Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-07-09

| CRIMINAL CouRr.-After our ,eport ,lo.sd a,
saturday the jury in the case Of the United State
l agt Cnas Mcvefgh, accused of stealing twely,
POUNDS OF butter and a tin can, the property O
the dst Sud.on returned verdict of guilty and
ine oeiendant was sentenced to one year in Jail
tnclhaa Baily was tried on a charge of keepinr
a dlsorderly and bawdy house A number o
Witnesses were examined, who testified to the bad
Cudisctef OF the defendant and Of the house ken
oy her. The jury returned a verdict of euiltv :,
In jail:
Tobias Brown, convicted as an accomplice OF
McNeigh in stealing butter, etc, from VIM
jail.
VIM Fugitt, alias General Fugitt, was placed
on on Wal on charge Of stealing horse valued al
80, from b. Grinnell, on the Island, about two
wears ago, since which time he has been fugitive
The case was pending when Court adjourned
Io-ddy.-The case Of Fugitt was continued and
eoncinded The jury returned verdict of guilty
The court then took up the case of the United
states rs. VIM. Cullom, in which the defendant
was accused Of extortion.
Mr. Chiffon desired to ask the attention of the
court 10 an irregularity In the Indictment, which
made 1t doubtful whether the defence were abont
TO 60 into case which would be conclusive The
bl was found at the May term, 18th Of Nav, 1850,
ana MI Cullom came into court and gave bail at
the next term Of the court; this case appears to
have been taken from the files and upon that. an.
other grand jury bad found new indictment II
was new proceeding, and one the counsel did
not understand. They wished to know upon
which of these findings they were to 90 To trial
Mr.. Ould, for the United States, stated that
there was no question as to that. The last fiudinp
OF t1e grand jury was the one Of course which
was before us now
The Court thought the indictment was good.
question then arose as to whether Mr. Gull
iom should be arraigned not; which was final
be arraigned
This point settled, the arraignment of the de-
PENDANT followed.
At the close of the arraignment, the defendant
The jury was then called and sworn, after
which the Court adjourned until Tomorrow
morning at IL o'clock.
THE SMITHSONIAN ISs71rrrtox The ,o..,
amount OF the bequest, as received into the treas
uary, was S5l5, 1859; interest on the same 10 JuIv
Ist 1916, devoted to the erection of the buildino
S2i2, 129. In addition to these SI35 GOO Of uneS1
pended income has been vested in State bonds 81
Iaat tne present income Of the Institution is S3s
$40 IA. The principal expenditures are for sal
aries about $1,000 for publications Of all kinds,
S9,UOOi Tor meteorological observations 81 500:
for lectures, 81 600; for the library al sou; fo,
museum, 81 600. There are some incidental mat
teis involving expenditure, and about SIS 600 is
SET apart from the income to make a certain fnan-
clal change for the sake of economy The colIec-
tons of various kinds which had accumulated At
w washington, have now been concentrated at the
institution, Congress agreeing to make an appro-
PiiaHo1 VI St,uVO annually 10 keep them up. They
are such as the collection of the Exploring Expe
dlton, under Captain Wilkes, in South America
ana the South Seas; that Of Lieutenant Herpdon,s
exploration of the Amazon; Capt Stansbury's ex
PIorat1on OF the Great Salt Lake; Cant Perrv,s
Japan Collections, &C., &c. This museum ia
stated to be now superior to any other in the
country as general collection, though in the spe
cialities Of exotic birds, shells fossils and min
erals, 1t is said to be surpassed by the PbiladeI
phla Academy OF Natural Sciences We are glad
u see that the Secretary who has charge of this
department. looks forward to the object of hav-
ing public museum, illustrating as fully as pos
sible the natural history of the world and taking
rank with those of London, Paris Berlin, and
vienna" The design of Mr.. Downing for the
improvement Of the public grounds which lie be-
tween the Capitol and the Potomac proposed tn
connect In one common plan a succession of en-
closed parks. The plan of Capt Meios for sum-
plying the city with water, includes a series of
fountains for ornamenting the public reservations
Inc Patent Office, In conjunction with the Smith
sonlan institution, now propose to supply the
public grounds with complete series OF Ameri-
can trees For this purpose they have issued a
circular asking for seeds of every specie, of onr
forest trees ana shrubs that will thrive in the cli
mate OF Washington These are to be sent nv
mail to the Commissioner Of Patents
AN OcTAROoN CASE IN ALFx.NnRIA Tho
1aZette says: AT the reCeat session of the County
Court, two men of mixed blood appeared before
the court, and having proved themselves to he
Octa!oons, or possessing but one-eiohtb Of nea,o