Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-16

| Ir. hINaL CouRr.-In the two cases Of III
.nd 'ea states agt: VIM: Boyd. for stealing slave
immb conveying them out Of the District of Co
tiunola, tried on Saturday. the following instruc
uons Were prayed by the COUNSEL for the dasanS
| nar,.n cru granted by the Court to the jury VIII
"e ~. ne returned verdict Of guilty.
as . III the jury believe from the whole evi
once III ~ the prisoner, VIM. Boyd removed IN
eSroes In question from the county of Wasbipr
on: u. for the purpose of carrying them to tn,
cue OF pennsylvania or 10 any other free STATE
,n;, % III. view TO Hberating said slaves, and no
win tne intent OF converting them to his ow,
use, or OF making them his property. then. and i,
either case they should acquit "'" Al
10 winch the Court responded ssGranted TIL,
CIlcult Court decided case In which thi, noin
was the subject Of their opinion-rnya a..S pun
opinion OF mine. That Court is the annesi1.,
court OF this tribunal, and I am hound 70 n"n
di ta 20 .ne law as they have laid it down ODE
uons-so long aS a statute is unreneaIad n, % a =
GIslon uhreversed, obed fence and cOnformitv 70 !
ton is granted W 'no iiSuuc
I'd. If the Jury believe from, a., ,
t,le said Boyd was on his way to PennsvIvanIs
anu overlook the said slaves mentioned in the
ntHiolcIinents, on the road and received them IN
us wagon, and concealed them there in ordo, tr
remove them to said State then he ia not onit,
stealing. This instruction ,,,as 40 NJ suii'y o.
remark ' si"n'eo WITHOUT
4, od In order to commit the prisoner at the bar
the jury should believe from the evidence that ho
TOOK the negroes in question. in the conntv ~
ashlhgton, District of Columbia, with the in.
tehuoh OF converting them to his own use This
instruction was also granted without comment. as
were tue TWO following: If the Jury believe from
the evidence that the prisoner at the bar took
session OF the negroes in question in the county OF
Washington, ID. c., and carried them thence :,
Nv w lndsor, Carroll county, State OF Maryland
without the permission and against the will az
thclr respective masters. still they should aconit
unless they further believe from said ev;danco
beyond reasonable doubt, that his intention in
said District as aforesaid was To convert tben, -
his own use and make them his own propertv
9TH IL the jury believe from the evidence that
the prisoner at the bar has proved a good cbarac.
Ter. IheY should consider that circumstance in
connection with the ether circumstances in a.
case as TACT lending 70 show the intention with
which he took possession of said slaves and ca,ried
them to New Windsor as aforesaid
Tc-fay--The Court met at the usual hour I'm,
no cases being ready for trial the petit jurors
dismissed until tomorrow at 10 a. m, o'e
The case Of l.eech. '.wacon road; man hos
been set for trial next Monday $1,000
SMITHSONIAN I.ECTUREs.-Nrr Editor: Can Won
INFORM many anxious lnquirers myself AMONG thu
number, why the Smithsonian lectures are 20 mis-
erdbfy conducted Here is the middle of q vs-y
dull winter in Washington and ve have b,5
some half dozen lectures at the Smithsonian: the
only place of intellectual entertainment omen tn
The great masses. The lectures that have bpon
gwen this season are not such as an immense ma.
Joflty OF The people appreciate. What for in.
stance 90 the merchants clerks. the intelligent
portion OF the iaboring classes visiters general
" IN the city. care for the Cutie Fish Tibe y.
Not much. venture to say and much less for the
I" Shells of the Gulf Of California
! Go not know who manages these lectures or
VINO engages the lie turers: but would most re-
specifically suggest, that they are not i'm nv hmm.
BILE Judgment, sr0ct!t the kind the peoDle want
Although They may evnce considerable scientif c
research, they are not suited to the popular mind
mo of
NAV he permitted to say that we enjoy such lee
lures ast those delivered BY DrS Kane. HAYS Raird
and Prof. FELTON,; those on Constantinople. tome
London. &c. We would like To- hear R,rarl
TAYLOR. Park Benjamin, DR. Cahill, and such like
We like popular lectures on Astronomy, Chem
istry, Travels, Geography, &c. Would it not be a
good idea, Mr.. EditoH to engage such men as
have returned from serving The country abroad
and who are learned from actual observation. such
men, for instance. as Carroll Spence late Mniste,
To Turkey; Lewis Cass Jr.. late Minister to Rome
ana Others of that class of returned diplomats
Certainly lectures from such gentlemen on their
observations of the manners and customs of the
people, national characteristics climate produc.
lions, &c, of their different posts would be very
Interesting and Instructive, and therefore popular
The object OF the Smithsonian is the diffusion
OF knowledge among men," and to accomplish
that object it must be popularized These lee
lures should be frequent, at least three times per
week, rain or SHINE, so that there may be no dis
appointment. The fund is ample to sustain the
object, and should not be absorbed by sinecure
clerkships or visionary projects
object in tbs PT5mt Y to sh the 9
on its face-the instruction and enjoyment of the
people, OF whom am ONE.
No:s.-We apprehend that our correspondent is
one of those who quite misapprehend the aims of
the Smithsonian Institution: 1t does not profess
to supply merely popular lectures or to cater i'm
any way for the amusement-seeking public AS
enunciated again and again by the managers it
proposes to Confine itself strictly to carrying out
the purpose for which it was founded viz 1.-THE TN
crease and diffusion of knowledge amongst men y
Now popular lectures all very well in their
way, and those partial to them in this city mig BIT
very properly unite las elsewhere) into lecture
season associations and thus be able to secure lust
such speakers as they fancy.
Ma. HAsKIN AND His PIsroL.-Mr Editor :
W hen next the honorable member from New York
has occasion to excuse himself for going armed
into the Hall of Representatives, let him do so
without slaGdering the reputation of the city of
Washington. His declaration, that being out at
late hour the preceding night, he carried the
weapon for protection, was both frivolous and I'M
founded; first, because probably 70 city in the
Union of equal population IS more peaceable and
orderly than Washington; for the police reports
all show that for the last year there has not been
single instance of night outrage in our streets;
and secondly, if that the true motive for car
rying the weapon he had. it is presumed. been
subsequently in his bed, and had Invested himself