Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-02-29


NOVEL cA'r.-we mentio ned Yesterday tn.
eco'efy OF gold watch stolen from. Mr. Alex.
y" ,ne sis' INST. by otfcer Allen. who OBJ
hefhoerg After the Stur went to press the In.
| u came on before Justice Dom Mr.
pesrsd fo1 ~ formerly an active policeman, ap-
| teaieu iot MI ker, his relative, and Mr. Whar.
h "n LOT Mr Hersberg. Justice Dom explained
Low tne watch was obtained. In order to prevent
n,saPpfehenson. The brokers' certificate was
Piaceu IN tue hands of officer Allen with search
warrant He went to the Office but found il nm:
| necessary to serve the warrant as Herzbero .s
s suon as the certificate was shown, produced the
Mr; Ater ker was sworn.-He identified the
watch as the one stolen from him on the 2,st InsI
%as tafen a1s fo noq b, of an, and He thinks
asst while he Was walking in the basement Of tbs
| Cepi'oi, a colored boy stepped up to him .nS
answer IA move Love. ana SAID he would wait for an
ana upon opening 1t found it contained the naun ~,
brokers' certificate. He turned to iook fas *
uJtI ou. ne mad gone. The note was written
follows; y ie''id'e' ana was az
| &C yn, ,.,,,-, " Saturday Morning.
To v,n E piease excuse me for enclvs ny this
says he took your watch and gold pencii f,dr,
you a lew days ago at the Capitol. He Lost The
YOU about ne Ra%nsa the watch which will
De .pafed shall consider it nv duty to 1ef"nd
you you the money you will have to paw to get it and
niso enough to buy another pencil. I have no
have ms, would Sonnd have sent you this before
where You live. Ny husband would not baw.
'assn 'hetn, but his family is almost starving ,,
\ ne note was anonymous
| Dir s. w. X. Handy sworn-Said he s,u, ~.
S Sa"h III MI hers possession about II O'Clock at
| MS store His clock struck before the whistls
snd ~, ne1 TOOK his watch out to wind it up,
| his watch N 'Di" no n"a los'
81. M Hers5eyg's SON s~orn.-said that he was in
| us idtners once when the woman left the watch
| In P'edge Che 10 young woman and he could
| Ptooaoiy identify her if She was brought before
s nin; ~ was on Tuesday, market morning, about
| M Handy. recalled 1T waSTuesdav the DIST
instant market day, about II O'Clock, that he saw
'hs NV watch Xh In Ker's hands, in his store.
| Mfs w harion argued that his client sbould no
| reimbursed in the amount he had advancsd 49, o
| tils ~d,cn. twas novel case in Washington,
put had been decided in Baltimore and Other
LUIS ut MS client Is regularly licensed broker
| licensed Tor the purpose of advancing nancy to
| taoSe In want, upon such valuables as they have
| He cannot be expected to be awafe of the oyvneI.
snip OF every article brought to him, and his only
| Puma fdcie evidence of OWNERSHIP And if If
turns out that the property is stolen it is his dutv
| DIS IN thls case, to surrender to the right owner
| upon proof Of ownership and receive the amount
| which he advanced upon it, The honesty of his
clients course is fully proven by his Willingness
| left it, wv p'''0'' " Ao
Mr. Handy said it was not his object 70 ,n;u,.
| MI Herzoerg, even by insinuation He was
| aware OF his line of business Mr. Herzberg
seems 70 know the womanj he says he does It
| Is our desire to know her too, and when that
occurs we Will cheerfully pay Mr.. Herzberg; lie
| shall not lose a cent But that without showing
TINS party, Mr.. Herzberg can recover any part of
| that money upon the ground that he is a licensed
| pawnbroker, we deny Whatever NAV no the
| decision elsewhere, it was never so decided here
The law licenses Mr.. Herzberg to advance money
upon enaSls TO the real owner, and il is his bus:-
ness 70 know that fact if he does not 1t is his own
fault The law does not license him to ad vance
| upon stolen goods, to the manifest injury of the
| owners in fact
The Justice, in consideration of the novelty Of
| this case, reserved his judgment for day, in
| order to consult authorities
| SMITHsONIAN LECTURES Hunt delivered NJ
The smithsonian, Monday evening hi third lecture
on Geology, before a large and attentive audience
| He proceeded TO discuss the nature of the chem
| lctl processes which take place Under the infn-
ence of life and the results of these in the forma
ton o. rocks. The vital principle was described
| as directing and guiding in peculiar manner
the chemical force, and giving rise to organized
| forms; matter being raised to higher and more
| complex modes of combination. The solar orr lin
OF TINS force, Its fxation by means Of chemical
combinations, and subsequent liberation during
the breaking mp Of these compounds were ex,
planned AS developed by Henry. and since eiab-
| Grated by Lec0ntc The earth was described as
| originally an oxydzed mass, and the result of
L
deoXydize Il car bon of the atmosphere and i've
rise to deposits of fossil carbon at the same time
| all the reducing processes which had been CON
cerned In the solution Of ron and it's precipitation
as iron ores, and the production of l.ative metals
and srlphurets, Were 10 be looked upCa as pro-
duced through the medium Of organic carbon
Hence we conclude that life existed in those far
| distant periods generally regarded as AZoic-so
| that we cannot fix, as some lave attempted the
dawn OF life upon our planet. The nitrogen com
bned with carbC:. in fossil fuel was considered to
| indicate that ammonia. like carbonc acid was
| much more abundant during the Pal;rozic period
land the present relations Of ammonii and nj
| trates considered. The origin Of fpssiiferouS
| lmestones was considered, Dnt it was observed
| that many such, as certain white marbles were Of
| purely chemical origin. The power of plants
and animals to segregate various mineral eent nts
| Irom the soil and the ocean was also considered
| The nature and distribution of organic remains
| their fossilization and the curious laws which
regulate their geological and geographical distri-
| button, were also discussed at length, and Illus
and America.
In the fourth lecture the subject Of metallic ores
| mineral veins, and rock metamorphism will be
| considered
THE GAszANIGA CONCERT, at Willards' new
Hall, last night, was fully attended, and the per-
formers certainly had no reason to complain of
| want of enthusiasm on the part Of the audience
| Madame Gazzaniga was in excellent spirits and
| her vocalization nOticeably sweet. The delicious
little air - All mon nls' was so pathetically rem
| ence, which the spightly songstress gracefully
| accorded, and gave with great spirit the romanza
| . La SINE de miel In place Of the serenade of
Shuberts, announced on the programme, Mad 6
sung her great song, 90 La mere ct l'enfant" amid
| storms Of applause. Sig Tammaro was evidently
laboring under the prevailing influenza, vet be
sing quite agreeably, and gave evidence of good
capacity. The performance Of Sig. Chenal on the
piano russo and the magic cane took very we'll on
account Of its novelty, but would hardly bear re-
peating. The chief excellence Of the piano russo
performance was the marvellous agility with
which the player thumped out the music; ~ as to
the magic cane, its tones resembleoo nearly those
of an eight-cent hageolet, such ambitious juve-
niles are won't to pipe upon O. summer nights to
the unspeakable agony of the races canine and
feline to DE elevated to the dignity Of place in a
modern ''Grand Concert " Notwithstanding the
slight drawbacks just alluded to- however, Sig
G. piPed exceedingly well upon his magic cane.
Sig. Abilities produced some laughter by his comic
performance of the ''Kissing Song" and presided
with good taste at the piano.
FURTHER HEARING ssterday afternoon. Jus.
tice Dom went to the county Jail, and had fur
ther hearing in the of the three colored bows
| Geo King, lobe Fletcher, and Emanuel Bell
| who were committed on a charge of larceny ii
proven that these fellows went to the store O,
| nm do,