Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-04-14

mediately.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
PHIL. BARTON KEY.
Mr.. Bacon to Mr.. Key
March 90, 1858.
L: BARTON KEY, Eso.-My Dear Sir: Your note
has Just been handed me by Mr.. Hoover with a
copy Of a note from Mr.. Woolridge In reply, |
have TO state that, in the MAN. his statcutn MT is
correct, though some points 90 beyond what l
said as told Mr.. w =, and now repeat To vou Mr.
Hickman was my author. ] stated at the time to
Mr.. Woodbridge, and now repeat, that 1 did not
believe there was any truth in the statement and
went on in the conversation to give nv reasons for
such belief, and that deemed it fabrication
Respectfully, yours, NJ. u. BACON.
Mr.. Key 10 Mr.. BcekmnH
WASHINGTON, March 20, 1853.
Mr.. BEExNAN-Siv: 1 send herewith a coDy Of
a note addressed to me from G. b WocIdridc.
Esq and also of one from Marshal Bacon You
Will be pleased to read them, and answer in writ
spcnslble for the vile calumnies contained therein
This will be handed You by my friend Mr. Hoo.
yer, and Won will please give him AN Immediate
answer. Respectfully, your Obedient servant,
PHILIP BARTON KEY.
Mr.. Beekmnn to M Kew
SIR: have received yours Of to-day, through
Mr., Hoover, together with notes from Mr. Wool
bridge and MIR. Bacon, and in reply to ycxr in
quiry whether ! am the author of the foul caIum-
mics contained in Mr.. W ooldrdge's statement
author
ana pronounce everything therein as lie, and
also the statement OF Mr. Bacon that was their
author Very respectfully, yours, &c,
These letters are all copied in Mr.. Key;s hand.
writing, upon buff note-paper, stamped at the
top with his crest and initials The crest is the
head of dragon, holding in its beak key
The ISLAND MARkET-HoUsE-An adjourned
meeting of the citizens of the Seventh Ward was
held at Island Hall last evening to select site for
this market-house Mr.. S. York Alice presided
The meeting was attended by nearly all the prin-
cipal propery-owners and public-spirited citizens
in the ward. Mr.. John Pettibone, chairman of a
committee previously appointed TO select site
stated that the committee had attended to the duty
and unanimously concurred in a report which he
presented.
The report sets forth that after thorough inves-
hgatlon Of the subject the committee agreed that
of all the sites proposed, Virginia avenue between
and Sixth streets present most adj
vantages and fewest inconvenience. The area of
the ward is so large and Its settlement so IRREGULAR
that its territorial centre would not be most acces
sihle to the population; and this location is con-
sdered the most equitable compromise between
its most distant and most populous portions The
space is ample, Virginia avenue is 3C5 feet wide
at Four-and-a-half, and 237a feet wide at Sixth
street. while the narrowest intermediate point is
about lao feet Thus, with a mar ket-house 40 fe.t
wide, there would he room enough on each side
for streets IS feet wide.
The committee next call attention to the Access
sblity of this site TO all the residents on the Island
and on Pennsylvania and New Jersey avenues
near the Capitol, and to its standing in view of
farmers, produce dealers, &c, entering the city
by the Long Bridge. the various steamboat lines
and the road from Prince Georges county while
II is not out of the way for farmers from Mont
gomery. Also, that il is near the gas works and
can readily be supplied with water from the main
pipes along Four-and-a half street. Besides IL
will contribute to improve that part of Virginia
avenue which is now dreary waste The com
mittee also allude to the fact that the Market
house may lie built at this point with the saving
of an outlay of some 500. They hope their
report will receive unanimous ncurrence, and
think the City Council cannot refuse petition to
locate the Market-house on this site, If il comes
from the people of the ward generally.
TO their report was appended a resolution de-
claring the site designed to he that preferred by
the people of the ward. This resolution was
adopted without single expression of dissent.
On motion of Mr.. Jas. f. johnson, the same
committee, Messrs. John Pettibone, John Van
Rcswick, ;. Humphrey, VIM. Wise. John II Cas-
sell, Geo. Mattingly, Geo w. Garrett to which :.
iOrke Atlsee was added, were instructed to wait
upon the members Of the Board of Aldermen and
Common Council, and acquaint them with the
wishes of the citizens most particularly interested
in this subject. Adjourned.
ACAsE DEcrDED.-A week ago, a case was taken
up for trial before Justices Giberson Walter. and
Ferguson, in which Judge Purcell was the prose-
and Jno. Flaherty, We're the defendants IL an
peared that son OF Judge Purcell had been
arrested by the watchmen for a misdemeanor
This son was not twenty-one years of age, but the
officers took him, and confined him. Judge Pur-
cell charged the officers with assault and bat
terry on his son, and hence the trial, which was
deemed Of sufficient Importance to require an asso-
citation OF three justices in the The first day
of the trial was spent in listening to the Judge
statement of his sons wrongs, and the freouent
interruptions of defendants counsel, Mr.. Wharton
the counsel for the prosecution, Mr.. Norris having
very little chance TO say anything. Yesterday It
was taken up again. and, after long siege. il was
ended. The three justices decided that the watch
men had overstepped their duty under the law
which requires them to take all minors found in
such disorderiy gatherings after ten O'Clock at
night, 70 their parents or guardians, II they are
known. The justices, however, at the request of
Judge Purcell, did not hold the watchmen to bail
for court he stating that his only object being to
parties were dismissed.
IL law exists that compels the officers to convey
every dsorderly person to his parents or guardians
II ne lacks day or two of twenty-one years of age
1t had better be repealed or the law for the pres
ervation OF order will hereafter he useless.
FUNERAL OF JOHN NJ. wusoN.-The funeral
of Mr.. Wilson, whose sudden death in conse.
quence of falling through hatchway at the United
states Arsenal we noticed yesterday. is to take
place to-day from his residence ON Eouy-and !,
half street. near D. Ii will, no doubt, be very
largely attended, as the deceased was widely
known ana held by all his acquaintances In the
highest estimation As a mark Of respect to his
memory the operatives Of the Arsenal quit work at
noon yesterday and will not resume until to-mor.
row morning. They will attend the funeral in a
body. The deceased, it is said, was member OF
the Masonic Order In excellent standing
The SIckLEs TRIAL.-The Weekly Star, which
will be on our counter ready for delivery to the
public tomorrow morning, will contain com.
plete report of this trial for the past week. EN-.
bracing the anonymous letter which brought Tho
whole affair to a crisis, the testimony Of Mrs
Sickless dressing maid Mrs. Sickles's Confession
and many other intensely interesting passage,
which the Star was the very first paper to publish
/ All new orders for the Weekly should be handed
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