Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-02-11
LOCAL NEWS.
TANT SEIZURES,


The gunbOat Jacob Bell, Master Stree. ar.
ri'cd thIs morning from the lower Poiomac
bringing schooner and a mum her Of prisoaers
which were taken on Monday last by the Oeur
de Lion and mortar schooner Racer
On Monday morning two OF the Racers boa,s
discovered the schooner, whose name is the
Emily Murray, Capt James Smith, OF Baiti-
mole, near Rag eyed Point, Va, where she had
laLd,d Il portion OF her cargo, waterloo ged.
and took charge of her, removing the crew,
which consisted Of John Flick, boy, ana
b~D'hson, 60 Ord man. Two men VINO had
'one from Baltimore IN the Schooner on their
WY TO kichmond, put on from the schooner
just br!oIr she VAS taken, and the boats pur-
su' item, but they succeeded in nlkInS Iarir
escape by jumping overheard. The boat was
taken, however, and quite a number of letters
Nere found, most OF them directed 10 Ricn-
noiId 4 lac IA voices Of tue goods on the schooner
w. re-, found, from which IL appears that thu
eoous Were shipped 10 Richmond. The schooner
81 Feared 10 be ioddcd with lumber, but In her
LOio she had quite q M Is Gel laneous csrgo con-
si>ilng OF cry goods, boots, SHOES, &c, which
v ala cell ior something handsome. The schooner
Is III charge " Prize Ii asi-r a. H. Brown.
On Nvnday night the boats Of the N ortar
schooner Racer, stationed near Bla ;kistoa
lsians, captured a boat containing ele ven waite
persons AID nNe color-d men, who com
Ing from the Virginia shore. The following
are the names OF the par.i Simon Fl-i.her,
Peter McMulien, W. IL. Adams who sta IL that
IL
samuel ;, Gilman, who are beloved 20 hail
nom Baltimore and TO have been on a mercaa-
TIE tour IN R-beldom, (tne real name OF tas
latter ptrson Is said - re- ~eisen firldD: JACOB
hahnwlei.r, no states that he has been IA
Iharl, ston endcayoriEg 10 get away for SIX
months past; j. VI. Goldsmith, the owner or
tie boat, wEs Tesi..es near where the capture
was mace, and is said - nave been Largely en-
saged IN The coIirabaud trade; w. A. Sp no..
youth from WcstmoS.and, Va; T.. Il. Buca1n-
an, u. Behnc, OF Texas, and Jacob Frieden-
az. heS IN he iuS fa
money, one man having Sli,..Si in gold aad
Treasury notes, and another TWO nuggets aad
lot Of gold dust worth over $4,000; aud tls
Sum total IN the crowd, which is nearly all in
gCld, l. S22,iG. TIE prisoners we're marched
Oh shore IhIn morning and placed in the guard
house.
WASHINGTON MONEY MARKKT.-Q uotauena
fors'o' Ks, COIN and uncuTrrnt money, furnishse
oy Lewis johnson & Co., Bankers:
Buying. Selling.
e s. Coupon Bonds, 1851 ...... 5sx S6K
U. ). 7.3U Notes ..........lO2a lgsE
u. 5. Certificates lndeb;edness s5x
Quar;ernastrrS' Checks, paya-
Die IN Certificates. 96k
L. :. Dmand Notes. Isnal5OS
American Gold .............I5IaI52
American Silver..............l4 lao
Fr.inIa bank notes. 3ua35 dis; South O.ro.
lina, Georgia &c, 3Ha3s discount; North Caro-
lima, 3JaiG discount.
CIRCUIT CcuRr, Fea li.-John III Wills
Esq, was, on motion Of Andrew wyIie, ad-
mitted an attorney of the court
Isaac HCrzberg w. r. T. Pyvell and IL p
Chandler. Verdict for plaintiff
thomas Lumkins and John T. Govau VI
Samuel Shoemaker. On trial.
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PARDoS1D-Ths President has hardened
VIM. Stalllnks, who was convicted OF lsrc-ny
AT the December term, iso2, Of the Criminal
Court, and sentenced TO the Penitentaxy fer
one year and three days and q. L. Rehu, who
was convicted December 1861, and srn.srcsd
70 two years and six months in the Peu;tenaary
CoRREcrIoN.-In our notice Of q case OF horss
stealing on Tuesday, We stated that s. T. Selby
a. arrested ON Saturday night on q Oh xrg- OF
stealing hcrse nom James snyder wen the
names Of TIE parties should have been .ver-ed;
Snyder being tho arrested party, and Sslby thS
owner OF the horse.
CHAHeH % SuleDoNs.-We learn TIA. As
sistant Surgeon Vim. Thompson, L. s. A 10
ordered TO relieve Surgeon Pines IN ch rge Of
tho Douglas II ospital, In this city, Ia latter
gentle man being promoted 70 the once O, mali.
cal inspector, with the rank Of neat.uant
colonel
TIA STATUE op wAsHrHeror, taken frsu
the Capitol n Baton Rvuxe, In. Keen perna.
neHtly stationed IN one OF the Lichcs in o.
wet vi Ing OF the Hall OF Representatives al.
reetiy fronting Leutze's Celebrated paIntiaS Of
Hestsrn Emigration.