Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-02-02


has business connections in Cuba which give
MIN wide acquaintance upon the island of
cheToots and broad -brimmed tiles. Mr. Over
has brother, resident Of Cuba, who married
Cuban lady, and Is so accustomed to the O ueen
OF the Antilles almost to come under the he'd
of " half Spanish - Mr. Dyer-Edward n W..
now refer to-very frequently acts as guardian TO
So oung ouoans VINO come to this country, and
often receives consignments of elder sons and nj
Dofados by The same vessel. As matter of
course, he is very kindly disposed to young Cu.
pans In general, and not unfrequently aids them
Dy MS good on1ces when they are strangers
SO much by way of preface. On the ion ms,
mr- over bell pull was wrung by a GOOD. loo
ing, swarthy young man, about % wears of ACE
Tho very Poiltely sent up his card to Mr. Over
The card il question-it was shown nsis o,,ifs
unique Upon 1t is neatly engraved an onfIine
map OF Cuba, In the centre of which is Inscribed
" Elncente Danny Gonzales MIR Gonzales
was SHOWN into Mr.. Dyer's parlor, when, after
paTtdklng of refreshments he opened ont With
his story. He stated that his father Rad sent him
70 PhlI1delPhia to learn the trade of macbinist
10 verify which statement he showed his hands
LILY WIN manual labor. He lad become tired
OF the business, and wrote 20 his father for money
10 pay his expenses home
instead OF sending money, however, the Uten-
deF parent" had sent a case of seyars, thinking
that these were less likely TO miscarry than a
drdit, or Its equivalent in doubloons The Young
man was directed by his father to dispose of the
seSafs, and pay his expenses out Of the proceeds
he exhibited sample OF the article, which were
nist class plantation, and said that the case con-
tanned ten thousand "more of the same sort ~,
he offered TO sell them to Mr. DYER for SIG ner
thousand, which was their value in Cuba, less
import and export duty and cost of tranSnorta
on Mr. Dyer found, on further conyersatirn
Wltn the young man, that he really knew Cuba
Wei, knew many prominent citizens Of Havana.
spoke Spanish tuently, and appeared to be pre-,
ClseIv what he represented himself In short
the young man most effectuaIly closed the ontic,
OF MI Dy e', who agreed to take the yars at tie
price named.
An order was given to Mr.. Dysr's porter to
b'lng up the case from the depot Ii was open.d
aud the top layer of bundles was even better than
the sample. The package was made up in palm
isdi, precisely like the original ones, and Mr.
Dyer very cheefuily paid over $3.50, taking Con.
ztles' receipt for the money.
day or two afteIwird Mr.. DYER went to Raj
tlnorr, when be mentioned 10 friend in the trade
that ne had case of first class plantation, that
NC wouio sen less than their value. Friend said
mo, you don't. Pve had my eyes opened lately
Dough d case Of plantations from Young Cuban
That turned out to be MARYLAND and Connecticn,
itaf, worth about three dollars thousand. ~ MIR
Dyer allowed that his friend was green and that
he couldn't be caught in that way Unon COMO
luTther conversation, Mr.. Dyer smelt a rat and
as soon as be reached home overhauled the case
VI seSars. Tue result proved that the top layeT
was d nrSt-cIaSs article, while the REMAINING
?,5O0 were worth about three cents a prab TheS
were tied mp in bundles, % segars onlv in q bun
de, the case falling 500 short Of what It was sold
for. " 'N
.
tie yesterday called upon MessTs Tobias n Co
VINO put hun in communication with Defective
Franklin Detective ran III lin al lowed that hunt,
,h2 ior Mr.. GoHZales in Philadelphia was like
hunting for virtue in Paris He Invent ahead. -
however, and by certain manpuvres which we
are not at liberty to reveal, succeeded in tracing
NJ. Gonzales to a French boarding house al No
93f Spruce street. Officer Franklin represented
hlihSeiI as anxious 10 buy such segars, and by a
sort OF dog perseverance, in his object Was
led to d successful result
ne found In the garrett of the premises in cues
tloh about furniture car load of genuine ola
plantation" segars, all put no In bundIsx Of
tWenty-three each, ready for market GonzaIe.
eEhlhlted the process of manufacture which
convinced the officer and Mr.. Dyer that there are
more trio ks in the segar trade than many experts
are aware of 0NP''
GOnz"les was taken before Alderman BETTER.
and committed, in default of bail, for further
hearing .-Phiia Gazette.
The NIMBLR SIxPHycE-The soundness of
the ProveFb that he who relies on the nimble
slxpence, In the way of profits, rather than OIL a
SO" smiling, thrives best IN the end was never
better illustrated than in the heavy business
which Ii Hall Is now doing, in the dry goods
n1e, on Seventh street No other Washington
store IL more constantly crowded or more fire.
qneHted by more valuable set of customers the
pay as they 90, and pay demand folks. We
met mere, not long since, farmers wife from
l'OCdoun county, Va, who had Travelled some
(Chfl>tmaS) supply of dry goods for little
household Of ffty-hye persons because bellry-
taat at no point nearer TO her residence could
staple goods so excellent, be purchased for rs lii
tie money, cash down on the nail as there,
SUPREME CoURT,-YesterdaY, John Livings-
ton, Esq of New York, and John p. Usher.
E>q. Of Indiana, were admitted attorneys and
counSsllors of this court
No. IS The White Water Valley Canal Com
Tany, Plaintiffs In error, vs.. Henry Valette The
argument of this cause was concluded by Mr..
Stdhbsry for the plaintiffs in error
M. 81. Nathaniel Il. Edison, appellant VS. A
= loung Appeal from the circuit court United
states Tor the eastern district Of Louisiana This
cause having been called, and no counsel appear
ing TO argue the same, IL was ordered to be dis
missed with costs under the 59th rule OF court
Adjourned until Thursday.
A PITEOUs SCRNE-i.ast evening. the watch
men in charge of the central station discovered
female lying in the Centre Market mjserabIv
drunk, and with her was a little boy about three
years Of age, who said the woman was his
iholher The little boy is bright active little
leloW: and when taken to the qua: d house with
MS deg raded parent, made himself quite at home
slseplng upon the settees 10 tte ri ii room The
woman gave her name as Bridget Carry hut this
morning ''alias Lee ~ wax added I'm the mann
script She wa, committed to the workhouSe,
where her child Will be apt to receive better
Treatment from the benevolent Iutendant than
from his degraded mother.
FIGHT AMONG THE GUARDS Last night, after
The auxiliary guards and special police went to
their beats, fight occurred in the Fifth Ward
between watchmen Kelly and McNemara. The
beat 20 which Kelly is assigned for dnty is near
the southern boundary Of the city, McNemara
on Capitol Hill. The affair only lasted lony
enough To give Kelly's eye the appearance OF
having been expunged-the black lines round IL
being quite pefceptlOle. Also, to bring another
person into trouble, James McCarIy, who was
ncld TO bail for Court this morning bv Justice
ID inn We learn that an invesiiga tion of the
affair Will be had by the Mayor to day when the
offending party will probably be dismissed
REAL EsrATE.-YesteIday, Green, auc-
toneer, sold lots Is and 10, in square $50, to VIM
Rodin, for II &C. per foot; lot ~, in same square
to VIM, Marshall, for Ike per foot; lot Is, in
same squdre, to WIN Redln, for II &c Der foot;
lot Ia, In square 3SS, to John Keithley for $685.;
lot :, in square 1853. To VIM. Il. Clan for i AIS:
Il, In square $50, to J. r. West for 81 600; 10
K, In same square, to same for $500; lot A. i'm
same square, 10 John II Bird for I5Lc per foot;
lot T., same square to John p. West Tor 1c per
foot.
ALMOST FIRE.-About seven o'clock last
night the people living in the neig hood of