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

sembling- 'e'' VI tnelr as
o,;ian ..;d in the way Of further erpla
haTon' sara that at the last informal meetina la
Al tue residence Of Capt Scbwarzm.nn .. n
understood that the object for which tb.r 10
So , renra was 70 initiate some measures having
In view reorganization of the District rnjl;tis
IL was there stated by some officer that H i;
Hlckey bad obtained a reorpanization .np N
.nn,o uad ofen aiming at and such he himself
In a few days. For the purpose of oivin" Eef
nloAoy every opportunity and treating him with
iourn S possible courtesy, they agreed to ad-
you,n sine dte, upon condition however that ~
WITHIN reasonable time Col Hickey did not
announce the said reorganization which he had
TBS reo mem was about being completed that at
,.e request OF any three officers who Were nresant
a, mat meeting, Capt. TAFT should cali ,potbe,
he understood that three and more than tbre1
sasn efncers had requested Capt T. to call the
Remarks were then made by MI. Thos F. I,lovd
ano o'nefs, fully concurrng in the object n,
80. sue meeting was convened, viz: To adopt
sohe euective measures for a reorganization: at
The same time severely febukinD those who had
souSnt 10 cast stlgmas upon the District militia
attention and hospitality to the Seventh eoimsnt
ana that regiment, knowing the hasty manner in
icn the arrangements were made, and the con-
altlon Of the District militia at the time ,bonid
nave mad more respect for themsefyes as soIdie,s
ana gentlemen, than to have given encourage.
men. 70 such vile imputations as had been made
hHer free expression of pinion-
. MI Nc I.aughlin offered the following re,olu
u1n; which was unanimously adopted
q off he
appointed by the Chair 10 cali on the Sec,atsr of
Wasand ascertain from him how far a reoroani
Zauon OF the District regiment Of volunteers on
basis more liberal than has heretofore existed
would meet with his appreciation and to renort
atan adjourned meeting to be held at this armory
on this night week.
6onsetnte said committee, the president Cant
FaltI to be chairman Capt Peck Capt Schwafz
man, Capt Davis, Capt. King, Capt Watt, Can't,
langley, Capt Hollingsworth, Capt Shaetfer.
Capt Mclaughlin,
The committee will endeavor to obtain an all.
oTnce OF the Secretary on Wednesday
without the transaction OF further business the
meeting adjourned "
skvsRE eHr.-Thursdavm ornir z, meeting
with oticer Kelly, constable of I,s county,
whose head was somewhat freshly marked with
scratches and cuts. and the fingers Of his right
naho oouno up, we ventured to ask the cause
OF MS condition. He stated that Yesterday i'm the
Vclnity OF Massach usetts and Thi I'd street
well known colored individal named RilI
ford, was creating some disturbance in a crowd
Ot persons, and a gentleman called upon him
10 qnlet the party by taking Ford away He went
10 Ford and told him he had better leave there or
ne would be arrested. Ford pushed him off, and
Told him to go away. Kelly seized him. and
Ford commenced striking him on the head and
face Kelly got him down, and Ford caught his
white men around to aid him: thew ali refused
Ford still biting his fingers With his olsen
tagged hand Kelly got his billy out of his pocket
70 IKE, when one Of the swnlte men seized it.
Finding no prospect of help, he retaliated the
biting and scratching game when the darSev Got
enough, but on rising he managed to escape
on Ford, the oath being made by white man
and the hearing will be had before Justice Fer,
yuson. Kelly wants to see some Of the witnesses
ds he thinks be will be able to identify some who
refused to aid him. In the scuffie he lost his
watch keys and gold cross, which were attached
10 his watch by guard.
Ma. WALTER 3 HUNTER of this civ Iectpred
before lyceum audience Of some sixteen hundred
persons, In New Bedford, Massachusetts, few
nlght ago The subject was Western Africa and
from his large experiences upon that coast the
speaker was enabled to present his points with the
vivid interest %, OF an eye witness A delineaton
was given of life shi board in the naval ser
vice, and Of the incidents of tie voyage from New
YORK to sierra Leone, including visit to the
lions were presented of Liberia, Cape Palmas
Benin, and other portions of the coast of Guinea
the grotesqne features of an infantie nationality
as exhibited in Liberia, were brought to view;
but the Phlanthropic purpose of that republic
was extolled and the elfdenying efforts of Bishop
Paine, OF the Episcopal Church, were alluded to
pronounced the true antidote for the hitherto
intractable barbarism Of that undeveloped conti-
nent: the New Bedford papers speak Of the lee
ture as one OF hrst-class merit
MAINLAND ANNUAL CoNFKRENcK-This large
body Of the ministers and laymen of the Methodist
PROTESTANT Church will assemble in Baltimore
Md on the second Wednesday in March We
are happy to state that Rev. Washington Roby.
III in Georgetown while on official visit to the
District has sufficiently recovered to resume his
important duties. The churches of the District
are choosing their lay delegates to the Conference
Geergetown station will be represented by T.
Newman; Ninth street, Washington by Rev u
Ward as delegate, VIM. H. Sencil alternate. The
ltlnerant system Of this Church will require the
change OF several able and successful mi nisters
and about this district their terms of service hav-
ing expired Rev. David Wilson, the popular
pastor Of Co1gress-st. church, Georyetown and
Rev John K. Nichols, the missionary pastor of
East w ashngton Nilsson, come under this rule
A very large number of changes will be made in
other portions of the Conference district
- RErURNED.-Moses Lowenstein who was con-
vfcted at the last term of the Criminal Court Of
Keeping a bawdy house, was out bail, Mr..
Henry Lahna being his security. AS as his
conviction was announced, and before he was
called to received the sentence Of the Court, he
vamosed from the city, leaving his security to pay
the bond This Mr.. Lahna did not feel inclined
TO do A capias was issued by the Court, and
bail bail Piese wa. obtained BY Mr. L. who started
assistance Of Officer O'Brien, of New York who
was soon on the trail of the fugitive; but while he
was gone to the residence Of Lowenstein, that in
dividual passed by window Of the Sweeney
House, where Reese sitting. Reese called
him and detained him till the officer returned
there until the started, and this morning ar
rived in Washington and was taken to the ONCE
of Justice Dom, and from thence to Jail to await
the sentence Of the Court, which sits next Monday
NEw ScHooLs-The success Of our public
schools during the past year has been good. Sew
Gal hundred pupils have been added to schools;
the application for places flow in every day by
degrees; and the trustees have found ii necessary
20 create many as four new schools during the
month just past-one in the Second District In the
basement of the M. f.. Church South, which Is in
charge Of Miss Laura Reed; two I'm the Third Dis
trict the first being located in the old Capitol,
under charge Of Miss Freeman, and the second In
Odd Fellows Hall, near the Ns0y Yard, under
charge Of Miss Lucy B Davis; and one in the
Fourth District. located in Island Hall, in charge
Of Miss Anna Dawes.
The AsYLUM-The total number Of inmates at
the Washington Asylum yesterday was lis. The
CONNIE lccment Of spring operations on the farm
has been made, and In view Of the. amount Of
work to be performed, the Intendant fiuds himself
comparatively short Of hands. The workhouse
department has been In a manner empted of the
able-bodied men, by the drafts made upon II for
hands by the Proprietors and manageh Of the nsh-