Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-04-11
AN Usr1rrcrrD TRANSITION raox c1v1L TO

L AN UNEXPECTED Transition FROM CIVIL TO
A CRIMINAL Prosecutions On the 9Th instant;
l warrant was issued by Justice Johnson, upon the
oath OF Mrs. Anna Bowers, OF Georgetown, who
complained that she had, on the previous Tues
day, April 1t received from Perry Brother,
fve-dollar counterfeit note Of the Syracuse City
Bank, Of New York, in change for q ten-dollar
| Treasury note, upon the purchase Of goods. The
warrant was to recover i've dollars IL was served
upon the arm by Ofhcer ]. r. King, and wes ruled
for trial before Justice Thompson on the 7th inst
but witness named Cassaday not being present,
the was continued daily till the 9th, when II
r. g. Etekisoa' sworn. - Testified that the
counterfeit note had been rendered to him, At bis
store, in the purchase Of goods, by Mrs. Bowers.
II was refused, and Mrs. B. left the goods, and q
day or two after she called again, paid for and
Mr. Rohrsr, financial clerk Of the firm OF Cla-
gett May, was sworn, and testified positively,
| after a careful examination OF the note, that II
was paid to Messrs. Clagett May In January
last, upon the purchase Of goods In their store by
Mrs Bowers, who then gave her address Gamma
nss, are, NJ, r Teft The .tors a.certa,ned that
her residence was In Georgetown. He called
| upon her several times, to get her to redeem the
note, as she promised, with good money; but In
| this she failed. The note remained In witnesses
| custody till ABOUT three weeks ago, when he
| called on Mr.. Chss Bowers, her husband, and
intimsted that unless the note was replaced with
good money, u legal process would be resorted
to for the recovery OF the value. Mr.. Bowers took
the counterfeit, and gave to witness a i've dollar
Georgetown Corporation note In Its stead. .
Cs Oss to s.
day week April Sd, by Mrs. B., on the purchase
| Of goods at witnesses store.
Justice Thompson dismissed the case against
Perry Bro, and held Mrs. Bowers to bail for
court in the sum of $500 to answer the charge of
passing a counterfeit note on sew raj persons In
this city, knowing the same to be counterfeit.
| The POTOMAC FIsHRRIEs The fishing shores
on the Potomac have been greatly abused during
the past year, and but few comparatively will be
used this season. Those on the Virginia shore of
| the lower Potomac are In no condition to be
worked prof!ably the outfits of most of tn m
being either removed or greatly damaged during
ers In the markets know Of but Eve landings
upon which they can depend for supplies, nov
In operation. The landing near the Long Bridge,
virginia shore, Is worked under the manage,
ment Of Mr.. Jas. Hunter, of Georgetown, az
Giseboro landing, mouth Of the Anacostia, by
Mir. A Burdine. Mr.. J Ballenger Is operating
at SANDY Bar, below GIseboro. Tent landing
near Fort Washington, Is worked by Capt. Guy
| dr. John Gibson 10 again working the landing
at OccOquan, opposite the deserted rebel bate
| ries, which landing II was feared would be out
of service this season. Beasley's two landings
| on the Maryland shore, are in process Of being
fitted out, and will probably be soon yielding
their quota to the supply Of the market; one I'M
| de: the supervision OF a son of Mr. Beasley the
other by lessee Of the landing. The supply
thus far is very insufficient for the demand, even
In the daily markets, and the prices fol-
l WS:-SndO, S21dSZ0 per lUU; 0UdT5c. per pair;
herring, S25as3O per 900; 25d3Oc per dozen.
Snail rock and perch bring the same price as
herring.
had before him on Wednesday a case of more
than ordinary interest, involving the liability Of
consiCnors Suit was brought to recover thirty
, nine dollars and some cents by Messrs Garfield
| x Co jewellers, Of Baltimore against J. F. He'll
berger x Co., OF this city, for the alleged pur-
chase Of two sample swords, about the 29th Of
1 Gov zDlhn Last than ,rfl
, | that H~ilberger Co had ordered the swords of
Garfield Co, and that the order was promptly
| filed, and the defendants were advised by letter
that the swords were shipped per Adams & Co .
Express The swords, however never came TO
hand, Mr.. IL. Bradley, jr., the attorney for de-
Pendants, admitting the deposit Of the swords
: | with Adams & Co, but denied their receipt by
Heilherger Il Co. After full hearing the Jus
, tlce decided that 1t was incumbent upon the con-
j signors not only to prove the sale, (which was
not denied hut also the absolute delivery Of the
] goods, either by themselves or by their recoo =
, missed agents. the Adams Express Co unless they
were shipped at the risk Of the consIgnee by spe-
cial agreement. He then gave judgment for the
. defendants, plaintiffs TO pay costs.
ESTERIEG LARGELY INTO BUSINESS Last
night, about tea O'Clock, the Fourth Ward patrol
! men met with two cavalIymen, mounted on G oy.
. eminent horses, who were leading a small IRON
; grey horse, well made, white faced which they
| offered for sale. They were arrested upon sus.
pcion Of horse stealing, and taken to the station
| where they gave their names as John Wilson and
| John Ruppel. This morning they were broup bit
out for hearing, and gave their names a. Geo.
w. Goodrich and John Roberts. They were
transferred to the guardhouse for a military hear
. ing. On the way to the guardhouse they pointed
, ! out horse In wagon which they said they sold
. last week Upon inquiry, the present owner said
, he bought him last week The horse trade has
, been very lively this season, and these seem to
have had their share.
ASSAULT AND BArrRRY-This morning PATROL
man Kelly of the Fourth Ward, arrested Law
renee Seigler, an Italian Of the peddling profess
| sion for a violent assault and battery upon lad
| named VIM. Hanno without provocation, the lad
being seriously injured The act was perpetrated
| two weeks ago, and Seigler was not seen again
TIL this morning. when ne was instantly arrested
Justice Dom required him to give bail in $500
| for court.
CENTRAL GuARDHOusE CAsEs-Bsfoys Justic,
, Thompson. Garner, drunk; fined 81 IS
| Susan Dugan, disoTderIv conduct do. 81 81.
John Dugan, do; do 81 81. John Fitzgerald
do; do. 81 81. Edward Riley, Thomas Fitz.
, gerald, and Michael Common, do do 81 "a each.
Thomas Conboy, mania-a-potu; turned over to
, his friends. Phillip Brown, drunk and disor-
derlyi turned over to the military
REFUSED THE OATH.-In making I'D the grand
jury In Alexandra, the following persons refused
TO take the oath Of allegiance :-Benjamin Barton,
John Laphen. Geo. H. Markell, Isaac But king
| ham, George McCleish, VIM. II Padgett Alfred
Ssson, David Appich, c. Arnold, Samp Beach,
James Biggs, James H. Devaughn, Andrew }.
Walker
n DESCENT ON A GAMBLING HRLL.-Evening be-
fore last, the Provost Guard captured John las
cow AID William Wyant, two "playersn at a
| gambling hell opposite Browns Hotel. This is
! one of those notorious places where soldiers are
2 nightly swiadled.
} | The lSFTRMARY RUINs.-A considerable force
OF wOrkmea are engaged in tearing down the
walls and removing the ruins Of the Indrmary
building, Oh Judiciary Square.
: SALE OF THE ALEXANDRIA AND WARRINGTON
RAnRoAD.-The Washington and Alexandria
Railroad was sold yesterday at the Mayors office
In Alexandria, and purchased by Alexander
Hay, Esq of Philadelphia, for sl2 500, subject
! to certain liens and judgments represented by
Mr.. Hay andothers, amounting to some $3.50 900
Tbis Is a most important road, some eight miles
) In length, forming connecting link between the
great system OF railroads North and South, by the
| way of the Capital.
| FIRE-The alarm OF FIRE about half mat one