Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-09-24

heiplessly drunken man. Mr.. o. expressed no |
opinion az TO Dunawin's connection with the af. 4
iaif, but thought there was probable evidence
enough of guilt for the magistrate to hold them
all to bail for court, but this was a matter in
which he should not attempt to interfere with the
action of the Justice. =
Justice Dom, after consideration rn,fJS the fol
lowing decision:
After having listened to all the evidence In the
case, and also the arguments Of counsel. / have
come to the conclusion that the prosecI,tinr wit
ness, ID. l.. Wallis. was Induced TO visit a well
known gambling establishment i'm the city Of
w ashlngton, while In an unconscious state Of
nlnG, ana was then and there defrauded by n
NUMBER OF persons conspiring for said purpose,
out OF check or draft drawn on the Bank OF the
Republic in the city of New York, and payable
70 the order Of said Wallis, and that the defend
ant A. Dubant drew said 81 600 from the Savings
Bank In the city of Washington. and appropriated
the same to the of said consprators, and that
Alexander Dubant and Frank Steers composed
portion Of said conspirators | therefore shall
require said Dubant and Steers each to enter into
bonds Of 81 900 fer their appearance at the Grim
inal Court; and that the prosecuting witness d. |
L. Wallis, give security In $500 to appear to pros
The case against ]. f.. Dunawin is dismissed
Mr.. p. Nj. Dubant came forward rs security for
Alex. Dubant, and Harmon Burns for Steer.
RoBsERT.-Last night, German from Ken
lucky, who came to this city to obtain tatent
for an invention to weave garments entire, put
up at the house Of q. F. Hasenmeyer on D.
between Eleventh and Twelfth streets He had
with him between SIS and Sl7 in money In the
room with him was German from Philadelphia
rms morning when the inventor arose he discov-
cred that his room mate had left and taken with
him all the money which the Kcntuckian had
brought with him. The Philadelphian left be-
hind In his hurry a carpet bag and overcoat
There seems to have been some Suspicion of the
character OF the Philadelphian before this occur
renee, though nothing had ranspred to cause his
arrest. The officers are unable to give the names
OF mar Tha vic aft Ris
loss, was perfectly deranged for a time; no doubt
from the crushing Of his hopes to obtain patent
by this robbery of every cent lie had The officers
hope to arrest the supposed thief, who NAV be on
his way to Philadelphia
The NATIONAL HoTEL.-From a recent news
paper publication, il might be inferred that the
gamblers who periodically soollrn in this city are
permitted to loaf about the National Hotel AS
this impression, il prevailing, could not fail un-
justly to injure the business of that admirably.
conducted establishment we have to say that no
such persons are permitted to enter any other part
OF tue house EXCEPT its public bar-room, which
mas an entrance entirely distinct from any entrance
to any other part Of the building Nor are gam
blers permitted TO loaf in its bar-room the ropri-
etors t1king due to guard against ANYTHING of
the sort. AS the bar-room is necessarily open for
the accommodation of the public, they at times
drink there, as in the bar-room of any other hotel
in Washington. There is no more orderly bar
room in the Federal Metropolis than that Of the
l..
MIR. EDITOR: % A merciful man is merciful 10
his heart? The ill-treatment to which that
most useful animal-the horse-is occasionally
subjected by their heartless owners or drivers
deserves 1T least the notice Of public reproof YES
terday cross grained, stubborn ugly colored man.
AZ the Treasury extension, exhibited his ill-natur
upon very poor horse because the unfortunate
brute did not comprehend his whims; and this
morning, In the First Ward, it panied me to
motif oil 49,, ~
ally walking on three legs for Of his fore feet
was SO sore and swelled that it was apparent he
touched the ground with it in great agony, and
consequently moved very slowly Vel with .
full load of wood, he was urged on, to prodncc
More wages for the mercenary and heartless man.
animal that owned him.
September 2lst, 1859.
COULDN'T FIND THE BooK.-Madame T. en-
tered an avenue bookstore yesterday for the pur-
pose Of purchasing the works Of an eminent British
poet. Addressing the clerk she said: Sare, |
wish to ave the Pups Work 'what work,
madame?' cups Work, sare." 8 We have
no such book, madame - WI hat sare you ave
no Pups Work ~ "No, madame" on return
ing home she met lady, TO whom she expressed
her disappointment. "Ah,r said her friend ssyou
made mistake in the name; YOU shonld have
asked for PQPe,s works'-P-o-p-e-Pone with
the long, . He. Bien | see; I will try, So
she fastened back to the bookstore and after
IL kp
one mistake, sare wish to ave de Pups Work
wild de long"
THE CANAL.--I.ast night the water was very
high in the Canal, within few inches Of the
height OF Sunday night. II created A necessity
for close watch Of property that might be carried
away by the Hood. The walls of the canal have
been considerably weakened by the recent freshet
and in various places need repairs. Yesterday.
the wall at McKnew q Marlow;s wood and coal
dPDOt Seventh To sri.ya
being weakened by the freShet and having upon
ii a great weight of wood and coal and before an
attempt to secure the property could be eiectally
made. II was launched into the water The loss
by the accident will not be- considerable az most
Of the property can be recovered The Job of
taking the coal from the canal will however be
| somewhat Onerous.
WESTERN WHARvEs-The following arrival.
are registered at the Office of Morgan Il Rhine
hart, for the week ending to-day: Schr Hope.
Capt Morrison, to load with lime for Fredericks-
| burg, Va; schr. r. 8. Vinton. Capt Washington.
from Port Wathall, with coal for the Gas Com.
pany; scu. Alvarado, Capt. Cottrell. do do
schr. Metropolis, Capt. Applegarth, from Port
Deposit, lumber for Easily L Bro; schr Clara,
Capt Smith, Port WathaH. coal for the Gas Com,
York. friedrich for J. X. Brick & Co: schr. Mil
lard Fillmore, Capt Woolsey. from New York
stone for Corcoran's new building
THE THEATRE.-The play of Our Female
American Cousin,'' at the Theatre last night,
dating some few little bitches, on account of the
newness Of the piece to the company was a sue
cess surprising the expectations Of those who had
not already the play and the sprg htly Yankee
comedienne, Miss Julia Daily. The play is to he
repeased tonight, when we expect to see las the
performance certainly deserves) one of the largest
and most fashionable audiences of the season
The afterpiece to-nig hit Is The Irish Lion :" Nh
Raymond as Tim Moore.
The MOUNT VERNON is living at Alexandria,
and will probably come up with the food tide
this afternoon when the current will be less rapid
The delivery Of her cargo will be commenced on
Monday.
The river bore threatening aspect at dark YES
terday, the water rising over the wbarves aud
heavy drift wood floating in the stream About
I'D clock last night the water began to subside
and the current was diminished in force To-day
though the current is rapid, fears are enter
tanned of damage.
PETTY STRALING.-The officers are requested
to keep sharp lookout for certain rascals who
have frequently been committing small depreda-
lions on the premises of certain citizens of the
Island portion of the city, numbers of whom have
recently been sufferers by them A day or two
since rascal forced entrance in b,o.5 Il,