Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-01-19
LOCAL NEWS.

HoCtl.-Last might, two eu,lrrs one OF a Yny
wont n' .ns osnsr ., Msssachnsetts rsEiment,
ncuse for fast ridtnG. The onenders plead ~
ncSsnce cf the law, but Justice Waitry tsa
naEtstrais, ttood by tAs old maxim that szno-
rance cf the law 70 no excuse, and has never
been 60 considered In the jueIiees court OF
which he had knowledge lie essAd . es.e ~
Hhtea nc himself vas rned by Ju-acs ueAA
icr IA diving, and another IN which two rr1-
.l als sd been nped Ter q Ike offence, SHOWING
that isrorn1cs Is no excuse In ms.istrat-ss
eourts. The offenders insisted that their teno-
down east" rheJustiee eit-d : e..r yr'1 - ~
ICE 2sai1st them. Ne was there q visft, sAd
after dinner NJ the hotel took q cigar and lAoarht
10 tAts WALK and suokn. He had hardly
pIhed the smoke from his mouth when he was
arresro by an ofieer for sraoting. Before the
maeleuate ne put In the plea Of ignoraacs, hut
ihe mAeistrate rejected the plea on the ground
q Ere of two dollars. The Justice An ors.r
10 Ue noderate with them, dirrcted them to nav
nne Of Ave dollars, which would be ~ 80
essh. One OF them laid down n IS not, ana
faid mat he vould pay bis friend ine s2 "a \
eutf for himself he would consult s htghsrlsws
The Jsstce securrd the five offered for the
Suiet parry, and then very politely informed
TIE guards that the other gem tieman vf.h-S n,
consult "hjsher law" and requested them 20
,how him the room for such private consu ulla-
ucns- The gentleman was then conducted 10
a hsmeeri In the second story Of the euardhcnsr
How long he remained In cons u itstion We ma va
rot been Informed.
ForErH WAsD STATION casss-ys,c
Ea!Eer, assault Ard hat:rry; dismissed Tohn
lord, drunk 81: Chas. Ellis, drunk and dis.
orderly; s3.se. Lawrence DALEY, drnns- ~ "a
Patrick Smith, Patrick Kelly, DO: disrn,.sed'
Ellen Thomas, fighting; 81. y. - Batch pro-
family; dismisscd John Kantney, Assault rs.
each. n. Watts, alias Thomas johnson, do:
tnrned 10 the military. Richard Richardsca,
fighting; dismissed. =
Louis FELTON,, stealing silver watch from r.
f<-
ct.mhscd. Weet Lavine, as picion OF st@aisnr:
GO. Benz. Goddard, drunk and disorderiy;
nned 81. VIM. H. Willie, picking a mans
pos ket dismassed. Elizabeth Conner etrpet
walking: Catherine Wilson, do; locked up trp
hours. James Maggie, drunk; turned over 20
military. Ann Moran, profanity; locked uD
.f hours: Lfwis Carson, yaerancy; ORDERED
to leave the city. Louis Rheinhardt, drunk
and dhorderly; dismissed. Ann Brown, di..
orderly; fined 81. Mary c. Lee. do: DO. o..
Ihos Radcliffe, drunk; locked up Elk hours.
Master, suspicious character; dismissed LOUIS
Hnein nnardt, suspicion Of robbery; held for .
Sunday.-Sarah Sffnms, drunk; loched nm
hours: Vim. Mitchell, vagrancy; CT rdered %
leave the city. Patrick Scolion. drunh and
oisosderly; turned over TO the military. Ohas
RodfeLt, oveIcharging hack rates; fined sleo.
lornehus Shehan, intoxicated: diemieeed.
harhali q on, interfering with an ofi1cer Ind
slice Peter II. Iago, drunk and dieorderly;
do. S1.0D.
SECOND WARD STATION CAsss.-wm. Ofins
and Pat Myers, soldiers, di.orderly; disnisssd.
locked up uIl sober and dismissed. NAV Hsrs
tin, disorderly; dismissed Lizzie Ross, pro-
family; fined 81. Edw'd Lindsey, drunk In mo
.Sotlrdoy-J r. Grice. J. A. Soniter and Juo.
Alexander, drunk and disorderly; turned over
10 the military. J. ID Atchison. a.sauit dis
inissed, by Justice Clark. SamI A. Ferguson,
drunk and disordsrly; DISMISSED Augustus
Bland, profanity. raed Sl.5s. William Booth.
drunk; dismissed has. Williams, gambling;
do. I--'~'
Sunday John Garrabant drunk; DISMISSED.
Chas. Mackey, rioting; security for . hearing.
John Riley, fntoIication; turned over 70 tfsss
military. Augustus Bland, suspected Of erantS
larceny; dismissed, there being no evidence
THEN EGGs, THAT DRESS, THoex GDovne.-
On Saturday, Samuel Willis, a teamstsr, Was
arrested by officer Crump, on the charge oS
larceny OF dress, eggs and gloves from VIM.
feastr, In Georgetown. Yeager says .thss b ~
daughter, on New Years day, went 70 pat on
her dress, and 1T wasn't there: the next day
has wife went 20 get the eggs, and they Warat
there; and the next he went 20 get hts Ebevee,
and they warn't there nuther." A few days
ago ne was telling q woman in the First War0
OF the occurrence, Ind she remsr red rhAt man
had just offered TO sell her a dress with seea
broken ON IL and he found Willis, who offered
who arrested Willis and took him before Joe.
tice Drury, who committed him 20 Jail Willis
stated that he found the dress in hn waxon.
boy. -s -...... ..... sE @ =
PASSAGE THIKF.-Saturday nieht- about ~
O'Clock, Patrolmen Thompson and McEifrarh
arrested German named LOUIS Rheinhards,
suspected Of being a passage thief, and took
him 10 the Fourth Ward station, W here be was
eearched. Upon has person was found a mili-
tary hat with the regulation cord upon it, and
military oyercoat and cape with stad buttons
on 1t. In the pocket OF the coat was an en-
yelope directed To- Capt Oapchart, Murray
Hotel Capt Capshart was sent for, and upoa
identified his coat and hat At the same dine
that these articles were stolen o quilt Was
stolen from the room. A "cloud" wae also
heinhsrdt told several tales, neither Of which
was confirmed by the testimony, and he Was
sent to Jail for court by Justice Walter.
JAS. Thompson and Irmnei Kidwell, went into
Nanceriichis restaurant, on the Navy YarSi
ard Alter remaining some time, Kidwsil ape
peaIea to De sick and the party were alloweA
naming in the room with them Robb lxft The
others in the early part OF the night, and Mono.
Rein, On king about O'Clock In the mern-
and twenty dollars in gold and eight douars in
notes taken. The parties were arreste yeztsr.
Gay morning, and taken before Justice CnlI,
afternoon, but the evidence did not Justify
holding them Tor court, and they were dis.
missed.
FATAL OCCURRENcK.-About3 O'Clock ON
Saturday afternon, the team attached TO a Cow
ernment wagon ran on down q street near the
War department, and Lewis Rigglee, agrd
about fourteen years, seeing the horses eonin4
towards the pavement, attempted 10 get out OF
the way, and ran across the street when he
was knocked down by the horses, and the
wagon passed over his body. An army sur
eeon passing at the time, ST once had him re-
moved TO the residence OF his father, Mr. VIM
RiGgles, on L street, near Seventeenth, and
dressed his injuries, which consisted OF a bruiss
across the stomach and fractured skull. He
lived throughout the night, but died at o clock
yesterday morning.
RoBBING A COkRADE.-On SATURDAY., John
II. Suddeib, teamstfr, went 70 the house Of
Thomas Grcyer, near Calls wood yard, and
" lille Grover was lying on the floor he put his
hand in bis pocket, took out his poe ket- book,
fr6m " hich he distracted three dollars, and put
the book hack IN the pocket, Grover thinking
that Sudceth was getting piece Of tobacco.
Grover short time Afterwards discovered his
lcss, and accused Suddeth of taking it: bat ha
refusing 10 give IL mp, Grover procured q war