The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-20

Ter neatly in tabular form, which gives at the
same time comprehensive yet succinct view of
the whole subject. zs -
Itappears from one of these tables that dur
ing the last quarter, there have been ten thous-
and and ten persons arrested Tor offences against
the laws of the State, showing an increase over
the number of arrests during the previous quar-
ter, of one thousand seven hundred and eighty
six. sPaaaa r,.8
This large increase of arrests was mainly for
such offences as assault and battery, disorderly
conduct, intoxcation, and vagrancy, while there
has been aproportionate decrease in the number
OF arrests for the higher grades of crime The
captains of the several districts have reported
eight hundred and eighty-fve burgaries, grand
larcenies, and petit larcenies, as having been
committed in the city during the quarter, and
one thousand and thirty persons as having been
arrested for the commission Of similar offences.
The report for the present quarter embraces
two additional tables-one showing the amount
of property lost and the amount recovered the
other showing the number of offences against
property in the several patrol districts.
From the table in regard to property lost, it
appears that property stolen by burglars amounts
IN value to three thousand one hundred and five
dollars and seventy three cents of which five
hundred and ffty-eight dollars and twenty cents
have been recovered grand larcenies, fourteen
thousand seven hundred and twelve dollars and
thirty-fve cents, Of which nine thousand and
fourteen dollars and two cents have been re-
covered; petit larcenies, two thousand six
hundred and eighty five dollars and twenty-eight
cents, of which fifteen hundred and eighty-seyen
dollars and sixty-one cents have been recovered
making total loss Of nine thousand three |
hundred and forty-three dollars and tifty-three |,
cents !; while there has been property to the /
amount OF twenty-one thousand five hundred
and nine dollars recovered by the members OF the
police, which had been stolen in other counties
or States. % Gt
From The table in relation to offences commit
ted against property, it appears there have been
one thousand ard, forty eight offences Of that
description committed during the quarter. Fa
Three hundred and eighty three violations of
the corporation ordinances Were reported to the
corporation attorney. u ,lo,..'
During the quarter, there were seven thousand
i've hundred and eighty nine persons accommo-
lost children restored TO their parents or guar
dams; two hundred and four sick or injured per.
sons aided; thirty-fve persons rescued from
drownlng forty-four fires extingushed; three
hundred and seventy-siX stores and dwelling
houses found open and secured ninety -four
cattle, and seventy five horses found astray and
restored to their owners, by members of the de-
Partment; and ten, thousand five hundred and
thirty six dollars and twenty-one cents taken
from drunken persons and dodgers, and restored
to them again. ei4s%~>- 1+4 . 80
Mr.. MatselI adds new feature to the present
report and one that is likely to be useful, in
tabular statement of the number of days that
each policeman has served, his absences and the
causes thereof, and the nature of his services.
There is alsoa table appended, showing the
number Of places in the city at which spurious
liquors are sold, giving total of 1885, Of which
3,7l6 are open on Sundays. The Sixteenth
Ward claims $40 of these, the Eleventh Ward
4l5, and the First Ward AIT. The Second
Ward has the fewest, being only los, and the
Fifteenth-the next-.being only Ill.