Evening star., 1863-04-03
LOCAL NEWS.
ANOTHER PARADE OF ROGUES
Fourteen Pickpocket>, Thieves, &c, Sent
Out OF the City.

To day, at twelve o'clock, agreeably to an
order from the Provost Marshal, another crowd
OF pickpoclets, thieves and vagrants were
paraded on the avenue preparatory to being
sent off in the train at three o'clock. The
parties were fitted up in the same style as tho
two who were paraded some time siace-larpe
red placards, bearing the words uplckpockpt
and thief in black letters, being posted on
their hats and backs, and they Were all hand :
cnftpd. a guard of sixteen men, w ith a serpea nj
under the command of Lieut.. j. s. Cooper,
commanding at the guardhouse, escorted them
and they We're followed by a corps of drummers
and 1lfers, playing the . Rogue's March,
Eight men thus placarGed Were mar ched from
TIE gnardhouse up Ninth street to the nort!,
side of Pennsylvania avenue. thence along bv
the different hotels, &C. to Nineteenth street
down the west side of Nineteenth street to e.
and to Seventeenth street, and back 10 tba
guardhouse, where they were Joined by those
coming under the head of yagrants, and the
whole party sent to the railroad station
The following are tho names of the paraded
party H. Whitney alias VIM. Jones' who was
arrested by Sergt. Reed and officer TAFT on the
22d nit, at the depot, charged with being a sus-
pIcious character and a thief; Jas. Kenneth a
machinist by trade, who was arrested on the
2lst ult, by officer Crump, on the charge of
Sagrancy Isaac Grant alias John Musgroye:
John w. Rollins alias " Whit Sissler." who
belongs to this city, and is well known here
These four are classed as pickpockets and
thieves: and the other four, VIM. Cunning
ham, John Carr, Geo. w. Smith and Thos
Monear. are classed as thieves simply
The procession attracted a large crowd of
spectators, and ii was with difficulty that the
guard could move along with their prisoners,
so crowded were the payements. Most of the m
walked along with no look Of shame and
seemed rather proud that such honors Were
being paid them; hut few had their hats care
fully drawn over their eyes, and one whom we
understood to be Musgrove. had his shawl over
his face. Some of them seem to be very Young
one or two apparently not above sixteen years
of age.
On the return to the guard-house, the crowd
which had been considerably augmented on
the route, densely crowded the street in front
OF the building, and the paraded parties were
drawn up in line They expressed themselves
as totally disguised with the parade, and were
very anxious that the placards should be taken
OH them; but the officers Were inexorable,
and with the placards still attached to their
persons, the line of march was taken up for the
depot, they having received 4 reinforcement of
the following, who were arrested as ragrants
VIM. j. Sullivan Henry King Garrotty. Fran
els X. Bars and ssDWaye" Draper and the
whole party Were marched down the Avenue
crowds of persons still blocking up the way
and following them. On starting, the prison.
crS in the guard house who We're in a position
10 see them from the front windows, cheered
thfm Justify.
With the party were two girls, who gave the
names of Anna Smith and Sarah Donaldson,
who on Wednesday night were found at Lin
coin Hospital improperly associated with two
80 diers belonging to the ith and 9th New York
cavalry named John Brown and George w
Cummings, and who We're sent TO the guard
house. The two soldiers, who We're also sent
10 the guardhouse, received the cooling of a
shower bath and We're then returned to the
hospital.
be allowed to go to the depot in as quiet a man
ner as possible, and they were allowed to ride
In an ambulance. 4 guard accompanying them
down The one who gave the name of Anna
hnf lIn
to give her proper name, is a tall, good. looking
girl, with dark haIr, black eyes and rosy
cheeks. She is apparently about "a years of
age, and dresses neatly. The other, Sarah DON
aldson, Is undoubtedly 4 stpiece," being about IS
years old, brown hair and blue eyes, and is
somewhat pock-marked. Neither of them are
very modest, and this morning, when the SOL
ders who We're caught with them were brou ght
out they evinced no feeling of shame. One of
the soldiers stated that he had known one of
them in New York city, and it is probable that
both belong there.
The party of pickpockets and vagrants. num-
bering fourteen altogether, were put on board
the afternoon train for the North.
A VICTIM OF MISPLACED CONFERENCE.-The
agent here of the Associated Press, a worthy
gentleman, but who like the venerable Intelli-
gencer, dislikes exceedingly to be Jostled from
his proprieties, is Mortified to find that he has
flooded the country from Rock Creek to NADIA
wash with the particulars of great CONTRA
there is certain degree of uncertainty. He
hastens now to telegraph, North, South, East
and West, that the whole story was 1st Of
April Joke, and was not only a "irst of April
joke" but was ga felton," and was not only
fiction, but was ssintended to mislead the pub
Hc.'' Think of that now! Moreover, that sthe
natural tendency will be to destroy confidence
in the future veracity Of the originators." Hard,
but fair; and we really think that if on any fu-
ture First of April any originators should be
found stating the capture Of contraband ves-
sci sty led lie Fou dArril, owned by Hokes, Sell
& Co., and consigned to the Richmond Trade
Sale Co., the agent Of the Associated Press will
be abundantly justified in letting it alone Sc.
yerely.
--LATEST observation-disclosures by Lewis
johnson & Co., Bankers.-Washington Money
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