Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-08-07

city by Tuesday next, on penalty Of going 60
| the workhouse.
ATTEMPTED SuICIDE-Yesterday morning
| Mrs. Wood, who resides 81 No. 4y Massachu-
setts avenue. south eide, between Sixth and
Seventh streets, retired to her room, req Nesting
her family not TO disturb her, as she was ia
| zig ued and some time afterwards, some OF the
family: on going into her room, discovered her
sitting behind her bed, with q wound on her
throat, holding pillow TO il.
Dr. Began was Immediately called, ana
dressed the wound (the anterior jugular vein
having been cut), and she is now in a fair way
1t is thought that she committed the act while
IN ut OF dependency, caused by sickness.
FOURTH WARD STATION CASES. Henry
wilson, assault and battery; bail for court
mary j. Hall, fighting; dismissed. Sarah J.
beckman, drunk and disorderly; for further
hearing. Chas. Edwards, assault and battery;
6ail for court aud to keep the peace. William
Burch, drunk fined Sis. jos. Trunk, lar
ceny; dismissed. Elizabeth Gray, ASA uit and
battery; bail for peace. Henry Sonborn.
Dempsey, assault and battery; I.auis Drew.
ger, disorderly: Fred'k Pasco, do: Robert r,
RooinsoH, sleeping in the street; John W.
Owen, do; dismissed.
--LATEST Observation-Disclosures MOE.
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Co., Bankers.
Buying Selling.
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ancates OF Indebtedness, Ssi; Gold, i2,x.
TIE DRAFT AT THE NAVY YARD-Amonx
the various departments or the Washington
Navy Yard were drawn from the 80 painters:
80 plumbers out OF 13i; Is cut of 145 laborers s3
ont OF POO ordnance men, among whom are
Messrs. Henry Stewart, =. Miller, - SOM
merville, aud III. Kelly, quartermen; 10 from
the ITO joiners; 5 of whom have been enrolled
in Baltimore and of the i2 writer's employed
in tae Offices OF the master machinist; clerk OF
the yard; naval constructor and constructing
engineer
About one dozen conductors on the street
railroad train have been drafted thus far
SECOND WARD STATION CAsEs.-Andrev
jackson, picking pocket dismissed. Albert
CleEett, disorderly; do. Thomas Wallis, do;
T. Cunningham, do; dismissed. VIM Somer-
willie, fighting: 1892. Rebecca Beekman, do:
sl-39 Kent NJ. Dowdep, drunk: dismissed.
john Brown n1eas aa ier
drunk; dismissed Virginia Hall, vagrant;
s,Ss. NJ, ". r. heller, wasting Potomac water;
sl5s, Danl Dantol, drunk; dismissed. John
Drunk, very drunk; for hearing.
FfRE-There was All alarm OF fire yesterday
afternoon, caused by the burning of quantity
OF rubbish in the back part of the store OF Mr..
c. s. Whitflesey, dealer in paints, oils, &c, ON
Seventh street. The f'remen were soon on the
ground, and prevented the spnad Of the flames,
and thus prevented a destructive fire, as there
was much com 5ustible matter in the store. a
good deal OF damage was done the stock by
WRter being thrown thereon.
ISoUEsT.-Yesterday, Coroner Woodward
held fQ0uest in the First Ward tba
body OF man named Patrick Fitzgerald, =
Government teanster. The evidence showed
that Fitzgerald was killed aceidently by being
run against by Government wagon, driven
by man nearly blind. The jury returned q
verdict accordingly. The deceased was about
nifty years OF age.
CHARGE OF STEALING MuLE.-Yesterday
It. w. McNault was arrested on q charge of
stealing two mules. which were found in his
possession. The mules were claimed and
Identified by Mr.. ]. =. Wilson, No. 4sI Ninth
street, to whom they we're delivered. MeNaulr
was sent to Jail for further hearing; but subse-
quently gave bail before Justice Clayton.
DIsoRpEELY.-H. s. Thompson, private in
he l7sth New York regiment, acting Heuten-
ant, and filling the position at the Central
9uardf ouse, made vacant by the resignation OF
Lieut. Cooper, was before the Provost Mar
shal, charged with being drunk and dsordeYiy.
He was committed to the Old Capitol.
FINED.-Wm. McNapb, Daniel Genons, J. j.
Hicks, T. Harbough, Geo Schlos, John Beck.
p. Henkle, T. Opendener, Margaret Angrer,
and Chas. Fitch, all doing business on Sew
enth, have been fined $40 each by Justice
Ferguson, for selling liquor TO soldiers.
RoBBING PEDLAR 9LRL.-Tuesday after
noon, Henry Barton, Ii0th New York, at the
Soldiers Rest robbed a peddlar girl OF two
and.a.hslf dollars, and WAS arrested by Capt.
Camp and sent TO the Central Guardhouse.
AIDING SOLDIERS To DRsERT.-John Webb
was arrested On Wednesday for exchanging
clothes with soldiers and aiding them to desert,
and nmmitted to the Central Guard-house by
Capt. Todd.
SELLING PASSES AND AIDING THE EEENY.-
Adam Quentin (citIzenl was arrested on
Wednesday and committed to the Central
Guard house, for selling passes and giving in
formation to the enemy.
SUBfTITUTEs.-Those wishing substitutes,
or wishing to serve substitutes, should by
all means consult Mr.. Miller, at his inteili.
gence office, Ninth street, IS he is q prompt.
active business man.
EURNIsHED ROOMS TO LRT-AT l42Psr.
u With OF witho board suTd'
EURNIsHED ROOMS, WITH BOARD, AT sI2
Il g street.. bet seen 4th and 5th A few transient
Boarders can be Acc nn 1dAtet. au7 St
VUHO IET-Ror three months n small HOCSl:Y