Evening star., 1869-09-11

THECAsB OF Mr. TYLER We have receiysd
a note from Mr.. John Tyler, Jr., IN relation %
tne mes s'alsmen. oy contemporary that be had
treated Tor drunkedness. Mr.. Tyler says in this
connection 1.-THE simple tact as 20 the m after
Is this, that / did not come TO this Aospital for
any such purpose as that alleged by the writer
Of this paragraph;-that I have received no
treatment whatever for draat. me q: that in
fact, have not taken, or had administered,
since / have been here, any medicine
whatever, Of any character or descrIp.
tion whatever for drum nqess, or on iy
other account not having required It."
He complains Of the injustice to himself and
injury to his children Of such statements, and
says, in conclusion: sand If it be true, as al
legged, that have been com PEELED into a charity
,cdrd, through poverty and extreme need, then
the fact would be damning before the country
to every citizen Of Washington alike. whether
Republican, or whether Democrat, IN view of
my relations in life. past and present. The
disgrace. II any, would be with them, not with
me-" Appended is certificate from the at.
tending physician Of the hospital, DR.. John y
Riley. and the house physician, DIR. Thompson,
Of his admission to the hospital, and that ne
has not been under treatment for drunkenness,
or for the effects Of intoxicating drinks, but
that be Is here solely to undergo q surgical op
Grafton"
ORPHANS COURT, Jadge PurceH-This morn.
ing, the will Of the late Mary Peters was ad-
mitted to probate. and letters testamentary
issued to w. ID. Cassin; b 1nd $4,000 The will
OF the late James H. Gordon was fully proven
Letters OF administration were issued to @. A.
Shehan on the estate of w. Henshaw; bond 5000.
Robert Clark, or estate Of Elizabeth Ferral,
late OF Prince George county, Md bond $1,000;
and Grace McCullom, on estate of ]. W.
MoCullom, bond 81 900. Letters testamentary
were issued to Sarah Ann Lucas, on
the will Of Peter Hodgeman, bond 500.
The following Were approved and passed: Ac.
count of estate Of H. 5. Barnes; account Of
Henry Weaver, administrator of same; first and
hnsl account OF Chas. d. Max well, executor
Of Annie X. Harris and account Of personal
estate; third Of b. F. b. Morgan guardian to his
minor son; first and final of E. Skippon admin
istrator with the will annexed Of Edward
Whalen.
A MOB II MURDER BAY.-Yesterday after.
noon, Richard COvington, colored, living on
13h street, between and ID, went to house of
ill.fame in Murder Bay, where his wife fol-
lowed him, and caught him with q white
woman, and a rumpus followed, attracting a
large crowd about the premises. who followed
Covington and his wife to their home, when
Covlngton got double. barrel gun and threat.
ened to shoot in the crowd. Sergeant Walker
appeared on the ground, and julius Wallace
procuring warrant charging OOvington with
geant Walker arre,ted him and took him sfore
Jusuce Plant, who held him to bail for court
The CORPORATION LABoRRRs-Mr, ].
Sayles Brown, the Disbursing Clerk of the
Corporation, will, on Tuesday, commence the
payment Of the Corporation laborers, on that
morning paying those in the First Ward, aud
proceeding regularly through the wards. Or.
ders held by parties for Corporation work will
be paid in the presence Of men who have done
the work.
DR. BuTLRR's PRAYRR.-In onr brief epi-
tome Of the prayer of DIR. Il. at the funeral of
Gen. Rawlins he is made to say "Bless Thy
servant who has just been called to Thee"
Justice to Dr. B. demands that we correct this.
He is not believer in prayer for the dead. 1t
was mistake Of the types.
le THE scavenger OF the Seventh Ward sick,
dead, or vamoossd 1t IS about tune somebody
was attending to the duties OF the position