Evening star., 1863-05-07
LOCAL NEWS.


| ton Of the roads leading north from the city,
| which makes il necessary that one road should
! be kept in good travelling order, which IL is un-
derstood Is desired by the military officers OF
the Government, and directs the apr,ontmpnt
| Of committee TO wait on the President Sec
retary of War, and other officers Of the Gov.
ernment, and ask that the military means of
! the Government may be given to construct q
! road to connect the city with the Soldiers
| Home and Forts Totten, Slocum and Stevens
| The second authorizes the committee torequest
the President to Issue an order 10 be read on
| the dress parade of the troops in the District
| on each Monday. forbidding any soldiers or
| ttamsters from entering any lands or houses
! outside OF certain defined limits, under severe
penalties, unless by order of uperior officer
and that the officers be held responsible for the
| enforcement OF the order. The third resolution
requests the President or other proper officer to
! detail a force of eontrabands to work OH the
| public roads leading from the city 70 the va
| rious 1orts. in consideration OF the extra ex-
pense incurred by the county in ronseouer,,a
OF The use Of the roads for military transporta
tion. The fourth resolution req uests the Presi-
dent TO issue military order TO prohibit AMI
| mails from running at large.
The resolutions were adopted, and Messrs
Burr, ilagden and Bowen were appointed tho
committee, TO which the President, Mr.. Sar-
gen ) was added.
Mr. Powen moved to impose a tax of so eants
The stood:
Yeas /, :srs. Bowen, Larner, Nichols, snd
Nay ,-Messrs. Belt, Blagden, Burr, Plant,
and nomas-5. Lost
M Bowen moved to insert IS cents, and then
+24 GER g. both of which motions were lost,
the Yo Leng the same rs above and proposed
40 cen' :, Which was agreed to-
Ye hlassrs. Bowen, Larner, Nichols,
Plan PACmas, ana Sargent-6.
essrs. Belt, Blagden, and Burr-3.
oted that the Collector allow a dis
co. ~ r cent. on all taxes paid previous
TO. "a OF ) per cent before September l.
Tn, oill introduced by Mr.. Burr at the last
session in reference 10 the abate,aent OF nui-
sances was passed. The bill imposes g. fine
of net less than five and not more than twenty
dollars upon any person who shall be convicted
! before justice of the peace of putring the
CARCASS of a dead animal or the contents OF
privy OF pool or the ofialfrom any slaugh-
ter house or butcher establishment into any
river, creek pond road, street, canal, lot. field,
meadow. or common or other place The same
spplies TO owners allowing these things knsw-
! ingly to remain in such places. Il is the duty
OF the superintendent of the public roads TO
! present all such cases of nuisance, aud when
caused by government officers or soldiers 10
notify ard urge due attention thereto by proper
anthoriues.l Sal :.
Isaac Marshal was elected supervisor Of
roads in the first district, ID. Lghtfoot in the
second, ]. I. Osborn in the third A. q. 2. Shoe
maker in the fourth, - Boudinot in thu fifth,
Jesse Harshman in the sixth, and ]. II. Condin
in the seventh ..-...
Appropriations Were made of SlUo for The re-
pair OF each of The following roads Glen
wood, Piney Branch, Old Bladensburg aud
PIscataWay.
Police REPoETs-Efrst Prccincs-Peter Fox
threats; for further hearing.
Srcond PTecinct-Henry Bell, assault; dis
lniSsed-for threats; held to security for peace.
George Biaden, do. do. r. :. Maine, malicious
mischief; dismissed. Lily Johnson. selling
whisky without license fined $40 Timothy
Hartley, drink and disorderly; J. dickinson,
buying n Government pistol: turned to mill
tary. J. Bager, riding on pavement; sa Ed.
Weaver co. S:,. S. Bying ton. do: 81. Henry
Miller, Do SOS. - Shekels, do; 81, DR.. judi
sop' DO; Sl5o John Iolcofel, J. Anderson,
Col. j. MeComb Eli Ferguson, Jas. Edwards,
John Hisley, do; ST. each. j. A. Brinloner, do;
S2.iS. +. SWisser, nuisance; dismissed. John
Redmond, drunk do. +. TierneyA pickpocket;
Third Prseinct.-Ben Cole, disorGerIy; s345.
Mary Ghisley, do; dismissed. Ellen Mahonya
and Ann Sfnelia, do; bail for peace. Timothy
Weltcla, do; $3.50 Hamilton Knowles and
Barney Mcclure: drunk; dismissed. Charles
Parker, disorderly; Sl.S3. George Oster, do:
S3t. Jas Shelton, selling liquor to soldiers;
without license; do James Hagan, grand lar
ceny; dismissed. James W. .Iones, malicious
mischief; bail for court. Adolphus BARKER,
murder; jail. Geo. Painter. drunk; dismissed.
Fourth PyeciHot.--Joseph Paris, riot; bail for
court. Th0s. McNancy, Chas. Orump. Henry
Smith and Hm. Hopkins, do: dismissed. Gath
arine Liepfried, drunk and disorderiy; do. w
II. Myers selling liquor without license: s9o.
VIM. MeGorInack and Eli Driegers disorderly:
sl.75 each. ]. Dorsett, drunk and disorderiy:'
e. John Elwood, do; military. Solomon
Siuiiu lHlSSeQ. fred6rlEk
Cook, drunk and disorderly: si5O Nicholas
Taitee and Ardeia Clinton. drunk; workhouse.
Jos: J; Bailey, disorderly: do.
SfatA Prseaot.-Wm. Hays, sleeping in the
street; dismissed. A. Sullivan, drunk; 81 S.
NJ. A. vester, do. and disorderly; 81 Crook
Maekey, w. H. Thornbull D. 0,CoEnel, do:
military. A. b. Smith. drunk; do. Jas. Phil.
lips, do; dismissed. Jas. LIE wis disorderly: 90 -
Kob't Brown, suspicion larceny; dismissed.
Frank Brown, do; do. John Casey, William /.
Ware, disorderly; do John Harmon, William
Mary Streamer. profanity; So. e. f. O. Giiby
DRINK; Workhouse. J. Simms. grand larceny; =
lail. NJ. A. Nester, crazy; escaped from station
Tenth Preeinct.-Wm. Connor, grand larceny.
dismissed. Robt Harrison, disorderly; 81. II.
w Worthipgto n,7 doe SO. Phillip Casey, drunk:
=. Mary 4 Lewis, disorderly; dismissed.
missed. Margt. Martin, drunk; do. Charles
Easier, drunk; do. Jos. Taylor, assault with
intent to kill; jail for court. VIM. Miller, va.
Grey, disorderly: S5 f. Wood, larceny: iaii
for court. Rebecca Cant, selling Iiq uor with.
out license; dismissed Henry McKin, ras.
riding, do. s'eE4'
"OSE MORE UNRoRTUNATE."-On Tuesday
night, about eight O'clock, young man named
fant child at the corner of Twenty second street
and Pennsyiyania avenue.o Ofhcer Clements
took charge of il, and delivered 1t at the infant
when found stated that This child is TO he
named Minnie No. 81. Tell the child, when il
can remember, that its mother sought vatery
grave"
CoMPLArNT.--Editor Star: The inhabitants
of the Second Ward complain of the negligence
of the police in permitting man, evidently
laboring under some form OF derangemen;, 10
disturb the quiet OF that part of the city lying
within the vicinity Of New York avenue Pros
byterfan Church, by continuous and long. pro-
tracted yelis and screams ofmurder, &e.
-e@ aass CfrIZES.
SHcoxn WARp STATION CAsEs.-Thomas
Kurtz, drunk, fined g.. Edw Rice, suspicious
character; military. James Mc6uire, disor-
derly; George Boyd, do; Albert Johnson. do;
costs, So cents each. Dennis Crontn, do; dis
missed Robert Cochran, drunk and discr
Gerly: fined S1.5e. Charles Mathews, do. do
SI.55.s ssia Ffses "a ffs
DRTvTNs on PAvKxENTs.rh This practice has,
become SO common in the northern part OF the
city that the police OF the second precinct re-
ported fhirteea cases, In al OF which fises 3
were imposed according 70 law. Twelve OF
the shirteen cases were tried before Justice 4.
Thompson Of the Third Ward.