Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-07-23


ARRANGEMENTS yoz CAMP MrzrlsG-A
| general meeting Of the Method;sts ct the Dis
tIict was ht iI al the 4tk-street (CaltoI HiIO NJ
| +. Church last evening, ID make arrangements
| for the camp meeting &c be held August eth 10
| 18th, at Jscb on woods. Anne Arundel county,
| Md. An arrangement has been effected with
| the b. x T. railroad eozlgarT by which psSsen-
! gen will be taken from W ashingtor TO the camp
| ground for 81 tor the round trip. The company
1 viii lay switch from the main track to the
| ground, 20 that passengers can b. carried ia
| within stones threw of the tents without
/ change OF convey anee- Tents viii be rented
for soJo. $50 and - %. according n size. The
! preachers in charge viii he Revs. s. A Wilson
y. NJ. Black, y. II. Bashtelas. Charles McEl-
Fresh, Elijah Owen, G. ". Cooper, W. Muliin,
B. F. Rice and G. H. MytiDger- Revs. A r
| Glib on and r. +. Brown, formerly of this citv.
| and many ether distinguished clergymen will be
/ pre-. ent. The attendance is expected t. he
much larger than usual. One hundred tents
VIII he provided for the accommodation of the
Gamers The price OF board Will be Al and
Lodgings 70 cents per day On Monday next
another general meeting will he held at the
Dunbsrton-street Church, q orgetown.
CRIMINAL COURT MATTERs.-The Criminal
Court yesterday, after an informal session of
several weeks, closed Its term until 24th of Sep
tember next. Ii was az first proposed 20 Gle ar
the docket of all the undecided eases which have
bfen hanging on from ferm 20 term, but that
was found impracticable. The only clearances
made were of the cases OF Michael Strothmeir
fer forgery of muster rolls. and II ex-Corgrc =
man William II, Stokes. Of TeaDe see. for con-
spTacy T. defraad the United States. in the case
OF the Independent Scents of Tennessee. This
l. the matter in which St ,keS was convicted and
OF prosecuting Claims and fined - coo. II is not
thought proper to press the matter anv further
al this time. In these cases 9r ,lrsrg1fjs were
entered. a al.o in the cases OF VIA Nicholson,
for killing Hillerv HutcIlinS, ilxi aorgef own on
the 9Th OF November, 1871, and of Anna Wilson,
for keeping a bawdy house. Distni. sails were
o., entered in the ea1es of Joseph A. Kerby
and Charles A. Tinker. for refusing {, testify
before Senate committee, on the 22d of MAY,
1SI l. in tie case of the unauthorized publication
Of the treaty of Washington.
PERSONAL---VERY.. j. NJ. Lsngston, of How
ard University, left for Kentucky this morning
he addre 'es Grant and Wilson meeting at
Hende rsonville on the 25th inst. MIR. Fred
eflck Douglsss speaks In Richmond, Va, on
the 2ith inst. ....Okubo and Ito associate am
bassadors OF the Japanese Embassy; Trsshima,
japanese Minister to England, with Ohara sec
rotary to the ambassadors. and Keno and Okla
da, secretaries to the Japan Sc legation: Kendo.
attaChe, kanematZee, resistant secretary T.
Japanese legation at Paris, and thirteen Japan
csc students, arrived In the city ye tardav and
are quartered at the Arlington. MFR. Alex
ander IL Shepherd, vice president of the board
OF PUBIC works, has returned from a trip
north.
In BAD CoMPANY.-On Sunday night, Dc
tective McDevitt, while riding on a street car
saw yourg girl whom he thought answered the
descril ton of one from New York. reported to
the Offic a. having left her guardian in that
CIV some weeks since. She was, when the
officer saw her, in the comnany of man whom
tie officer did not think fit associate for Young
and innocent girls. MIR. McDevitt took her into
custody, and retained her at police Headquarters
urtil Yesterday. when her friends, who reside in
New York. recognized her. and she was turned
over to them TO take back 70 that CITY, She Is
only sixteen years of age and quite pretty.
ETHRowIFG SNUFF In WoMAN's Eyes
Last evening colored woman named Emma
Gilmore, denizen of Lou allev, went TO the
house of h. +. Oliphant. a white man, and threw
a handful of Scotch snuff in the ewes of Mrs
Oliphant and ran away at the top OF her speed
Subsequently the injured woman obtained
warrant, and Emma was arrested and locked mn
She was committed to Jail some time ago in de-
fault of payment of q fine. and saws that Oil
plant refused to paw 1t and have her released
as he ought to have done for the many fayors he
has received from her. The prosecuting witness
falling to appear this morning q nolIe ., oseaui
ives entered in the case.
i. o. o. Fat a meeting of the r. w g.
Fncampment, 1. o. o. F., held last night, the |
following officers were elected for one wear: s.
l.. liable, Grand Patriarch; William r. New
man, NJ E. G. H. Priest; John H. Seiffert, r.. |
w. G. Senior Warden; George s. King, r. W. |
g. Junior Warden; Francis B. Lord, Sr., X. W. |
9. Treasurer; Thomas W. Fowler, r. VIC. |
Scribe; George F. Timms, r. W. G. Marshal:
Bernard May, X. w. G.. Sentinel.
ATTENTION IL called to the adveI tisemenf of |
NJ. G. Copeland's large stock OF camI-meeting