Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-07-20

SSsa soe oioS on conwoctofs, ana o6efed reoolus
won . sscuss nesting on ne 18th inst; which
"A bin for laying the mains IN certain street..
being reported by the committee--s go IT
cost, and how many feet Of pipe would be used in
hve years. - -4-F y ~ -
MI Morgan replied that notwithstapd, d, nor N.
act Of Council anfhorizing work to be done. TIE
authority must harmonic with the provisions al
the law The law requires that before the ,.cvf
Is done or begun, there must be- certaintv that ~
VIII yield areyenne Of six per cent. upon the
amour. Invested by the Cooperation. when this
revenue 70 certain. the authority Is valid and the
WORK wall proceed. But an act of Council can
give no such authority IL the existing general law
Is not complied with. = 80
The bill was passed a'e5al "a
IL was stated that the applications for the water
are increasing In number, and that the Drainage
committee win be busily engaged for months 70
come, and the Registrar and Puryeyor will be
furnished with constant employment.
Mr. Duhafnel Introduced a resolution instruct
ing the Health committee to inquire into the sub
ject Of material for service pipes, and to report
MIR. ID. explained that there are qualities In mate
rial and manufacturing pipes, which by inspect
ing the water In It's passage through them, gener-
ates sickness and 1t was with q view 70 the
adopted. a'- 't 4
After the passage of sundry private bills. and
the reference Of the bills from the Aldermen, the
Board adjourned. l5s.u earasa..s > -
CRIMINAL CouRT.-The jury in the case of Rob,t
Binnix and Michael Doyle, tried yesterday O. a
charge of burning stable, etc >, belonging to Mr..
Ward, on the Island, returned verdict of guilty
rs indicted -,
with being connected with the burning of Poten-
tini's Ice house, on street Island In March last
Dillon. the chief prosecuting witness. testified
that himself set the Ice house on fire, in which act
Mad idoA 1nAs -lNx
Fhe jury returned verdict of guilty as indicted.
Mr.. HELEN, for defence, here proposed to the
Court that the remainder of the cases ve of them)
sa s.a Hy ,gag that the
belief in the truthfulness of the two principal wit
nesses Tor the prosecution-Messrs. i.arcombe and
Dillon-and that they could not be expected now,
In view Of the previous verdiets in these cases to
do other than convict in the remainder of them,
az ihe result depended upon TIE same testimony
The Cont replied that such measure was be.
yond 1s power, as by act CT Congress authority
had not been given to order a special jury The
Court suggested, however, a way In which the
object sought by Mr.. HELEN could be attained.
The defence could interrogate the Jurors and
challenge for cause, and then. In il should be
found that the members Of the jury would con-
hnue TO regard those witnesses as reliable la the
other cases to be tried that would be cause for
challenge and the Court would order talesmen to
hr. Radcliffe replied, with considerable earnest-
estness that while he entertained great for
the jurors he thought their pride would interpose
70 prevent an entirely impartial discharge of their
duties In the other cases. He, therefore should
appeal from the strict letter of the law and ask II
the prisoners had no claim at the hands OF mer-
cifui Judge, and urge upon the Court to grant the
request on its inherent authority as understood
from the time Of Lord Hale % the present III this
course were not adopted Mr. r intifnated that
he and bis fellow counsel should aband on the case
The Court said the gentlemen could do as thew
chose In respect to the matter, but he could not
and would not transcend his prescribed powers
livery tnlng here relating to juries depended ON
Robert Binnix and James Keenan, were then
about to be placed on trial for burning Messrs
West Cassell's feed store. in March last when
the counsel for defence and the father of vounp
NE heenan Were willing he should plead guilty. but
Mr. HELEN announced himself as counsel for
pm ana we trlai went on; keenan, being on
t H Tor completely in the burning of West &
Cassells property, and Binnx alone In three other
separate cases Of arson, namely. In having set fire
TO four houses, the property Of Jackson Pun
Phiey, and another house the property of the same
On going into the case, it turned out that Dillon
could give no evidence respecting these cases
and that Mr.. LarconIbe had obtained his own in
formation from some person other than either of
The District Attorney then abandoned the cases.
and the jury found verdict of AGO Initial
The feccgnizance of Moody O'f3rien security
Tor the appearance Of his son, John O'Brieu who
| stands charged with intimate Connection with
most OF these cases OF arson, amounting to go sou
was forfeited The Court then ad journed.
Today the Court having met, the case of the
United states agt- Geo. II. Smith was taken IN.
in which the defendant was charged with an Az,
TO kill - D. ~ ~
The testimony disclosed that on the 9Th of the
present month Crogan was walking over Four-
and-a-hah street bridge, and met defendant and
four others. and one Of them came up TO Cropan
| ana IN az lnsoient manner demanded chew of
'opacco' whlch was refused. when defendant cut
him on the head aGd ear with razor Cropan
saw razor In the hands Of defendant at the no.
nlent the head was cut. and defendant imme
dlately ran on, and Crogan following caught and
In charge.
The jury returned verdict Of guiity Of an as
sault and battery only.
Mary Sheahan was placed on trial on charge
OF sSsanit and battery on Sarah Cronin little
child This case was pending when our report
Sentence OF THE INcENDIARIEs.-R. Binnix.
years, In three cases; NJ. DOYLE, years. in two
cases; James Keenan,, years; VIM Looney. 2
years. Geo. Williams, . years; Geo. I'll. Smith I
year and months, In Jail. s-.---..- az.
PUBLIC School EXAMINATION. YksrERn.v
The female department. of the Fourth District
School, Miss M. Milburn, teacher, was examined
yesterday afternoon I'm the presence OF a CROWDED
ouuiehCe-Pelldtsbpe larxest number of sDecta-
Tors we have ever seen attending the examination
OF any school In this city. OF these large r,ro-
portion Were the parents Of the pupils and thew
evinced on all sides decided interest In the pro,
gress on The scholars during the past year
OF the Board of Trustees there was n,e.o,,
M.ssrs ironside. Walsh, Randolph, Alice. viii.
lett, Whyte, and others, well as several mem
Defs OF the late board the Mayor, Rev Dr. sam
son, Mr. Amidon, and number Of teacbe . In the
public schools. The school numbers SIS puniis
who Were all present at the examination they
, Were examined in reading, oral spelling, dicta,
tlon, Parsing, mental arithmetic, geography writ
ten arithmetic, history, and familiar Science The
examination was conducted princi paJly by Messrs
ironside and Walsh, OF the Board Of Trustees. ana
by Mr. John e. Thompson, well as by the
All the classes in reading gave evidence OF
thorough and unrenIitting application on the part
OF the pupils and the teacher. The second class,
particularly, eyiDced great proficiency In dicta,
,ion. nearly all the pupils showed themselves to
be thoroughly drilled, especially in reference to
photography and penmanship; and in most of cases
the exercises We're correctly punctuated. :
During the afternoon, the exami ma ion was pleas
antiy enlvened by the performance of vocal music
under the auspices of Mr. J. III Daniel, 10 W hou
the yOllnQ Misses ind g.