Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-10-24

AnHrsf or TIE PurtApElrnfA CouxrsapRfr.
ERs -on last Thursday evening, a was stated in
oes8sss q esAusaay, 0neas Ai1sn, wiss A
Kimball, with J. p. Stone, len this city Tor Phla
delphia for the purps1s q ssfsSong &he sssAevs,
cfths qseer,s as well the conef q the counter.
felt coin which has been neoding this communitv.
They arrived N Rnf19delphia &C III O'Clock n. m.
and having in their possession one Of our city
papers detailing the srrss a. well - the proceed
double their ppecaution and exertions before fSeir
scts should have puhlicity Riven<t % them
Wise and stone took ne boat Tor Camden. while
Allen Az and kinssil hunted up the police Of the
reached Camden, they found that Frederick TAR,
from whom stone had been IN the habit OF nun
chasing, had retired to bed. .Hswas aroused; and
g tne hour Of midnight Wise w.s intsodnced BY
seen the 500 which came through Adams' Ex-
Pfso, was pleased with It, and was anxious to OBJ
Others, he ewiss. si;ss TIonpson5 could net est
70; and that Thompson had paid his (Stene's) En-
penses on to Introduce him. Wise said he had
plenty Of money 70 Purchase, and wanted to engage
TAR aid ne had but couple Of hundsea on hand,
which amount he could have. bargain was
struck fos its delivery on Friday morning at 7
O'CLOCK NJ inc corner Oh Afcn ana Fourth streets.
AID WEI bsccesded 70 the p.es desy
while Allen and Kimball, with detectives sum.
naers and Levy, Of the Philadelphia police, were
pa , building In view watching the operations,
Arrived with the S2o0 In gold coin, the signal was
given, when the two were taken into custody and
carried 70 the detective Office.
Upon their arrival at the office Wise made him
~h Known, and told Tarr that they were officers
from Washington,who came on expsssly to make
his arrest and that Of the coiners an well as to get
the implements, dies etc., and that he had better
nake a clean breast Of the matter. After some
hesitation and having been LEFT alone with Stone,
he gave the officers the name Of man named 8.
Conner as the manufacturer, and informed them
that he had die for sale, and that his residence
was near the Schuyfkill, in the southern part Of
the city, and In Of its hardest Localities stone,
Wise and Summers started out and found the
place designated Stone introduced himself at
once to Conner, made known his business, and
livered that day al 4 X O'Clock D. m. Allen, wise,
Stone and summers repaired TO the place In ac-
cordance with this agreement, and Stone met
Conner accompanied by Pal, % observed by the
Summers arrested them, when they were imme-
diately surrounded by crowd Of sshards' .: and d
part OF the die was shuffied of into the crowd
the principal portion being in the possession 9!
threatened to shoot the first man who should ut.
tempt rescue. issF srsasisse 80 - ~.
: BY their prompt and decided conduct, they sue.
withstanding the Locality is one Of te worst In the
city; but on their way to the the ssPar' made
break and ran, followed by Allen and Wise; The
latter fred twice, one shot taking effect az blood
was Peroeptible on the pavement but owing to the
crowd collecting 20 densely, as 70 interfere witt
pursuit, he succeeded In efecting his escape Tar,
and Conner were taken before u. 8. ComniisyioneI
HeighpP, and committed to Jail, for want Of bai
During the investigation before the commits
soners, Oficer Sharkey, attached to the Marshali
FORE, Obtained searcn warrant for Conner,
pr nises, and succeeded in finding about Si25 IN
spurious 50, IS, and 10 cent pieces and aQuantit,
Of plaster monlds for the making Of silver coin
sample Of them was brought on by the ofYicers
who speak in the highest terms Of 0facers Gala
fosceof Philadeiphia, a. wei as Onicer Sharke,
Of the Maphal's force.
Too much credit cannot be awarded .to;omcer
Allen, Wise, and Kimbah foe their uAwearyin,
efforts In fefrctiag out, not only the ..shovers, o
The false coin, but the makers and their imple
mens., and g their own expense. ?. 7g1.r1 = !
- . -----FF sf.srrzrr $50.
NAvr-YARD IrEMs.--The U. s. steamer Ana
costa, Lieut. Commanding Fillebrown, len "a,
Washington Navy Yard on Friday morning. win
large cargo Of ships stores, for the Navy-Yard
Norfolk Among other articles, she carried dow,
full Get Of wafer tanks, designed for the u. s
steamer Pensacola, recently launched at the War
rington Ola Navy-Yard, 1t being the intention
o. the DEPARTMENT 70 have the Pensacola equipped
AZ the orfoik Yard
The murderous-lookingw weapons brought from
the insurrectionary district by the gallant Serqea
McDonought and now at the marine guard room
OF the Navy Yard, are objects Of thrilling interes
70 the curious Among them are the Shapes riff,
taken from .sOid Brown" his revolver, 1--we bar
refs o. which are yet loaded, two pike blades tn,
revolver Of Stevens, clearing his initials, DOW
a der bullet DC, most Of them bearing
tne stamp Of the mandatory at Chicopee, Massa
chnsetts An object Of no less interest Is the mus
het OF sergeant McDonough; borne by him In hi
nana -to-hand encounter with " Ossawattamie ,
we oayonet Oh which was bent to an angle o.
Iorty-nve, oy iu vigorous application to the era
onael tne yigiianteye Of Commodore Buchanan
r. Iii. are rapidly progressing
ap and the baidina viii p e..enaon are already
general appearance Of the Yard hss besn M nHs
improved by thorough cleansing process, and !
marked change Tor the better is everywhere Wis
'ible. - et ~ "A - ...ts.., - -
the various departments Of the yard. employing
about seven hundred men, are quite briskly en-.
gaged IN manufacturing equipment stores destined
Ior me several navy yards, and to be used as the
wants Of the service may require in fitting out The
ships o. our gallant little Navy. Large qua nti.