Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-03-19

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sf and fortod,ded from THE SrAR odle.
CRIMINAL CoURr.-On Saturday, after the Cont
had overruled the motions of counsel in -. -
Judgment In the cases Of Patrick Keenan, icon
Victed OF aiding the three marines, Eberly. Hicl.
Fnan and Dough erty, in the commission Of a ,,ns
upon Laura Schwlngman,) and Frederick Lager
an as Count herman Jarowitz, convicted of false
Pretences, two young men-named Andrew Kid
well and John Larner alias John Maber-,ye,.
put upon trial for stealing buffalo robe and
sunGry otner articles Of value from VIM r. Edes.
oi ueorgeIo"n- They were both convicted and
in the Penitentiary - Aaio iaoor
nerman Jarowitz was then placed at the bar and
sentenced 20 two years In the Penitentiarv
James Walsh, the burglar and cnrtsi1 ,.,
was also placed at the bar and in ,snI,, ~ .I,
Question OF the Judge whether he had anything
10 say why sentence should rot be pronounced
upon him. addressed the court in a snaech ~ oor
siderable length, in which he denied his oniit
ana declared his inability to account for the And,
ing ol sne articles which he had been convicted
OF stealng- He affirmed that the first time he
had ever seen the stolen articles was in Cant
Ioddard office, and stated that he believed tbe
mouse wnere he had been boarding was a fence,'
tof the reception Of stolen goods. He accounted
Iot the presence Of the trunk under his bed in
which the stolen articles were found by saving
that black hackman brought it there from Can.
itol Hill F
The Judge replied that all these consde- ations
were urged by the counsel at the time Of the trial.
anu H1o Ialled 10 impress the jury with their
huthfulness, and they had brought In a verdict of
guilty 1t was therefore his 1.-THE Judge's) duty to
pronounce the sentence of the law For stealing
piano cover from Susan Prince, he was sen,
fenced to one week in the county jail; for bur
glarlously breaking into the house Of H. c.
Mclaughlin and stealing curtain therefrom he
was sentenced to five years in the penitentary
for stealing sundry articles of value from the resi-
dences of j. c. Mcclure, w. p. Browning and
Buckner Bayliss, respectively, he sentenced
to two years in the penitentiary In each case;
in all Of hlrH al,o ~.
penltentiary.
John Ebery John Hickman and John
Dougherty were placed at the bar, and each asked
by the Judge If he had anything to say why SEN
tence should not be pronounced against him
Dougherty and Hickman both responded that tuey
were not guilty. and Eberly responded that he had
nothing to say. They were ali then sentenced to
Ten years each In the Penitentary
Patrick Keenan,, the hack driver and accomplice
OF the three marines, was then placed at the bar
and told by the Judge that he had been convicted
on tne second count of the indictment for aiding
ana aoetting the principals participation which
tne Judge said in His opinion made the convicted
party equally guilty with the principals Keenan,
denied his guilt; but the judge told him that lie
was IL posi- bic, more guilty than the three ma
tlnesi ana he was thereupon sentenced to 10 years
nara labor In the Penitentiary-the term to COM
lnence i've days after the rising of the next Circuit
court, the counsel having excepted to the finding
OF the jury, as not sustained by law
The Grand Jury, before ad lourning on Saturday
passed resolution that the accustomed duty of
the Grand Jury, as discharged at many If not all
performed
the presentation Of the lamenable state of the Jail
building, UNFIT as 1t is, and has long been for the
security and comfort of the prisoners
The court was adjourned to the fourth Monday
In April next.
ST PArRIcK's DAY-ADDREss OF REV. Mr.
DouGHERTY-SuPPER.-As was stated in our issue
Of Saturday, the Total Abstinence Society con-
nected with ST. Patrick's Church, after marching
along several Of our prominent thoroughfares
H
the performance by the choir in a spirited manner
II Haydn's Grand Mass, No. Is, they listened to
an eloquent Panegyrc upon Ireland's patron saint,
pronounced by the Rev. Jno Doughert a SYNOPSIS
of which will be found below:
ADDRESS FATHER DoUGHBRrY
lie commenced by saying that at every period
OF the existence of the Church cd had raised up
Individuals destined to be examples to the rest of
mankind In the practice of every virtue and TO
adorn and beantify the human character Such a
person was their patron saint whose festival that
day called them together around the altar of God
On this occasion the world presented spectacles
t-uly worthy of the admiration of man They
beheld noble, generous SONS of Ireland clustering
around the sanctuary of the living God drawn
forth to offer with unfsigned gratitude their thanks
for the blessings vouchsafed them by Heaven
through the intercesson of their patron saint No
matter how distant from their native homes Irish
men might be, no matter how endeariny the
objects by which they were surrounded no mat
ter in what state kind Providence might have
cast their lot, they turned their eyes even though
they might be with tears, towards their native
home, and invoked the choicest blessings of
Heaven upon those remaining in that lovely isle,
and ardently looked forward to that day when
they should shake off the shac kles Of the oppres-
sive dynasty that has kept her in subsection now
Tor ages, and wrested from her oppressed children
the liberties, aye, the very means of subsistence
No wonder, then, that they pondered with delight
on the virtues Of their holy patron. No wonder
that they hailed with pleasure this festive occa-
sion, when In the hands OF God Patrick was an
humble instrument, spreading the light Of Chris
tanity over Ireland, at time when her people
sat IN the darkness OF Paganism-in the very
shadow of death.
The reverend gentleman then gave an interest
Ing account of the birth, life and character of St
Patrick Referring to the fact of his having at
an early age been sold into slavery by band Of
robbers, he Contrasted this incident with the his
tory OF the patriarch Of old, when Joseph was
oartered for money in strange country, over
Wnlcn ne afterwards presided, and to whose
people In great measure ne brought tue knowl-
edge 81 the living God So il was with St Pat
rick battered In u strange land, he after
wards 10 become the apostle Of that land, and to
oestow upon the people amongst whom he had
been placed In bondage the greatest biessing-the
isltn1the Catholic faith The facts presented in
tne history or their most holy patron oup bit to
make the lrishmaI proud Of his home and that he
might boast of the history of his religion. These
iacu clearly demonstrated to them that the his
tory OF Ireland was unique, that it differed from
the history Of every other nation Instead of the
irish church having to suffer persecution and
oloooshtd at the inception OF the Catholic relig-
nation when that or any other than the established
religion was first attempted to be propagated, it
was here again happy exception. The Irish
church was glorious from the very moment that
she set her foot upon its soil; at its very birth
there she was bright, brilliant, dazzling But
the days Of Ireland's sufferings were to come
They loved her all the more for this-cod would
indeed be their love for her, If she had not sui
fred for the faith which they secured by st. Pat
rick.
He had said these sufferings were to come, did
come; and they might call up almost from the
day of their holy patrons death to the present
hour sufferings which had no parallel in any
other history. Hence he asserted that the history
of Ireland was prominently the history Of
Faith. At the close of this portion Of his re-
marks he said that at this very moment, when
dark, angry clouds We're gathering around the
horizon when there was such dread apprehen-
sions Of Papacy being destroyed, the same love,
the same devotion, the same faith existed in Ire
land. AT this very moment, when their Holy
Father was surrounded by difficulties most appal-
ling, Ireland at the very risk Of mourning the dis
pleasure, perhaps the persecution of England,
Ireland dares raise voice in favor of Plus lX;