Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-02-18


| PoLrcE AFrAIRs.-Befors JSstiet C7arh-Th.
day befors, yesterday OfAeef Tanning. of the sec
ond district served a warrant on Robert E. Haslit
and Robert Strong, charging them with keeping
bar and selling liquors at a fancy ball given by
the = fancy" on the Sth inst. in room Nay
lGr's stables. The warrants were served on the
parties rs separate individuals charged with the
| same offence; but before much progress had b,.eu
made with the examination. sufficient evidence
discovered itslf To warrant the magistrate in sup
posing that the two were in copsrtneship In the
liquor brsiness on the night in question and SO
the warrant against Robert Strong was dismissed
and the trial continued against Hasltt as chief OF
the firm. The defendants claimed that they were
not the principals in the business, but that the
whole ahair as far as selling drinks concerned
| had been conducted by member OF the fancy
| known about town rs the - Limerick Boy" II
was however. shown on the part of the Corpora
non. that although the - Limerick Bow had DUR
Chased Of the managers the right. he had disposed
OF that right tO Strong and Hasitt. who kept the
bar and realized the profits TO the Joint extent of
some SOL The magistrate imposed fine of S2u
| and 81 % Costs
Ben Cooper was accused of profIne swearing
| without permit from the Mayor lie Was lin, d
81 ana 81 costs. with an injunction to go and eN-
| ercIse repentance.
Before Justice Thompson. Yesterday John
Kelly was tried at this Office charge of selling
| hquor without license. This is the second time,
! within ten DAYS, that John has been M for the
| s1me offence. The prosecuting witnesses in this
| ease were some old women. who. il seems, had
| first LOT drunk on Kelly's whisky. and were then
| sent 10 the wOrkhOuse, from whence they Were
yesterday brought, to testify against the defend
ant Legal advice was resOrted to by Kelly to i'm
peach their evidence but without success; and
4 nelly was fined s2J and - 25 costs
| This morning. Cecilia Jennifer. colorcd was
brought IN by officer Ross. the oath Of Colonel
" Illiams, that she had been guilty of disordery
conduct IN the streets; had been saucy to her mis-
tress; and was suspected OF having placed log of
wood ia the doorway for her mistress TO fall over
| Ia going out. la consideration Of evidence by a
respectable white witness, who stated that he lad
raised Cecilia and that heretofore her character
had always been gO"d, the magistrate only i'm
posed fne of - and o. cents costs.
The WASHINGTON ART AssoCIATIoN-A gen
telnan of this city Of we'll known devotion to art
matters addresses setting forth in earnest terms
the claims public attention of the admirable col
Lection of pictures now exhibition at the art as
! ISOLATION rooms. lie says:
This association mas been created and ra,raa
up So far at the expense and labor Of very few in
dlVlduaIs until il has taken high place among lis
hihlred IN lhlS country, and are now there ON eX-
hlblton at its gallery 4 catalogue Of works of art
That has never been equaled by any i'm this country
4 us Is strong expression, but am borne out in
us use by the Judgment of the most DISTINGUISHED
ftst> oil this country, who Were lately in attend
ahce AT tlIe National Art Convention L do not say
thai all the two hundred specimens of art now col
lected IN the Hall are perfect. but that among them
are many gems OF surprising merit belong ing IL
every Class OF the painters and the scrlDtorS ranp.
proving beyond all question that there, is As biJ6
degree 81 American art active - any other countrv
can boast for of all the two hundred pieces now
IN the HAIL. there Is not but is the work of an
American Artist. and but four or fiy, which w,s
not executed IN the country Now is il not strange
with 50 valuable collection in our midst il is
passed by daily BY thousands who profess 10 he
Idhlrefs OF the beautiful. which when once
closed can never he opened to the public eve of
Washington again-for many of the richest and
D'>t pieces belong to private gentlemen from whose
Jealous care they have been obtained for a short
time. by the interchangeable perseverance of our
untlrlng president. DIR. HoTatio Stone There
are AT least ten Thousand pcTSans in this CITY
VINO can Afford To- who have not yet visited the
gallery. while the few have thrown their doors
open 10 thousands of our children free of Charye
IoI no o'htr purpose than 10 generate taste for
AT anu elevate the standard of taste for the beau
uIhI among us IL l. Of No isolated object spcak
but one which Is To rebound IL the honor and
credit 81 our whole city. OF the benefits IL which
every resident will participate should it he success
ful. To OXr To Az
MAINLAND ANNUAL CONFERFNCE-This large
body "f the ministers and laity Of tue Methodist
Protestant Church will assemble in Georgetown
on the second W ednesday in March; and tn. MEM
DtrS oI That denomination in Georgetown and
W dshIngtOn are lIakng arrangements for their
reception and comfort during their session which
VIII probably continue one week. Among Those.
Who are To be present at this conference we may
htNS = VI w hltltlu and j. j. w TlIt
OF The Virginia conference. Rev. r.. Yeates Reese
D. ID. editor Of the Methodist Protestant Reys
josiah Warden. :. Is Switzerland. T. Light Will
son. J. j. MURRAY. d. ID and other able mi STORE
he session la Georgetown will bring to the
m!iids al the aged members of the conference rec
Ollie tIOas OF deli htful Sessions in DAYS last when
lic presence OF those eloquent ministers of their
church. Snethen, ShiHn. Dunn, Jennings and the
elder Reesc's. added much 10 the I l.asurc of
tine sessions.
ANOTHER JEwELRN STORE SACkED-Thism morn
lag Mr.. Z. w IIcydon Matchmaker and it.weler
upon gong IL his store In the National Hotel build
my ca fchnsy lvana avenue discovered that il had
been entered bv burglars during the nipht and his
Je"'lfy case stripped and most OF his GstOIn work
IAch. IN iron chl>cl, such as is used by stone
cutters was found in thr store. and on coInpariuU
It's width with the impressions ON the door it was
evident that II had been used by the burglars in
iOfcinS an entrance. Mr.. HcydUn immediately
notified the police, with 4 view t. a discovery OF
the burglars. He is unable 10 estimate what the
precise amount If the loss is. but supposes that
three ar fuur hundred dollars worth az iew-Irv
was taken from the case. The burglars took near
~ every thing u light weight that they could Law
hands on.
CIRCUIT CoURT.--The jury in the case of Lewis
and Charity Gassaway agt. Adam Rose (sut for
frecdom) returned for the defendant, the Jury not
considering the title clearly made ont
The case Of the ntrd States at. JuseDh BRYAN
was taken up. in which action IS brought against
The defendant a. surety of Samuel ID. Kim" for
merry surveyor GENERAL Of California. To recover
The sum OF liOGO. alleged 10 be in default by the
liaileaslucr ia Office uf said hing. Chiffon 4
MaSrudrr for nited States; r. r. stanton Brad
ley and Carlisle fur defendant
The S;lIIe case Was continued to-day
COURT OF CLAIMS.-I esterday, John y Rudd,
Esq was SWORN an attUrney of the court.
:. Calvert Ford VS. The United States Mr.
Polk presented his closing argument in this case
and il WIS submitted
h. d. TipPett vs.. The United States claim
far compensation for having been struck from the
roll Of the army Illegally. MIR. Polk opened the
argument for the claimant. Mr. Gillet REPLIED in
behalf Of the government Mr.. Polk closed the
Argument and the ease was submitted. Adjourned
to Monday.
SoMLfHING HANDsoME.-Mr. John Markriter
No. 10 Seventh street, sends us, vanished and
framed copy of beautiful cOlorcd engraving of
domestic scene. the original painting OF whirh
Is now ON exhibition at his popular establishment
II Is sold at 81 low price to prove that by pur