Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-02-10

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The speaker commenced by reference 4, tho
infinite, and tina inflnfty OF God imnI,ss hi.
unity. The philosophy OF the an GENTS in raI,-
lion 10 mis- matter waS not so !ar wrong A tha.r
plac"ee. Tns idea Of the unity OF tha hum \
race, or the love cf IL, is b. foundation OF a.,
SOCIAL order. The violation OF this unitv 4, a.
foundation Of all war " ~1'
Inc speaker then proceeded to trea. upon
unity, and argued that Ire wars OF the anciants.
az Cyrus, Acrxes, Alexander and others ali
implied desire for resniiing parts Of tn. world
Wnlch, In earlier ages, had been separated His
.S t rseae.I.a 20 NE Asiatic AID European races,
ano tnelr conqnes'a here ma :h.ra: hr.t in re.
ference TO The African race II was COMPARE
lively quiet From his 1.-THE speaker's) expe-
I1ence In South Carolina, ne was satisfied there
was unity between all races. He had gone to
South Carolina at the request Of parties In Bos-
Ton. win request TO study the condition OF
the negroes there: He went there with many
Impressions which he was obliged to correct
he thought slavery bad school, and he had no
reason u correct lii.t Ini.i In the IN IN
But he was surprised - lhe many good auaii-
ties OF The race which he had supposed thor
oughly demoralzed.
On the first Sunday after DO was there lie
called the people together in Il cotton house.
and be was surprised. All came In tidilv
ditssed, IL N ura- rly manner aud quietly took
heir seats. One - hem sang :, HYMN, with
which al! were familiar, AID as they joined in
speaktr) was filled with emotion, and his hair
.t3oii on end, anu he felt penetrated with tho
humanity oi that people Those who had bean
said to BE- bruies appeared like a con,pany of
arg Is. Their faces were illuminated with ioy
ara hope and RAPTURE. He found the monthly
ration cealt out To them not sufficient and he
was inclined to suppose the negroes were
W't-:Uii but On IN Investigation proved that their
k::,Cncss induced them To share their ratlons
with others who destitute Never was
meat or house room refused n any one. Their
npf,
Inc hai.sti
The speaker said tina. all sorts of petty vices
existed among the Negroes. but they were guilty
u 10 gigantic crimes, We're the Door whites
They Wee guilty III white l.es and petty thpfts:
but when u trust was repos.d in them, it was
r,m"rkabl bow scTurulously they fulfilled il.
lie did not infer, from what lac knew o! The NO.
grCcs OH Paris Island that they Were a fighting
race; but he was con WINGED they would make
soldiers, II properly drilled. In one point the
speaker found himself mistaken There was q
Joyous carcle%sness ;1scrIted TO the negro gauer-
ally; but he found them n melancholy race Ia
their songs there was pervadng element of
saGnt -. which WAS an evidence OF Il hear;wai;-
~ SIlit. We should never forge, ia orr
Of alnigs with the negroes that, no after " nat
may lr their eoci:,! or political position, they
ar;' stiil human beings.
Ia COnCiI, sion, the SPEAKER said he wolld
shortly return 10 HE enc Ot laiOv, aud he in
Wit u all who chose 10 d. so 10 con rihutc either
Money or clothing II aid of the negroes in that
Locality, who were suffering.
IRE CASE OF Nj. OsTEANDEE-Yes tprday
a1,crroOD Mr.. u. II. Ostrandpr, whose arrest IN
2 TAI FIec4 vas noticed in the SIR OF Eriiay
laSt, Was brought IRON taIl before lust. IS
tit'rsou ard HaruTClo, for examination Mr.
te'fiEGtr W,s arrested in August last. on the
Chaise oi obtaining money under false pretenses
1E m EacNcy& CO'EirS, claim AGENTS, and taken
b. fore Justice Donr. no held him 10 hail for a
further eX examinations; but on Tho da = apDoin-ed
H. failed teappear. Last Wednes day Mr. o.
tr3Gder was arrested on n bail piece issued by
- hD,.rS hpfp no
inenceIIrnt OF The concert for the benefit OF the
New York Soldiers Relief Association, in
"hlch iie was TO lave taken prominent part.
During tlle exam nation II large crowd gath
cred III and arc Mt the ce, who took great IN
ieiest III the trial.
Mr.: Norris appeared as counsel for Mr.. Os-
trander.
Mc- Collin, of he firm of Harvey & Co, was
sworn and testified that about the 7th of Tune
l-"e, t's'Tanfer was III his Office, and stated to
The Witness thSt he wished to borrow 8 100 to
t:'ke up 2 note, which he thinks d. said was
indolsed by the Rev. Dr.. Charming, alleging
that he had coming from Poughkeepsie N Y
about < q, as his portion from the sale of an
estate, IRON which ne would reimburse the
llOney. The witness took him to be honest
and signliied his Willingness to let him have
the amount, and tSe accused told him that he
expected III money Oh the following Tuesday,
and the money as made payable on the fol-
lowing wednesday. Il frw days after he stated
that the drafts had come, but We're not in a
negotiable shape, and he would be obliged to 90
10 New York 10 have them made so. On. his
repre- =eIitstiOns the witness afterwards lent him
S35. After Witnes had received repeated prorn-
Ises, " hich were not complied with. he came
to the conclusion that the $3.50 was all my tn;
and in August last. after losing all confidenceS
ne had lin arrested.
Cross examined by Mr. Norris. Witness
leaned the money on his statements, without
a.y per Centage or interest. Witness had
made inquiries 1T Poughkeepsip but did not
discover any traces of the alleged sale Of an es-
tate. Witnss. had not received dollar OF the
money.
VIM. y. Moses furniture dealer) knew
that The accused had agreed to pay Harvey &c
60, but, as far as he knew, they had not re-
ceiyed a cent.
BY Mt Norris-Witness had received from a
MI. DIX iurty-five dollars ON account OF his own
claim against Mr.. Ostrander, in September last.
witness is one OF the sureties on the bond, and
surrendered him last week to Just ice Dom.
Geo r.. Kennedy grocer .-knew nothing Of
the trans action with Harvey & Co, but MI
Moses and himself have both been swindled.
Mr. Norris pronounced this case queer
transaction. The money had been advanced
on 9TH of June, since which time two terms OF
the court had pa sed, and two grand juries had
met, but no action had been commenced. There
were two ways OF collecting Il debt in this Dis
tElct; ORG by q civil actiOn-obta lining iudg-
ment, then an execution-and another as in
this case, by taking short cut, calling the
transaction swindiins, and making it a criIni-
nal charge TO be imprisoned on such charge
was oppressive He referred to the case of the
butcher who sold side of beef which was to
be paid for when sent 10 the residence or the
purchaser WAS absent. WhnQ the bill was pre-
rented afterWard payment was refused, and
an action was the consequence, in which the
plaintiff lost the case, the Judge deciding if any
one was at fault IL was owing to the stupidity
OF the butcher in trus ting the pur chaser. There
were many such cases taking place in this Dis
trict, but he never heard OF one before court.
II this was 8 violation OF the law il WAS now
too late 10 prosec ute the case.
Justice Giberson (Justice BarRaclo concur.
rIng) decided that this case was not one Of false
pretenees or swindling within the meaning Of
the law, and discharged the accused from Gus.
tody.
ALEXANDRIA APFAIRs.-Several colorcds
persons, residents of Alexa ndria, were arrestsd
by order Of Col. TAFT, for buying Government
clothing nom soldiers.
Several arrests were also made for selling
nquor TO soldiers, some OF the parties engaged
In this contraband traffic were Captains OF
vessels.
-Four Confederate prisoners, who were ar
rested In coming through the lines, with the
intention of taking the oath of allegiance, and
remaining. were sent up To the Old Canitol