Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-03-06

ARREST FOk mbkDkks-C o1estt0n OF the rus.
oSer Yesterday evening Patrolman Leach ar
rested man named August Craemer, who stands
charged with the murder Of soldier Of the sth
Regiment N. Y Q. volunteers, attached to Ben-
taken to the Fourth Ward station, and Justice
Walter being sent for the prisoner confessed that
he stabbed the deceased and knocked him on the
head, but did not know Of his death. He was
DR.. Froelich, surgeon Of the regiment, subse-
quently testified that on q Saturday afternoon in
March last, he was notified that one Of the men
was lying dead In the woods, near. The witness
went with his assistant and an ofcer to the plsc CO.
and found the body lying on the right side; blood
was flowing from the mouth and nose. Upon ex-
neck two slight cuts each about half an inch long,
and on the left side, about four inches long,
deep cut. The knife used could not have been
sharp. ON the right hand, between the thumb
and first finger.
Witness thought the body had laid abou. two
days and was frozen. The wound on the left
side Of the corpse was the cause Of death. From
the indications Of the blood, the murderer must
have been holding the victim. The prisoner had
been under treatment Of the witness about three
months ago. He was then out Of his mind; other.
wise witness knows him to be a very good soldier
and a very kind hearted young man. The cause
Of his insanity was his receiving letters from his
home about the death of his brother and sister,
and suggesting his return to support his parents
Craemer was born In Stutts art and raised In
Ludwigsberg, Germany, (Wurtemberg, J and has
been three years in this country He IL twenty-five
yeas Of age. He Is still in prison, awaiting the
arrival OF other witnesses from the camp In viz
ginia.
LOOKOUT FOR THEM Yesterday en-dolla,
note Of the "Bullion Bank was placed In the
hands Of Detective A. Allen, to be redeemed
street and tn. Avenue. The note was presented,
but unfortunately there was not bullion enough
on hand Just then, 80 says the detective, on the
tellsrs authority, to redeem It, The note was
aDDarentlv 10 m hutf ha tall
subsequently pronounced 1t a counterfeit. The
officer is awaiting the return Of the president to
see little more about the note. It is dangerous
to take them at ALL II they are counterfeited so
exactly.
This morning persons have been showing of
large amounts OF counterfeiu Of the Columbia
Bank OF Pennsylvania: Those we have seen are
OF the denomination Of two dollars, photographed
rom the genuine, and probably issued since the
Bank Note Detector. VigHette, eagle upon a
shield, locomotive and cars upon a bridge In the
distance; head Of Washington on the left; female
holding child, cornucopia at her feet; the word
''two'' on red ground below the name Of bank
the red printed on after the photograph; Barlin
Evans, President, Samr Shoef, Cashier The
fraud was discovered yesterday.
THOSE IN THE SECRET, viz prominent army
and naval officers, Senators, Congressman and
our selves, witnessed sight last mig hit the most
beautiful ever displayed to our admitting gaze.
Major Myer, founder and head Of the Signal
Department, whose services are so pre-eminently
useiui, even necessary, 10 the Army and Navy,
last night submitted TO final test night signal
The brilliant colors and changing hues formed
toEt ensemble worthy Of Fourth Of July celebra-
ton.
or course, we are not in the secret az to the In
depreciation Of the signals none but Major Myers
officers are; but we are justified in saying that
with these new signals, called aserisks signaling
can be done as unerringly by night as by the day
nag system now In use, and which Is so simple
and effective In character-itself the invention of
the major.
No army in the world Is so thoroughly equipped
as our own, and its signal department Is superior
entirely owing to the earnest, one-idea, laborious
Major Myer, who has seized on every adjunct to
render his department aid. To day we may say
IL IL perfect.