Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-01-24

| Lynch, who staggered and s,xitnes. tbon ,ht
mat he was about half tight. 1t was aboUts ix
| wet and muddy -
Mr. Bradley here stated that al, tbs WIT.
n nee Tor the defence had been examined with
| inc exception Of two who were sick yxhon ha
| hoped he would have this morning and ,ho
court al ten minutes past three, adjourned.
| ~ TTsEssEs IETHR LBACH MURDER CAsHrx
| !hOl BLE-Iro Of them under Arrest. On, for
! IGsi'no Bad Money and the Other ON Cbnro.I -
! fGTdncy-1 esierday afternoon after the adj
lOuIhm-nt OF the Criminal Court, Roundsman
! LShioh anu PaTolman Parker arrssted ex
| Lieut.. ii. +. Dalton for passing conntsrfsi,
MONEY, and FOR profanity in the street He was
nIs' tfied In the Corporation case, and fned
| 20 inen the Gaze Of the counterfeit ,non.v
vas taken up. 1t appeared from the tast,;nnny
! Ei WI lhomas Larner, OF the petit jury that
Daic"l purchased something from The colur,d
Imam Wao mas a tab ie at the Court House.
! ana paid her with a one dollar note nurnorti1S
| 70 n~ OF the Bank OF Clifton Province Of
'an a He was sent to jail fer court
/ Sanles d. Lowry arrested by Rounds
Llah nelly on the charge Of yagrancy He
"as committed TO the Fourth u ard cells for a
| Both these persons were witnesses for tho do
lthse IN the trial of Little, charged with the
! tir ot Leach, now IN progress before the
criminal Court.
Upon searching Lowry papers vera found
! Upon MIN exciting uspicioh: One, his dis.
charge, dated Poolesvile, Mi, Oct Both lss,.
descriptive list belonging to Clareuce s Geo
6aeki 4 letter directed to T. ID. Bartlett, City
| fos' Once; letter from Geo Noble enclosing
| Tree pass over Pennsylvania Railroad from
! flttsPursh 10 Philadelphia, and TO return di-
! rected 10 Hon. Vim. nj FRANCIS Thera arc
numerous other papers, supposed to belong to
While Officer Kelly wa, on the way to the
station with the prisoner, Special Oficer Han.
n'gan was with bfm, when Samuel Spalding
afPonched them and made a threat of vioIence
10 Hanhegan flanagan arrested him and
,Hrh. him over to Kelly, who took him before
Justice Dom. He was dismissed on security
ferpeace.
n PLEASANT ESTERTAINMHST.I.ast eve.
ninR' GOV. wright, OF Ind, gave a pleasant
entertainment At Mrs. Tayiors on Third street
10 ABOUT one hundred Of his friends prapara
Tory 10 his departure for Indiana, Mr. Tnruip
having been elected TO fill the Senator.hin
which Gov. Wright was filling by appoint.
Ahou ten O'Clock The company among whom
Were Judge Usher, Secretary of tho Interior
me Indiana delegation, several members of
congress from other States, and about ffty
ladies, sat down to a table loaded with the deli.
justice.
After the removal Of the cloth. Senator IT =
Lane, OF Ind, called The assemblage 10 order.
and expressed his regrets Of the departur. ~
WI, wright. he ed the political career
OF MT w :, and humorous y expressed his repra,
that he was about TO leave " as hington as com
fortress IN domestic relations as when ne came
nerr, throngh not having taken one OF Wash
inE'On s Jar daughters 10 himself. Mr. Lane
closed by offering a sentiment complimentary
to the State of Indiana for her loyalty to the
government and the bravery of her troops.
MI right made a reply Astounding in patri-
ono sentiments, reviewing his political life
:" men the war broke out he w as in E,ropn. and
liz at once determined to sustain the Admins
ration, breaking loose from all party tics
Before he accepted the Senatorship he received
Three dispatches AZ king him to accept the posi-
non; put he finally accepted without giving
any Fledge TO any person or to any party, nor
We're there any pledges required
secretary Usher then made 4 briat address
AID me company proceeded to the parlors,
"herp they engaged III dancing and onyers;,-
ton Till after midnight, when they separated
all being pleased with the evenings entertain
ment.
SMITHSONIAN LKCTUR E-Prof. Horsford, OF
Harvard University, lecturcd last evening
upon the subject, Munitions of War;" at the
Hall OF the Smithsonian. he referred to- t,a
manufacture OF gunpowder, and the attempts
That had been made TO secure a rruuisit,
strength, and at the same time not TO give IL
such power rs TO cause the gun to explode
The qualities OF gun cotton ere then referred
10 length, and its composition fully plai ed
The lecturer then gave a description of can
mons which had been used in different ages of
the world, and the irnpro vements that had been
mace since the first cannon was used. He men,
toned an instance OF the discovery OF gun in
the kremlin, at Moscow the ball for which
was 36 feet in diameter and which had n cham
Der IN the bottom of the piece capable Of con-
tanning $40 lbs. of powder.
The lecturer also fully explained the differ.
ences between the Tread well, Whitw orth, ARM
strong, Dahlgren and other guns, and showed
the process whereby they were manufactured,
and the different apparatus employed in the
manufacture Of guns of wrought or cast iron,
bronze or maleabie iron.
The learned Professor handles his su bpct in
amanner hatevin"r a full knowledge of hat
he processes To explain He illustrates every
proposition advanced and every stit-!na!it
made by diagrams, " hiCh placed up m thr
wall, In full view of the audience; and uses
also, for the purpo- - ;: calculation, miniature
guns made in ali he different styles and pro-
CPsSCs.
TIL" next lecture Will be upon Rifles anu
Projecties.
WRONG WAY To DIsPossEss 4 TENANT
About o'cioC X Thursday, a man n ned Curue-
Illus Sullivan was arrest. by patrol nc an MctIol-
gam OF the Fourth Ward, for an assault and
hattery on Elizabeth Lewis It appeared from
iiie eyience before Justice Walter that the
complainant was a tenant of the prisoner, and
that he had receipt in full for her last months
rent. He claimed that she owed him fifty cents,
and went to diSposspss her. He broke in her
back door and took the key, leaving the door
open, and then assaulted Der i'll the house to
drive her out, striking her on the head. She at
once lett and applied for protection to the magis-
'TaIe. AT the time of his arrest, Sullivan was
apparently drunk. Justice Walter sent him to
Jail for court.
DEATHS oF SOLDIERs.-The following have
been reported 10 Capt Hartz, toffice corner of
Ii. zenith and q Strerts,) since our last n
which place all information relative to de-
ceas' iGirrs may he obtained:
'" ~ TOtufI, iitt tOin u Patterson, lUftn
n. y; +. O'Brien, 9th n. Y; T. Hall, L5ith
n. y; cabin Mills, l63th N. Y; Silas Beck
with, 9Th n. Y. 5. NJ; .I&s. Vangilder, 18th n.
y; 4. A. Bcrdman, 1i5th Pa; !. Z. Shaw, 10Th
Maine; &. L. Cummings, I'd Mass, y. ID Hub
bard, (rebel,) eth Fla; Jas. A. Baker, 49th N
Y; Joseph Upton, li7th n. Y; r.. s. Hyne,
lCeth n. Y; Lieut.. NJ. c. Strickland, 18th N. J.;
John Bollinger, 13lst Pa; John Corcoran, SD
Ny.
GRovER's THEATER.-The entire great excel
sior company appears this evening in Bourci-
cault's magnificent musical pectacular play
of "Pauvrstte, or the Avalanche Miss Kate
! Denim will assume the character OF Pau yrette;
Nr Barron that Of Maurice; mr. Ser shell M ichel;
and Mr.. Rogers, Bernard.
On Monday evening ne 1t the celebrated comic
couple, Mr.. and Mrs. Barney Williams will
appear in three Of their most amusing pieces
So great Is the expense attending the engage
mPDt of the Williamses, that Manager Grover
will be compelled TO make IN extra charge Of
twenty-five cents for secured seats, in order TO
secure himself from loss.
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