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

mr. ~. u Larner moved TO amend by provi-
oing the cost will not exceed 500; lost.
MT MI Oanneid moved to limit the cost to $780,
mr.. Noyes accepted Mr.. Canfields amend.
ment; and 1t was adopted-yeas Ia. NAYS 4. and
the bill was passed
The following bills were passed TO repair
Thyd ~ n,r square 4s; TO improve H street. from
lnlIo street east TO boundary; to repair gutter
ca west side of Ninth street. between II and
streets: to repair alley in so uare $685. to repair
Nln.h street, from street to Boundary; re-
peailng ACT TO set curbsione and lay pavement
on south front of square 7s4: to revive an act
70 trim and gravel street north, from Fifth to
seventh street west; to repair alley in square
400 10 repair alley in square 5S3; bill amend
ing the law IN relation to the removal of
CHal, Stops, &c. GThe bill provides that a
me OF 81 be imposed on each contractor I'M
ger the law for each case in which he ne
elects to attend to his dutyl Bill authorizing
the establishment OF eight additional public
schools. Adjourned.
THE CASE OF WILEY VS.. BRowN.-Circuit
Court, Chief Justice Cartier, July 6-Wi liam
Dalton testified that he is a hack driver, and
has driven hack for nearly thirty years.
Witness recollects Mrs. Brown, who was stop
ping on the Avenue when he first knew her.
Witness drove her out when she had a baby
with her. gentleman who went by the name
of Larned, and edited paper, came to the
carriage, stopping it two or three times in the
street.
the Ayenae, near Fifteenth street, and passed
under tie name of Mrs, Brown. The child at
the time was from three to five weeks old.
Jos. DosteT, eolored-Witness has lived id the
city from 80 to 40 years, and has driven hack
and waited. Knows Mrs. B. gentleman
engaged him to go to Baltimore, and he brought
MRS. =: from Bladensburg, and drove her to
Susan Weeden's, and from there to Mrs. Dodd's.
A gentleman named Larned employed witness
and paid him.
By MIR. Brent-Mrs. b. joined witness at a
hfNrrS in 0lny,r
tleman got in the hack on Capitol Hill, but he
did not go in the house with her but witness
carried him to the house the same evening
After he found the way he went himself He
engaged rooms for her at Mrs. Dodd's after
wards, and witness saw him going backwards
and forwards to and from the house. Witness
never heard her called Mrs. Brown until about
three years ago, and does not remember what
her name was called. She used to take her
baby with her ont a-riding from Mrs Uodd's
She told witness that the child was by that
gentleman, (referring to the one who engaged
him to take her to Mrs. Dodd's.) He used to
stop the carriage and speak to her out on the
outskirts. He appeared to be always lodging
around. Sometimes he would get in the car
riage, and when he reached the edge of the
town he would get out and walk. Witness has
seen MIN go In and out of the hotel Witness
waited in Browns Hotel, and was there at the
time the boys We're at school in Alexandra.
About the time they left school he left the
hotel. When witness brought her from Bla-
densburg 1t was after the boys had left school.
u
when he knew there were other ladies boarding
in the house. The house passed as Mrs.
Browns house.
Wm. Rutherfo rd-Witness knew Mr. Brown.
paper handed to witness, which he testified
was his handwriting.) Witness said it was
copy Of the inscription on the tombstone in
Glerwood which was put up in 1859
Hm j. O'Brien.-Witness knew Mr. B. and
Mrs. B. for some years, and was intimate with
the family during Mr.. BIS lifetime Witness
has heard Mrs; Wiley call Mr.. B. father.
During Mr.. BIS lifetime Mrs. B. spoke of Mrs.
w. to witness as the adopted daughter of Mr.. B.
Witness had a conversation with Mr.. Cook,
and that G. asked what he (witness) was doing
in the city, and when witIt SIS replied that he
was attending to the estate of Tillotson Brown,
he Co asked who Il. was, stating that he might
have seen him, but he knew Marshal Brown
well.
A question was here asket witness if he had
ever heard how Mrs. Brown came to take the
name of Brown, when the counsel discussed
the question as to whether he should disclose
what he had received professionally.
S. CLARK, of Georgetown College, testified
that Marshal and Tillotson Brown entered
the College in November, 1882, and left No
vember, 1888.