Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-02-25

with black whiskers and hair well trimmed, and
was pronounced by such an recognized him az
different man entirely from the hard looking pic
| torial representations seen of him Some Of the
ladies that In fact he 10 almost good looking
After morning service Mr.. Lincoln spent some
I hours at Mr.. Stewards aud returned to his hotel
| between and O'Clock in the evening, In the
| course Of which he received Senators Sumner
1 Wilson aud Hale.
At H. O'Clock this morning several gentlemen
with whom MIR. Lincoln had appointments called
on him, and during the next hour he remained
| Invisible to all corners save such as had special
| engagements with him. Afterwards, he received
visitors again till 2 D. m.
Among those who called on him today were
King, Senator Doolittle, Vice President Breckin-
| ridge, Gov. Powell of Kentucky, Commodore
| Spaulding, and others of note.
Between II and O'Clock President Buchanan
called upon Mr. Lincoln, and remained some If
teen minutes.
A throng Of ladies called during the morning,
| TO pay their respects to Mrs. Lincoln, who held
The dispatch to the Baltimore papers that Mr..
| Lincoln was to give public reception between
~ ana to-day, caused many persons to visit the
hotel, who were of course disappointed, a. no
The projected ssrenade to Mr.. Lincoln, pre-
vented on Saturday night by the rain, has, we
| ton.
Mayor Berret was applied to this morning for
copy OF the speech he would have made to Mr..
Lincoln at the cars on Saturday afternoon IL the
reception ceremonies had not been so rn-ceremo-
| niously nipped In the bud. Mayor b. laughingly
replied that he would comply with the request
with pleasure IL Mr.. Richard Wallach would con-
| sent to furnish his draught of the route pro-
gramme Mr.. Lincoln tcould have followed, had
those same ceremonies come off.
FERMENTATION OF EPAULErs. Among the
many incidents connected with the celebration Of
Washington's birthday, we noticed a very in
terestng one In front of the Columbian Armory.
The "Washington Rifes'' formerly d" German
drill exercise in a thoroughly solderly manner
After which, Lieut.. Colonel Schwarzman, their
| former captain, presented Capt. Balbach, who is
now in command. with splendid pair Of epaulets
on behalf Of the company. In a capital speech he
expressed high regards for his successor a man,
as well as reliant soldier and scientific military
ON ,er. Capt Balbach, In reply, thanked him,
SAYING that he would try to show himself worthy
OF the honor bestowed upon him.
Mr. Balbach Is the senior captain Of his battalion,
and has command Of 1t as such. He has been an
army officer in Germany, his native land, and 10
exiled for participation Of himself and men in the
revolutionary war for republican institutions in
badtn In lS49, which was suppressed by an in
vading army Of Prussians His sterling company
of seventy men represents, besides the Industrious
fhecnanlc, the solid, quiet, order-loving, tax
paving, business community Of the Germans.
These official ceremonies were conducted in the
common language Of our country, which shows
that the parties concerned are up to the mark al
American citizens by assimilating themselves
with us, even whilst cherishing traditions Of
beloved old home.
ORPHANS CoURr.-The court on Saturday took
up The case continued from the previous sittings
OF Henry Larker. who was bound by two sets OF
indentures by different mag istrates to different
masters Messrs. Toombs and Roby. Judge Pur-
cen set aside the indentures, and bound him to
MI IL :. Johnson, to learn the trade of saddler.
The Judge had discovered that he had been a
wild boy, and advised him to give up his old COM
pany forever, and try to make himself useful to
society. The boy seemed to be much affected,
shed tears, and told the Judge he would try to do
better in future.
The will Of the late Second Assistant Postmas-
Ter General, VIM. Dundas, was proved by
Philip r. Fendall, Esq and other witnesses, and
his widow qualified as Administrative with the
will annexed.
The court decided upon the case of Dr. Richie
administrator Of the estate of :. 6. Deeth decd
everything all objections of counsel against the
administration, except one Of minor i'm portance
The court stated that he doubted II he would
ever aPpointanon resident administrator or guard
Ian, because such are beyond the reach OF process
to enforce the administration. He believed 1t to
De the true spirit OF the law, IL not the strict letter
This declaration was brought out by question
relative to nonresident guardians. introduced in
examining the petition Of Jas Owner, for the
guardianship and custody Of small boy
The PEACE CosoRr.s AT the night session
on Saturday night, held by the Peace Conference
the following substitute, offered by Mr. franklin,
OF Pa for the report Of the committee, was
adopted by large majority:
Article L. In oil the present territory Of the
United States, not embraced by the Cherokee
treaty, north Of the parallel Of thirtysix degrees
and thirty minutes Of north latitude involuntary
servitude, except In punishment OF crime 10 pro-
hibted In all the present territory south of that
line the status Of persons held to service labor
as II now exists, shall not be changed nv law nor
a fha rfnh Rfan s.fA
paired; but the same shall be subject to judicial
cognizance in the Federal courts, according to
the common law. When any Territory north
or south Of said line within such boundary "a
Congress may prescribe, shall contain pop1la-
ton equal to that required for a member Of Con-
gress, it shall, II its form of government be repub
lican, be admitted into the Union on an equal
footing with the original States, with or without
involuntary servtude, as the constitution Of such
Stale may provide.
ODD Fellows HALL To-NIeHr-Messrs
Duprez Green's Original New Orleans and
Metropolitan Ainstrels, will commence this eve
mig an r engagement Of six nights a, the above
lowing article in relation TO their performances
"The Institution Hall was well filled last evening
by an appreciative audience, which was made
HILARIOUS by the capital singing, instrumental ex-
cellence and side splitting humorism of this far
famed and unrivaled troupe Of negro ministrelsy,
beaded by Messrs Duprez and Green. We con-
cur with our contemporaries elsewhere. that 1.-The
maze Of our citizens. 1t 10 well during these
melancholy times to have some place Of amuse-
ment to attend to while away an hour or two
and forget our troubles" We commend the
troops as artists Of merit who deserve the liberal
patronage Of the community, and tonight we
hope to see the Hall filled to OVERCOMING"
INTERFERING DECISION IN THE CASE OF 1HK
ABsrKAcTkD INDIAN Trust BONDS The Govern
nsnt Beaten -On Saturday last, in the United
States District Couit for the southern district Of
New York, Judge Smalley delivered an oral de-
cison In the case Of the United States agt GODDARD
Bailey and the Bank of the Republic and others
In this case 1t was attempted to compel the de-
PENDANTS to surrender such of the stolen bonds as
they might hold In possession. The parties thus
proceeded against Were the Bank Of the Republic,
Clark, Dodge Co, Thompson Brothers, and
Richard Schell. The Judge said that the bonds
In question were negotiable, and were regularly
negotiated; that all parties who had received
them In good faith were bona fde holders, and
conld not be made to deliver them up except in
due course Of redemption. The tenn porary injunc-
tons were accordingly abandoned.
THE PHoToeRAPHIc CARDS now the rage all
over the world, have just been pressed into new
| service. Whitehurst, who 10 now turning them
out by Thousands, has recently had calls for num-
bers OF them to be used addresses to letters the