The national Republican., 1861-08-05
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the guests Of the secretary of the French lega.
tion. The Prince is the guest Of the Count
Mercier. The Princess Clothilde his wife$
and the rest Of his suite remain in New York.
At noon on Saturday, the Prince, accompa.
MED by Secretary Seward, paid an unofficial
visit to the President-he only visiting this
country as a private gentleman. He was in.
troduced to the President by the Secretary Of
State, when very pleasant interview was had.
Later in the day, accompanied by Count
Mercier, Secretary seward, and several mem.
bers Of his suite, the Prince visited the Capi.
tol, the Patent Office, and other public build.
ings. At the Capitol, he was introduced to
number of Senators, with whom he spent con.
siderable time in conversation.
At six o'clock in the evening, he dined with
the President Among those present we're the
members Of the Cabinet, with the exception
OF Mr.. Cameron, who is absent from the city,)
the French minister and secretary of legation !;
the Princes suite; Mr.. Foote, President of the
Senate Mr.. Sumner, chairman of the Com.
mittee on Foreign Relations; and Messrs.
Nicolay and Hay the private secretaries of
the President.
The Prince will remain in Washington sew.
eral days longer; after which he will take
brief tour through the West; and then reioin
the Princess Clothilde in New York.
CRIMINAL CoURT.-On Saturday, the case of
George w. jackson, colored, charged with
stealing twenty.eight pots of flowers from Mr..
John Douglas was taken up. The evidence was,
that Mr.. Douglass greenhouse was broken into
and the flowers stolen. They were traced, by
the petals which fell from the flowers, to house
where jackson stopped. jackson ran when the
flowers we're found, but on being taken, he con.
fessed the theft.
Mr.. McNar, for the prisoner contended, after
the evidence was closed, that he ought to be
| acquitted on the ground that he is q free, negro
and the indictment calls him laborer.
The court sustained the objection, and the
| Jury, as instructed, rendered verdict of not
guilty.
Samuel A. Wood, member of the eighth
New York regiment, was placed on trial on the
charge of robbing letters, entrusted to him as
the letter.carrier of his regiment of money
The indictment was based on the act Of Con
gress of March q, 1925.
Lewis Clephane, city postmaster, testified
that he knows the prisoner. Witness put q
letter in the defendants mail bag, directed to
G. Newman, eighth regiment New York State
volunteers. 1t contained a $3.50 gold piece
and counterfeit ten cent piece. Never saw
| the letter afterwards, but recovered the $3.50
piece from the pocket of the defendant. No
inducement was held out to the prisoner to
confess. After he had assorted his mail, he
went away, leaving his mailbag there, and wit
ness and the agent Of the Department Mr.
HalD examined the mail bag, and the lette,
was gone. When he came back for his mail
he was arrested, and informed of the suspicion
against him. His attention was called to tn
letter in question, and he said he had no reool
lection of it. He then gave up all the letter
he had about his person, and the letter in ques
ton was not there. He then handed out al
the money he had about his person, and amonj
it witness identified the $3.50 piece he ha'
enclosed in the letter.
Mr.. G. A. Hall, special agent Of the Depart
ment, and officer A. R. Allen, were examined
but their evidence was principally corrobora
tive of the above.
1t was objected on behalf Of the defence
lst. That no conviction could be had unde
the 2lst section OF the act, because it was nc
alleged and proven that the defendant, at tn
time of the alleged commission of the offence
} was person employed in the post office estal
} lishment.
. 3D. That, by the record and evidence, no o
feLce was presented within the intent and NEAR
} ing of the 22d section of the act, because tn
letter, when opened, was no part of the mail
, but had been previously delivered to the d.
; fendant, as the private agent of the regiment
3 These propositions were argued at length b
NJ. Ashford and F. W. Jones, Esqs., on tn
/. part of the defence, and by Mr.. Darlington ft
5 the United States.
: The court sustained the objections, and tt
t prisoner was acquitted.
: The Boyd Case.--The jury in the case
9 Charles Osborn and eight others, charged wit
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9 into court about noon, and having stated th
!. they were unable to agree upon verdict, the
f were discharged They had been out thr'
# days. 1t is understood that they stood four f
!. the conviction of all the parties except Lo
it and eight for acquittal.
s The Jurors were then discharged until ne
t. Monday, when the Boyd case will be aga
e tried.
= GONE TO DIxlE.-H. G. Narrower, late a p
. lice officer of the fifth ward, left on Wedne
\. day night for Dixie's land, and it is report
,f that quite O number Of letters from the "de
n sympathisers" in Washington, to their frien
n over the line, were transported in his cap
o. for a week or 80 past, and it was said that
would not be allowed to depart; but, by sor
at means, he managed to elude the authoriti'
N Our Washington boys, however, need not G
n. pect to meet him on the battle field, as, Ii
a. Saul of old, who stood "head and shouldt
of above the rest" he would make frst.rs
re- target, and, no doubt, the earliest attenti
would be paid him.
IN Later.-We hear that when our colossal {
IS. officer reached the Confederate lines, he
~ came afraid Of the pickets, and took leg bs
1t is supposed that as the Confederates have
%. particular dislike to the Harrovers--a gent
~ man of that name living near Manassas h
~ ing, by his aid to the Federal troops, excl,
IL IL their re-our late policeman is between t
y fires, afraid to venture either backward or f
,d ward.
ne A Rich ENTERTAINMENT AHEAD.-The Hi
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