Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-04-06


10 PICK up a stone with which to strike him
Lee dld not have much to saw on the Journey
On MS arrival at Albany he was identified
Is having before the war abscended from an
establishment there with the sum of SI2.pOO
oohe OF them ACKNOWLEDGED having committed
various ofenses before, among others of re-
heylng rebel paymaster at New Orleans of
StOO-uOO IN Confederate money, and aIso an
other paymaster at Petersburg OF S5O,OOO A
nandcuh key was found in the lining OF Con-
nell,s vest on his way up, and Royston stated
that had II not been for big irons being put on
him when ne was at court ne would have made
ms escape from the room. Sol Herman, who
was convicted and sentenced on but one of the
six indictments which had been pending
against him, entertained his fellow prisoners
on ms way up with accounts of his exploits as
a member OF GIlmOre's cavalry near CRYSTAL
SPRING., during the war. During The Journey
me party seemed to be in the best of spirits.
IL Is stated that Lee will be placed al a CLERKS
desk.
TIE FISHER1ES-The Alexandria J,urg1I
says The fishing season usually begins at
the close of March or beginning of April, al
winch time the gangs OF seine-haulers are
gathered al the shores, and continues until
about the first of Nav. when the river resounds
with the songs of the men returning from the
landings which have scUt-out,' or closed bust
ness The amount of fish caught IL still con
siderable; but II compares very unfavorably
with the amount caught many years ago In
l~52amOng the memorials presented 10 theCfen-
erai Assemblies of Maryland and Virginia.ask-
ing LOT legislative interference 10 protect the
fsh from total destruction. is one containing
statement OF the decrease in the catch of her
Ilng and shad within the previous ten years.
Inc estimated decrease ranged from ~ TO 80
per cent, the least decrease being az whue
Point Landing, and the greatest at Upper
Stoose bay. Even az that period, there were
forty landings IN active operation from the
Long Bridge, on the Virginia side, six miles
above Alexandria. 10 White Point. Eight
niles below there We're seventeen seines ope.
raung; on the Maryland shore fr0m Giesboro,
tour miles above, TO Walnut LandIlg 2. sixty
miles below, twenty-tbree. The landings, the
naked beach alone. had a rental yaIu. of
>SotOJ Tor the season. They employed 2I32
men, l3i horses and ~ vessels on the river
besides the large number employed in handling
ana curing the fSh al the fish wharf The
average catch OF shad for The three wears end
lng with l-5:1 was l,1C3,jOu, while the num-
her of herring caught annually, averaged
ls-OUtJb.
DISTRICT SUPREME COURT IN GENERAL
IERA.-IbIs morning, in the Supreme Court
81 geheIdl Term, the section under the head OF
duties OF magistrates. on page 457 OF the Re-
ylsed Code of Laws, prepared in 1857 by
Messrs Guild and Cross, were adopted by the
The Court affirmed the decision of Judge
Wylle IN the case OF Greenbury Watkins agt
lewis Smackam. and dismissed the an peal
rms case, it will be recolleeted, came before
Judge Wylie on a writ of habeas corpus the
pettloner claiming two colored children bound
10 MIN oy the Orphans Court OF Montgomery
county, Md, who had got into the possession
OF the respondent. and which we've returned 10
the petinoners-Messrs. Bradley and Bradley
=
ana Smithers for the respondent Chief Jus.
nee Cartier and Judge Fisher held that the
chiIoren mad been improperly returned to their
master, and the latter also held that the Mary-
land apprentice law being IN conflict with the
civil rights bill, should be treated as null and
void. Judges WyIe and Olin held that the
children had been properly before the court;
mat II was not for the court TO inc uire into the
manner of the binding, and that The court mad
dlscretlonaIy power. which it chose TO use.
mr.. q. s. Whitman, of California, was, on
motion of ". ID. Dayidge, Esq, admitted 10
the bar Of the court
TEE POTOMAC FIsHERIys las. sdv,ces
from the landings on the Potomac are more
encouraging than was anticipated The deal
rrs largely engaged IN the business were auite
cheerful this morning, having received intel
Hgence that Notwithstanding the very unta-
Voraole opening Of the season, with freshets
IN the river and the prevalence OF strong gales
from the north west. there is now a fair pres
pect OF profitable draughts OF shad and her.
rlHg: All the landings Of any value will be
worked this season. Among the most prom
Inent managers are Carpenter, Dorney & Tay.
lor, at the Freestone Point landings; Gibson &
Knight. al Red House, Steney Point, High
Point White House and Hooe's landings: Mr.
taunee, al Monkeys Point: Beasley i Thomas
ttzhughs landings; j. Il. Faunce, at Stick
landing. Quite a number OF managers from
AleTandrla are working other prominent land
.Hgs. The returns from the landings are i'm
proving already, and the goods results are evil
Geht IN the fsducuon OF market prices for
hsh which Will be duly appreciated by the
public.
BASE BALL.-This afternoon, the National
Il. b Club will have game off base ball on
the grounds south of the Presidents Mansion
Ihe strongest players IN the club Will be repre-
>ented, and a fine display of our American
game may De expected. We understand that
seats Will be erected AZ an early moment, and
that their opening game will then take place
ne club intends visiting the West during the
coming season, starting the evening of the
i2th OF July, playing IN Cincinnati. Louis-
Vile, ky., Indianapolis, ST Louis Chicago
. 81 I'm hat Nl.1ra
hem game. From thence 10 Buffalo and
Rochester, N, where they will play their last
game and return home by way of New York.
BTEGLARY AND RoBBRRY-A beu, two
O'Clock this morning, the dwelling Of MIR
JElian A. Fay, No - Pennsylvania avenue,
vas entered by burglars and robbed of cIo-
thing. sc, 70 the yalue of Sis. Ger Gates,
81 the FIRST Ward, saw two men coming from
The house, and pursued them towards George
town. by lucky throw OF his baton he man
aged TO bring one 10 the ground and secured
MIN The prisoner was turned over 10 deteo-
uNeS CIaryOe snd Nj Dewitt this morning He
gave his name as Joseph Duncan. and was
held for a hearing. His portrait was taken for
he police gallery, and q full description of his
person registered.
THR JAPANESE ARE CoMISG.-The japanese
troupe OF Athletes. which have drawn
crowded houses at san Francisco PniladeI-
Ihia, and this week At Baltimore, will appear
Al " all's Opera House on Monday evening
next IN thelr truly wonderful feats OF agility,
are said 10 be hardly less extraordinary than
the music of their orchestra We have not
space 10 refer AT length TO the strange feats of
This troupe rs related IN the Northern papers
hut have no duuht our readers will see for
themselves this unique exhibition
BURGLAEs About :. O'Clock this morning
Sergeant Vernon and Officers Whiiemore and
owens, Of the Seventh Ward, saw hight in
the store OF Mr.. Yates, 9Th street and Viz
ginla avenue, and went 10 80 what 10 was for
out before they got 10 the store the light was
nut out The officers asCerJalned that the
-JCre bad been broken open. The money
drawer as lying on the floor and the papers
were scattered around There was but little
u ANYTHING taken The thieves made Il hasty
exit through the back door.
TARTH. AIR AND WATER ara all tributary 10
Hammack's laTder, giving up their treasures
Of meats game and fish to the bands OF his ex-
PsrsuCPd cooks, who prepare and serve them
-U ne most approved style. while pure wines
ard liquors can be obtained at his bar
SAIE or MoSEY.-At the meeting OF the
FIRST National Building Association last night.
he MIC shArSS sold