Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-12-20


ano oath OF J. Short negro, who charges Jas.
Humphrey with having committed assault and
battery on him, the said Short, you are hereby
commanded immediately comprehend the said
70 "any qualified cone table, and being placed
In the hands Of roundaman i T. Reilly, he pro.
ceroeo 10 serve 1t, and the case was ruled for
Vial before Justice Dom. ..
i he justice not h1ying received or seen the
statute which legali 2es the oath Of the Iegro
In such cases, made inquiry OF proper au thority
reisfive to the law, and was informed THAI he
oath lie legalized by the emancip patti IN act or
course the magistr ate will try the ..-,st. when
the parties are brought before him, though it is
probable Mr.. Humphrey Will give bail and
ai10w IN. case to go directly to the grand jury.
The act Was committed, 1t appears from the
statements Of persons who saw it. at Mr.. p's
stables, and the occasion was the neglect # the
complainant (who was an employee Of Mp
10 perform certain work. and his language in
reply to Mr.. p. when asked by him why ne did
not do IL.
This is the first case where a whits man has
been arrested on the oath OF a negro nee the
passage of the law legalizing negr testimony
Section five OF the supplementary ema ic,p l.
ton act, approved July 18TH, 1862. ads thus
"And be 1t enacted, that in all jud sial pro-
ceedings in the District of Colum bia there shall
be no exclusion Of any witness on acc ount CT
color
COMMUNICATES lStar: The testimonial"
reported in the Star for presentation 70 MI T.
T.. Holmead, OF the 18th school district Tin ap-
pircldtOn OF his services In recurring the usual
holiday atthattinne Chr istmas) for the schools
was not suggested on account OF any uch sap
prec1aflsn," and the paragraph an absurd
mis-sIatemept- In the first place, Mr.. H. per-
formed no ''seryices" on account Of the s:usual'
holiday, for the simple reason that no chs nge
has been made, or even proposed in the present
Christmas holiday. An the schools were TO
Mr. Nolmead or anybody else.
The Christ mas holidays, about which so rnnah
laundering has been uttered, have never been
IA 0ph. thDF1 Oh k.ar NT
Trustees was simple enough 10 assume that
some alterations, proposed at an in formal meet
ing Of minority of the board, "a majority be.
Ing req uisite for a quOrum,) were TO be taken as
the legal action OF the board, and were pub
lished such.
If Mr.. Holmead ever gets a "Chris nnas gift
from the school children OF teachers, will be
for the reason that he is an intelligent aud ciG-
clent trustrse, much beloved in his district,
and because he is q gentleman.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
POLICE REPORTa.-Second Precinct-Iohn
Fowler, fast riding over a bridge; dismiss ID
Robt Smith. fighting with his wife; fined S24i
Margaret Smith, fighting her husband; do.
Third Precinct.-C. Franklin, selling Ii 1urr to
soldiers; fined s20.62. Also, selline on Sunday.
do S2l5O. John TurNcy, disordcrly; IL 60 =
VIM. Frith, dc. dismissed. Bin r.dding6nrS.
DO. hTGGu $3.50 Eliza Connolly and iiestssr
,nase, drunk; workhouse. VIM. Everd. do
dismissed.
Fourth Preeinct.-Thoma- Biddles, neg Letting
ms team; fined S2.6s. Thos. MeDonneld, dis
orderly: do. S1.7J.
Sixth Preciact.-Lcwis Graham, NJ. Lewiston,
VIM. Flynn and George Stack, intoxicated and
disorderly; turned over TO military.
Tenth Precinct.-M. Foster. selling liquor to
soldiers; turned over to military Edw'd Nor
ton. drunk do. Patrick Thompson, assault
fined S2.N Kate Sweeny, disoricrly; dis
missed.
SENT TO THE OLD CAPIroL.-M Miller was
sent 10 the Old Capitol by Provost Marshal
Doster for attempting To- cross the river with An
Irregular pass. He is sgtler to the 27th New
jersey regiment. Jos. +. Orr, n suffers clerk
was also sent to the same prison for attempting
10 use the suffers pass. Geo. Truss, of the 9Th
Virginia, went to he Provost MarshaTs yester.
day afternoon and demanded of Lieut.. Dali
gil. Sc pass and transportation 10 his regiment
and on inqniring what regiment he belonged
to. cOolly replied, THE sth Virginia in fantry
Confederate States of America He stated
that he had been within our lines since Lee
left Maryland, and having stopped as long as
he desired, he wished to return. Col. Doster
sent him to the Old Capitol.
ALEXANDRIA ITEs-A seizure of liquor
smuggled in a boat, at the lower end of the
town, was made last night
The Liquor dealers Of this place, are abDut .
.'organize themselves into permanent society
for the protection of their Interests"
The Union ladies in Wash ng on, eEgag d
in making arrangements for the Christmas
dinners to be given at the hospit lis, have 40.
hn9eh as Mss Raas z Mr
two hospitals on Prince street, Mrs Dayton
and Mrs. Slough
Though we have cold nights and N ornings
but very little Ice is made, and the navig Cation
Of the canal is open.-Gazstte Of yesterday
A DIsGRACEFUL SCENE Yesterday after.
noon, as q number of officers, who were more
or less intoxicated, were riding near the North
ern Market, the horse OF one became un nan :.
aeeable, or the rider was too drunk TO ride, and
he was thrown off OF one of the stalls, striking
his head and knocking him senseless Son D
bystanders FASTENED to him, and found him
wearing the shoulder straps of lieutenant
colonel. He was at length able 10 speak. but
was 80 full of the ardent that he had be fed
bodily into his saddle. Is it q wonder that sol
diers Will get drunk when it. is a daily occur
renee for officers TO thus disgrace themselves
a SRRIoUs CHARGB.-Y esterday, Sergeant
Cronin arrested Anton Nickel upon a CHI ,rCe of
opening private letter directed t. Charles A.
Nestler'aId using it for his own b,neft The
case was laid before Justice Walter, and rs the
parties Were Germans the preliminary hearin =
was had In their native tongue. 1t appeared
they had tren engaged III business aliks-sut-
lers stores-and the letter which MeAkel il
charged with opening had reference TO Nestler' a
business. The case was not concluded, and
Menkel was required TO give bail in $500 for q
further hearing.
SECONDHAND STATION CAsEs-Pat. Luaney,
fighting: dismissed Jackson Diggs, violating
q city ordinance relating to scavengers; fined
Slo:5s. Henry &: Wilson, intoxicated; fined
thaniel Acton, disorderiy At a theater; w. Grif.
fifth, drunk: dismissed. Henry OWN, dIsor-
derby; fined 81. Mr.. e.. Weldon, charged with
an assault on p. Luaney, stated in the Star
yesterday, gave security fer court
ELECTION OF OFFICERs.-WashingtonN Naval
Lodge No. 4, +. and A. Masons have recently
elected the following officers to the pres
ent term WIN L. Hutchinson, W. Master;
John A FoOse, Senior Warden; Isaac H. Nc.
Cathran, Secretary: John Bayne, Treasurer;
w. Wilkerson, Tyler. This Lodge, one of the
Oldest in this section, having been chartered in
1905, Is still in prosperous condition, number
ing about 20 members.
CORRECTION BY REV. H. NJ. TURNER Col
oRED).-Edftor Star :-Haying had my attsn-
lion called 70 an article in your Tuesdays is
sue, which though am not SO uncharitable as
10 presume 1t was done Intentionally, yet il
sets me in such very singular aspect before
the public, that think a correction indispan
cable.
As for me establishing school In George