Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-02-05

~The Chicago Times announces a great
o%faleaIion In that city. The bank in question
Is the Marine j3ank, and the defalcatiOn
amount 10 about six hundred thousand dol
lars. They date back 20 The years 1859 and
1850. and the parties in defalcatiO mare said 10
be the cashier, Carver. for 1900: the assist
ant cashier, SPHINX, for Sci,tsI, and one Of The
tellers, for Sl2,6I.
- hungry pig entered the house of a man
FAMED Magioire Girard. al ST. Antoine Can.
ada, and attacked an infant which lay In a
Cradle, the rest OF The family being temporarily
absent. The pig actually devoured one of the
chilG's cheeks, and lacerated its head and BODY
30 that it can hardly recover.
~ Com. Vanderbilt has been beaten in the
famous Nicaragua Transit Co. suit. The sale
q the ships on me Pacific has been decided 70
Fave been wrongfully made, and SiGi 600 m ust
be refunded. The subsidy paid by the Pacific
Mail Company for five months must also be
restored. The plaintiffs really got about
Sl,ocO,0 Geo.
- About one hundred mechanics and labor
ers are now at work on Fort Warren, making
Preparations for mounting heavy Parrot guns
I he garrison ar present numbers $50 mep
Besidrs these, there are about 40 men belong.
ing 70 The lith and 18th Massachusetts Bat
ssries.
SThs Chicago Tribune draws a pleasing
picture o. the prosperity Of Chicago. The as.
SCISSORS valuation Of properly, real and per.
.onal, in lee2, was $50, l3e, SIS, but The real
The tax levy last year was sixteen mills, OF q
Iotai OF $50, e6e. The city debt is 5000, 900
~ The case of the Alabama will be brought
before the Brush Parliament, which body is
20 meet on Thursday next, but win hardly get
20 work before the middle of February. There
may be trouble come from the Alabama 6 doings,
and IL may come out that the British govern.
meDt was party 20 her doings.
- A fady slipped upon the sidewalk in
Seventh avenue, New York, a cav or two
sInee, and strained one OF her 10 vsef limbs so
seyereiy as 70 burst a blood vessel, causing her
20 bleed 10 death in thirty min utes, NOT With
standing medical aid was promptly extended
Ter.
~ The Spencer House at Cincinnati was
cold Al Commissioners sale on Monday to
Joseph L. Richards, esq, Of Boston, Mass for
The sum Of $4,000. This does not include the
ground, as that is leasehold. The original
cost Of this building was a. least three times
he amount Of the purchase money.
- The Brooklyn IN. " Eagle notices the
progress Of negro eq uality in that city: Two
cases are instanced-one where negroes iii mn
the Fulton avenue cars TO the exclusion Of
whites and another where a negro insisted
upon. entering the ladies' cabin Of one Of the
boats Of the Union Ferry Company.
~Ths men who recently robbed the Bank
of E.ngland's paper mill have been sentenced
one 70 is years penal servitude, another 10 70
years, and a third for life. The old lady of
Threadneedle street is a dangerous subject 10
take Liberties with.
aHThe ten counties in the Southern mart Of
Illinois in 1850 gave the republican Presidsntl-
al electoral ticket an aggregate of 500 votes
According 10 the recent report OF the Adjutant
General Of the State the same ten counties ha We
sent ,4S volunteers 10 the war.
~ The latest dodge 10 raise the wind is re-
corded In the Harrisburg Union. woman
named May Marshall, being hard up, preferred
infamous charges against respec table citizens
ADD they, 70 avoid the scandal OF a trial on such
a charge, paid literally Tor a compromise.
~The Russian Prince DemidOf mob with
70 end OF millions. has bought Prince Napo-
Icons Pompeian house In Paris, where he
mans 10 reside III future. He is the divorced
sntlanu Of the Princess Methilde. and has
n,.d IL Florence for many years.
81 The Rrbel Brigad,er General Churchill,
who was taken prisoner 81 me Post OF Arkan-
-a@. naive or Louisville. out lately a resi-
utnf of ST IouIs, NO. He Distinguished him
se,f an LIE Da:;..t o: wilson Greek And Spring
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