Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-10-14
BALTIMORE AGAIN DIsGRACEp-

BALTIMORE AGAIN DIsGRACED-With the
5 ngers passin through Baltimore from Wash
ing on on their way y Philadelphia have been
. saulted and be Lteu, ard some of them thrown
out OF the cars. The perpetrators of these out
r5ges were not arrested, the poor plea being
made that the rufians We're 100 numerous for
the police present. This might have been suf-
fcient for the first occasion, but It's repetition
night after night not only reflects shameful
neglect on the part of the Police Department,
but also on the railroad companies that have
allowed their passengers to BE- thus outraged.
i he character Of the city is at stake in this
matter, and no partisan feeling ought to GLOW
the police 10 shield themselves under such a
miserable pea as want Of numbers, when the
force has been nearly doubled since il p,ssed
into the control of the present Police Commis. ).
sioners.
About one o'clock on Tuesday morning a
dispatch was received at the Americda Office
from Philadelphia informing us that Mr.. John
T.. Ciary, of Washington, had been dragged
through the window of car at the President
Street Depot, and taken TO he police station.
On proceeding to the Eastern Station the gem
tIeman alluded to was found with a scalp
wound of about five inches in length, and a
cut IN The neck with a knife, his clothes being
besf battered withplood. His wounds hrd been
dressed by physician, and no charge being
alleged against him be was conveyed TO a hotel,
the officers informing uS that he had been
res eued from his assaiiants and brought TO the
station for protection, but none of the assail-
ants had been arrested.-Bah American, 1it4
month the women Of Germany are to have a
conference at Stuttgart, when they will dIscuss
the following points:-Eirst-To find out the
best ways and means to teach young mothers
how best TO regulate the physical education of
their children. Sscond-The establishment Of
small museums Of Literature, art aud industry.
Third-The commencement of reform in
dress, chiefly directed against the vagaries Of
fs shlon, and the best ways and means to carry
out this reform effectually. Fourth-The
transformation of benevolent female institu-
tions into "seif-supporting and earning female
institutions"
ON the oress question they accept the follow
ing conclusions: That nothing be declared
'sold fashioned" which has been found useful,
appropriate. and becoming; that nothing new
he adopted unless IL have proved itself 10 be
both TO the purpose and ans werlng the demands
of good taste, that all garments and objects Of
toilet that are hurtful to health be put away.
They will also inquire If greater economy in
dress, so as 10 apportion expenditure TO income,
cannot be secured.
sble contrast 10 emancipation" and suffrage
conferences that are held elsewhere.
LARGE LAND SPECULATION CONES TO
GRIEF.--It will be remembered by our readers,
says the Richmond Enquirer, that some weeks
ago a party of Northern capitalists, so called,
representing that they had millions at their
command, arrived here and proceeded on n
tour oi inspection TO the terminus OF the York
X yer railroad, upon the York river. They
were so much pleased, according 10 their &C.
Tay Ior or West Point estate, consisting Of 5000
acr's. They announced their intention of
bringing on Immediately large number of EN- .
Igrants, ard one would have thought from their
extravagant pretensions that they would ere
this have founded a city in that locality which
would have riyalled New York in commerce
and Il ade. But behold, those modern Crrsi,
whose wealth was so uubounded, nave utterly
failed TO make the first payment, in cOnse-
auence Of which the sale has been forfeited and
the great West Point bubble bursteG.
- During the present month behring's are
taken IN large number along the eastern shore
OF Massachusetts. Over fifty crafts employed
In this business belong in the town of Scituate.
~St. Louis papers announce the death of
MI Isaac walker, leaving an estate valued AT
several millions OF dollars
~The ladies in Poland are not permitted to
wear black or gray dresses and are fogged for
noncompliance with ihe law
- Mrs. Mary l.. hutchinson, mother Of the
Hutchinson family of singers, died of paraly sis
at Milford, New Hampshire, on the 10th OF
September aged eighty three. She was the
mother of sixteen children, to whom the musi.
cal powers with which she was naturally
tran m tad