Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-07-24

TOTAL receipts .s6o,775 IS
tXPENDITUREs.
For teachers salaries. ......,.........S2&,429 81
For building Stevens. scb DOL house. 22,g99 81
For school sites and grading same. 1883 IS
For taking care OF school rooms Dab 20
For repairs of school property ... 63I ~
For fuel, school supplies rent, &C.. ZAP II
Total expenditures ,532 4.
Excess of Expenditure. s756 y3
The PURCELL-SHKPHRRD CAsE-Podpone-
ment-Afer the reading of the alleged Ii bel
ious article IN the Republican, which was in
progress when our report closed Yesterday,
had been concluded, Judge Purcell proceeded
with his statement, and in the course of il de-
nounced the Republican article as false from be-
ginning to eud, except the fact that he Judge
70 was In Biadensbnrg on the day mentioned,
would add, Were driven of by gentlemen who
came to his relief He said he had not insult
ed the women of the village, but did censure
a woman who had lived on his place with her
husband for improper conduct; that when at
tackled by rowdies he was on his own premises.
and was robbed OF S252. In regard to the Sec
ond attack, he said that he was struck a pow.
erful blow, and showed of the bridge. He de-
MED the insinuati0n that he was under the in
nuen &c OF liquor, and stated that he was showed
on the perch at Hyattsville. The Judge then
read a dispatch from r. J. Brent. ESQ, OF BAL
tlmore, one OF his counsel, TO the following ef-
feet "lmpossibIe to come before Monday. II
"a
mnst hold the party
Mr.. Murtagh, proprietor Of the Republican,.
testlfisd that he dId not see the article com
planned OF until 1t was in print; never saw the
manuscript, and did not know whowrote il.
Mr. %. X. Harris, of the Republican, testified
that manuscript for the paper was frs, subj
united to him; but this article was apparently
In four or 1--WE different handwritings, and he
conid not testify by whom il was written.
The case was continued until Friday next.
YACHTING Direct PropOsitiOn.-From the
fuoJcined communication of Capt. George A.
SnekelI, II Will De seen that there is a farrr
prospect for first-class yacht race in this sec.
tlon than has heretofore been foreshadowed by
any speculation which has occurred on the SUB.
Ject Should the opportunity be awaited of by
the owners of the fast.saiIiDg boats OF the Dis
trlct. who have hitherto boosted OF their will
mgness to enter into a test of sp.ed
the race will certainly take place. and
ample arrangements will he made for steam
boat accommodations TO afford the public an
ppsrtunlty TO view the interesting sport. Ap.
pended Is tine proposition:
To the Editors Of the Stdr-Gentlemen As
there mas been great deal of talk about a boat
race In this vicinity, L maze this proposition
which hope will be acceptable to ali Yacht
men hereabouts. My proposition is to give n
purse Of $50, to be run for on Monday, the 9th
OF August, oIen 10 all boats OF twenty-five feet
or less, owned In tie District or Alexandria;
entrance free. and entries to be made on or
before August lst. The purse will be placed
In the hands OF any responsible person who
OF the competing yachts; SAID competitors also
10 choose their own Judges. The race is TO be
run TO Fort Washington and return, and the
hrst boat which returns, according to the rules
governing the race, to WIN the purse No
allowance OF time will be gwen; four or more
boats to enter to make the race, and the yachts
10 start from the Potomac Ferry wharf at nine
O'Clock in the morning. Entries to be m AIDE al
the Fulton Restaurant, eth street wharf
Gro. A. SHRKRLL, Proprietor.
THE Potomac FRoNr.-Operations around
the wharves to-day are light, with bu, few
vessels arriving. The steamer Arrow, Stack
pole, lett Cats wharf at ten O'Clock for Mount
VEN on with good Number of passengers and
mails for Marshall's Landing, and the steamer
Wawaset, Fowke, left Potomac Ferry wharf
at an early hour yesterday for Gone river and
Colt, Capt. Ryther, Of the GEORGETOWN, Wash
lngtoD, and Norfolk route, arrived at Galr's
wharf this morning at ten O'Clock from Nor
folK, bringing sixty.five passengers and
heavy lot Of freight comprising fruit yegeta.
bles, fish. oysters, crabs, &c. The patronage
extended to this line encourages the belief of
r.munerative success. Appended is the reg.
Cartsr's Wha6.-Arrived-Schr. Oliver I'm.
derwood, Trice, from Pohick, with wood for
Harvey, Clark Il Given. Sailed-Schr. Bay
Shore, Creighton, for Eastern Shore, Nd
Johnson's Waa1.-Arrived-SchrsS Samuel b.
6rice, Taylor, from Lower Machodoc, with
Rebecca, Faunce, from Chesapeake Bay, with
an assorted lot fresh fish for Thos. Reagan.
Riteys OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Rob't Frank
lin. Glover. from Havre-de-Grace, with I2U
tons OF coal for s. q. Magruder; Discovery
Bundict, from Cone river, with fruit for mar
ket; Empire, Faunce, from Chesapeake Bay.
with fresh fish for Knight.
SheTif'S Wharf, (foot of Oh street )-Arriysd-
y. 3 steamer Heliotrope, Com'r Mclean, on
buoy duty and general inspection OF the
Washington channel.
ACcIDRNr.-A painful and perhaps fatal ac-
eideni occurred about O'Clock yesterday 10
BerEard BerZiDger, a well-known butcher in
the Centre Market and owner OF the Kim mel
House on T. street. While driving through
Georgetown a light open wagon on his re-.
from