Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-03-05
PRxsksrA11oss.-Last evening . pleasing

PRrsKSTA1IoIs-Ls.t evening . pleasing
ceremony took placsin the Hall Of the House
OF Representatives, the occasion being the pre-
.ent.iion Of superb service Of silver TO Capt.
! Goodnow, the Doorkeeper Of the House, by the
employees Of his department.. A large number
Of ladies and gentlemen were present, filing
the feor Of the House. About O'Clock. Hon.
dress in which be complfrnented Mr. Good
now for the manner In which he had dis
charged bis duties presented the plate, which
was received on the part of the Recipients by
Mr. Fcnton OF New York, who replied IN An
appropriate manner. Each piece OF the set
= are the initials OF MI Goodnow and his lady,
/. =. e., and the salyer has the following in
scripuon: presented 20 Captain Ira GVodnoW
Docskeeper House OF Representatives. the U.
testonai OF the Amortization atS Of the Uniform
hlndness and courtesy which has marked both
his official and social intercourse with them
curing the 37th Congress. Washington, March
4th, 1e63.' The service, which is contained In
/ handsome black walnut case lined with
cloth, is accompanied by com pliinentary
letter on parchment signed by the employees,
/ numbering SIXTY persons ..
After the presentation was over the company
! re'lred 10 some of the committee rooms, in
which n handsome repast had been prepared
at the instance Of Mr.. and Mrs. Goodnow, to
which full Justice WIS done. The rooms, as
veil as tables, Were handsomely decorated.
The Assistant Doorkeeper, Mr.. o. :. Buck
! stone, wss yesterday presented by twelve of
| the pages, of whom, during the session, he had
charge, with a splendid gold headed cane A
| set of silver has also been shipped to the resi-
! dence of Mr.. q. :. Blackstone by the employees
| of the Heuse as surprise.
Hon. MIR. Burlington, of Mass, was presented
yesterday by some of his friends of the House
| with gold headed cane as a mark Of their APP
| probation. .t. ..
/ AN IMPORTANT Casa question of some
! interest to the business community has been
recently decided by the Circuit Court, in the
chancery suit of U. Ward, VS.. Jas. g. Mcclure
ct al. Mcclure recovered Judgment against
one HeRshaw on April 18th; about six weeks
thereafter, Henshaw purchased from q. Ward
a lot OF ground, in the city of Washington and
obtained deed in fee therefor, which was &C.
knowledged on June 9th and recorded on June
10th. He gave deed of trust on the property
purchased, to secure the purchase money,
which was acknowledged on June 10th, but
was not recorded until August 5th. In the in
terval, between June 10th and August 5th,
Mcclure caused an execution to be issued on
his judgment. and levied on the lot of ground
Ward applied for an injunction to prevent the
sale, which was at drst granted by the Court:
but on final hearing the Court dismissed the
bill, deciding that the judgment was lien on
the lot The result OF this decision is, that il
property Is sold TO person against whom there
are iudg ments outstanding and a deed of trust
Ia taken To secure the purchase money, unless
The deed of trust is recorded on the day on
which IL is Acknowledged the judgments be-
come liens on the property, which must be
satlsHed IN preference 10 the deed OF trust.
MASON JONES ON DEAN SwIFT.-The great
IRISH orator speaks tonight at Wizards Hall,
i Is
which VIII be delivered in this city. Those |
who have not heard Mason Jones should do
so. His orations, which are delivered without
the aid of notes or other help, aredistinguished
1or sracts OF sly lie and maturity OF thought !
they are 10 Supplemented treaties, with CLEANS
CT genius here and there shining through the !
prurlency and fiashy wordiness Of composition, ]
but strong sensed. carefully considered lee
lures, IN which the fancy and the imagination
cheerfuliy set off, illustrate, and intensity the
close and vigorous argument. He unites the
NJ foot rQt,
He is enthusiastic, fervid, and impulsiye, but
not rash, extrayagant or fanaticai. If Passion
blows the gale certainly Reason guides the /
helm. His ply steal organization is admirably
adapted to the expression of his genius his
moral and emotional sympathies are quick,
finely yet strongly organized, and modu late
like 4 well made instrument the voice to which
they give tone and utterance, while his voice
is strong, and fitted for the expression Of every
variety Of in tonation and cadence.
SUSPICION OF LAECENY.-Tuesday night,
about o'clock, Chas Ubermyer and Nicholas
Godfrey, two boys, one fifteen and the other six
teen years old, went TO Flannigans restaurant,
on Twelfth near street, with military coat, !
which they offered 10 sell 10 Flanagan tor S.
and fell TO So Flanagan suspected that the
garment Was not their property and tried to
de;ain Ohermyer, the principal, until an officer
could be obtained. The boy managed to escape
him, but y as afterwards caught with Godfrey.
He says that 1T was given him by a man 10 sell
for him. He went with the officers to find the
man, but failed. Yesterday morning, after q
hearing, the boys were kept TO await sentence
of the magistrate. In the meantime another
case was disposed OF, and rs the parties left the
STATEN, CoHrey went out with the crowd and
escaprd The coat was retained, and Obermyer
dismissed fCr lack of evidence against him.
A FINE ART THIEP.-Some weeks ago the
Stor mentioned that some thief or thieves had
entered the Congressional Burying Ground and
took thereirom two emaiI statues belonging 10
George Parker and Jacob Gideon, Esqs, and
Anew days afterwards valued statue was
Mills. No clue TO The thief was obtained until
day or TWO ago, when it was discovered that
the leI petratOr was member OF the Michigan
Cav airy which Is stationed east OF the Capitol.
The thief has been arrested and will be dealt
with according 10 law. It'll. said that the Colo
mel OF The regiment at first refused to allow the
arrest TO be made. The thief, a sergeant in the
regiment, and his brother, had been concerned
p Ill pretty extensive business in the way OF
stealing statuary, boxing ii up and sending it
away 10y express 10 Michigan.
BAD BEHAvIoR-Monday night, a bail came
of at Nathan's Hall, over the stables, Twelfth
street between b and g. The dance was kept
Up till q late hour Tuesday morning, when q
person created 4 row by declaring he could
whip any man of his weight in the room.
officer Boss, who was employed to preserve
cItier, went TO him 10 quiet him, when two SOL
diers, enc sergeant named Bowers, the other
John NJ. Pepper, both OF the 10th New Jersey,
being drunk, lnteriered, the sergeant claiming
10 be sent there by Capt. Johnson. of the provost
guard. RoundsInan Tat went to the aid OF
CffIcfr Boss and the soldiers were arrested and
taken TO the Second W ard station house. Tues
day morning they were delivered 10 the military
fer punishment.
A PICK POCKET Overwhelmingly after
noon as the six p. m, train was about leaving,
three suspicious characters were observed to
crow d around q discharged soldier, and in few
moments his pocket book, which had been
tmptied of it's contents-sixty dollars-was
found on the floor. Capt f. E. Camp, who
was stan ding near, arrested OF them, but I'M
fortunately the others made their escape. The
prisoner was put IN charge of the military, and
Will, we understand, be turned over ~ the Pro-
yost Marshal for punishment. Some of the
soldiers said that he ought to have sho wer bath
with Is good clothes on and then ironed and
put in cold car To frrcze, and if he survived,
a. the end Of the week, be sent north.