Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-07-12

eiec1eot S%ssss Of III Hrome1n Lodge 40: 81 A.
Peter, Of MsAsgomery, addressed the assem-
blage
The Case of Fifz John Porter.
In the case of Gen. Porter, in progress at
West Point yesterday, the witness Leachman,
OF Virginia, was closely examined as to the
order from nAt Gen POPE t to Cen Porter COM
manding the latter to move against the enemy.
1t was charged that the order reached Portssr
physical impossibility. for Capt. Pope to 90
over the route in less than an hour and a half.
Gen; Warren was recalled and examined as
TO the tGfIp . o q the country. He de
very iuaecurate, and he showed that the eleya-
ton OF the country was SO great between Por.
Ter ana Pope that Porter could not have seen
AWNING pertaining to battle If there had
been one, Gen. Chauncey Mckeever testified
in regard to the bad condition of the roads.
and also confirmed the statements of ali the
othef witnesses SO far as that there was not 4
heavy battle on the 18th of August that he
Knew Or although Gen. Pope, in his dispatch
to Gen = I aaleek, says on that day we fought
Of the enemy, which lasted with continuous
Jury from daylight until after dark, by which
time the enemy was routed from the, field
we now occupy There was some desul-
COL Charles Marshail, lawyer of Baitmore
and who was aid-de- camp for Gen. Lee, for the
twelve confederate brigadeS marched through
Thoroughfare Gap on the 2Sth and one on the
morning OF the 18th. About $50 the advance
was near GravetOn. Then witness located the
position OF the confederate troops and said
that as late as p. N. Gen Stewart reported
tfdt nen. Zones right was being threatened,
and Gen. Wilcox was ordered to 90 to mis- sun
port. Later ia the afternoon Hood was at
tackled and Wilcox was sent back. The troops
.EIeatenlng zones appeared to DE coming along
the manassas and Gainesville road. and six
DTIgades Lad to be kept there to watch them.
This was considered Important evidence for
Porter, as was his command that threatened
tLe c9niederates, and thus it is claimed he had
acted dlscreetly and held the confederates in
cheek; preventing them from carrying out an
intended general attack that day. Witness
stated that he had in his hand Lees original
report OF the second bull Run battle. He said
Gen. Lee did not make an attack on the 18th
Tor the reason that Gen. LongStrCet advised
against II. This witness also denied positively
indicated in POpe's dispatch. There was some
artillery firing, and Hood had severe fight
put 1t did not become general.
SUICIDE AFTER A QUARREL WITH HER
HJsBAND.- MIS- Theresa SCHNEIDER, aged 49,
OF l53 Douglass street, Brooklyn, took dose
O. PaTlS green On Sunday afternoon, on &C
count OF her domestic troubles, and yesterday
afternoon She died. She lived with her huS-
band and two children in apartments. She
had many quarrels, with her husband They
had an unusually bitter quarrel on Sunday
morning, and about noon Mr.. SCHNEIDER
Quilted the house and did not return until ~
chased and swallowed some Paris green, and
he found her suffering from its effects A
paper half filled with the poison was in her
room, and traces of the green powder were
on her lips. DR.. Dover administered anti
dotcs, which failed even to restore her to CON
SclouSnesS. She had warned the neighborS in
the afternoon OF her intention to Kill herself
but they deemed it only an idle threat.-[N
/. san, ION.
HORSE STEALING ON LARGE SCALE.-Dur-
ing the past two or three months the Della
ware valley between Port Jervis and Strouds-
burg has been infested by, a gang OF horse
thieves, who have had their headquarters in
dense swamp ID Sussex county, \. J. Twenty
five or thirty valuable horses have been
stolen, together with other property. One OF
day, and gave his name as Joseph w. Wright
1t is thought the event may lead to the break.
ing up Of the gang.
WOMEN are said to have been as active in
blowing up the embers of the Russo Turkish
war as they We're, according to French chrOn-
iclerS, in tanning those of the Franco Prussian
quarrel Ignatieifs cause was powerfully
helped at court. dtt-on, by his aunt, Nine Nal
zoW, and the Countess Bloudott, and the Car
ceaSeless efforts of the women of his court to
involve him still further in war. Indeed,
wren WE at mall gathering the Countess. Blou;
to have replied, why do You wish to know?
Do leave business matters to men: if You
women had not meddled SO in politics, we
Should never have got into this accursed war"
ORIENTAL BARBAR1sM.- Mr.. Fawcett,
trusted English official, gives an awful de-
ScrlptlOn OF the suffering of the population
south of the Rhodope mountains from the
murders and Outrages committed by the Rus
sian and Bulgarian troops. Within the last
dea district, . villages in the Haskiev district
and Il in the Philippopolis district have been
burned and the population subjected to hOr-
r r Understandable, including the burning
TIE DONKEY CLUB.-At Rochester, Mich,
who stand on the church steps after meeting
to stare at the ladies. The following card is
coz constantly tan Kept standng in the columns Of
this village, would respectfully inform the
younb ladies especially, and the public gener-
ally, that they have made arrangements for
an extensive demonstration on the steps in
front of the Methodist Episcopal church-the
members locating themselves on either side
OF tie main entrance-On Sunday evening
next. Positions taken immediately after the
close OF the religious exercises Within"
4 LARGE GIFT TO Two SCHooLs-The will
ceased, leaves to his wife the use of the es
tate. valued at $4,000, during life At her
death tn, the entire property with the exception
divisions, to the Mount Holyoke Female Sem.
mary, at South Hadley, Mass, and Carleton
college, at North1ield, MINI.
A BLIND BOT MURDERER AND SUICIDE
Asa Kettle, the blind boy who will be remem-
bered as the one that shot and killed his
father and mother, some time ago, at West
StephentoWn, and was confined in Jail SO long,
shot himself IN the stomach yesterday, the at.
tending physician thinks fatally. The doctor
tried to probe for the ball, but Asa would not
let him, saying that he had put it there and it
should remain. His brother had gone to church
and left him alone, and he broke open an old
trunk and got the revover-the same one he
used when he killed his father and mother.
Ii said after he shot himself that he killed
them and was glad of it Troy Times
81" Do dreams ever come true?" The lad
Crowley, an inmate OF the New York Juvenile
Asylum, dreamed on Monday night that he
was struck by lightning and killed. He re-
lated the story at the breakfast table yester-
day, morning, In less than an hour after,
W nd playing ball he was struck by the bat,
The firm of sHMEDTIE
- BROS. is this 6tn day of July, A. ID. 1873
dissolved by mutual consent The business viii ne
under the old name Of SHMED1IE BROS.