Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-12-18

Ia eipeakc Bay, and one to Hagrrstovn IN
me Point OF Rocks. and embraces Joint reso-
luton of the Corporation, approved Septembar
., 'st'l; a communication from committee Of
me Corporation 10 the President OF the United
safes dated October 2>- l>tj2, and communi-
cation Of the Metropolitan Railroad Company
telahve 10 Terms npon which they would Build
thC road.
II rerresrnis that a through lus by this route
10 lile " est, IN connection with road from
Cumberland 10 Connellsville, will reduce the
distance 10 heeling 100 miles, and ~ Pittsbury
llumiles.
The present distance by railroad to
Point OF Rocks is................... Of miles
by the Metropoiitan......... 50 miles
From Washington to PiiS6nrs is... 40 i mirs
Is! LIE metropolitan. '.............. 265 miles
From Washington to Wheeling is. ioi miles.
~ me Observation-Disclosures. Dos miles.
II claims q reduction OF time, from Washing.
ton TO Pitisburg, from 50 y honrs to 20 hours
ana reduces days journey to Harper's Ferry
10 tHO hours.
The M mortal presents ..the urgent necessity
which exists for additional means Of comruuai.
Gallon between the capital and the loyal nor.
tons Of the United States; that through those
means The defrnses OF Washington might ba
made thoroughly effective" The memorial
also embodleS ordinances OF the CITY Councils
on The subject, and statements showing the
inability OF the city being cut off in great part
from supplies by reason OF ice on the Potomac
81 certain seasons, blockade OF the river bv bat
terles or armed vessels, &c, while there Is now
put one railroad line TO the city. All the great
capitals of Europe, it is shown, have at this
DAY sever railroad lines of communi ,atior,
and even the city of Richmond has five a
road TO the deep waters of the Chpsapeaka i.
advocated in consequence, 81 miles long and
another to Hagerstown ria Point OF Rocks
1hay give statistics of the movement of frajght
anu troops for Government between the CITY
and the Point Of Rocks over the Baltimore and
OHIO Railroad, claiming that there would he a
ETSr SAVING by Way OF the Metropolitan Rail-
rOatt.
i"LiCR REroRTs.-Ss."nd Precinct.- B'ne.
dick Rhodes, creating nuisance fined ~. Pr
Palmetn drunk; locked up II hours
M,Tc Irccinct.-->amuel Dorsey, disordcrly
conduct; fined S1O.62.
fonrh PrSclHcf-fames Smith, fast riding.
hnrd ssh. Christopher Fitzpatrick, do: do
S2~". Charles Fomolson, drunkenness; work.
Si1fa Prtc;rct-Wm. Hawkins disor,,r,r.
dismissed, y. l.. I4ohmayer, assault AMI haf
tery; security for peace. VIM. Butler iutoyi.
canon and disordcrlyi dIsnis sed. Jane McE.l-
I:Htb {'rccinct.-Pat'k Peacol Park Noriartv
6o"ard Grimm, and Felix Dugan, disorderly;
nnfd e3.H each Joseph Thompson intoxi.
taPo; nncd >?Sl. Margaret Price, do. dis
mis- Sod. Thos. T.. Crooks do; fnnd 81 ot Holm
Hughes, DO; locked mp.
TIE SOLDIERS CuRI~TM,Q D1yvPr-T5s
Netting IF he LGdisS.-Nes lerday, under tho i'm
vltatiOn of Mrs. Secretary smith a large NINA
Der of ladies of this city. Georgetown and Al
eXandri;I. assembled at the Patent Once Mr..
smith was called on II preside. and w T
Dennis, Agent for the Stat OF Indiana was
chosen Secretary
The liberal responses which have been made
Iii The northern cities to Mrs Smiths appp1i
tor ai,t 10 furnish 4 handsome dinner 10 the
soldiers in the hospitals have madr it certain
tnat 4 sufficient amount of money Will b, real
iZed 10 attain thar end. cominittrpS yyara an
painted 10 make dinner ARRANGEMENTS at TWEEN
ty-fy" hos pitfalls. and the ChapIains of those
Tor whom committees were not appointed 1Errr
directed 10 appoint their own committees
WOUNDED OFFICERS ARRIyKD.-Among the
wounded at FredcriCksh'- re- are the following
VINO are now al the Seminary Hospital, t1cor.r-
to~n:-MaJor Jos O'Neal, esd n. Y I'm arm.
MAJ: n r. Throor, 5?th n. Y, in leg and arm:
Capt. Thomas Laddy, 63th y. Y, in arm. Cant
James Lawrence, 18th u. s infantry, in arm:
Capt. FULTON, 63d Pa in hand seriously: Adir,
iant u. wilson, 18th n. Y, in knee Capt A N
w haley, lsTh y. y, in hand seriously: Assistant
Surgeon ID. b Kennedy, 57th Pa, in leg: Cant.
". Schnbley. '33d Pa: Capt J. Daehler, 10th
"a; Capt AlphoDs SERVER, 10Th n Y: Capt.
John IL. Walker, l26th Pa; Capt d. w Sn der.
ll0th Pa; Capt John VI. Sell, e3d Pa: Cant a.
H. Drew, 18th Mass: Capt. James Wallace, i'm
Ohio; Capt. e. Gilhraith 10Th Ind.
"A - SGrLAK CHAEGE.-YesterLay, Mrs. Mar
garet Ragan. living ON the corner of Ninth and
= streets, vas ARRESTED BY officer Wann-n on
the complaint OF Margaret Van HarteuyiIIa
VINO charges her with maiiciOusly burning her
clothes. The case was heard before Jnstire
clayton. and 1t was testified that while Mrs
an HartenNille was sleeping our OF her room
ale" nights ago, some person went into hnr
room, PITCHED her trunk and clothes out, and
afterwards burnt All but tho trunk She saw
the clothes burning in front of The bouse but
did not know that they belonged To her Mr.
RaFan and herself having had a quarrel nr.-
Flously, she caused the arrest of Mrs on
suspicion. The Justice dismissed the case
OBsTRUCTISG SIDEWALKS The common
practice, by porters Of stores ON the most fire.
Guented thorOughfares, OF blockading III side
%alkS win boxes, bales, casks, SC, has again
attracted the attention of the police and thu
lcilO"lrg merchants were arrested Yesterday
10y PatIoiman Mattingly, of the sanitary squad,
and fined for This inprudent habit of tnair en-
ri"yees, by Justice Thompson: Mrs. g. Preuss,
fined 81; W. NJ. Sinister, 81 So s Heller Al 81
w. l.. S+ars was dismissed. There are nine
otner cases or The same character awaiting fur.
Their hearing.
SOMETHING LIKE 4 SCHOOL THE Rev Hem
~ Turner. tcolored,) from Charleston, \ q,
mas opened a school for coIored people in
u csI, ID: e., called THE Israel Ly-
taught according to the manuscript sent bv the
pflncipai Ia. copy for Il circularJ TO Wash
Ingfon Job Office:
rapIiV, theology, nonology, Psychology, glass
olo@y, Gala echnics, iaache" Clinics, chreotech.
nies- architfchnics, andre hysc-, .diophysics,
acrcphysicz, mahemntiV=.
ENRICH's "WEIE STCBH"-Our enterprisiDy
neighbOr, Enrich, has completed the fttin1up
OF his " " EN- Stube,' W inc room, we believe,
In EnEllsh,l and To-day IL .y,s thrown open
and afforded his friends and the public gener.
ally an opportunity % oample his fine vines
end excellent refresh ments In the edible line
i Is spacious, hand -omeiy furnished room,
decorated with fine pictures and " ar naps
and provided also with a good piano for the use
OF those unsteady inclined. Enrich's Vein
Stuee cannot fail to have immense success
SECoSD.wARD STATION CAsEs-Pa. Morgan.
as'aul'; fired 81 Vim. X. Martin, do; dis.
missed: A. Ferguson, dlserderly; fined s1.5s
Ezra Beebe, theft; held for hearing Isaac
Psrks, fighting; fined sI.5a. Joseph Holt, do:
dismissed SaT1bo Brown, malicious mischer:
Led 81. Ben. Mix, Ben BrC IN, disorderly;
locked up for he night. James NcCall, drunk;
turned over ~ military.
fUHPa OCT or ORDHR.-The Z amps in the
Second Ward, south Of the avenue batween