Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-23


n'S Town one night, rather little before day.
isut IN the morning. with wagon load Of
H SaauS ntefed hogs, and was coming up the hill
he 80 81 humphrey 4 Juenemanns, when just as
nc Sot IN The deep cut about midway the hill, sir
men ran down the hill and caught hold Of the
hIhd part OF the wagon They asked witness
Wnat he had in, and he told them Then they
Pa pro- 10 get In and ride up the hill and wit
hcSs objected They then walked along nm the
MIL about one hundred yards One of them then
GaIilt up 10 witness, and two others followed him
ne said 70 the others, Let's have the hogs, any,
now" The three who were behind seized ;, hoe
and made off with it Witness BEGAN 70 baiIno
ana cry for help, and the first man who had nm
UP drew pistol, and the other two took stones
W nrsl man then presented the pistol to wit
n IS head. and threatened to bl6vy his b,,ins
out ana one OF the others struck witness a be,yy
olo" WIN Short stick. By this time the three
men had got out of sight with the hog anil the
.nrst VINO remained then went up to the wagon
anu got another EOS. which they made off with
w illness followed after them, Giving ont ali tho
'int' ana Just then another market wagon was
coming up the hill, and the last three finding
10y couln not escape with their hog. dropped il
lnIo gutter. and made Off and witness GOT this
one back. The first one however witness never
hedi9 from again. 1t was very dark and witness
'o'ilu ho' see The faces Of any of the robbers
THE BURDINE STORE ROBBERY.
70 N. b"Td'Hs swoTn-Testtied that he keeps
grocery and variety store. The witness then
went on To show how his store was robbed two
wears ago; that his hen roOst also robbed after
wards, one very hot nj ght. of twenty-four fowls:
that he traced them by their feathers in the A
ttOh OF capitol Hill; that another attempt was
made 10 rob his store. and of his dogs bar ed
the burglars OIL; that subsequently one OF his dogs
was poisoned, and he remarked to his W fe that
he supposed they would now attempt to rob the
store again; that they did attempt again and that
he fired bis gun at them. They ran and then
fired back at him. I'm September last he went
niseen miles into the country, and on that night
his store was robbed of various articles to the
amount Of some S25. Witness never got any of
the goods back, Next morning witness made in
quiIy of Mrs. Magee whether there had been anv
vi !le iowuies out the night before, and she told
witness that the two NIarrymans and Lock, who
Were understood to be pretty hard fellows had
been ont the night before, and had come to her
mouse 10 oorrow candle at avery late hour. A
waterman mad also told witness that he had seen
these parties Prowling about at late hour the
night before. Thinks there was about POO coppers
taken from the till in his store
After argument on both sides, Justice Ferguson
demanded 81 600 bail from the arrested parties in
each case, and issued warrants against Alonzo
Marryman in all the cases but the one for which
he gave bail, (AIcConnells cigar store.)
SMITHSONIAN LECTuREs.-The subject Of Prof
Carpenters lecture on Monday evening was s.Gas-
tropods,' or crawling animals, so called from the
large heShy foot extending the whole eng Of the
Dody, by the expansion or contraction of which the
animal progresses. In some aberrant tribes how
ever, the foot Is very small; as in the Ianthi ma
which SwimS in mid ocean with float of air bub
bles, under which it fastens its eggs; or the carl
maria, which preys upon jelly-fish, covering its
gills with CLASSY she'll like the egg-case of the
A-gonaut. The predaclOus tribe have a long Dro-
Doscls, sometimes nearly long us the She'll
which they draw when at rest. inside their bodies
rms Is armed with drill, with which the animal
oOres round hole i'm other shells and sac ks ont the
unfortunate lnhabitdnt Both these and the yeoe-
tartan tribes have very long tongue or EnUnal
rlDDon, armed with teeth OF various shapes by
"hlch they rasp their food In some tribes there
tDlflN -,
preda"iouS, and some OF the herbivorous t-ihes
have long spout OF siphon projecting from p
notch or canal in the shell, by which water is
pron@h, 10 the gllls. All the land gastropods and
SOME OF the freshwater, and few marine tribes
breathe by lungs. Their respiration and digestion
ar very active but their lOcOmotiv. row sand n
sunctS are OF a lower grade. The mouth OF the shell
Is Generally protected by ira door or opercuIum
cSththE very Oil erent aspects in different tribes
some OF these opcrcula Were found fossil i'm the
oldest rocks. The lecture was illustrated bv a
large series of drawings, the most beautiful of
which Were copied ny Mr. WIN Henry from tho
- Zoology Ofthe Voyage ofthe SamaranI :, having
been drawn from the living animals by MIR A
Adams. Mr.. Carpenter stated that as be had only
a limited time In which he had TO perform ve,y
large amount of work, I'm arranging the shells cf
the Institution, he hoped the visitors and his
friends would not think him uncivil if he asked
leave to work without interruption He also re-
Treted that IN one of the reports of the previous
lecture, be had been represented as using indeli-
ate expressions. In nature there was nothin0 nm
haste and it is only those OF corrnpt minds HAT
an associate impure thong hts with the beautiful
ma perfect works Of God
MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL COLLKGF-On Sat
lrddy last, committee Of both branches Of tho
maryland Legislature visited this institution On
he4f arr val thcy were greeted by Chas B Calvert
so President of the Board of Trustees in an
ADDRESS in which he described the aims and Oh
ects OF The institution, suggested the ad yantapes
: HiSh' he justly expected TO extend to the cause
turn in, -
history of the efforts and lahors to bring thu enter
rise 10 us present advanced cOnd ton and So
lcltfd for 1t the continued favorable rCyards of
he visiting Senators and Delegates and tbs Who'll.
'fSlSiatnr" and people of Maryland, whose honor
ad benefit Il was intended to subsarve He WAS
eSp"nded to b. Col Anthony kmmell Of / red
fick COUNTY, in terms prrsSve of his warm an
,atioh "i Tie object and his favorable wishes
or tht success of the college, al the same time
haf he Indicated his recollection of a Baltimore
hSutatloh Tor the education Of yOuths intended
90 lie on tie SEA, and induced the idea that b..
NM advocate nearly equal division Of such
mount as may bs deemed within the ability of
he State TO give between the two claimants Fol
owing 'oI hiInmell was a series of declarations
" III" young men Cf the college who acCuitted
10 the great satisfaction Of tho visitors
ie speaking was concluded bv some very hapnv
tHlarks from Hon. Dixon Roman of Wash |
ngton county. Md one OF the College Board of
Trustees.
RAILROAD CoNNECTIoNs.-Th surveyor of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad CHARGED with the
uty OF examining the several routes tbrOuuh this
Ivy. s. rs to form perfect connection with the
"iln ana southwestern lines Of travel has Suh |
nltted tue following rs the result Of his i,bors
me route, extending along street. directly
nrouIh 10 ana west of GeOrgetown crossi NO. the
Ct"iilac AT The Three Sisters" or the Suue
iuct. 10 Alexandria. 4 second the Well known
resent railway line from the Washington station
ia Maryland avenue. to the long bridge A third,
hong lrst street east tunnelinT Capitol Hill and
nrongh the ravine to Delaware. avenue. thence
i"hG Delaware avenue to @ street south and
long - Street 70 the present southern mail steam
wharf, foot of 81 xth street The fourth from
street, along First street east tunnrlirp Canitol
III To the ravine nth of st Peters Catholic
.1ufch thence to T. stree; south; thence alone r
reel dirtctly through to the Potomac bridge
ne dShlhgton correspondent of the New
} OK Express says The great deliberation here
~ pIesent is a permanent railway bridge in place
u the Oh Long Bridge over the Potomac nv
ne completion of the Alexandria and I.ynchbury
halfway, w dshlngton Is connected by a contin.
ious iron way with New Orleans, the break at
ne Long bridge alone excepted This short link
u one mile Congress alone has the power TO sun
py,-and 1t is hoped that no factions oppostion
VIII defeat 50 useful measure
HOMICIDE IN HAVANA BY A COLORFD Nav or
= = EORGErowN The Havana correspondent of the
New OK Times says:-''Mr Thomas Atkins
;niei mate of the brig Jackin, Of New York Va
alIed on Saturday, the 25th ut by the cool an
negro, who had shi pDed at Gsoruato,,-r