The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-05-31
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hAshiNGiuN, may S'th, 1901
To Ae Editor Of The A5yis d: Latelligcacer:
Mr.. EDITOR Thinking that few ''items" from this
place would prove interesting the readers Of your pa
per, send you the iollowing:
The case OF John Ii. Surratt up for trial this
morning. but was postponed until the 10th of June next
the GoWrnment not Icing prepared in regard to testi
mony The counsel for TIE prisoner very anxious
for the trial to proceed stating that they ready and
that the prisoners funds beng exhausted he unable
to retain his witnesses longer. Quite large crowd
in attendance the trial exciting considerable Interest,"
Surratt appeared thinner than when he was first imprs-
oned having been al Tor tile last few days. LIE
black cloth suit aud lad his har combed back and be-
hind his This morning his brother Isaac and sister
Anna visited him al the jail, and his brother seated
near him while in court ls sister has been residing in
Washington since his imprisonment, seeing him CONSTANT
y surratt it VIII be remembered, was arrested at Alex
andra, Egypt after having escaped from the Papa do
minons, last December and brought to this country
in the steamer Swaara, last February Since that time
he has been confined in the CITY Jail. 1t thought that
Mr. Binghan who assisted the prosecution during the
trial of Mrs. Surratt would act upon this OCCASION
but lie has refused. Probably Hen. Buffers remarks in
the House OF Representative, last winter have made him
shy.
To-day has been quite an event for the teachers and pu
pills OF the Catholic schools of Washington and George
town The number of children in line at least 3 800
and surpassed anything OF the kind here. Each
school was led band of music of the perform
being boys Then the carriages, bearing the
queens OF the day. They formed III front OF the City Hail.
and passed up Pennsylvania avenue to the Presidents
house. The President making his appearance in the por
tco presented with bowers by many of the little
girls one Of them deliver ny quite neat Little address,
Cheer upon cheer given by the boys they passed
along. The time consumed passing given point was
about one hour.
As the election for city officers comes off early next
month, the political caudron has commenced to boil
Excitement runs very high-much more than for
mer occasions, owing to the element negro) which
has been infused 1t will be hard contest the Rad-
Gals making every effort to elect their men, with fair
chance of success. Ward meetings held nightly by
both parties and some of their proceedings rich in the
extreme II any of your Hartford Radicals wish to take
lessons in amalgamaton they should come here now.
The fishing season is Most of the senes tho
Potomac have been cut out leaving the river to the gill
lers. Sturgeon are being caughtn large numbers.
Business is very dull, though buildings are going
up and of better class than for many years great
deal of Northern capital has found its way here and
Washington bids fair to become place of much impor-
tancen business point of view. While most every 9TH
place in the country suffered by the late Washing
ton benefited The lovers of music have been made
happy by of English Opera In other respects
the Fashionable Term" is over. RUPERT,