The national Republican., 1868-02-04

for he was one Of his friends. when the partie,
went out TO- take beer both were Intoxicated
| with witnesss mother for three or four years
He supported her. Witness lives now with
GeSy sss ss% W,ssss .s. z%%. om1
father and staeF Tie knife between the % plaster y
Cross-exnmined The knife was hid, the ,sr
geant would not have found II ifwitness had no,
| Josiah NJ. Wells; Witness was comrade Of Du.
mas, and knows prisoner. Saw Dumas on street
the day OF the homicide with blood running from
"a Sds arm, and thinner moving away from him
" sweht up TO Dumss, and the latter tainted
The Court here took a recess for ave minutes.
"a lanes me- Uhieily Witness saw thinner. Dumas,
him%sp gp%s mss that he was stabbed and saw
saw thinner stab Dumas with shsrp.pointed
knife like shoe-makcr's knife. Witness was
at the = mp at the time, but ran off without his
licked At ''I zmmSS aaSqHS Sersns s4s
j, stousRton, "a soldier). Witness saw thinner
Seventeenth and L street; Dumas put his arm
around the woman's neck, and stood talking a
minute h.sn , After he took his arm away he stepped
10 the right arm, and then in the breast catching
him by the collar before he stabbed. Witne.s
oe.iou W nj oheeI 70 Bet y DOCTOR, and Dumas,
alter walking short distance tainted, and was
carried cs,Ii into the dispen,story. Witness soon
ont =, w ,,,na ~ an sley and pointed him
Cross-examined; Is positive that thinner took
Duma. By the COLLAR thinner and the woman
dIers, anarters nh not s.. Ia'm irom t tne SOL
James O,Bricn, Metropolitan policeman, testl-
ned a, to the situation and various distances OF
found Zimmer after Tho arrest IN ~
ofcers OF the REGIMENT Witness tooI hr Tr 'he ne
Dums. and ssiS ~ ,vho.,c ~ anar he nha stabbed
punish.d' ''''"''ouBh'' 10 ese'erey
The eross.ex.mination brought out Nothing
"eWwi,bout cor.,,,,,u a.. s A.,
o'clock, adjourned until this moininr, court I"
s,
SurTsE Ts woIhr oF TUE DISTRICT OF CoLuN-
.ba;, ,,m y,aes yaess OF this court sat In bdne. a
Il re George =: Sherwood, application for
ton IN relation To tSs sshss founded on Sas.
'o"n' v,a was ,sSt ssominea e on briefs.
The ,usge. msda ,So ,nIIs,,ii THIS rEAh.
the ses mae ahts tne following assignment for
Shiet Justce Carttcr 70 hold the March term
a. .ns oihihai @ court and the November term OF
Justice Fisher to hold the May term Of the
SIcun Gnr,Vs, S0urt ana ths December term OF the
oIiminpa Tnatpaa S9nft: y9a, ,o,,
ne, the Girenlt Court and the June term Of the
Criminal Court
the snti,s vn 20 h2ia NE speeial terms during
'hs M sh.Ie ysai and the District Oourt.
Au9oufheu uhti SATURDAY next.
CIRCUIT CoURT-thfsJ Jusfice Cartier and Judoe
Wgs.-.This court on yesterday transacted the
following business:
Tn. coLongp SCHOOLS CASE.
s. j. Bowen VS.. The Mayor of Washington
In this case an application for the correction OF
the auditors report and Judgment founded
than was awarded BY the last judgment.
on motion q MT. Riddle, the report was re- |
committed TO 1he auditor to make the correction.
oeiuhe, ". Meightmah' New trial ordered at |
cost VI piaih.n |
Wyeth vs. Fowier Motion Tor new trial over |
ruied. appeal TO general term. |
>, netzen ys. Baitimore and Ohio Railroad Com
Panyi and Lewis Angus vs. the same. In both |
snese cases there were Applications Tor leave to
amena pieadings, and the right OF the court to |
permit amendments was denied. These cases |
buchanan and COX.
NfoRTASr QUESTION or PRACTICE:
, Chlef Justice Cartier said that under the
license given him by the law-making power to
make discretionary rules, and under the scope OF
-uie which this court had adopted In the prem.
ses, ne was prepared TO declare as his opinion,
ipon which ne should act as general rule
nv, & ,he opinion OF ths sSn,t IN general term
,msnd their forms q sston to asecnnodate
his Connection but one reouirement. that nav
,houid not depart from the subieot of The con |
troyersy as they had disclosei IL what he
meant Iy The subject and substance Of the eontroD