Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-01-27

1854, made my escape from prison ana -uccoes-
cd IN gettfnf INTO OxnaoA where \ W p
maineo ever since, and hved IN strfe a~-Aro
ance with the I'm rfish neutrality law, tn..-.
no psrs IN any Piot or consprAey asafs .ss
Federal Government Havsag a. ga "a ..
acted under the orders of my sGperio- OF ,rrs
and committed no act not 'reccgn' ~ tae
Jaws and ussges Of war, would respectfully
beg that yJu extend TO me your ty-cu.tys
clemency and restore 20 me The riKhis of e.t
zenship, OF which i am now depnVed Nv
residence Is in the State OF Missouri, Age s..
EHs.s,Spsedully sskihg your early attention. 70 Nc
remain your oeedent .ervAp',
.s - CLARESCE j. UowILL
Stdte ~ Sc,o rork October ID lisa s-Is.rsaaNl,y
sPPearea before me, }. W. Moss, a ItFsiiv. OF
iIe,,sT , -, ana Tor SAID county, Clarence g.
itowel, ana solemnly Afnrms that ths u,tL,n
statement Is true TO Inc be.t ID, r. t-,,r1. -
and belief, ana hereby crr,ify tso, -. "a :,
my presence sftix his signaters -.
Witness resumed, aud said b. pat s,,. -,
IN mrs Cooo's hands for the purpose OF te,,fns
the question whether she poss esst q ~. ,,',-r
ef dong what she said she could. l att NO.
tell MRS. Cobb u was a false and fshri.sted
paper. spoke 10 her about John p Slouoh
ano salo had saved Gen. Slongh's life. TaAt
statement was fslse, for did not save his life
Three OF the notes were dated October w. IsSs,
ana Were numbered respectively aSQ. 2S. sSa
SJ3, ana 2ss,227 The other Was dated August
J., lSo5, and numbered 265.CS9 / have not re-
ciNed pay since May, 1864. General Rakerss
rHshier pays my bills. I wrote the petition an,
he g 'rhflcste, knowing them TO be fsIse, and
! $50 wrote the name OF the magistrate
BY mr. Stanton In answer TO qussttons
pnopounded, witness said he was ASSISTANT uro-
yost marshal OF Missouri, and that he hAd
lived until manhood i'm Judge Cioulirr's county
IN Ohio, and that Mr.. Riddle knew his family
very well.
BY permission Of the Courr, Mr.. Hine made
a Ia N gEFF aInsa g.,
no beaTIng upon the case II Is not necessary 10
Dr.. D. " Bis, was sworn, and testified that
when he was IN charge of Arnory -Souars Hos
pital he knew Mrs. Cobb Mrs Iiyinestoo
She was a nurse there. Witness knew OF no
rule which excluded single ladies from The hos
pitfalls as nurses. Mrs. Livingston was dis
charged, but witness did not know for what
reason. There is no intimacy between Hrs
Cobb and witness family.
By Mr.. Bradley Mrs. Cobb was recon-
mended by Surgeon Woodward
by agreement Of counsel, NJ flTsloTso pcs,s
doorkeeper al the White House, waseYam-
med for the prosecution. and tPstifl.d that
no had never Told =. :. Jones that Mr. Cobo
character
The court adjourned until Monday morulug
at ten O'Clock.
CASES BEFORE SUPERINTENDENT ErrU-
ARDs-Iast night Frank Mantley. col , who
was arrested by officer johnson, acting v,th
the detectives, on two charges OF larceny was
brought out for hearing at the police headquar-
ters before Superintendent Richards ID was
IN evidence that the prisoner and WashIuRton
Martin, colorpd, were soldiers in The same rsgl.
ment, were discharged and paid of At the same
time, and went TO board at the same house
Martin, for the safety OF hIs money, let the pri-
soner take il 10 keep for him The prisoner
soon disposed Of il, so that wh-u Martin wanted
IL he could not get II. The prisoner said he lad
II out in clothing for Martin; and the officer re-
covered a large quantity OF clothing and tn
fling articles, and ascertained that the prisoner
hGAo .faAC Fnwa n
second charge was the larceny OF a pis tl,, val
ued at $40, from Nelson Jones, colored which
was recovered by officer johnson. The pri-
soner suddenly became deranged in the detec-
uves' prison, and played crazy so we'll as ID
excite very serious doubts Of his sanity; and
the Superintendent holds him at headq uartrrs
to be sent to the Insane ASYLUM.
Isaac George Porter. colored, who WAS ar
rested by officer johnson a few days Ago on
suspicion Of stealing watch from Mrs. But
terneld, had hearing last night. The evl-
dence was not positive, but pointed 70 the pri-
soner as the only person who had opportunity
TO take the watch. Mr.. Butterheld would not
prosecute him upon the evidence given, and
Superintendent Richards would not consent 70
dismiss the case, but released him 10 return TO
MIR. Butterfelds service. and appear for fur
ther hearing when required, MIR. ButterHeId
becoming responsible for him.
PROCEEDING BY ArTACHMENT.-Int the Or
cult Court, January Path, Is66-Before Judge
Carter.-Richard NJ. Hill and James NJ I.sttA
vs.. Daniel Hines. This was a proceeding by
dUdClment upon meEac process. 1t appeared
in evidence that the defendant employed the
plaintiffs TO sell or find purchaser for a house
and lot Of the defendant in this city, and that
the parties entered into a written contract
which contract, IL was proved, had been Lost
or mislaid. and could not found, and that
there was no counterpart nor copy OF the same.
and thereupon parole evidence was admitted
TO prove the contents Of the written contract
which was, that the plaintiffs were 10 have
four per cent. commission upon the amount
for which the house, &c, should be sold tO any
person who should buy the house, &c. upou
information obtained from the plaintiffs: ana
that John W Green obtained information from
the plaintiffs that the house, &c, was for sale,
and that the information so obtained resulted
I'm the purchase Of the house, &c., by the sad
Green, for three thousand dollars, and thar @.
paid $500, and gave Hines his note for $500,
which note was not paid, in conseQ uence OF
the attachment Hines having left this city,
the plaintiffs sued out a writ of attachment
against the defendant, and caused credits, &c,
TO be attached in the hands Of Green, who was
also summoned as garnishee, and judgment OF
condemnation was rendered against Hines and
Green, the garnIshee, in favor OF the plaintiffs
for the four per cent. commissions, 4 e. sl29
and costs OF suit. NJ. Thompson attorney for
plaintiffs.
u. :. SUrRENE CoURT, Jan. Colon. @. I.
Stewart, and Charles Folletf, Esq, OF Ohio,
were admitted attorneys and counsellors OF
No. 3is. Theodore s. Campau ct al, plain.
tiff in error, VS.. Geo. W Lewis ct al. The mo-
ton 10 dismiss this cause was argued by Mr..
G. ]. Walker in support thereof and by Mr
Bishop in opposition thereto.
No. SO. William X. LOVeioy 1T al, plaintiffs
in error, VS.. Edward ID. Murray. The argu.
ment of this cause was continued by Mr.. Hut
ehins for the plaintiffs IN error, by Mr.. Ban for
the defendant in error, and concluded by Mr.
Hutchins for the plaintiffs i'm error
No. 105 The County of Washington. plaintiff
in error, Clark DuTant. This cause wss
submit ed to the consideration of the court on
the second and printed argument OF Mr. James
Grant for the defendant in error
Adjourned until Monday
HIn the House OF Delegates OF MARYLAND
yesterday the Senate resolutions requesting
Congress not to sanction or authorize the con-