Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-07-13

Rrorous SoLDfsRs Yesterday afternoon quite
ansexcitement prevailed In the vicinity Of Twelfth
and ID streets, which was caused by row De
tween some soldiers. II appesrs that soldiers
were In the act OF beating a young man named
McDevitt, and q Zouave, who regarded the AFFAIR
as wanton and unmanlv fnterposed to protect him.
ne succeeded In checking toe rioters, On. nsd %
stones, when one Of the party struck him with a
brick which staggered him He then drew re-
yolver, and the crowd turned to run aud he fred
The ball entered be back Of one Of the party and
was taken out In front, having glanced upon one
OF his ribs McDevit was badly bruised. The
rioters made their escape.
A little earlier, q soldier Of the Twenty-sixth
New York Regiment assaulted Massachusetts
corporal on Ohio avenue at Thirteenth street,
drew a bayonet upon him, and attempted to stab
him. The corporal tried to avoid collision, and
ran short distance and stopped. The New
Yorker followed up, when some other soldiers
and citizens told the corporal not to run The
Twen'y-sixth man took q stone and struck the
The other soldiers rushed upon the assailant and
gave him a very decided thrashing, for which
they were complimented by all observers.
Later In the afternoon. a number Of soldiers
because hey were refused more liquor, they gath
cred crowd and began smash OF the property.
Policemen King, Harr'son, and some others whose
names we did not learn, made bold attempt 10
protect the house, but the odds against them was
too great. Provost Sergeant Dayton was sent for,
and promptly answered with squad Of the pro-
vost's guard, and scattered the rloters capturing
three Of the leaders, who are held for punish
ment
This morning soldier named Hugo Hamel, Of
Company D, De Kalb regiment bad his little fn-
ger shot of by ball carelessly fired by some one
In the bar-room Of Norwood's Union House, cor
ner Of Sixth street and the Avenue. The house
was at once surrounded, and all in 1t at the time
held as witnesses, except two men who had mus
kets who escaped. This morning they bad
hearing before Justice Clark. and TIE evidence
resulted In the issuing Of a warrant .or John Nor
ton, who answers the description Of the person
who fred The ball passed through the breast Of
the wounded mans coat, and his escape from
death was indeed q narrow one.
TAKING RIsE.-Yesterday afternoon Prof
Lowe was exercising his balloon In the clouds for
the benefit Of those who were solicitious Of an
aerial trip, and were willing to pay their proper
ton OF the gas bill. The fare was not high con-
sidefing the expenses Of an indation, and all who
went up we believe held that they fully got their
moneys worth. Ii Was our good fortune to par
tcipate In one Of these trips We liked Ii, rather
and vote for the 'air line" above all other modes
Of travel Up we slid 500 or /, 900 feet into the
evening sky, with SO placid motion that our
vehicle seemed stationary and the earth sinking
away from US. 1t was wonderful to see the peo-
pie beneath, dwarf In proportions to squat lillipu
tau figures, and II was odd to hear their voices
"smmer down" from the hoarse buzzah to the
faintest bee-like hum. Then we began to notice
the extreme beauty II the basin In which Wash
ingtoA lies. as seen from elevation; not unlike
points about that city. Just beneath us were th q
graceful snuosiiies Of the Smithsonian drives and
walks, and Downing's admirable plan Of these
grounds was seen for the first time az a compre-
hensve whole. Then there was the checker
work and radii of city's system Of streets all
unfoided with horses and vehicles creeping
along insectlike. Elsewhere the stately Potomac
was seen stretching far into the distance south
ward till attenuated to a silvery thread. On the
Virginia shore the white tents of the encamp.
meDts stood out In minute dotted relief from the
background Of verdant foliage-draped hills To
the East Of North could be seen br ght flashes and
puffs Of smoke, showing W acre the Rhode Island
boys were practising their bat cries. At this
time an open umbrella, dropped from the balloon,
sailed down parachute fashion, taking It's time to
reach the earth; and soon after we made our de-
scent ia the same tranquil frame Of mind. On
stepping out the ssnsation was something like
that from getting down from skates after some
fat and common place to the tread Yes we vote
for the AIRLINE" and want no better conductor
through the blue ETHEREAL than Prof Lowe.
THE EXPEDITION or THE JAMES Guy after the
ascending Taliaferro was attended with some
incidents worthy Of notice. The Guy. on arriv-
Tobacco, was unable to find the wharf owing to
the darkness Of the night, added to the gloom of
the surroundings, the banks being thickly stud
DID with trees whose over hanging branches lent
q darker shade 10 the night After feeling about
some time for the wharf, the Sergeant Of the Ma
rine force taken from the Pocohon.as to assist In
the expedition, named Edward Dunn, jumped
overheard, followed by three Of his men, and by
swimming succeeded In finding the landing
place; and the expt ton got ashore
When they arrived at the town they arrested a
negro, who told them there was one hundred and
ffty secession dragons In the place. They
pushed on, however, and succeeded In finding
| the hotel where Tall Zero was stopping, when
they made the arrest Being only twenty i've
strong, they found IL necessary to exercise great
precaution In their movements, and conseq uently
everybody met with was placed under arrest, that
no alarm might be given. After Taliaferro had
Seen secured, the party moved of from the town,
taking all the parties whom they had arrested
whom they liberated when at a proper distance
| from the place.
Mr. C. TERRErr.-The wife Of Mr. c. Hun.
ter Terrett writes us correcting a statement tina,
her husband is the overseer Of NJ urray Mason re.
Gently made by one OF the Stars Fairfax CORES.
pondenn Mr.. rerrstt 10 the neighbor Of Mr.
| Mason, both living on their pltrimonial estates
| and at Mr. nj sreduest, kept m eve on his prop
| erty al far Is possible When arrested on To.
| way towards Warrenton with Mason's negroes
| he hac been requested by N to send them. He
1 had no idea that he was acting In violation Of
| military rules MIR. Terrett, by the by, we know
well to be Union man, m well az enc Of the mos
straightforward and correct citizens we eveI
\ knew Fer years we owned and resided on !
/ farm adjoining bis residence at that time, and
! know him to be a. truthful and reliable a man Al
I lives
RELEASED This morning. Justice Dom pro
| ceeded 70 the county jail ana admin stered The
oath Of allegiance to Henry r Scott, Of Md. whS
! was arrested some days ago In company with VIM
| Brent OF Richmond, Va, at Blad ,nsburg, Md
After subscribing to the oath, he was disc harged
Parole limits Were granted to DR.. Fleming, o.
Goochland county, Va who 10 In custody
prisoner Of war DR. Fleming Is In feeble health
and be was granted permission to walk In tn,
large reservation around the jail, under an oath
that he will not abuse bis privilege.
FATAL AccIpEsr.-On Thursday evening a,
| some of the Government baggage wagons were
passing through Fifteenth street, near Pennsylva
| MIA Avenue, several boys jumped to ride on
the tongues. One Of the boys, samuel Wheeler
aged eight years. son OF Mr.. w. J. Wheeler, OF
! Ohio avenue, between Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets, fell, end the wheels passing over him be
was 90 injured that he survived but few min
| ute. after being brought home. Or. Riley at
| tended him.
SoFr CRABS Reader, this 10 the height OF
| the s,ft crab season. During the two coming
weeks they the finest eating attainable In the
| world, At this particular season Hammack ID
daily receiving supplies Of them, larger and fael
than any we ever before saw. As he serves them
( 10 his patrons, they enough TO make the hair
Of the uninitated In the luxures Of the waters OF
Chesapeake stand on their heads.
CENTRAL GuARDHoUsK CAsBs Bowers, on
suspicion Of acts held for further hear.
| ing. David Dodson, cold, disorderly and throw.