Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-03-23
LOCAL NEWS.
AMIsEARhrs ro-SIEur

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FCRp's THEATRE Mr.. Forrest also Ire 90 q
-rUHd through the storm to witness his ina
tnperscnation CT Hamlet" and IL il oerf.jn
40 one regretted going to see him. Mr. Forrest
t&&ee 9IS",Hlls spoil tonight, but the time
sreat sensational play Of ssThe Octoroon. or
Life in Louistsna." in which Alice Grew. G.,
x. behop' ID. Is. Phillips, and all OF the COM
EAsTERBURY.-Mr. Lea announced = num
ls- OF new acts here tonight, winch will in.
'TOduce splendid dramatic company an eg-
!etASssopeIatlc troupe an unriTaled panto-
mime company, an excellent ballet troupe, and
al raTivaled corps Of Philippians. The enter
ts!nmsnt will conclude with the new pauto.
mime of Five Hundred Thousand More"
EARIETIEs.-FitzsImmo new sensation
The Female Pickpocket," is still the main
yeature At THU hall. 1t processes to be a local
drsrna and to expose life OF a certain character
n this city II il IA true il shows the existence
~ more crime than has been dreamed Of, and
II II Is work OF the imagination Ii Is very
7cll got up. In either case it is worth Sec
ing. t-s
METROPOLITAN uALL-rhus FAR this hall
has proved successful enterprise. There is a
good corps of performers, among whom NAV
ne named George T. Sheldon, the character
cancer; L. q. Brimmer, the renowned banjoist;
Hank Mason, the jig dancer; Mons. de Louis
and his educated dog, and q number OF others
sf note, male and female.
PBBSTIDIGITATIoH-The original and won.
dertul Fakir Of Ava continues successfully to
10 Odd Fellows Hall He will Knight intro
luce many new aud wonderful feats.
THE DIXoS-Mc0ILL LIBBL SUIr.-Yes,er.
day, after our report closed, Justice Cartier In
tAis case charged the jury as follows:
GeRnemen: will make one or two general
suggestions which / think ought to 20 yern
your deliberations, and which have no doubt
have occurred to You rs very proper should
govern them. The case has been discussed
here chiefly as though it were an action of
SANDER DAMAGES ha OF oid
ri this court, where woman was a plaintiff
and q man was the defendant
NOW. it is unnecessary for me 10 admonish
YOU that that is not the case; and whenever
courts OF criminal justice are tortured into the
work Of settling private quarrels, and those
quarrels painted up with the sympathies that
We all entertain for women, there will be an
end 20 personal safety. This il not the tribu-
pal tosettle those questions, nor are they con-
alterations that ought to operate upon the mind
OF jury. In admins tering criminal justice, il
Il Your duty to consult the law and the prin-
ciples Of proof that govern it And whene yer
you abandon either of those principles through
. Sympathy for woman or anybody else, YOU
10 violence TO the constitution Of the tribunal
IN which you sit, and violence to your own
consciences: II these parties have private
grievances TO settle, tbs law has Opened An
simple door where they can do 1t, and where
;hese appeals can be properly made, never with
100 much propriety, in my Judgment, but With
INFINITELY more pIopriesy than when man Is
on trial for violating q criminal law. The
action OF SANDER or the action of libel on the
civil side OF the court offers sufficient remedy
FOR private grievances, and as far as the argu-
ment has relation to that aspect OF the case. as
| conceive your duty, you ought to shut it out OF
your luIy box, and try this man as you would
:ny other upon the legal proof made under the
Indictment, and under his plea OF not guilty.
Il he has published this libel to the father for
malicious motives, TO crafty revenge, or to in
fict an unauthorized injury upon a member OF
his II mily, he has published it rnaliciously.
In deciding an interlocutory point in the case,
/ have determined, and repeat it here, that
the lSw requires In this case that the evidence
Of that malice should be extraneous to the com-
munication. You have got to find 1t outside of
:he communication. To find this young man
guilty Of the crime charged you have to find
tulpation; contemplated an injury, and was
not guilty Of committing an indiscretion. He
has get 10 be mahciously q wrongdoer In the
sense OF criminal law, and you are under the
necessity Of being enlightened upon that subject
nom some fact well attested, unembarrassed
outside Of the communication. that he wrote to
whether that fact exists, and upon that fact I
withhold any communication from the Jury.
The Jury, after about an hours absence, re-
, turned q .eInicsof guilty, With reeommsnds-
very weak or 9 very bad man; and there Is
TO evidence Of the latter" After imposing q
fine OF one dollar, the court remarked. =" We all
know very we'll what the jury intended. They
wished TO save the girls reputation without
hurting ANYBODY else.
While District Attorney Darlington was
that he had known the Mc9ills for a long time,
longer that he had known MAJOR Dixon, but the
character Of . lady was involved, and it was
his duty to protect woman, to defend the inno-
cent and punish the guilty. when Judge Cart
ter created mucf, nnerriment by interrupting
him with the question, 'swhether the United
continued by saving the case was "the United
States rs. Geo. W. McGill, and this u no place
:or chiyalry and gailantry."
So
being rigid1y, enforced by the police, and the
fact causes considerable feeling among thu
numerous COW dealers and dairy owners in the
.uburban sections OF the city. It does not ap-
ply 10 persons keeping one or two co VS. for
Ihei- own immediate use. The act was ap-
proved August LIST, 1863, and provides that il
shall not be lawful TO provide, keep, or main
tain Il COW yard, pen or stable for dairy or
other purposes, nearer than 200 feet OF any
dwelling house, other than the dwelling house
OF the keeper OF such yard, pen or stable, under
five collars for each day the offence is con-
tiaued. Then follows the proyiso in favor OF
families keeping not more than two cows for
their own use. The law further provides that
such yards, pens or stables shall be thoroughly
clsansed daily, and the penalty for neglsct OF
this requirement ls NOT less than one dollar nor
more than five for each offence.
The law was enacted at the solicit ation of
numbers OF residents OF the suburban sections,
who were an xious TO secure the cleanliness and
health of the localities in which they reside.
occur in the northern par II OF the Third. Fourth
and Fifth Wards.
The WBATHKR.-Yesterday was undoubt-
eddy the most unpleasant day OF the year 1854.
Il YVES coid windy and very dusty; and the
Jay wound MP with IS severe q snow storm as
las been experienced this winter, and before
O'Clock the streets, pavements and housetops
were covered TO the depth OF nine or ten inches.
About tie suburbs 1t drifted sufficiently TO
make quite respectable snow entertainments,
and IL Ilied MP the gulleyS and cutters every
where.
The snow is of that kind. no Hever, that will
not last ksyond day: aud as tie weather waS
much milder this morning, there Is a prcspec.
that this storm will be the last OF the season.
People can well endure the incon yenience Of
travelling through slGsh and snow day or two
II by that means Trey can get rid o. the cloud .
II dust that at this season meet them a, every
sep.
CHARGE OF RIor. On last Friday. rio.
occurred between number OF citizens and
-pldieTs, near ths corner OF I'd and q streets
Island, In which a number OF bricks were
thrown by some OF the women of that locality
. The soldiers, who appeared to be the parties
attacked, made the complaint, and Officers
Tod