Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-12-26
IGAL NEWS.

. ,idenc~ Of Paetms.,er cJepb.ne' vbsrs Chr
Cle-k Tree. In b~hslf Of his fellow.clrrks. IA a
little speech, characterized BY much feeling, pre-
sen'ed To Mr.. Clephane q beautiful 20 d watch,
inscrtoed a. follows:
" Presented a. Lewis c ciephsn., ESQ most.
Master q Washington city, D. c., by the clerks
Washington, d. c Dec IS, 1917
Mr. C'ephsne, In the course Of q felIcisous re-
sPonse, remarked that he had feared that be uiobt
nave gained rather their i'll will than their good
Will from the iucessant labor he had been COM
Rrled 70 require at their hands In CONSEQUENCE of
the immense increase Of work thrown upon the
Washington once since the war commenced.
bet s-ey bad performed this additional labor
with cbeerful alac rity, feeling with him that Il
was from military and public necessity
Following upon this presentation was that Of a
Mr.. clephsne, who in rendering IL, spoke Of Mr..
Is one who for over thirty years had served
we public faithfully and intelligentiy 10 conneo-
uon With the Washington City Post Once, and
vas yet laboring a. actively and a. lealously q
me youngest Of them.
Mr VINO was evidently taken conslderably
aoeck BY the present and the complimentary
serns IN which Il was offered, blusbed like q
PeonT, snd WA really more eloquent In his hesi-
tatns disclaimer Of any ability to adequately re-
sPosd, than " he had made an elaborate speech.
Ine c1he was inscrioed-ssTo Lambert Tree
Es9, Chief Clerk Of City Post once, ss q slight
Ssanonisl Of the confidence and esteem Of Lewis
Cieph.ne, ?. M. Washington City, d c.,
Presephrion No . then came cf-mr A. C.
Richards, fDarcial clerk Of the ONCE, being The
fScipieut, and Mr. Alfred @ Hail, Special Mail
Agent, the spokesman The gin In this instance
vas also beau iful gold mounted ca e. ltttsr red,
From the clerks Of the City Pest ef1ce, u their
friend aud ow-clerk, A G. Richards, ss q tes-
tn1hlal Of Their high regard. Washington, D
The party wss then invited 10 rar,ahe OF the
generous ho-pitslitiss Of Mr. Clephane's mansion,
and with this and the dispensation Of delightful
music, vo~al and instrumental, coupled with the
COf0lal tnteFchanQp Of Oo06 AL hafxx
genial set OF Renilemen an were perhaps ever
congreeated under single roof, ths hours few
I'LL the small hours Of Christmas morn
We "wOud further state ~ that the City Post OF.
dee clerks, an thus collectively seem are remark
ably good looking and amiable set ~ men-s cir
cumsiance partly accounted for, doubtless, from
sne TACT that the typographical q" persuasion" Is
90 largely represented In the corps.
Maplrs, q soldier, wa arraigned, charged with
an assault and battery, with intent to kill, on ia
coo CoEnwel, brother soldier. Il appeared
rem The evidence that Naples had been drinking
freely, and while under the influence Of LIQUOR
made an unprovoked assault upon Cornw.II-
Knocking out his teeth ard SCATTERING thu bones
OF bis Jay 6y pistol shot, which, II u bad been
aimed little higher would probably have put
an end TO CornwtlPs existence The iury found
Naples guilty Of assault and battery only and be
va sentenced by the court To one YEARS. impris-
onment In the county Jail, and to pay fine OF 81
Patrick Kehoe, indicted for the larceny OF ten
dollars In TIsasury notes and one dsIlsf In gold
from John Swift doth soldiers), on the 26sb Of
Normo ef Ids was acq uttted. az IL appeared from
The evidence that another man took the money
from swift without any participation on the part
of Kehoe
Then Court proceeded to sentence Henry w
and sarah w Light, convicted few DAYS ago
OF keeping bawdy aud disorderly house The
Court, In passing sentence Henry W Liz ht
said the keeping Of such q place was a grave
ofenee, particularly at this time as 4 msIortv of
the crimes. for which soldiers Were afraigppd
before this Court, were to be traced 70 their
Visits 70 such houses. In confederation, how
ever, o. MS (Lighil being an old soldier, and
~ appearing that his children were more to
Diane than himself, he was sentenced to three
mouths Imprisonment In jail. IL being stated
VA saran w Light was seriously III, and IN
eLie 70 come into Court, abe was sentenced to
pay nne Of SO Adjourned until to day.
CESTzAL GUAKDHousE CAsKs-Bsfo,, y.,,,,,
zhonPJon Yesterday morning the following
cases Were dispostd Of, being arrests Of the pre-
vious Night: VIM Bailey, receiving stolen goods;
S1iUipyS. t a. : ss1.i"g JoGn Il o,NeaI, fast
90 u Is James saerman, drunk; do 81 IS
WIN CoIson. sighting: do 81 %. WIN Fssnight.
DO 81 81 Anthony Rapport, druai; do
lem GOWN: do do. Arthur Dounell.y, sleep.
Yesterday during the day .A. following were
81 - A J Mooeet do dismissed. Jno Hend.
ley do nned 81 o. Theo Wilson, do do
81 Sc Jno Bailv do do sass. Samuel Gio-
driyingi do. sI,ss John Vsrheel, drunk; do.
Tn. morning, Henry Campbell, di.orderl, and
Q Derby; do. 81 81 WIN. Morrissey, do: do
81 - VIM. Radcliffe, do do 81 o. Red.
mond Barrett, do; do. 81 %. william Brown,
Peof.ns ard disetderlyi do. 81 - N. Gsnaive,
case was Brought 70 the Central Guard house af,e,
u O'Clock last nIght
Dk.Tza m 10, go. IT,. xu,,..-.,- .,,,
nave ed unee our last report:
AiPnA Fst'y, company 9, 9Th New York
cavalry, al Eraptive Hospital
.v hIo.r A, hollenoeck, 6ith regiment, Penn
ylvenia Volunteers, at camp.
c.oen De 9roos, I'D Pennsylvania volunteers, at
Albert Wells, 9th New York cavalry, a, camp.
T. Mason, company a, Cameron Dragons,
At Columbian College.
A o; RObb, company 3, 9Th New York eaval.
~, At Colombian College
Samuel Hess, company A. Sad Psnnsylyania
volunteers, at Columbian College.
Marcus Doyfoos, company @, Goth Pennsylva
nls volunteers, At Circle
Edwin FTude, company VI lst New York artil-
LryI atsE Ehzab- ID Hospital.
PoLicE cA.Es IN TEE FOURTH WARD On
TUESDAY Patrick hcCarty was arrested oy pat
Iolmen Eeklod upon 9 charge Of larceny, and
dismissed oy Justice Barnaelo. Morris Brown,
do: do VIM Horner, for running hack with.
sSs ease va. di.as.eS By s:.ise i Fsr Iuson
James q. Blake, drank and dis derry; inrrsd
oSer 70 TIE military Motris Conner do; fu-d
% -, oy Justice Walter. Philip Smith, do d..
W. James Nixon, do do. 81 o. Zen
Nixon do; do 81 81 John RYAN, do do
II 81. J"hn Hurloui, do; do S3s4 william
nesiy, sleeping In the street; dismissed John
Rollins, assault and battery; jail In default Of
Dali foT peace.
OPKSIse or TIE FouRrR wARp STArfoE
HousE = Monday night the station house Of the
7th precinct Of the Metropolitan police was
opened, sna the arst inmate Of the cell range was
named Smith, not John fortunately for that much
abused individual, and stu more fnr'uns:ely g.
w Smith, who was found lying drunk in the
street and humanity taken to the station. He
was dismissed In the morning oy Justice walter
DRoWsBD "A man, supposed 70 be an Irish
nan, name unknown, was found drowned In the
canal at the foot Of Seventeenth street Yesterday
Al tnqQest WA held when verdict Of accidental
droSnlng was rendered. The body was buried
by toe Corporation.
sTRAY HoRsEs.-The number Of stray horses
upon the streets Tuesday Night indicated that
their owners, In circulating around amongst the
hOspits Ole bsws Of egg set forth upon Christ