Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-06-03

THE ELECTION TO-DAY for city Officers Is pass
Ing off with wonderful quietude and good order,
about the polls at none Of the voting places were
at no time sufficiently numerous TO constitute
"crowd and 20 far as our observation went there
was an entire absence Of constrant or bullying
on anv side. The vete IL very small indeed, and
the school fund will not burst Its Golfers from the
amount Of dollar taxes paid in.
Up TO 12, m, at both the Second Ward voting
precincts, but about go votes had been cast, and
the tallies showed the vote between Halliday and
Dixon for the Collectorship to be about equal.
In the Fourth Ward the Halliday ticket was con-
siderably ahead, II was claimed. The vote for
other officers is so much split up that II IL impos
sible to tell who 10 ahead.
l P. MIN the Second, Third and Fourth
Wards, where the vote is always heavy, but little
doing.
lathe Second Ward the best informs alton placed
the "unconditional'' ticket about 30 votes ahead.
In the Third Ward the voting was very slow,
not over 200 votes In at both precincts the Uncon
ditional ticket ahead.
In the Fourth Ward at the second precint, City
Hall, the present incumbents Union ticket, are
considerably ahead. At the frst precinct the
unconditional men are ahead.
In the First Ward, Magruder flor Alderman)
was running ahead Of his ticket, (Union.l
The FIeHr AT FAIRFAX COuRr-HousK From
residents Of Fairfax county, who visited this CITY
yesterday, we CLEAN the following further details
of the d hit at the Court-House on Saturday morn
daylight, and proceeded quite lelsursly along the
road with their five prisoners strapped OH behind
and about three miles from the Court House
stopped and watered their horses at well, the
property Of Mr.. Kidwell Here they shot two of
their horses, which had become much weakened
from loss Of blood Occasioned by wounds received
In the engagement. After spending short time
at this place to rest, they came on down to their
camp. About fifteen minutes after they had left
the Court House, two large bodies Of secession
cavalry followed out after them, but they did not
venture ont Of sight of the village and after
conference they returned to their quarters They
were arm ed with sabres and fowling pieces few
having double barreled shot guns. Adarkey who
was at the Courthouse during the engagement
states that " he could not tell how many were
killed. but the dead were lying around mighty
thick"
INQUEST This morning, Coroner Woodward
held an inquest over the body of an infant 81 D.
posed to be mulatto, found in a chocolate box
wrapped in piece Of knit undershirt cotton
slip, and enclosed in fine linen napkin, and
marked Bradley 1Sn The child was entirslv
dressed. The head was mashed. The iury re-
tnrned as verdict that they believed 1t was muir
dered BY some person or persons unknown, and
placed In the bushes or slashes in T street. where
Ii was found.
DBAD.-Mr. John S. Davis, who was 30 serious
ly wounded by the explosion Of the magazine of
The cap machine In the Navy Yard last Monday,
died on Saturday evening at his residence at the
Navy Yard. Mr.. Davis Was an old citizen of the
Navy Yard, and was univeI sally respected His
funeral takes place to-day.
SEE AND KNow.-We call the attention OF our
readers, particularly the Navy and Army officers,
TO the splendid assortment of Munich and Frenc b
telescopes and spyg asses. direct imported and
for sale by Mr.. H Semken, $40 PennsvIvania
avenue, between " NTH and Tenth streets. 1t
Coon FOR OYsr Err! BY the advertisement else
where, 1t will be seen that Oyster, Geo NJ y that
Napoleon of butter merchants is now supplying
his choice Philadelphia print at 25 cents per
pound! How be manages to do Ii we can't begin
to guess; but the fact is so.
DIsMIsssD.-LucenT psico and ] ohm Hawkins
(coiored, were arrested by J. F. King, charged
win Inc larceny of quantity Of clothing. They
were taken before Justice Dom, but were dis.
missed for lack of evidence to prove the fact.
DR.. BELL, formerly Surgeon in the United State,
Sitters:
SPRINsFIsLD, ILL.,, April "A, 1855.
sohe Inonlhs since, while recovering from an
attack of Remtttent Fever, was rec uest.d to try
Hostetters bltters, az an article pc uliarly suited
but simple ~ stcs TO say that restored powers
OF my olges'ive orgaJs, and az the time kept
saying that. hitherto us ng it in nv pract.os. IL
ms, lI ev cry case where have ordered u, acted
from pV patent medicine, an atticIe IT bv i Sa
means claims to be. SANFORD BELL M D.
where. m N,eost
C@IeHsEIThe sudden changes of our climate are
Ara t1o1S. Experience having proved that simple
re- a Sdies often act speedily and certainly when
T..,hss9 RI L9zsnses let the Cold Cough or T.
'Teosution more serious attack may be efecfually
FAR, Sssrded OF. PrbLte Speakers and SINGERS will find
voice. See advertisemnIt. de i-iy
REIryR L,ve xou seen proF Wood. .d,,,.;