Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-07-06

dered their services for the occasion. Mr.. Sim.
the manager OF Canterbury Hall, has also
srant ne services OF two of his most prom
1nent performers, Eva Brent and George r.
Edeson, Tor the occasion. This is the last NIGHT
but one of the season.
CANrEKBURY.-Another week of merriment
dances and merry sayings will be the order
Tonight, and the entertainment will conclude
with the performance of the .French Spy !"
Mss LOUISA wells assuming the characters Of
e.Henri St. Alme," sHamet" and cMathilde ~
Eva brent, Edescn, Edwards, Armstronp
clarke and the Court OF Beauty will appear
CIRCUIT COURT, JUDGE CARTTER-Ths Case
o. Wiley VS.. Brown.-OR Thursday, after our
report closed, Miss Roby, in answer to a oues
fion OF Mr.. Bradley, replied that she had heard
Mr. Jesse Brown tell Tillotson that il he did
not give Mrs. Brown up he would cut him off.
Mary Bush, (colored )-Witness lives in Cam
den, N. j., and remembers Mrs. b., who she
nursed at Mrs Dodd's, in the First Ward, with
the child Emma 5. Brown. At the time of her
confinement no one visited her until Col Lar
ned came with letter, which she delivered to
Mrs Brown.
By MIR. Brent-The proper name Of the child
was Emily: but she called it Emma Witness
put the Francis to her name, but that was
taken Off, The child had an "S'' or uF'" to her
nsme, which she thinks Mrs. B. put to it. Col
1arned did not see Mrs. b. while she was con-
lined Witness saw Col. Larne ed when he came
with the second letter. No gentlemen visited
Mrs. %. IN ner room at the time. Don't know
tnat MI Larned was acquainted with TiIIot-
SON Brown.
1hos. C. Donn sworn.-Witness knew Mrs.
u. in the spring OF IS, when she lived in the
house on Twenty first street In the sprinr Of
rs Col. Larned called ut the store of DoteIer &
DOM, where witness was ernpioye ed as q clerk
ana stated ne wished TO. purchase furniture for
his house on Twenty first street, and the fur
nlture was sent. Mrs. Brown came TO the store
afterwards and selected some crockery ware
which was sent to the house. Subsequently
witness called upon Col. Larned with the bill,
and he paid it or a,portion of it. Witness was
satisfied that it was not Mr. Brown who paid
the bill. Mrs. b. afterwards kept Congress
Doardipg-house on the avenue, where John
White and Ben Hardin were boarding Wit
ness had seen Larned go to the house carving
number of packages, which witness supposed
10 be groceries. In '36 witness brother was
making up superior lot of furniture for Mrs.
D., when witness went il partnership with
him. Mrs. b. frequently called at the shop to
see how they We're getting along with the work
The work was finished and put up in the b
street house, and after d time they needed
money and called on her with the bill, when
she said that she had no money, and that Har-
din would pay the bill. Witness wrote q note
to Hardin on the subject, and Hardin called at
the shop and appointed to meet them at Mrs.
BIS. AT the time appointed witness went to
Mrs. BIS, and found Hardin there and thew
went over the bill together. Hardin cut some
OF the items down, and after they had got to the
%.
bill, and she took her purse out and paid all but
about ten dollars, which II. said he would cali
at the shop and pay. Witness was employed
to bury the child, which died in '3s Mrs. b
said its name was White, and told witness that
she did not want the full name on the head
stone, but "Georgiana W. and witness en-
the inscription was put on it. Witness sug.
gested that w. with four dots after it, he
placed on the stone, and he thought that it had
been done. Witness w as requently about Mrs
BIS house during the years 80, 81 and 80 re-.
pairing furniture; sonnet times three or four times
per week, and never saw Tilotson Brown
about there. 1t was known as a house where
women OF loose reputation stopped.
Judge Cartter-Was that the Congressional
boarding house! (Laughter.l
house speak of. Witness had often seen Til.
Iotson Brown go into the Fifth street house.
In 20 Mrs b. was in the family way, and she
ii was John Whites child.
BY MI Brent-1s satisfied that the goods
sent TO Mrs. BIS house were charged to Col
Larned, ana recollects that Col learned pad
the bill. Witness thought that Mrs B. was
Larned's wife, until his wife came on after
wards. Witness did not know Col. Larned
personally, but by reputation L. then pub
lished paper at the corner of Eleventh street
and the Ayenne, called the Sun. Witness thin ks
that White was The Speaker of the House at
that time Mrs. Il. spoke OF him Speaker
White. Mrs. Il. particularly instructed wit
ness TO get site for the grave near where the
Congressmen We're buried. Witness has seen
the tombstone 1T q ienwcod, which the in
scription Is s!t5forgiana, the daughter OF Eliza
beth Brown Witness had known Mrs. Brown
from 4 child, and at that time would have
credited her for thousand dollars.
Efi-c Lrftci. sworn Witness knew Mrs
Brown from 80 10 AZ, part of which time she
resided close by Mrs. BIS, and never out OF the
nelghborhood. In '36 and = Mrs. Brown lived
on street, and witness could see persons en-
Iering her house. She has seen Mr.. White go
into the house, but never saw Tilloson Brown
go there prior 10 80. Witness had no acq uaint-
ance with Mrs. b., but knew the children,
Georglana and Emily Francis. Witness rec
objects the day Georgiana died and was buried:
thinks she was in her second year.
By Mr.. Brent.-Thinks that the child died in
August, le}-; il was very not weather, and
when she was buried there was a tremendous
storm raging. Wltaess could not see the front
door from her house, but could see the back
plainly; and never saw EIr. White go in there,
but otter seen him go out the back way. Some
times Mr.. White passed near enough to wit
ness to have spoken to him If she thought
proper
Question by Mr. Brent-You seem to have
watched the men pretty closely in that neigh
borhood.
Witness.-O, yes; I've seen you about there,
MT Brent.
Dir. Bid Mr. White visit youl
Witness.-That has nothing to do with the
testimony am giving in now, Mr.. Brent
Witness continued.-She never had quarrel
with Mrs. Brown; never quarrel with any body.
MIR. Brent.-"T That's a feather in your cap Y
She had seen Ben Hardin go to Mrs. BIS.
Mr.. bid he go in the back door!
Witness.-Sometimes he went in the front
and sometimes IN the back way; he didn't care
when he went
Mr.. BLOW came you TO know Mr.. White
and Mr. Hardin?
Witness-I can't go into the particulars, Mr.
Brent, as 1 could not undertake to say exactly
how came to know Mr.. White, MIR. Hardin,
OF Mr.. Brent either
Dir. B.-You don't mean to say that you saw
me go into that house.
Witness-I didn't. say SO, Mr.. Brent.
Mr.. B.-You intimated as much.
Witness.-I did not, Mr.. Brent.
Mr. B.-Was not that house near the old rail
road depot, where passengers go in and out!
Witness.-Yes. sir, it was. Witness was Of
ten out of the house because she had a living
TO make. Witness went to Baltimore 70 get
testimony at the suggestion OF the counsel, Mr..
Bradley, Mr.. Walla CHI paying her fare. Wit
ness went to see Deb Easton in Baltimore, and
asked her if she knew Tillotson Brown, which
she at first denied, and witness asked il she re-
collected that Till Brown struck her In the
face on the avenue, and what it was for, when
she replied that she had asked him for money
which he refused to give her and that she had
blackguarded him.
Samuel L. Arnold identified the tombstone,