Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-11-16
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pafues then proceeded to the wigwam Witness
,Sen care 20 keep at re.pectable distance, and
tnereiofe ala not recognize any one. He stood a
tirth's corner during the attack. A few minutei
atef tine building was lighted up he saw some
one throw bench out Of the second story win
COW Of the building. He left before the crowd
put they overlook him near the City Hall. They
were tnen marc hing In military order. He recog
one of the officers :
Officer King testified corroborative Of what had
already been stated. When he reached the build.
Ing be saw young man by the name Of Thomas
Haggeffy, with stone In his hand and In the acI
Of throwing the same, hallooed at him, upon
which haggefty turned round and walked of
he then went to the door, when be was directed
oy Lieut. McHenry to assist Officer ScarH In
taklng MI Johnson to the Guardhouse He az
.eiwa.ds returned to the wigwam, but the dis
Offer Bright Seeing II would be impossi Die
ior the omcers to quell the disturbance, and know.
ing tnat the major portion Of the party were Ma.
uonsa volunteers, and that Messrs. DR.. Cleary
ana Martin Latruite were officers Of that body, he
went 70 tnese gentlemen to endeavor to get them
70 use their influence in getting the crowd of.
Mr; Latrults was standing quietly in an opposite
approached by witness wanted him iwitness) to
axe notice that be had nothing whatever to do
VIII the affair. AT the request of witness La
eesded TeI, ssro to the party and finally
10th to retire, DR.. Clesry hallooed out to them,
ID, damn your souls, fall In" They then fell in
line and moved off
=, G1ard'naan MeLsan testified that he saw chas
going out at the time. This was when the Others
In the building were being taken away by the
omcers DonohoO was not In the custody of any
one: DIDN'T see him outside. Officer Handy was
In tne building at the same time; didn't see
Handy come out Of the building with the crowd
Charles hammond and VIM. H Thomas were
then examined, but nothing new ELECTED.
Twovefy important witnesses BEING absent the
decided a thpiP tasff NJ q
once on Tuesday night next In the meantime,
ne would closely examine the testimony which
had been given.
The Collision CASE CONCLUDED Yesterday,
at Ill O'Clock, j. stice Dom resumed the sxamina,
ton OF the witnesses in the case of Capt samuel
T. Oedney, OF the steamer George Page; the wit
nesses In behalf Of the prosecution aud Captain
Dukes, Of the Belle Haven, having been examined
at the hearing published in the Star last week
A Az hearing Yesterday, Messrs Hugh Hammi,l,
w h Cawood, William Carr, passengers on the
rage, and w. Moran, eng ineer, and J. w.
Jet pilot OF the Page, were examined The tes-
umony tended to show that all that could be done
to prevent collision was done by the officers in
charge Of the George Page and the tug This
case had particular reference to the course pur-
sued by Captain Gedney and the evidence fully
exonerated him from blame In addition to the
witnesses in the case Of Captain Gedney, Deputy
inspectors Farlow and Curran were present to
examine into the conduct Of John w. Jet, the
pilot In charge Of the George Page, and took the
evidence OF Capt. Dukes, of the tug, and Captain
Gedney. ofthe Page. The evidence of these gen.
tlemen was given clearly and without co uivoca-
ton, merely telling the facts without any ap-
parent endeavor TO cast blame upon each other
Lhis morning Justice Donn decided to dismiss
both the cases against Capts Gedney and Dukes,
gathering from the evidence that the object of the
tug was to reach the schooner Gen Cameron 10
take her In tow before the Page reached the pol mt
OF collision, but mistook the speed at which she
was going. II was collision which could not
have been avoided under the circumstances
The Deputy Inspectors having heard all the
evidence In the case of the pilot then before them
retired, requesting the Justice to send the record
evidence of the first hearing to them in Balti-
more. Their examination has to do with the
George Page and her officers, as licensed pas
senger steamer under the United States law The
discovery OF neglect or incompetencY on the part
Of licensed officers would be a suRcfent cause to
revoke their commissions. The decision of the
Inspectors has not been given, of courses and with
the evidence In both hearings before them, they
ney and his pilot. 1t may be they will suggest
an improvement in the signals Of the steamboats,
on the river.
"MATINEE"-Mr. Editor 1 perceive that YOU.
too, have committed the gross mistake of calling
afternoon performance Of any kind-concert or
exhioiton-matinee For the manager Of Cir.
Gus company or Ethiopian troupe to do this is
e1cusable; but for an editor of a newspaper, who
ought to know better, 1t is not excussble Matinee
Is something relating to tbs morning. morning
exhibition may be styled matinee, but not an
afternoon or evening one. I'D
Motive guess our critical contributor
halls from away daown east a." where they " git
up airly," and where the morning expires BY
about 8 O'Clock a. IN.
IL our correspondent will refer 70 Webster. who
will, we presume, be considered good authority
he will find the following among the definitions
OF the word morning:-''Among men of business
IN large cities the morning extends to the hour of
dtning;" and referring to the heading s!Dnner
In said dictionary, he will read:-"Among people
In the higher walks of life and In commercial
towns, the time OF dining is from two to five or
SIX O'Clock in the afternoon" Very good; this
gives us margin enough; and we again call the
attention Of the public, our critical friend in
cluded to the fact that the theater folks melted
and led on by Messrs Glenn and Jefferson do
Intend TO give matinee performance Of sour
American Cousin" at p m, to morrow, doors
open at 2.
P. S.-we have the authority of the late David
Crockett, NJ. c., for saying that In his time while
foreign ministers, members Of Congress. &c were
In the habit Of dining at or s O'Clock In the
evening, the President ''did not dine till the next
day"
BuRGLARY.-Last night the cigar and tobacco
store OF VIM Finley, corner Of Seventh and F
streets, was entered by burglar and goods stolen
amounting In value to about seventy-hye dollars
Among the articles were four pipes valued at atty
dollars The entrance was effected by forcing the
side door. breaking large and strong bolt This
required great force and the noise must have been
considerable, enough at any rate, one would sup
pose, to have wak-ned up the watchmen II any
had Teen on that beat This store was robb, In
July Of about three hundred dollars worth OF
goods. The burglar was then caug out escaped
About eighteen months ago 1t was again robbed
Az EXPEDITION morning several of the
line Of Georgetown omnibusses, with four horse
teams to each, were ranged In front Of Cleary and
Green's auction rooms on Ninth street at an early
hour We were informed upon ING uiry that they
were employed to convey persons to the country
residence OF the late Darius Clagstt, Esq where
sale Of the household furniture, stock, grain,
farming implements, etc was to take place The
coaches were soon filled and on their way to the
country. attracting much attention as they passed
along.
The ST. ANDREWS CRLKBRATIoN.-The an.
nual celebration Of this association takes place
on the 3Oth instant The arrangements for the oc.
cssion are now being made, and are extensive
The festival will come eff at 6 autier's who has
become % popular with the Society The past
celebrations give assurance that the coming will
be grand affair. In addition to the variety
which the members themselves afford for the
evening, numerous invited guests will contri butte
to the fund Of mirth and social enjoyment.
The THKATER.-Mr Joe jefferson takes his
farewell benefit at the Theater, tonight In his
favorite character Of ssNewman Noygsn and
Paul Pry" OF course his hosts of friends in
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