Evening star., 1870-03-12

and Barney klenketo, convicted OF an affray,
to three, and the others to forty days each in
Jail.
To-day, Smith Tuymsn was convicted of an
assault; Amanda Dorsey was found guilty of
keeping a bswdy house.
COURT IN GENERAL TERN.-To-day the ses-
ST N of the Court IN General Term was resumed
j Idges Cartier, Fisher, wyIie, and olin
ON motion of Mr.. X. j. Brent, Mr.. John A.
Clark was admitte ed To the bar; also. on motion
State of Texas agt. Childs; motion t. withdr w
plea and lie demurrer granted.
ID. L. Stoddard was appointed county con-
stable.
CIRCUIT CorRr, Judse cer'ter.-To, day, in
the case Of Murray ast. the Corporation, the
jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for $500.
Mo orehead agt. Bowl, demErser sustained.
French ast. has; Mr.. stanton files motion to
dismiss the appeal of the q, fendant.
ORPHANS CoCRT, Jnd,e Purc,u.-To-,Iay,
an intcrestirg question was decided by .Judgs
Purcell. X. w. wetb executed a will i'm this
District, wh' re be was domiciled. leaving h1s
wife as ex cutrix, but he was subsequently
divorced iom her. The will was exhibited in
court, but The executrix failed t. take out letters
testamenta ry within the time prescribed by iAw
She, however, took out letters III New York On
certIned copy Of the will. A creditor here, Mr.
Alfred Hass, filed petition for letters of admin,
istration with the will annexed, and the question
a. to whether such letters should be issued was
argued by Senator Fowler and SIR McPhers1 ~
Bradley resisted the apPlicatios. The court
held that the party applying for the letters was
entitled under law to the letters as prayed for.
and quoted q number of authorities as n the
question of dOmicile, Kent, Story, and Others.
There was quite large number in the court ct
the time, and the opinion was listened to with
marked attention.
Letters of administration, with the will an
nexed, were issued to Mr.. Hass-bond SO ,0G1
The ,ecutors named in the will of the late +.
NJ Stanton-General Townsend and Judge
Wy1ia fool Iatf InPfn Of fhf.
tate-bond $4,000. The will not having been
fully proven vet, letters testamentary cannot be
issued. Letters of administration on the estate
of the late Mary v. Scott were issued to Rich
ard, Joseph, and j. O. i. Burnsde-bond 81 ,0D0;
on the estate of Ferdinand Roth, to Catharine
Rotb-bond 81 900; Susan Il. Stevens was APP
vens-bond s12 900; and Charles II. ). Lewis to
the orphans of the late w. j. Lewis-bond 500.
"TEAoHINe AS PROFESSION was the sub
Ject OF a very instructive and able address nv
5. 5. Fisher, Commissioner OF Patents, delivered
before the teachers OF the public schools this
morning. The address delighted -thase who
heard It,, as well on account of its excellent
style of delivery, as its truthful and graphic
pOrtraiture OF the "teacher's prOfession,' its
Importance to the social welfare Of society, and
bic promoter OF civilization, and a. the designer
and organizer of the generations to come
Commissioner Fishers experience as a teacher
and superintendent OF the public schools in Gin
clnnal has evidently matured in his mind
the most advanced views OF education. aud
Keen appreciation of the usefulness, the diiacul-
ties, and required merits of the true teacher.
Throughout, the lecture was pointed and philO-
sophical, and above all, just, and eminentlv
practical. Mr.. Fisher, at the close. received the
warmest thanks of the teachers and Trustees
present, and a copy was unanimously requested
for publication. We trust it will receive from
our parents, Trustees and city legislators an at
tentive perusal, as 1t is seldom We have any-
thing on this subject SO well said and so wei
al infa sf..1
either in public or private education.
TIE NoTARfEs PUBLIC.-In the case of the
Notaries Public drought before the court last
Saturday Judge Cartier remarked With refer
ence to the question pertaining to NOtaries Pub
lie, that Is being agitated and submitted under
one Of the Notaries for an order npon the clerk
70 certify his action as q Notary, the Court
have considered the subject far enough to adj
judge that the Notaries preexisting the recent
" TO discharge the duties of the Of
hce, and in the case presented to us, that
the certificate of the Clerk should be given
TO the official character of the office.
VT reference to the tenure Of the offce and
NJ on what occasion vacancy may be declared
do not understand the court to have matured
judgment Il believe the court Is unanimous
in the conviction that these notar;es ought to
renew their bonds with the expiration Of every
exs.Se wn tie% Of putting the question f sn
rest as far as the nOtaries are concerned and
reserying further judgement as to the tenure of
ONCE for disposition hereafter.
The MECHANICS STATE COUNCIL of Maryland
and the District of Columbia met last evening
at Arbieter Hall-Mr. p. COrceran in the chair,
and Jacob ID. Bontz, secretary. The house ca--
stone cutters, painters, and printers were repre-
sented. Resolutions were adopted, that none
but delegates shall be admitted to the Council;
that the Secretary correspond with the various
in 10 nnrfrx and
send delegates to the Council; that the Council
notices with great pleasure the decline in gold,
hoping thereby that business will increase that
workmen expect a corresponding reduction in
the prices Of the necessaries of life, which have
sSoDtsd for f6sn the ePSn g11d ba;s ritual was
that Of the State Council OF California Gen. n
A. n. Winn then initiated the members Of the
Council and delivered An address; after which
tho Council adjourned.
SHoCLD BE TAKEN CARE oF-An old soldier.
named James Quin, of Luzerne county, Pa,
who had lost leg in the war was picked up
this morning this side Of the Bladensburg toll
tion-house. When found he was laying on the
side of the road, having hobbled along with one
crutch, and had bruised his stump leg (ampu-
through the skin. He says he belonged to the
9th and 73d Pennsylvania regiments during the
war He is evidently not OF sound mind, and
should be taken care Of BY his friends, II he has
Dr. Eliot was called in and dressed his bleed
ing wound.
The THEATERs--Mrs. Bowers last evening
repeated her impersOnatiOn Of LADY Audley in
LADY Audley' Secret, }" at the National Theater
to good house, and this evening she viii appear
IN "Mary Stuart" in which RistOri and Mrs.
Lander have appeared here. Mr.. John T..
ovens Owens, commences an engagement at the
Last evening, in the comedy of "Checkmate, ~
the Chapman Sisters appeared to good ad-
vantage, and did tolerably in the burlesque
Of Black Eyed Susan" at Wallis Opera House.
Tonight paul Pry" and John Broughams
burlesque Of "Poc0hantas'' is the bill.
A MEETING OF PoLICK JUSTICES was held
yesterday afternoon at the Office of Justice
thompson, who presided, when Justice Harper
presented resolutions Of respect to the memory
OF the late Justice B. X. Morsell, which he pre-
raced with remarks eulogistic OF the life and
character Of the deceased. Justice THOMPSON
spoke Of the virtues Of their late colleapue
whom he had known for rty years, and for
thirty years as police magistrate, and was fol-
lowed by Justices Pearson, Wall and Chase:
after which, on motion OF Justice Chase. the
resolutions were adopted, and the meeting
Ill LIE SUNDAY HERALD, - appears by an ad-
semeht In another column, il determined
~ neeP up It's reputation as q live newspaper.
MSyOr rfencn's "reminiscences of the Old Can't
tei ought 70 be very interesting and ne feel Ger
TAIN NOBODY viii fall asleep over the Dramafic