Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-03-27
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IAE MILITARY POLICE create quite sensation
aoout town They have been furnished with
. .nuske. and bayonets, the which.they may be
rection . of fhs s1Uu. daily generally in the d.
seen yesterday afternoon about 4 O'Clock march,
ing down Seventh street with one Of the John
Brown muskets glued to his left shoulder, and
VINO looked neither to the right nor to the left,
Ihough the weight of the mnsket or something
else made him lean perceptibly to the heavy side,
AM ana who appeared TO be extremely fearful lest
the machine should go off and hurt him. was the
admiration Of every juvenile mischief maker
whom be encountered in his route. 1t is said
!nat Few DAYS ago, two policemen, one big and
,ne other little, had conversation something
IKE the following, at locality on II street, in
rear Of the Patent Office:
Big Policeman to little .-''Say, you'd better
go and attend drill"
Little 'un.-"Nary time. there's no such law on
the books"
Big Policeman -"Mind tell you, YOU had
better go and drill, or the Mayor I'll have that
harness taken of you quicker" (pointing to the
Little 'un-"Well. let him do it. and when nv
harness has been taken off, then Ill tell what I
KNOW III tell whatthe target company is formed
Big Policeman, quilting ont his watch y
"Well, let's GO. It's time to 90 to drll''
And the conversation here ended.
ARREST FOR Yesterday. Mr.
Charles Brown, whose stable in the Sixth Ward
was Tired, obtained clue to the parties concerned
n IN the act: Informing some Of his friends and
County Constables Plumsill and Williams they
succeeded in arresting Thomas Howard, aged
about 16 years. and Joseph Fugitt, aged about IL,
ana carried them before Justice Gull. who sent
u mem 10 lail Tor further hearing. AS they were
being put in an omnibus to go to JAIL one of them
pointed out youth named Smith, who they said
knew something about it. Smith was put in the
coach and taken to jail, but as he was not com.
mitted he could not be received. 1t afterwards
turned out that he had nothing to do with it
This morning Justice Gull proceeded to the jail,
ana succeeded in obtaining from Howard sufi-
cient evidence to send Fugitt to Court Justice
Gull finally committed Fugitt and retained How
ard as witness. There are others concerned in
the lncendiary acts at the Navy Yard, who have
much excitement in that section of the CITY, and
great Joy prevailed at the discovery of the parties
though sympathy for the families of those con-
cerned was everywhere expressed.
PROF. FowLER's fifth lecture last evening.
was on "the perfection Of character the RIGHT
government, training. and proper direction of
children" He held that in order to have children
grow up so as to become useful and worthy citi-
zens, they must have. as it were, their faculties
played upon" i'm childhood See that their mind
was well balanced and all would be right. Unruly
children could not be made better bv either whip
ping or scoldlnS: If child was inclined to be
mfschievOus and bad he must be corrected by
Kindness parent should never speak derogatory
OF chllds character in that child's presence lest
1t wounded its feeling and DESTROYED all its pride
and ambition. Nor should they ever remark i'm
the child hearing that they Were unable to man.
age It, lest the child should lose ell fear of the ma
rent, and act without restraint
IL TO be regretted that the committee appointed
TO select persons for public examination do not
present those who are well known to the commu-
nifty, that the public may know whether the exam
nations are correct.
THE Row AT GERHARDr's.-S Saturday after
noon, young man named VIM. Lansford went
to the lager beer house of J Gerhardt on c street
near sixth, and drank there. Lansford. who had
taken little too much, fell on the floor. His
friends asked for chair for him to sit upon.
whlch, being refused, one of them went to get
chair. upon which a row ensued and Lansford
was Dadly beaten with stick by the bar keeper
FREQ Dledrich. He was arrested and taken be-
fore Justice Dom, where he stated that Iansford
was hurt by falling on the stove but this was con-
tradicted by the evidence. The witnesses stated
lat tne Ire OF the was raised by the fact
OF their drinking bottle Of sherry on the premi-
ses not purchased In the establishment Justice
Dom held Diedrich to bail for court
Dry GooDs.-R. Brice Hall, the extensive dealer
on the upper part Of Seventh street. has recently
opened as extensive and fine lot Of staple dry
goods as Were ever brought to the District of Co
lumola. His business up to this time has for the
most part been confined to citizens in search for
bargalns-to those of proverbially solicitous of
always being sure to get their moneys worth In
buying family supplies, and to the MARYLAND
Trade. TO both these classes his sales for wears
past have been enormous. and they bid fair to in.
crease, as all now know that no better goods and
no lower prices than his be met with In aDV
dry-goods store in the country. See his advertise,
ment in another column.
WAR AGAINST THE GILLRRs.-So great is the
bitterness felt by the proprietors Of the Potomac
fish landings to the gil-neters that subscription
paper is in circulation amongst the land owners,
contributing eight per cent of their landing rents
for the purpose Of breaking up gill-nettng In the
river.
THE THEATRE Our citizens will be glad to
hear OF the appearance Of that great Washington
favorite, Miss J. NJ. Davenport at the Theatre to-
night She appears as Julia in the play of "The
Mr.. C. B. Hill as Sir Thomas.
REMOVAL BY an advertisement in another
column, it will be seen that Mt Rudolph Bucblv
has removed his fine house furnishing establish.
ment to No. 42s Seventh street, where he keeps
on hand an excellent assortment of everything In
his line.
THE CAMBELLs were greeted by large and
fashionable audience at Odd Fellows Hall last
night. This troupe never fail to draw crowded
houses by their rich performances, and the main
thing is to go early so as to get good seat.
THE ARMED POLIcE.-lr. Editor: Can any on
inform us by whose authority the police has been
armed with muskets and formed into a military
company Has the Secretary of War authorized
III CITIZENS.
AGRouND.-The New York steamer Mount Yer
non we hear, is aground below the Long Bridge,
on her way to the western wharves, and will not
get off until the next tide
WATCH-HOUsE.-No cases for trial Seven
dodgers were accommodated.
PROsTRATION OF THE SYSTEM and rapid decline
are most invariably the results OF early NAL prac-
toes and unchecked vicious habts-A treatise
elaboratey got mp, has lately issued from the press
Illustrating this tendency, and the cure we'll as
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ia y INTO the causes, effects and most eficacious
with coPious instructions for the perfect restora,
ton Of those who are prevented BY impedlments
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