arrival here, that
at the former examination Of this case the stand
ing and character of his nephew were assailed
that he was represented bad and desperate
man and he would ask the Court 10 give him an
opportunity Of vindicating the deceased from
such aspersions.
But did not intend to give even a SYNOPSIS of
the arguments used. Suffice 1t to say, they were
able, and reflected credit upon the learned coun-
sci engaged The large crowd in attendance,
and the profound attention with which they lis
tened, evince the deep interest the community
feel in this
COMMUNICATED
Editor of the Star: A correspondent Of the
Baltimore sun complains, In that paper, that
upon the opening of the public schools, on
the LIST Of the coming month, there will be five
thousand children unable TO obtain admission
for want Of room, and calls upon our citizens TO
unite with the Mayor and Board Of Trustees in
keeping the matter before Congress, in order to
get accommodations for them from that quarter
Now, would ask of you, Mr.. Editor, or, through
your valuable paper, of any one, whether, among
the large number named above, there might not
be found many who are the children Of INDECENT
parents, unable to pay for educating them at the
private schools; and, IL SO, why Il Is that the
children Of those in very comfortable circum-
stances are allowed to occupy places I'm the pub
lie schools, to the exclusion Of the really needy
for whom, (if my understanding of the matter be
right exclusively, they were instituted!
will only trouble you further by stating one
Case within my knowledg e-that Of a man whose
income, from his rents alone, as far as know
them, amounts to nearly, IL not quite ., 200 Der
annum, and yet that man has three of his chill
dren quartered upon the Corporation schools for
education.
l think IL should be the duty Of the Board Of
Trustees to inquire into the pecuniary circum-