Evening Star Newspaper, March 16, 1889, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON ¥ D. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1889—-TWELVE PAGES. A KNIGHTLY INVASION. * The Great Templar Army Coming Here in October. ICARTERS ALREADY SECURED FOR TEN THOUSAND MEMBERS—A HUNDRED COMMANDERIES ON THE LIST—A SPLENDID PAGEANT RXPECTED—TEE PROGRAM OF THE CONCLAVE. Memories of the inaugural parade, with a dreary recollection of its accompanying rain aud slush, will hardiy have become dim when Pennsylvania avenue, between the capitol and the treasury, will again be the most popular rendezvous in the city, The broad thorough- dare, bordered then by the living green of thousands of shade trees, will be in the undis- puted possession of not less than 15,000 gaily attired men. The parade will be a novelty in | Washington, although the city has been the scene of a great many pageants and pretty nearly every known variety of procession has, at some time or other, appeared upon its streets. The uniform blue of the regular army and the militia and the more gaudy tints which belong to the | clothing of independent companies will give | place, for the time, to the black broad- cloth and black or red belts of the| Knights Templar. The great avenue to spectators in upper-story windows will an organized mass—a seemingly endless column of black and white plumes and glisten- ing swords. the latter on by gauntletted bands. It willbe beyond doubt the greatest non-military parade éver seen in this city and it will take place about the latter portion of the second week in October or in the early part of the third week. THE TWENTY-FOURTH TRIENNIAL CONCLAVE. All the indications point now to the complete success of the great celebration which will attend the twenty-fourth trienniai conclave of the grand encampment of the Knights Templar of the United States. The sentiment in favor of Washington as the place in which to hold this great meeting was an almost unanimo one, and in many respects it was enthusiastic, Th mmittee on location in the last triennial conclave, through its chairman, Col. Wm. G. Moore, reported in favor of another | city, but the encampment would not | receive the report. It was yelled down and the name of this city was substituted with a unanimity that left no room for doubt | as to where the great body wanted to come in | 1889. With this complimentary burden placed on their shoulders almost three years ago the local knights have laid their plans for making the Washington qneampment the greatest in | the history of the order. PROVIDING FOR THE VISITORS. Such an immense influx of visitors as will be here in October could not but cause some con- cern. What will be done with them? where will they be quartered? were questions of vital importance taken up and discussed by the local brethren as soon as they knew what was com- ing. Committees were organizedand the great work was mapped out with a precision that al- lowed no posmbility of failure; every man was | given his ae of the work to do and if he has | not done it it is not undone, for some other more vigorous or more conscientious knight has assumed a double or treble burden and is carrying the arrangements forward to that suc- cess for which all will get crvdit. BiThe hotel committee—or rather the more ac- fve minority of that branch—has been at work more than ayear. The duties of this com- tee heave not been light but the work is | complete up to date, end more than 10,000 pil- grim knights have been located in such quar- ters as they wanted. The work has been «ys- tematic. Those commanderies who contem- | plated attending the encampment wrote for in- | formation as to hotel accommodations, and Sec- retary Chas. C. M. Loettler. of the hotel com- mittee, vouchsafed such information as was in | sion. Invariably it recommended each ndery to send on @ committtee, who | could see what was to be had and who | could, if they were so empowered, make con- | tracts with the hotel-keepers. The committees came and then the work began. They were escorted around to the various hostelries prin- cipally by Chairman Allison Nailor, jr., and every effort was made to have matters arranged | #0 pleasantly that there could be no cause for complaint: In this the local committee was | especially fortunate, for in every instance the Yiniting delegations returned home loud in their praises of Washington and Washington Knights Templar. TEN THOUSAND ALREADY QUARTERED. Up to the present time over 10,000 visitors | have Leen provided for and the committee has yet suitable and unexceptionable accommoda- tions for at least 10,000 more. As the date for | the assembling of the encampment draws | nearer the labors of the committee will increase, for then it will also have to look out for those knights who come as individuals.instead of being associated with some commandery, Many com- manderies will not, cannot, be here as organi- zations, but there are only a very few which will not have at least one member at the en- campment. The hotel committee will not, however, dis- band as soon as the reception committee com- mences to work. Its members propose to circu- late around town as comprehensively as possi- ble to look out for and, if possible, to prevent extortion. The rece (my committee will have much to do. With fully 20.000 knights and ladies arriv- ing in the city within twenty-four hours there will be but httle time for recreation, and when. everybody is safely and comfortably housed the work will have only just begun. ‘THE FINANCES, No less useful and certainly not less indus- trious will be the finance committee, whose labors have not as ret commenced. To make the celebration a thorough success and a credit to the city money is needed und lots of it. The local commanderies have pledged themselves to contribute $20,000. a sum equal to #25 per capita for the membership of the four com- manderies hers. In addition to this at least £30,000 more is needed, and this sum the finance committee will endeavor to extract trom the pockets of the capitalists and business men of this city. The money is to be expended in entertaining the visitors, and it will be little enough when it has been divided up amongst the 20,000, perhaps 25.000, who will come wearing the insiguia, ou which is the motto “In hoe figno vine: A hundred ways of disposing of the cash will present themselves and of neces- sity the great majority of suggestions will have to fall to the ground. ENTERTAINMENTS TALKED ABOUT. There will be an excursion to Mt. Vernon that will make a big hele in the bank account, and a possible oyster roast or clam bake at Marshall Hall devours most of the balance, no matter how economically itbe managed. Then there will be hacks to pay for and theater tickets tobe bought, and a number of other matters that will call for currency in a voice that could not by any veracious person be called “still” or “‘small.” If the hall of the Pension building ouly be secured, and about that there is considerable doubt, then there will certainly be a ball—a bali the like of which was never before seen in this or any other city. Of course the decorations would not be as or- nate or as expensive as were those which as- sisted in making the inaugural ball *‘a thing of beauty.” but in every other respect it would probably su: even the magnificence of the night of the 4th of March. At least 5,000 more people than were present on that occasion would enter, or would try to enter, the great hall. and the result would be a jam of dimen- sions more elephantine than anything at pres- ent down in the local records. WHERE THE ENCAMPMENT WILL MEFT. The committee on halls has not yet definitely decided where the Grand Encampment will hold sts business meetings, but the probabili- ties just now seem to point to Scottish Rite hall, 1007 G street northwest. as the location which will be settled upon as best for the occasion. ‘The seating capacity of the hall is hardly more than 150, but some of the committee think that 1 be large enough. The hall will easily ac- commodate those members of the Grand En- campment who will transact the business which causes the gathering, but there will be no room for other knights who would, im many instances, like to watch the proceed- ings of the legisiating brethren. Because of this the committee is not of one mind, and nome eo either Albaugh’s Opera house or one of r large theaters, ‘The galleries of these would give ample accom- modation for the curious, while the audi- torium, properly floored over, would make a first-class hall for the busy knights. THE PROGRAM OF THE SESSION. ‘The length of the session is generally three days. It will open here on Tuesday, October 8, and will probably not close until the follow- Saturday or Monday. A great pressure of im- portant business will be ible for the in- reased length of the encampment pecting- Fach day's session will atabout 9 o’cloc! end, with intermissi ie Be or the public. the public will terest want to lock in on the tions of the tickets admitted aa spectators and critics, There be executive a, and thea who are not of the faith | knights, Riggs house, Will | ton, 100 knights, the Maltby; to be discusse: mssod oe Oe meeting. e routine the Grand ) Biba. will pos be aminorattrac- tion—the mere means toan end. Washington will be most interested in the great mass of visiting knights and their'thousands of accom- panying friends—those who will have little or nothing to do with musty business, but who will spend their time in viewing the beauties of the capital city. OCOMMANDERIES COMING. The roster of those commanderies which have made contracts with hotels is as follows, but new names are being daily added to the list and every indication now pointe to an at- tendance of not less than 15,000 knights. The name of each commandery, its location, the number of knights who age resent it and their local headquarters are here given by states in the order named. The number of persons in or Toren ey each grand com- mandery cannot be stated as Cauirorsia—Grand Commandery. Golden Gate, No. 16, San Francisco, 150 knights, The Nor die; California, No, 1, San Francisco, 100 knights, Johnson's; Oakland, No. 11, Oak- land, 40 knights and 20 ladies, Mrs. Colby’s, 1225 F street. Coxxecticut—Grand Commandery. Colum~ nar No, 4, Norwich, 125 knights, National hotel. DeLaware—Grand Commandery. St. Johns, Wilmington, 100 knights; Ebbitt house. _ Int1xo1s—Grand Commandery, 900 knights, Willard’s hotel. Chevalier de Bayard, No. 52, Chicago, 100 knights, Rig 3s’ house; Athelstun, No. 45, Danville, Willard’s hotel. Ispraxa—Grand Commandery, Dunbarton hotel. Raper, No. 1, Indianapolis, 125 knights, National hotel; Terra Haute, No. 16, Terra Haute, Dunbarton hotel. Towa—Grand Commandry, 20 knights, the Richmond. Kaxsas—Grand Commandery, Mt. Olivet, Wichita, 70 knights, Langham hotel. Kexrecxy—Grand Commandery, Maysville, 50 knights, Arlington hotel; Louisville, 50 knights, Ebbitt house. - Marxse—Grand Commandery, St. Albans, No. 8, Portland, 125 knights, Arlington hotel. Massacuvserrs—Grand Commandery, 300 m Parkman, Bos- Springfield 250 knights, National hotel (with the Springfield commandery are members of Berkshire, of Melrose; Connecticut Valley, of Greenfield; Athol, of Athol; Northampton, of Northampton, and St. Paul, of North Adams); Bristol, North Attleboro, 75 knights, Lenox hotel; Sultan, New Bedford, 75 knights. Lenox hotel. Micatean--Grand Commandery, 40 knights, Arlington hotel. Charlotte, No. 87, Charlotte, 50 knights, Hamilton house: Jackson, No. 9, Jackson, 60 knights. Arlington hotel; Bay City, 26, Bay City, 100 knights, Ebbitt house: Detroit, No. 1, Detroit, 125 knights, National hotel; St. Bernard, No. 16, East Saginaw, 100 knights, National hotel. Mixyesota—Grand Commandery, Ebbitt house. Zion, No. 2, Minneapolis, 85 knights, Ebbitt house; Darius, No. 7, Minneapolis, 75 knights, the Windsor. Mauae- Grant Commandery, St. Aldemar, St. Louis, 160 Knights, Mrs. Stockham, 922 14th street. New Hampsutre—Mt. Horeb, Concord, 130 knights, Metropolitan hotel annex. New Jensey—Grand Commandery, House. Damascus, No. 5. The Richmond; Ivanhoe, 11, Bordentown, 40 knights, Congressional hotel; Corson, No. 15, Asbury Park, 60 knights, The Webster; Cyrene, No. 7, Camden, 100 knights, Wormley’s; Pales- tine, No. 4 Trenton, 75 knights, Langham hotel; Hugh de Payens, No.1, Jersey City, 50 knights, Rochester hotel. New Yorx—Grand Commandery, 11 knights, Riggs Riggs wark, 80 knights, house; Palestine, No. 18, New York city, 150 knights, Ebbitt house; De Witt Clinton, No. 27. Brooklyn, 150 knights, Metropolitan hotel; Central City. 25, Syracuse, 125 knights, Me- tropolitan hotel; St. Omer, No. 19, Elmira, 125 knights, Tremont house; St. Augustine, No. 38, Ithaca, 60 knights, Temple hotel; Hugh de Payens, No. 30, Buffalo, 85 knights and a band of 20 musicians, Myer’s hotel; Cyrene, No. 39, Rochester, 50 knights, Rochester hotel; Monroe, No. 12, Rochester, 100 knights, Wil- lard’s hotel; Poughkeepsie, No. 43, Poughkeep- sie, 60 knights, Wormley’s. ee number of Ohio commanderies, hown as the Ohio battalion, comes with the Grand Commandery. Their total strength will be about 500 knights, and they will be divided up among the Windsor, Solari’s, Langham hotel, St. James hotel, Harris house, The Buck- iugham, Chamberiin’s, Franklin hotel and the Webster hotel. St. Ji No. 20, Yougstown, 30 knights, Willard’s h ; Oriental, No. 12, velund, 100 knights, The Maltby; Holyrood, Cleveland, 100 knights, Welcker’s; De Molay, No, 9, Tiffin, 125 knights, Strathmore Arms; Hanselman, Cincinnati, 75 kuights, Langham hotel; Norwalk, No. 18, Norwalk, 50 knights, on special train of Bultimore and ‘Ohio sleeping care. ae Pexnxsyivanta—Grand Commandery, Ebbitt house. Monntaim, No. 10, Altoona, knights, Belvedere hotel; Baldwin, No. 22, Willimsport. 50 knights, Langham hotel; Reading, No. 42, Reading. 100 knights, Riggs house; Pilgrim) No. 11, Harrisburg, 150 knights, Howard house; Pittsburg, No. 1, Pittsburg, 100 knights, Hotel Johnson; Tanered, No. 48, Pittsburg, 100 knights, Willard’s hotel; St. Albans, No. 47, Philadelphia, 60 knights, 1 Arno; Philadelphia, No. 2, Philadelphia, 150 knights. The Arno; Mary, No. 36, Philadelphia, 150 knights, Riggs house; ‘Chasseur, No. 53 (mounted), Philadephia, 100 knights, Riggs house; Kensington, No. 54. Philadelphia, 125 knights, Belvedere hotel; St. John’s, No. 4, Philadelphia, 100 knights, The Normandie; Kadosh, No. 29, Philadelphia, 100 knights, Randall hotel; Allen, No. Allentown, 100 knights, Congressional hotel; St. Johns, No. 8, Carlisle, 50 knights, Glenmore hotel. Ruope Istanp AND MassacuuseTts—There is but one Grand Commandery, and 300 of its members will be on and will stay at the Riggs house. Calvary, Providence, 75 knights, the Clarendon; St. John’s, Providence, 120 knights, ‘Metropolitan hotel; Narragansett, Westerly, 40 knights, Hamilton house; Holy Sepulcher, Pawtucket, 75 knights, Hewes house; Woon- socket, of Woonsocket, 75 knights, Lenox hotel. Vinarsta—Grand Commandery, Richmond, No. 2, Richmond, 75 knights Mades’ hotel; St. Andrew, No. 13, Richmond, 60 knights, Ameri- consis —Grand Commandery, Gersten- berg & Reuter's. Anumber of the Grand Commanderies will have headquarters at other places than at the hotels where they may be stopping. The Ohio Grand Commandery has made arrangements for entertaining friends at the armory of the Washington Light Infantry. The Indianians have engaged the National Rifles’ armory for a p i similar purpose. me Saturday Smiles. The motto “Live and let live” is very good in its way, but it does not do for the battle- field. —Bostun Courier. The average American citizen is engaged the Fear round in losing either his key or his dog.— Louisvilie Courier-Journal. ‘The average size of an American family, ac- cording to statistics, is 4.13. The fraction probably stands for the old man,— Terre Haute Express. Bad Weather.—Mrs. De Laware. peach buds uipped by the frost yet Mr. De Laware (gloomily)—“No. phia Record. A very busy young man, the week of whose wedding had been decided upon, wrote to his fiancée on a postal card: “What day? Tues, the answer came back promptly, also on a tal card: “No, Wed.”—Burlington Free Press. City Business Man—‘‘At last Iam rich enongh to retire from business.” Friend—‘What are you going to do?” “I am going to buy the old farm thatI ran away from live on it.”"— Philadelyhia Record. “I remember riding home in a horse-car with Henry W. Paine one day,” remarked a story-teller, apropos of this eminent Maine jurist. “Paine was reading a sheepskin-bound Volume of law reports. A mutual acquaintance hailed him and said: ‘See here, Paine, do you have to study law still? ‘This isn’t law, said Paine, ‘it’s ouly a collection of decisions of the Massachusetts supreme court.” — Lewistown Journal, ‘There was a talk of garden making this spring at a Scranton tea table the other day, when a sanguine five-year-old Cog up and raid: know what I’ lant when the time comes.” “And what you plant, Harry?” his mother asked. “I'll — lots of candy,” was the prompt reply of enthusiastic young agriculturist.—Scranton Truth, Bismarck—“Dot spy is no goot, I discharge mperor—‘“Vat he do?” “He do nodding; he von lazy feller. I sent him to dot Ame: states to spy out dere forts, und he come back und gay he not vind any.—Philadelphia Record. get @ modern to buy an What doth it profit a man to dictionary and an encyclopedia be- understand it?—Shoe pa gre society novel for 25 cents, if he fore he can a vesigating ind—(Mrs, Hayseed at pha hotel)—- ay is ewfully attentive at this tavern, ain't they?" Mr. ben arena Aan they're bound to THE PHILOSOPAIC SOCIETY. Its Relations to the Younger Scientific Societies. Col. Garrick Mallery, in his address recently before the Philosophical Society of Washing- ton as its retiring president, devoted some time to the discussion of the relations existing between the Philosophical society and the younger scientific societies. His theme was “Philosophy and Specialties.” The address was naturally devoted in the main to its de- clared theme and # made a clear presentation | of the necessity for specialized work in this era | of the world and of the equal necessity for | Philosophy, which is considered as the grand generalization of the minor generalizations or laws established by the special sciences. The of the address of peculiar interest to Washington are those where mention is made of the origin, strength, activity and mutual re- lations of its five learned societies. ‘That there was necessity as well as propriety,” he i securing greater facilities to the special stu- dents of Washington than was afforded by the society, which had boen entirely adequate to meet the earlier conditions is demonstrated by the fact that at least four other organizations (apart from the still more specialized societi: such as the Microscopic and the Entomologi are now in active operation, each substantially holding the same number of meetings and presenting to sufficient audiences a number of nepee not less than were and still are recorded of the Philosophical society. THE COMBINED ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP of the five societies is about 550, no name being counted more than once, though oftem appear- ing on several lists. The names on the consoli- dated list show that their presence is seldom for honorary or financial considerations, but from genuine interest. A large proportion of the members are frequent attendants at the meetings, and the two customary hours of the sessions for 100 meetings, being about the total of all the meetings of all the societies during each season, aresoentirely occupied by the read- ing and discussion of original papers that no mo- mentis left for social intercourse, that being pro- vided for by the Cosmos club, to which the working members of all of the societies belong. This exhibit shows an amount of activity in Washington among learned societies without parallel in any other city in the world, notwith- standing the great superiority in population of most cities where such socicties flourish. As this remarkable action of divergence and dif- ferentiation has proceeded according to natural methods, without secession, quarrel, or catas- trophe, it may seem at first sight to have been wholly beneficial. but it has some resulte re- quiring consideration.” Col. Mallery referred to various objections, growing out of the exclusive segregation of specialties and the advantage of having all specialties tried before a court of general juris- iction. At this time, he said, with all the loss of papers given to the four new societies, there still remain active in the Philosophical society many specialists,notably in the fields of geolo; astronomy, meteorology, and general Ns who contribute their papers to it exclusively. THE SCOPE OF THE WORK. As regards the scope of the work of the Philo- sophie society, he said the ten published vql- umes of its bulletin are decisive. They com- prise papers on mathematics, astronomy, physics, chemistry, meteorology. geology, ge- ography, biology, anthropology, technology, and philosophy in its general acceptation before defined. These papers were all actually read at the meetings. nearly all by members, when by visitors the fact being noted, and they were all exposed to discussion, The volumes, therefore, are not deceptive as to the amount of work done, as is the case with some societies that publish writing not by members, but by vol- unteers who have never been near their place of meeting and whose published papers were only read by title. The analysis of these volumes | shows no falling off inthe presented number of papers appropriate to specialties within the ‘ines of which other societies have been founded, though, as before remarked, the character of such papers is broader than before. While connected by common membership with a con- foe of special societies this society compre- hends their specialties without technicality, In this respect it cle: t rly fulfills its promises, at A COMPLETE FOUNDRY. What is Being Done with Iron at the Capital. When visitors ask Washingtonians what this city produces in the way of manufactures the | reply is apt to include nothing but “bricks and | government clerks,” which, indeed, have | formed the greater part of the output here for many years. The list, however, must now be changed, for the city can boast of the estab- lishment of a complete and successful iron foundry, which is becoming well known even beyond the city and the immediate neighbor- hood. The name is the Washington architec- tural iron and bridge works, located at 33d and Water streets, Mr. Edward L. Dent, the owner | and general manager, is entitled to great credit for his enterprise in starting this establish- ment. The ground for the shops was broken early in November, 1887, and work was first begun the next April. The works are on either side of 33d street, within a stone's throw of the river, the build- ing on the east containing the office, drafting rooms, machine shop, tool rooms, and black- smith shop, and that on the west the foundry | and pattern shop. The machine shop is ‘@ model of convenience, arrangement, und neat- ness, and, at the time of the visitof Tue Srax reporter the other day, presented @ busy ap- earance, The power is furnished by a pair of |-horse power engines to the various machines, Wideh acblaaifoliswe: “k four iol planer, a rotary planer. a radial drill, a lathe with a patent tapering attachment, & shaper, a bolt cutter, and a punching and shearing machine. WHAT KIND OF WORK I8 DONE, The establishment is at present engaged in the manufacture of 50 fire hydrants for the District—a new patent which prevents the freezing of the phig—and a quantity of beauti- ful ornamental iron work for the new building of the National bank of Washington, One of the latest achievements is a perfected ammonia pump for use in the manufacture of ice, while experiments are being made on a band pump to be attached to a patent refrigerator, by means of which the housewife can keep’ her stores cool in summer and laugh the ice man to scorn, An attempt is being made to perfect a car-starter to aid the motive power on a street | car in getting the first motion. The idea con- | sists of a brass spring. 50 feet long—approxi- | mating to that of a Waterbury watch—coiled | aroundarod running across the car under- neath, The power exerted in stopping the car is to be utilized to coil the «pring, which gives out the force again to start the car, THE BLACKSMITH SHOP | is fitted with five fires and a tine 1,500-pound | steam-hammer, and is prepared to do heavy as wellas the most delicate and artistic work. ‘The foundry is thought to be one of the finest | of its kind in the country, equipped with two | melting cupolas, with a combined melting ca) ity of 20,000 pounds an hour, and a traveling crane, with 57 feet span and 5 tons capacity. THE WHOLE ESTABLISHMENT is lighted by electricity, well warmed, and always in a condition of neatness as far as pos- | sibleém such a business. The storage yard is stocked with 600 tons of pig iron and scrap, and 500 tons of steel beams of varying size, There is a well-built wharf, with 260 feet of water front. Mr. Dent has contracts for the ironwork of a number of large buildings. among which are the new naval observatory, the pablic building at Abingdon, Va., and the new uarters of the National Bank of Washington. ‘he following form the corps of head workers at the establishment: Edward L. Dent, owner and manager; T. J. Collins, chief draughtsman; John Fleming, assistant superintendent and foreman of machine shop; Victor Edel, foundry foreman; F, M. W man, foreman of pattern shop; Geo. Morrison, foreman of blacksmith shop. The works furnish employment to about seventy-five hands,‘ : —— BOOKS OF THE WEEK. JUNE: A Collection of Songs and Poet Cadets ‘at the U.S. Naval Academy. Com, nd l- lustrated by G, F. Gibus. Washington: The Patentee Publishing Co. WE TWO. By Epxa LYALL, author of “Donovan,” “The Knight Errant,” etc. [Town and Coun- ae, No. 24.) New York: D. Appleton CONSTANCE, and CALBOT'S RIVAL. By Jctian Hawruorsk. (Town and Country 5 No. 23.) New York: D. Appleton & Co. THE CRIME-OF THE GOLDEN GULLY. An Austraiian Romance. By GILBERT Kock. New York: Pollard & Moss. At Italian Canyon, near Al day, Samuel Rundle killed his Geo. H ev., Thurs- -in- “Hello, Jones! I hear that Charley has mar- ried Miss Smith. Who solemnized the mar- riage, Mr. Textual or Parson Creed?” “Neither, my dear boy. It was Miss Smith’s mother. Bhe's living with them.”—Busion WHIPPING POST AND PILLORY. Sentences Imposed by the Old District Court. CURIOUS RECORDS IN THE OLD BOOKS AT THE CITY HALL—MEN WHO WERE HANGED FOR BUB- GLARY—SINGULAR POWERS POSSESSED BY THE JUDGES, The old books at the court-house, wherein the proceedings of the old Circuit Court are re- corded, show some curious facts relating to the punishments inflicted in the early part of the century. It has already been noticed in Tar Stan that from 1901 to 1805 it was not uncom- mon to sentence “to be publicly whipped” with stripes as high es nine-and-thirty. In several instances there was added to the sentence the words “and burnt in the brawn of the thumb of the left hand.” In the third book for 1803- *9and'10 no sentences to burning appear, but the stripes sentences are common. The court, then composed of three judges, sat for Wash- ington county and Alexandria county, the lat- ter not having been ceded to Virginia at the time. It transacted criminal, law, and equity business, usually taking up the criminal busi- ness in the early part ofeach term. It also ap- pointed the road supervisors, keepers of ferries, &c., licensed ordenaries, and heard petitions for freedom. From the volume at hand it does not ap that imprisonment was the favorite mode of punishment, for there are very few sentences for time. The whipping post doubtless was considered more effective in the prevention of crime. In one instance a negro named Nathan was sentenced to death for burglary. Record is made also of the infliction of punishment by the pillory. AttheJune term of the Criminal Court, in 1808, the grand jury was in session but five days and the petit jurors seventeen. The musty old record shows on one of the first pages that two billiard tables were licensed previously. At this term Peggy McLaughlin, administratrix of Charles, had four cases against different de- = and there were fifteen criminal cases tried. A SINGULAR RECORD. Under the date of June 15 is the record of the trial of the United States against Theopbelus Rounds, alias Off. Rounds, with the verdict not guilty, After the names of the witnesses, Jno. Ott, Thos. Hughes, Wm. Rounds, Tracy Turner, Milly Turner, and Lloyd Turner, the foliowing record explains the verdict: “William Rounds, otherwise called William Rowen, otherwise called Willie Round, other- wise called Wm. Turner, being sworn on behulf of the United States to ‘testify the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth in a cer- tain cause or prosecution depending in this court in the name of the United States against one Theophilus Rounds. otherwise called Off Round, who stood indicted for stealing 46 jieces of bacon, the property of one Thomas ‘ughes, made oath in open court in due form of law that he knew nothing concern- ing the said bacon, or any other bacon, and that he testified before John Ott, a justice of county of Washington, as stated in the follow- ing certificate of the said j Will Rowen confesses that Monday morning, when he came home from Lloyd Turner's mother’s, his mother gave him two Hams, and told him to go and hide them in the woods; that as he waa going up the Bottom he met with two stacks of Hams and Middlings; that he hid those he car- ried some distance above the stacks, and hid them among leaves; that one ham had a splin- ter through it, and the other a piece of rope to carry with. Afterwards he returned home and told his father that he had the two hams, and had found a parcel of hams and middlings piled together, His father asked whereabout; he told him and said the dogs were growling and fighting about it. When his m@ther returned from market she told him that his father had brought the meat from Mr. Hughes on Sunday, 13th, ina cart and had hid it in the woods. When’ said William went out again he went with the boys and show him the meat, On Monday eveniay his father went out to the hams an upon his return said to his wife he must take the meat from that place to-mor- row night, as the dogs had done a great deal of damage to it; that his father went out the next night again to the west, and when he returned it was very late at night. Monday morn the family had fried bacon for breakfast. That Wednesday night his father and mother went out with the cart and heard them talk about carrying it down in the city near the theater in a small white house—wherein a yel- low man lives by the name of Joe. The house adjoins a brick house on the other side,’ and that what he had thus testified before the said Justice was false and was not true, whereby it appears to the court here as well by confession of the said Wm. Rounds in open court as by testimony of the said Jno. Ott upon oath that there is probable ground to believe that he has committed perjury. It is therefore ordered that the eh Wm. Rounds be taken into custody of the marshal of the District of Columbia and that he stand committed or until he find good security in the sum of #50 for his the peace of the | appearance at the next court to answer for the offense, or until he shall be charged by due course of law.” There is no record of the disposition of the rjury case, but in the jailor’s account there is a charge for the board of said Wm, Rounds for fourteen days at 20 cents per day, OTHER ODD CASES. June 24 is an entry of an affidavit of Robert McCann, to the effect that Rose West, “‘a yel- low woman,” had created great disturbance and noise, used profane language and refused to obey the officers. The court ordered her into custody, and she served three days, as ap- pears by the jailor’s account. The December term was the next convened, December 26. and there were about the same number of cases. Among the sentences w: one of fine of 20 cents. Negro Sally was son- tenced to 20 stripes, and Nancy Swann, tried in two cases, was sentenced in one to a fine of #1 and 39 stripes and m the other toa fine of $5 and the same number of stripes. January 12 Negro Nathan was convicted of burglary and sentenced to be hanged March 15, and Burkett Riggs, convicted of murder, was sen- tenced to death, han was subsequently pardoned by the President. Some of the sen- otherwise dis- tences this term were as low as oue stripe and $1, and in case a victim was fined after trial 20 cents, At the June term, 1809. there were but few trials and but two sentences to the whipping ost, one to fifteen and the other to twenty ashes, At the Jannary term, 1810, several sentences, including stripes were imposed, and on the 15th one David Collins was convicted of being the father of an illegitimate child, and, failing to give security in 50. he was committed to the marshal’s custody, but gave security the fol- lowing day. A PRISONER WITHOUT AN ALLOWANCE. Under date of January 31 is an entry show- ing that the marshal admits holding Wm, Wil- son under a capias and satisfaciendum at Alex- andria, and the court ordered a habeas corpus, ‘The following day a formal petition was pre- sented setting forth his imprisonment, that pro- ion had not been made for his support, or se- curity given therefor, and the marshal refused | to give him the allowance fixed by law, &c. ‘The court refused to grant the relief and the records were silent as to how long he remained in custody. At the June term 1810 the grand jury eight days and the petit jurors twenty jays. There were twenty-tour cases tried, i which the sentences were mostly fines, and at- tuched were stripes from one to thirty-nine, Azariah, a free negro, getting a fine of 81 and thirty-nine stripes, At the December term the grand jury was in session thirteen days and the petit jurors attended twenty-nine days. There were twenty-five criminal cases tried, and in fourteen convictions the fines amonnted to £108, oue being for $50. The maximum of thirty- nine stripes was awarded in but one case. One sentence of three months’ imprisonment ap- pears and one of one day. January 18a habeas corpus case of a father in behalf of his son, an cy ab gpecess imprisoned in the jail, was de- cided by the court directing the boy's dis- charge. On January 25, 1811, the case of Christianna, an apprentice white girl, against her master appears with the order discharging her, and directing that she be placed with Mrs. Brick- man, who agreed to take charge of her. WATURALIZED, ¢ Under the date of November 20, 1811, there appears the declarations of intention to be- come citizens of Rev. Maximillian Rautzar and John Cary, subjects of Napoleon, emperor of the French and of Italy. and Rev. Robt. Plunkett, of England, and the admission to citizenship of Rev. sr Epinette, formerly of France, who declared his intention at the June term, 1808, The December term, 1811, was convened on the 23d of that month, and the minutes 2 with a list of seventeen persons licensed to sell liquors at the Washing! Jockey club Melyaeniia and 24 prey: The grad jury attended fifteen days and the petit jurors -three days, There were twenty-five cases Among them five against Wells, in one ef which he was juitted, and in the the verdict ‘was “gull , but we find that he has been fined for the same offense under the laws of the corporation of George- town.” He was released to appear at a future A VARIETY OF PUNISHMENTS, One Jim Thomas was tried January 15, 1812, in three cases—the verdict in two being guilty of stealing and not guilty of burglary. In the first case he was sentenced ‘to fine of €1 and to be publickly shipped with 39 stripes to be inflicted immediately.” In the second a like sentence was im} d ‘the 39 stripes to be in- flicted this day 3 weeks.” In the third case the verdict was guilty, and sentence “that he be taken from — to the Prison whence he came to the place — execution to be hung by the neck until be dead on the'13th day of March between the hours of 12 and 3 o'clock.” Jim was valued by the court at $400. One pris- oner was sentenced to 10 stripes, another to 15, and a third to 5, The June term of 1812 held the grand jury twelve days, and the petit jurors twenty-five days. ere were seventeen criminal cases tried, and fines were imposed in five. In one case a pardon by the President remitted fine and costs, At the December term, 1812, the grand jury was in session twelve days and the petit jurors twenty-six days. There were but nineteen criminal cases tried, and in one a fine of $40 was im) in another @1. by twenty lashes. One case was certified Supreme Court of the United States in the of Negro Patrick, convicted January *18, on the first count of the indictment, to be hung on Thursday, March 1 posed, and his value fixed at $400. There were seven bench warrants issued at this term, charging persons with keeping faro banks. The grand jury on July 8, 1513, presented two constables, one as ‘a turbulent, noisy, immoral man, frequently intoxicated,” and the other for failing to pay over amounts collected, and the court removed them. — i ART NOTES. Many of the strangers in the city during in- auguration week and since have availed them- selves of the opportunity of viewing the interest- ing historical pictures “Washington Welcoming the Provision Trains” and “The First Battle of the Puritans,” painted by Mrs. Imogene Robin- son Morrell, and now on exhibition at 804 E street northwest. Mrs. Morrell is holding daily receptions, to which all persons interested in art are cordially welcome, — Of artists residing in Washington at’ the present time only Mr. Robert Hinckley will be represented at the coming French exposition. He sends a portrait of Mr. Clifford Richardson, Of those who have lived here, but now have studios in New York. Mr. G. R. Donoho con- tributes two, * erie” and “Bord du Foret;” Mr. W. y sends two, “Dolce far Niente” and “The Labor Question in the | South,” and Mr. J. H. Witt one, “Planning an | Apple Cutting.” —Mr. Henry Savage Landor, a young English artist, has temporarily opened a studio at 903 | 16th street, where he has a large number of sketches and studies made in England, Holland, France, Spain, Egypt, Algiers, and Canada, and where he is « ngaged on the life-size por- trait of two ludies of this city. How long he will remain here is uncertain, as his visit to this } country was incidental toa trip to Japan and Australia; but he likes this city very much, and will probably stay for some weeks. For one 80 young Mr. Landor has shown unusual enter- rise and industry, and he has already accumn- lated suiticient material for a long and success- ful artistic career. -- The sale of the Erwin Davis collection of paintings, heretofore referred to in this column, takes place in New York on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings next. The catalogue cludes three canvasses by Delacroix. Rousseau, three by Corot and three b and one or more by other artists of equal note; but the two paintings which d, and in three $10. in one €5, and The 5 fine was see gon tothe ; was im- to be attracting most attention are Bastien Le Page's Joan of Are.” and Manet’s “Boy with Sword.” ‘The New York papers are urging the purchase of both for the Metroy of that city, and they will probably go the: They are both of large size and better cale lated for a public gallery than a private collec- tion, j duty of selecting American paintings for the coming French exposition could be performed without subjecting the committee undertaking | it to adverse criticism, This is always likeiy to | happen where some are to be taken and others left; but in this case there has becn a perfect , storm of indignant fault-finding and charges of | | favoritism, And apparently with good grounds, j too, For example, but a single painting by | George Inness—conceded to be at the very head of Ame landscape painters—was chosen, and this against his earnest protest, as not be- ing afair example of his best work, while a | number of other artists of far less reputation and merit are represented by a half «sore | | more, and in one instance by no less than | | eleven feparate canvases. | Many others that one would naturally expect to be represented on such an occasion were entirely ignored by | the committee, — Dr. Kindleberger has been engaged more or less for some time past on the largest can-| vas he has'so far undertaken, as it will doubt-| less be the best work he has yet produced. Very properly the subject is a marine, the | scene being laid in Narragansett Bay, near the | artist's summer residence, The time chosen is | just after a southeast storm. and when the | wind has shifted to the opposite point of the compass. The result is a picture of great | spirit and animation, with the waves rolling in | heavily from seaward and breaking on a group | of stubborn rocks in the foreground, while the spray is tossed back by the stiff breeze blowing from shore. While not entirely completed. the painting needs but little additional touching, and it will probably be finished in time for the | spring exhibition of the National Academy of ; esign, where the artist's friends all think it should be sent, —Mr. Thomas E, Waggaman went over to | New York on Wednesday to attend the private view of a special exhibit at the Union League | club-house, on Thursday evening, of rare blue | and white Chinese porcelain, in soft and hard paste, to which, by the way, he took some fine specimens from his own choice collection. “Mr. Waggaman has for a long time made a specialty | of Chinese and Japanese porcelains, in the sev- eral departments. of both of which he has! many rare and valuable examples. Indeed, it { 1s said by experts, that he has some pieces that ‘are not excelled by anything of their kind in | this country. By the by, it may be mentioned | here that, while the exhibit of American paint- | ings in the Morton mansion is quite largely at- tended each day and evening, as it deserves to be, that collection is by no means the only one | in the city, aside fromthe Corcoran gallery, | worth visiting, or that is largely visited. The | opening of Mr. Waggaman’s gallery to the pub- | lic on Thursdays draws thither quite a throng | of fashionable and art-loving pe who. | aside from the comfort of knowing that the door receipts are devoted to charitable p poses, are amply repaid by the opportunity thus afforded to inspect so large and tine a lection of pictures and keramics as Mr. Wagga- | | man has brought together. During the last year | many important additions were made to his | list of paintings, as well as to the porcelains, so that now it is quite safe to say his gallery is un- | equated in either department by any private | collection south of Baltimore. | se Mailing Campaign Documents. REPUBLICAN LITERATURE SENT OUT AS MEDICAL | ADVERTISING MATTER. | The press dispatch that has been going the | rounds to the effect .that a former post-office | employe, named Mundella, was discharged be- cause he refused to aid in hindering the transit of Gen, Harrison's correspondence, and that he conceived and proposed to Gen. Harrison the plan of sending his mail to Dr. Pierce's medi- cal dispensary, Buffalo, to be mailed like ent medicine’ correspondence, and that t was done, was shown to Dr. Pierce yesterda “Yes, it is true that a large number of Harri- son campaign documents were sent out in my mail last fall,” said the doctor. “I don't know who this man Mundella is, but I know who wrote to me about it. The documents were the affidavits of labor men and other printed mat- ter concerning the attitude of Gen. Harrison toward the labor interests. 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