Evening star., 1877-09-19

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e. n Shorter.
Alleged Treasury Conspiracy Case.
TEIAL or EN--EgtETAEy SAWYER AND
OTHERS
Yesterday. fHa '-tsl o. p. y. Sawyer,
1IatGrs. Brooks a-I Llr--ov-. occupied the
CTiU-raI Court. Judge Macarthur, al dEv.
J. ". g fT-SI"EEt CJ tEe Comm REAL
Bank. o. Memphis. r. g. Ca-rh p. teller of the
Commercial FrE X. john &. FrTb-s a CLERK
in Tire house Cf Pt-su al, ErouEs Is Co. were
examined.
Toe prosecution slE~H; 70 show by their
testimony hat The false Claims Of IOddy &
6ICgSs v r. Ff'fli''.. OF g.. old account of
FdIFr15n, EECI- IS Co. a. Memphis, which
bat b. e1 long ago settled blythe government,
q q liaaFe was T-Uf~1 '"' gN9ruiE2JiOl Ot
The books o. III Commercial Bank. where
ParEU ar z, Brook ma le deposits. TIE de-
f'rse ava-ied th.Iuselv-r Cf every OppOrtu-
nifty. on CEGss-sv- mluafiOl and Otherwise. to
draw ont such facts as would tend To show
ttat ffoCiS Wa not connected with The
transactions o. PlrkTar n Co. O- bound by
tCeTs. tEe o. ct a. his point Df the case be
ing 20 refufe IRE ALLEGATION Of the pros acutIOn
that his claim had been settled ana 10 show
that &c was stiil open for settlement when II
was passed upOn at the Treasury department.
This morning, j W. page testified TO the
note for - 60 being made az the time of
settlement.
W. TOwnlev, slant special agent Of
The Treasury testified that Parkman, Brooks
& Co we're engaged IN the cotton business
arc BROOKS appeared 70 have had the man
H. j Lynn testified to having had trarsac-
tO0s with Parkm2Ir BroOES & Co and vas
IN Teure when they were arrested. TRey
were released on settlement with RiSIey 2
special agent Of the Treasury. RecoiIects
serving notice on the Commercial Bank az
10 the notes Of Parkman, Brooks y Co,
amounting 10 over ~5CC .GC1.
Charles 7. Stevs-t. Of New York, testified
to the IetitiCn Of 7. W. Rrolly ia bank
Tup'cy, in which Page and Roy are shown
10 have been mem bers OF the firm Of Park-
man BTCCk~ a Co.
J. r Burr testified that he was a clerk in
the office OF the Solicitor of the Treasury in
1s'S ard lS.i, ard he identified TIE claims
and he made report thereon. Witness was
y1sned by Ar. Haines six O- seven times
and he endssvored 70 show why The claims
Should be allowed Judge White 81 member
OF CoEgIess, and ROdy, also urged their ap-
PROV al.
TIIE CANE OF BASE BALL Yesterday af-
te1u"'n between :le Nationals an Ast0rias
a. rae, d an immense crowd-prOh&bly the
Ia Ee>i tnSt was ever seen on a ball hSI1 here
- ne 0vls Y vas caused by fha Nationals AZ
nrSt TeiUsirg to play. as they claimed that
thrte or four me = ON the Astoria- were ex-
Iressly imported from Baltimore for this
same II order rot TO disappoint the crowd
how ever, they cCDsertei TO play, bat IL was
inTn early FIVE o'clock. The Nationals
were hrst at the bat. and were retired with
or I'm The AstOr.as made a splendid BE-
ginr Ing. Several clean base hits were made
D. tfey succeeded in scoring only Two runs.
AZ er tEiS inning the AStOrias became DIS
n Iten; q, a'd did rot gain another run
dUrirg The rest Of the game. They changed
iheir players about the field several times.
Dul 10 Z o purpose. They did not play either
good Fielding or batting game. TIE Ma
tlCnals, nov ever, play ed very good game
throughout. Their gCCd batting, aided by
re lcoSe helding Of their opponents, gained
Tbs IL run after run. AT the end OF the sew
enth inning The game was called on account
oi The 6aTkness: The score stood II 10 in
favor OF the Nationals. ByingtOn, Dallas
al d Kenny, OF the Nationals. made some
very hard hits Houck, az short stop, did
some quick work Say was the only one of
roc ASteTiSs wLo reflected much credit upon
himself
JrLGMESI AGAINST THE PROPRIETOR
OF GLYaOST-JUstice J. r. K. Plant de.
cided yesterday tue case OF Srai1es vs. Hay
SIs1deS. the proprietor of Glymont, sued
dr I'd. Hay FOR S25 for rent and SIS for dam
ages cone 10 t5e grounds on the occasion Of
the toluU bia College excursion. Mr. H9y
was chairman Of the committee of arrange
ments. IL was shown by defendant that If
was not customary to charge rent for the
frouuCS when liquors were sold on the r-eD,-
lSes. as wRs the case in this instance IL was
aISo Drought ont IN the testimony that the
pIOEiieioF aDOHeI gamblers to operate on
The grounds while the evcursiOnisfS were
'htre- judgment was given fOr defendant.
REVIVAL NEETfNGs-For the mast tbrao
NvtES an interesting series OF pru,racied
mtt t40ss rave been ia progress at the Union
III > chanei, On -eih street. in charge OF
nv OeOig &c V Leech, and there have bse1 a
nun Der Of conversions thus far. Next SIM
asy reiLs the quarterly meeting. Rev WI.
- ts,aS. tte pTt>idlIg elder, Will preach in
80 iroILlns, Kew. Chaplain Van Meter AZ
nisht. TIE rrOtracjed meetings at Grace
IN E.l church, 9th and s streets, are siiII
G,in6 r. Gn,inoed under The charge CT The Rev. II. s.
farce, aHG diversions are quite f.euuent
"ree number having already taken place
"MELLIsToN" has afforded moro ralisf -
sufferers from dyspepsia and pulmonary af-
itcuous than all other patent medicines COM
plnei. II Is safe TO say thst within the last
SIX InOEIHS w hr1r, al
been cured by the use OF ii In this city. judg-
Ing rom the testi mon ials the manufacturer
SI IL Las lately been rt receiving as to its genu-
Inc merits For sale at 9ii 1th stree: and
drug stores Md. A6r.
RICE NoND ExCURsIoNIsTs COMING
6hlS ShahoInlny Tribe No 81 of Red Men of
NeEhCnd, Va, will give a grand excursion
az a. IL r.,y next week by the r., F. and p
., 80 a. =: anu railroads, leaving Richmond
at 10 O'Clock Wednesday night. arrivin1 bera
al al . o Clock IhurSday morning, and leaving
nsre rsn. al al ~ O'Clock Thursday night. They eI
nahe srand Iarade during the day.
THE TINE LOCK CAsE-To-sav - A.,
EioItT COuit, Judge Cartier, the case oT
i1. 5onn hnlge AGAINST James sargent, was
Tor plaintiff and J. J. Coonnb bs for defandan,e
ms Is q controversy as 10 the pataDt o.,
tIne beks, which has been the subject ~
rsaGeaI ar, rulings oy the Patent Office The
a'eh' a''orn Us being present.
NEW ORLEANS at the close of the ls.e war
was financially crippled. To support the
Charitable and educational instftutIons ~
the state, the Louisiana State Lottery Com
pany was incorporated in 1868 with lis mar
agement in the hands of cit Zens of Integrity
and energy, For tickets or Information ad-
d eSs NJ. a. Dauphin, 7. o. Box COZ, New Or
leans, La. Sc ad gertisement
FALL PROM A ScAFFoID-Thfs morn
1rg Charles COOmes, painter, of the firm of
CTOssteld & Coomes, fell from a swinging
scs Hold a distance OF fifteen feet, at the
building corner OF 1lth and r streets north
west and was badly injured. He was at
tended by DR.. Walter, and afterwards was
refnovedto his home on 12th street, near E.
REAL ESTATE SALE.-Thomas Bowling
sol1 yesterday afternoon, for Wm. p. Bell
and II, q. Lovejoy, lot 65 10 square 2t0. i'm