Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-11-24
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL Jews.
Tup Prap Dpr AnrnHgr.-Tbs nsnn..-
The several IRE conpsaiss viii not ms.t -
nieht 70 vote on the nom in suSns MAJ - - -
D~partmentlsst Mondsy night for enrin~sy 80
of ne areuen Il viz b recoiieessd 8. .s NJ
DxpArtment was In doubs whsthsr the - -
Quired tbs election by companies 70 taks 49,.
tonight orpe1t Monday hight aud The opIsion
Of the Corporation Attorney va s4ked s.sn
which il viii b seen that next Mondar IL
lat Is the proper tins for the election ~
folio wing 10 copy Of the opinion:
shall meet on the hrst Monday after a. ..s1
sag. OF the act; fAst ~ssissf Monday. Tn. =.
done.
.. At that meetins they were to make uo..-
nations Of Chisf Engineer asd Assistant ~
was done.
& The nomina.icn. are 10 be cs-,ur,,...-.
1t once TO each company.
s>cond Monday sft-r the meeting Of DE 49,.
rasnt for the words are lhereafier thai n. -
the melting each company n 20 vote On -
nominations thus made, and make imred,s,s
report OF the result az ths election TO N. -
partmert-
5. Next Monday two weeks, tina, ia H..
wrecks from yesterday, Nov. 18th, beIne -
Monday mart sft,r tha election by the comns.s
the Department 10 10 meet again and &c.,
III q rerpi t 81 tho election.
o. The is ~ be communicated to the Max,.
and he 10 70 communicate n 10 The Board :,
Aldermen.
The meeting OF The cornpsAies n not 10 10 -
The second Monday after the passage OF the A.
but aftsr the nominations have be~n made r.
ing on the fret Monday, not the passa9s OF -
bill. Jos. II. BRADLEY, Attorney, ke-
FORTUNATE Last night ..
was soipe around the beats, he discoverrA !
FIRE upon De floor Of new building on sup>t
b-tween Ten III and Eleventh, and against o.
door of Mr.. =. GalIant's carpenter shop. a
man named John Murphy, who wasby IL vs
arrested and taken 10 the second Ward stsaoa
and the IRE was eXtinguished by Patrolme1
Foss and Shackl-iord. Murphy wa sent =
Jail for court BY Justice Clayton, and upon Id
person q letter found which heads 70 -
suspicion that he il now a fugitive from jus,so
in one OF the States
WAsHISoroS MONEY MARKxr-Quot s,.,.
for stocks, coin and uneurrent money, furnisSs1
by Lewis johnson a Co., Bankers:
v. :. Coupon Bonds, 1881 ......i63S ioss
L. 5. Csrtinesie. Indebtedness. SIX ias
QuartermssSrs' Checks, paya-
bic in Certificates. .........S
U. =. Dmand Notes.
american Stoid. .i2sales ~
American silver. is2at0
Virginia bank notes, 40a45 discount t.
nessre, ioal5 discount South Carolina, G~Sr.
gia, &c, 3oa35 discount
The WHARvKs.-Tke Sixth and Seveun
street wharves are ~ the present time Gro vds6
with vessels loaded with hay, grain Ar -
the Government, which IL being unloaded 81
stort d in the large warehouses in that vicinity
But few vessels have been arriving at the otAes
whsryes for several days past. on account ~
unfayorahle winds. AT R.leys wharf isst
night, four oyster Boats, with about AGO bnshels
OF oysters, from the Chesapeake, arrived And
are to-day selling OF their cargoes rapidly Al q
-cenis pr bushel by the quantity since yestr,.
day morning, five loads of wood have arriye6
at the same wharf, which is held by the carr
at s. for oak and 80 for pine.
PsRsoSAL.-,ien. Fitz John Porter ana fam.
lily Capt. 4. III. Haskell, Z. :. n; G-n Hiram
Nalbridge and Hon. r.. HaishL n. Y. Col r.
A a: Scott; Pa; Arthur L1sry, n Y; Col Z. 2.
tlss and lady; Col. N. Lord, jr- VT. Col J. o.
p. Burnside, Ill: Col. T.. q Parker Mase. ssI
Maler Hayden and wife, L. 5. A, are at wn:
lards'. -"
Col. G. l.. Besl, Md, is at the National
Major G.. =. Lowell, L. s. A., and CoI Asnes.
con, L. 5. v, are at KirkwoOds'.
You've THIEvEs-Three boys, aged from Q
20 IL years, were yesterday arrested by Fin
Ward ON er for stealing hams from a cask q
H. railroad. The hams were taken 90 a ma
named Daniel Bresnahsn, who bought then.
This morning the boys, whose n Smes are Dennb
Donohue, John MurTy. and W. O'Brien, wsS
sent 10 the lookup by Justice Ferguson. whe
ordered their confinement for twenty houuL
ana Br"snsban was ordered 10 give bail -
court 20 answer the charge OF buying stola
goods.
No WHISKY DRINKING IN ALEXANDRIA,
Erig. Gen. Slough, the military governor q
Alexandria, has just issued an order prohib6-
ing the distribution Of spirituous liquors.
malt liquors, by sale OF gift, either 60 ofYicefk
soldiers or citizens, at that place. ANY persoG
violating the order will be arrested and u
i1 uors confiso ated. No wine, spirituous O.
~,snrr
Alexandria without a special permit from shs
proves. marshal OF Ale xandria.
Dxhp.-Mr. William Tucker, an old and re-
spected Citizen OF the Seventh Ward died q
hisresidt nee on the Island this morning of q
paralytc attack. Mr.. Tucker MAS well known
throughout the District, and was a prominent
meinb OF various socie:ies-Masons, Red Mrn,
thfrhcod Of the Union, Odd Fellows, &c-n
some Of which he hss held the highest Offices
AZ one time being the "Great Icohonee- of tt
Red Men in the United States His funeral
VIII take place on Wednesday afternoon.
CoSvALEsCENTs SENT NoETH.-To-dav, O.
nun Der OF aubulances are employed in taking
convalescent soldiers from the vtrio rs hospi-
tails 10 the dspo',who are being sent to hospitals
In Philadelphia, York, and other places. This
move ment IL ri ndered necessary, owing TO the
crowded condition Of some of them, aud 10
MAKE room FOR such sick rs may be sent in from
the army.
hECEl ilt.-SlncP saturday the following
have arrived: Battalion 10th T. =. Infantry,
liz men; lee recruits for sth New York Cavalry;
a. for est New York; IL for 5th New York: s.
for Pennsylvania regiments; 81 for Rhode
Island Cavalry; - for Cd L. $. Cavalry; % for
9th New York; 10 for Michigan regiments; and
5rsclnits and 10 deserters for New York regi-
ments.
For THH FIELD AeAIN.-The II5th New
York, numbering 500 men. under the command
Of LIEUT.; Col. q. L. Bachelor, which was cap.
tnred at Harper's Ferry and Paroled, and
which has been since at Camp Douglas, ILL.,
have been exchanged, and arrived hero last
night bound for the field.
CoAL.-Several boats laden with Cumber-
land coal arrived 1t the Georgetown wharves,
by canal, last evening. Many more are re-
ported a. near at hand, on the WAY down, the
recent heavy rains having given them frcsh
impetus-
CoNTkABAND Goops, &c.-The tug Ifelie
arrived tins morning, bringing up three prison.
ere, quantity OF contraband goods and the
boat or the Merrimac, which was captured
some time since on the Potomac.