Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-02-16

tie meetings of the Baltimore and Virginia
conferences. The Baltimore conference will
meet in the Union Bethel Chm CHI. in this city,
en- the 18th day of April. Rev. DIR. Revels is an
nCUacsd to preach the annual sermon, and Rev
d. A. Hall the missionary sermon. The Vir-
ginia conference will meet in Richmond Va
on the 9Th of March. These sessions will be of
more than usual interest, as the delegates to the
ensuing general conference will meet this wear
IN Nashville, Tenn, on Monday, MAY 6, iSI2
The Introduction Of lay delegates to the general
conference is new thing In this church. The
electoral college for the Baltimore conference
met in Baltimore last November, and elected
samuel w Chase. of Baltimore, and James l..
Thomas, OF Washington, lay delegates to the
general conference.
The TREASURY ENBEzzLENEST-Reopsa
81 tAe Case # Sch Johnson YESTERDAY after the
Criminal Court had decided the plea in bar in
the case OF Seth Johnson, charged with embez-
element Of government funds, Mr.. Harrington
discovered that the law plead in bar had been
amended by act Of January 24th, 1862, which il
follows:
THAT the testimony or a witness examined
and testifying before either House of Congress
or any committee OF either House of Congress.
shall not be used as evidence in any criminal
proceeding against such witness in any court of
justice Pr0Uided, hOs7erer, That no official paper
on record produced by such witness on such
examination shall be held or taken to be included
within the privilege Of said evidence so as TO pro-
tett sUch witness from any criminal proceedings
IS aforesaid; and no witness shall hereafter he
allowed to refuse to testify to any fact or TO
produce any PAPER touching which he shall be
examined by either House of Congress or any
committee Of either House, for the reason that
h,S 't stimGny touching such facts or the prOduc-
Ton OF such paper may tend TO disgrace him, or
otherwise render him infamous: PrOridsd That
NJ thing in this act shall be construed to exempt
any NIthess from prosecution and punishment
Tor Pesjgry committed by him in testifying as
Aforesaid"
On the opening of the court this morning. Mr..
Harrington moved that the case be reoPened;
and after short argument the court sustained
the motion, and directed that johnson shonld
come into court and plead.
MI Harrington stated that the amendment he
had found IN the statutes under the head OF
contempts. al unusual place for such a section.
Judge Cartier directed that johnson should
be brought in 70 plead on Monday.
VISITING MILITARY ON THE 22D.-Company
HI, 2d National Guards OF Pennsylvania will
arrive here ON tina morning of the I'D instant,
and be met at the depot by company A, Wash,
IngtOn Light Infantry, who will escort the
visitors TO their headquarters, Metropolitan HO-
TEL. AFTER breakfast, the visitors will be es-
eCrted TO The 9TH street wharf, where thew will
take the Mount Vernon boat, a committee of ar
i've and honorary members Of company A going
with them, to visit the tomb Of Washington
ington- Light Infantry Battalion, Corcoran
ZOuaves, Washington Light Guard. and the
PRESIDENTS aud Governors Mounted Guards.
who Will escort them TO their headsuarters and
on the route they will be reviewed py the Gov
ernor Company A, Washington Light In
Is9ntry, VIII give grand ball at Masonic Tenn
MI
very extensive preparations have been No. 80
make II brilliant affair.
N
"A FEMALE ENPLoYE or THETRgAsrRy DE-
NcECED.-I In the Equity Court YESTERDAY Judge
Nyhe made a decree divOrcing Lucia A Roi1a
rom The bonds OF matrimony with Constantine
4. kOha- and permitting her to resume her
maiden name. fhe testimony showed thar tbey
were married in this city in 1866 by the Rev Mr.
lemon. and lived together until November %
M, ,Nheh me complainant left him on accountOf
Is m
taIh women III was s-o in evidence that RolIa
rarely contributed TO the support of the family
%nu 5La Is. lola supported both her
h'IthlH salary OF So, received for her services
~ an emPloye in the Treasury Department,
MIR BOWEN, OF THE y. Y. INDEPENDENT
hELlENED OF An $500 DIAMOND PIN-Yester.
saI afternoon Mr., Henry {. Bowen of the New
York I"d,l ebdeHt. while riding in the street
cars, was eaSed OF an $50 solitaire diamond min
i ne los was reported at police headquarters,
WIN DESCRIPTION OF the supposed thief Detee-
ives McDeyitt and MCElfresh within an hOpr
arrested, while on his way TO the depot a Young
40" - ..le name Ca george Set on suspi-
eion OF the larceny, and at the depot the
well-known 10 Kaiser was Also arrested. Major
Richards concluded that their proposed depart
ure looked suspicious, and held them at head
quarters.
The CREDIT OF THE DISTRICT Coop IN
New NoRK.-Bonds OF the four million loan
sold IN New York on Wednesday at I01, aud a
eASC On price WAS Ouereu t0r
more. This shows that the Investigation
OF the memorisliste has failed to iniure the
eIedit OF the District in the commercial metror-
oits OF the country. Few states or territores can
boast OF such a financial standing in a market
where all securities are subjected 10 the CLOSEST
scrutiny.
Mr.. JAMES T. MURDocHs dramatic rea,i,,,
on Saturday evening at Lincoln Hall, will ins
clude lin addition 20 several popular PoemSN
Dickens story I" Doctor NJ arigold, Life In a Cart
or the Story of Cheap Jack" Mr.. Murioeb
will read this for the first time in Washington
Mr. James Il. Fields, Of Boston, Dickens per.
soral friend,) has pronounced Mr.. Murdoch's
rerditiOn Of the Doctor q perfect success, and
only second to that OF the great novelist himself.
LOCDoUS COUNTY (VA.) FARMERs' AssocIA-
TIoN.-A call to the farmers OF Loudoun county
(Na-) Is signed by Amoe Hughes, Levin I.
Jones, j. T. walker, j.. r. Smith, II. X. Holmes,
Phineas j. Nichols and Thos. Phillips, for a
meeting al Hamilton, on the I'd prox., TO or
Ganize Farmers and Dairymen's Association,
to establish a depot with an authoriz d agent
for the sale OF produce in the Washington and
Alexandria markets.
TIE ISLANDER CAss.-The case Of Burke ant.
Major, action for slander-commenced yester-
day as noticed in TIE STAR Of last evening
was concluded to-day, the jury finding a YER
sict for plaintiff for 500. The DANA yes in the
suit were laid at s1e,ooo.