Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-26

CRIMINAL CoURr.-The Court met at the usual
hour Mr. and Mrs. Heineman convicted ON
Tuesday last Of harboring slaves were placed At
the bar and severally sentenced to pay fine of saa
The Court then took up a case in which David
l"Gnsoa ana Ellen Johnson, alias Ellen Dyer,
fC"lOred, ~ were severally charged with keepino q
hawdy house In the First Ward of this cjty
DTce- Edto testified that he knows the defend
6ht. ney live In the First Ward, street,
-Teir 1~enty-sixt h street About ei Eighteen months
40 a party broke into her house on one Saturday
iEit and witness went there, and Ellen told wit
IS that young man had been staying there for
'~o weeks with young girl. Last summer a
Young man and girl went In there and a man in
rage was following them. They went i'm. and
The man followed to the door, where he had
quarrel with the keeper of the house Since that
time witness had seen persons of both s.xes visit
there persons Of bad and also persons Of good rep
utatlon Has been called OH several times to 20
ana stop tnlngs that have been going on there At
The time Ellen spoke to witness eig hteen months
ago, she called upon him to go and see the damage
done 10 Ler house by the young men who had
broke In. Conversed with her at that time Went
simply 10 do his duty as an officer She wanted
witness to try and find silver pitcher which she
alleged had been stolen from her. Has known
~ .,h on oisrePutaoie character to be boarding
M. LiHkiHs testified that he knows the parties
IN quesuon Has on several occasions seen persons
OF both sexes 90 and come there, who bore bad
characters Tor chastity. Ellen has confessed tn
witness that she kept bawdy house, and that g cd
Almighty knew what was done there. Witness
the house.
NJ Woody testified that he lives about one hun.
dred yaras from the house in question. Has often
seen women go there. There are three different
gates OF entrance; while women went i'm the front
door, men would follow them, and 90 i'm at the
,% ae d c,t as seen carriages frequently
reputation OF being respectable, and others bore.
bad regulations Has on occasion seen an in
decent exposure; and on one two occasions
there has been Cursng and swearing there so Iond
- TO be heard. Heard Ellen once saw that she
kept lady boarding house. and long as gentle
men paid her 1t was no ones business
Mr.. Mum testified that he knows the house in
question. las seen deeply yelled white women
90 there and go in the gate. Has seen men and
women OF Iewd reputation 90 In there Has even
seen little girl not above IA years Of age 90 in
there.
Mr., Ne DsrmOt.-Knows the house in question;
lives ne n there. Has seen many visitors 20 there
Some Of them have a bad reputation Has seen
hacks 20 there at di ferent hours of the night
Hc SPnht"S testified that he has seen many
prostitutes there Has seen a man in bed there
with prostitute. Witness has been there i'm a
La with six or seven OF Iers.
III Pickett once Jaw Il girl 90 there and a man
went up stairs with here. Witness was working
for her. The woman who kept the house told
wItncss that the girl was the daughter of a clerk
in the Patent Office. Once worked there and
there was woman there who asked witness to 90
HF stairs with her. Witness didn't 90 Once
witness was there, and respectable man an OIL
Ger IN the Marine corps came there, and had wo-
'pln up stairs with him.
The POToNAC FIsHERIEs.-A writer in the
lntelligenCer Of this morning, makes the follow
lHs suggestions in regard to a subject of great
Importance to our city and the surrounding coun-
try:
Il wish to draw the attention Of the Goyernors
and Legislatures Of Virginia and MARYLAND to the
state Of tue fisheries on the Potomac river Is it
not strange that, while all Europe are stocking
their rivers. small streams and ponds with fish
We on this side of the cheering pondD should be
perPexing our brains to find sure traps by which
- e1termlnate every shad and herring that enters
our rlver' 1t is all established fact that fish that
are spawned in river and 90 to salt water ALWAYS
return to spawn in the same river Experiments
prove this to be true. In times not distant shad
a'd herring formed very large part of subsist-
ence to rich and poor, on both sides of the Poto-
mae Tor miles out, and barrels of them were sent
to market; but long seineS and vi l-nets have re-
dnred the supply so much that the consequent
rise In price has driven these fish from the tables
of the poor. All this has been brought about by
the want Of proper laws 10 ulate the taking of
h,h In seines and gill-nets. The seines now used
IRE IN most cases more than two miles and some
Three miles in length. sweeping almost from shore
70 shore; and the gill-nets cover the river from
Georgetown 10 Mount Vernon, and perhaps much
lower down the river.
The writer would most respectfully recon-
mend that laws be passed cutting down the seines
10 SIX or eight hundred yards, and a6OIishng gill
d'fS tOTeror. AS to the fine or Imprisonment for
breaking the law, the wisdom of the legislator,
Will ma ke ii Of sufficient warrant against
any Infringement The great object to be attained
said
mat owing To the vast spawn in one female fish, |
but few sPawners required to stock the river |
but when 1t is known that the gar, pike roc fish,
White and yellow perc b, tobacco-box &c Drey
upon the young shad and Young herring on Their
WY down to the ocean, the absolute necessity of
multiplying the sPawners becomes apparent. In
order 10 compel tue owners of fishing landings to
a strict observance of the law 1 would most re-
>pccifully suggest that the fishing landings and
ores be placed under the supervision Of the river
dlcrns and their subordnates, and that they ma ke
ISvo
further respectfully suggest that the time for clos
Ing the fishing season be the 2Oth of May. A. b.,
A PLEASING INcIDyNr.-I.ast night a COMPANY
OF ladies and gentlemen assembled at the parson-
aye OF the Ninth-st Methods. Protestant church
upon notice given the. previous night. None of
them knew what was the occasion of the invita-
ton-not even the worthy pastor or his family A
class OF Young men We're assembled in the church
and after singing and prayer they in 4 BODY re.
paired to the parsonage After all had entered the
parior one Of the members approac he'd tn, past "
and In a few remarks made known thu. Object ~
their coming. IL was tn present their beloved
pastor a testimonial of their regard and assu-,
him Of their attachment to him as their pastor and
brother. The present consisted of a beautiful copv
Of the New Testament in the Creek London
edition Of 1859. IL is splendidy bound In mo-
rocco, and embellshed in a style creditable to the
binder, Mr.. Edwin Jones. The inscri ptions We're
upon one side: 90 Presented to the Rev. l.. w
Bates, by the Young Mems Class of Ninth street
station station; asangton i " g. pom the Other:
the remarks of the spokesman for the class. Rev
Air. Bates replied, in very feeling speech, ex-
pressing to the Young Mems Class his gratitude
for their generous present SO acceptable to him.
He was not accustomed To seek estimonials Ii not
being the part of Gospel minister to seek APP
plause for his acts, pry into the sentiments of
Others relative to his discharge Of duty; but when
they come unbiddcn and unexpected, as this had
come, they add strength TO the ties that bind him
TO his brethren, and excited within him feelings
OF gratitude for the knowledge that they enter
timed for h'm feelings Of confidence, respect and
affection.
FULLY CoMMTrTKD.-John Fletcher Bishop, A.
Tyler and VIM. Day, the three colored individ-
uals arrested by Officer Stafford for cow stealing,
and committed to Jail for further hearing by
Justice Cooper, of the Seventh Ward, were brought
out yesterday for trial 1t appeared that they took
the cow in daylight from the City Hall lot and
drove her through the streets Offering to sill t.
various persons. Tired Of their failures to sell,
they at last offered her to a MIR. Ebert for IS 50.
he suspected something wrong, and gave the In
formation which caused the arrest. The cow be-
lOnged TO Mr.. French, on Sixth street near the
City Hall He had formerly sold her for S75, but
bought her back again. She is very valuable
Il full, tffo1t hs.r vt,