Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-10-26
SUPREME OouRr M oaaEsAu Tern


SUPREME CouRr nm 0sAEsAn rRRM-
The Ne,c jail Case-Thts mofnink Chef ] u.s.
tice Cartier, In the District supreme Court
General Term delivered the opantoa Of the
H. Browniur sI Sscrstary Of the Ia terror an an.
plicatton for an injunction to restrain him
from erecting new jail argued yesterday and
tue day before. The Court unanimously con-
clude to reject the application chiefly on the
ground that it 10 premature. sd
Judge Cartier says that the act reposes the
supervision OF erecting new jail In the See.
tesy OF the Interior nnqer ee,,an au,a'nsa,
- q o particular embarrassment on the part Of
this Court, In cautiously authorizing a legal
lnr,sdiction over this omcer, ana while tney
believe to be a Judgment OF Court that where
Con ress, in the exercise OF its legislative
powers, reposes the execution OF that power
with one OF the heads OF departments, they
the law, in all cases where the execution OF the
trust Is not OF an executive character. The court
mad not come to the conclusion In this case
from conviction that the law had been COM
piled with, for, IL the charges in this complaint
are true, there has been gross careless, and,
indeed, culpable disregard Of the law. After
quoting the requirements OF the act and no
Court closes BY saying that when an attempt
is made to levy the taxes for this WORK they
might be prepared to give different opinion.
The case of Allen agt Cople was taken up.
CONTRACTS AWARDED. - Major q. Bell
Commissary of subsistence, Department OF,
Washington, has awarded the contracts for
furnishing 1880 barrels OF hour Tor the troops
In this Department as follows:
Harryma Nipe & Go, Baltimore, Md. 100
barrels No. 1 flour, at SI2.75 per barrel. John
W. Wright, baltimore, Md, 800 barrels No
200 barrels No. . flour; at 1920. W. M. Gait,
Washington, 100 barrels family -four, at 1875;
sCO barrels No. do S13: 100 barrels do, 1925
ClabauRh & Shoemaker, Georgetown, 40 bbls
family -four, at Sl4.eO. ..,.
DRY GOODS FROM THE NEW YORK AUC.
TIoNs.--Mr. MAJ, of the well known dry goods
firm Of Joseph J. May & Co., was present at
York this week. and W it'll his experience and
good Judgment, succeeded in procuring some
OF the most sattsfac Glory barg aims, both in ex.
s ssllenes .s and cheapness Of goods, that have
upon his motto Of large sales and small profits,
will sell those goods at very small advance
See his advertisement.
auctIoneers, sold lot No. l, In square west of
square No. is, fronting II feet on the west side
OF 26th street, between Pennsylvania avenue
and M street, with depth Of 90 feet, improved
by good two-story frame house, to f. Tur.
linton for S421.
7f Messrs Green & williams, auctioneers, sold
lot No. IA, In square No. 973, to S. Petrolia for
$3.50. also, lot No. II, in square No. 718, to
Thos. UOnAally, at Is cents per square foot.
ORPHANS COURT, Judge PurceU-To-
day letters testamentry were Issued on the
estate of the late Philip Harry to VIM II.
Dougall; bond, $4,000, The will being fully
proven. The same was appointed guardian to
the orphan Of the seceased; bond. $4,000.
The will OF the late Sallie L. Manning was
fully proved and admitted to probate. ..
The will of the late John W Pegg was fully
proven and admitted to probate.
cook in the employ Of DIR. Libsrman, was yes
terday arraigned before Justice Hazard to
answer the charge Of stealing from her en-
ployer clothing to the value of $500 The &C
QUESTION WAS sustained, and the accused COM
mitted to Jail for court. The clothes which she
had stolen and pawned, were covered by
consables Boss and Rumble. Id. o.
RESISTING AN OFFICER.-Officer Arnold, of
the eighth precinct, yesterday arrested man
named George Duvall for disorderly conduct,
fined him In the sum OF $500. Duvall having
resisted the officer when he was arrested, the
officer preferred charge against him to that
effect, which was sustained and the accused
was required to give bail for court.
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SALE OF BARS AT THE NATIONAL RACE
Coz RsR.-Messrs. Wall Il Oo.~ysstsrday sold
bars Nos. and at the race course as follows
Bar No. ), known as .sthe stable bar" to Mr.
+. Adams for S3iO. The eating bars, known as
"bsT No: =" situated in the grand building,
Nos. and 3 were Withdrawn.
BEATING CHILD.-Annn Pendleton, col.
ored, came before Justice Gull this morning a.
ing remained IN the "lock up all night,
charged by Mrs. F. Mcguire with beating a
child. The Justice dismissed the accused after
imposing upon her fine Of only sl90.
IRVING LYcEUM-Last Friday evening the
following officers were elected for the ensuing
quarter: President II. d. Tyler. (unanlmous;)
Vice President, A. p. Pardon; Recording Sec
retary; ". g: Marie; Corresponding Sscre-
tary, W. F. Crane; Editor, J. M. Dalzelle;
Treasurer, q. II. Holden.
RoBBBRY.-This morning Mrs Virginia
Kennedy, while passing through the Centre
purse containing about $14. The first mont
ton received Of her loss was upon searching
FOR her money to pay for some article which
she had bought. No clue to the perpetrator
of the theft.
IMPORTED GsoDs.-Joseph J. May i Co..
goods, including rich silks, PLAN. black, and
embroidered; Lyons silk velvets; Paris and
Lyons popiins: Paris kid gloves, &C., which
they proposed to sell at their usual moderate
rates
INEBRIATED-Molly johnson, a woman of
bad Iepute, came before Justice Harper, ar
rested yesterday by officer Leach for intoxca-
ton and disorderly conduct. She was fined
S.. III oily was for q long time a noted char
acter in Georgetown, but seems to have mi.
grated 10 this city. .'t
RUNAWAY FROM TIL. ORPHAN AsYLUM.-A
boy, seven years old, named Charles T.. Hen
ming, got ont from st. Josephs Orphan Asy.
lum, on H. between 9th and 10th streets, this
morning, and losing himself in the city, was
returned to the Sisters, At the Asylum, by OIL.
Ger p. kearney, OF the Sixth precinct.
ANK1vRRsARY.-Asa announced last Sabbath
in the Sixth Presby terrain Church the pastor,
Rev. @. H. Smyth, will preach tomorrow. IL
q m, his third anniversary sermon. The &C.
CASTOR will be one Of interest to all overs of
church progress in the Capitol.
ARRRsTs.-The whole number Of arrests
made by the police yesterday were ~; the
Mount of fines imposed by the several police
ma gtstrates, S64s