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


sasr re Tls OLD CArIroL.-R.v. j. Land.
I eue-t, charia IN oi Stu,rt's rebel cavairywnose
presence IL the c! was noticed IN tho S.,r a
lev days sine, va. arr-eted on Saturday On
to tie Old Cs,i"l BY Hiaut Col po.is Ia P s1a'
! yc-i Msrshai
james Nolan and John sul,i,so, of wai.-,.
! Iuh., sic, Georgia; " ii,tl.r rarai.y = -
! to ~ = r.hel oficsr; W W. Wsrj AMI "
iEn'1 we're ssn; TO the Old Capi.3i on Satur.
! Sq"aTs Hosrital, AMI has recovered of hi.
! wounds The three last named we're capiuraJ
| by the Potomac fotiiia
Yesterday, WASHINGTON N. Tolrr 9Th Va
cafsiry' was sent up from the Army of tho
Potomac. ana sent TO the Old Cap,:o,
On saturday night, Lieut.. Brennan, OF tina
I'm ~. !. ARRESTED James !! w. William son a
printer from Richmond, where he has t,a.n
employed In tn Enquirer ONCE and the Gov
eminent printing Office, End took him oetors
III. OcsIer, who sent him TO the Old Capitol
JOIN Aer0ng, OF the 9TH T. - cavalry was
Yesterday sent to the Old Capitol by Col pos
UT, charged with fraUS and thai,
IsFANTICIDs.-OnS Saturday information was
received at the First Ward police station t,,.t
the BODY CT an infant had been found an n priv
a',ached TO house in s'Connecticut Alley"
between and I. streets and CONNECTICUT We
nue. and Eighteenth streets. and officer Ruili a,
once proceeded 20 thR place and found the BODY
lying In pile OF ashes on the privy floor, and
received such Information to lead to tho
belief that Mary Cyrus; an unmarried coIorcd
woman residing in the house, WAS the mother
and he at once took her in charge Coroner
woodward was notiiied and On Saturday After.
noon held an inquest; when the inmates O! the
house testified that she had given birth to a
child about three weeks since, and thoy had
ee@n ner go 10 the priyy and look suspiciousIy
several times during the week The Jury ran
dered verdict that Mary Cyrus was the mother
and had killed il, and thai il placed in the
prlyy by some person unknown. After the
rendition of the verdict, Justice Drury com.
mit;ed her TO Jail on the charge Of numbering
heI infant.
Paisley Grantbap an old colored woman re,id-
ing Win her SON and his wife, naar the corner
OF ourth ST. ana New York ay, procured a war
rant against CatharlnS Granthan, her dauya-
Ter m law, charging her with having assault
eH hef and rpt her things ont of tho house, and
she was arrrsted by officer Crown The case
was heard by Justice Gihersnn on Saturday af
ternoon, when ii anpeartd that the old woman
was IN the habit OF taking "a little suthing for
the stomach,s sake and became dis ,rderly
Resides this7 she got yermin On ii;.r W hici She
carried vith her to Catharines house and she
exlcstuland with the old woman at The same
time pu' ting her hand on her shoulder which
constituted the assault. and IN vcatiiata thu
Eanse !'Hi the things out Of the house under a
she'd. tatharine gave security to keep the
peace.
EoEDISG A "BACHELoRs' HALL."-Dnriug
tte early part OF last week some parties en-
tered tie house of George Lee, coiored, on !.
streets, IN which four or five of his friends re-
s'de-the party keeping bachelors Hall
during their absence, and Helped themselves to
IN" clothes, each one dressing himself rnm-
pirteiy, and leaving his ''oIi duds'' On Satur-
day morning Lee notified the police that he hsd
s. sna young man wearing liS shoes, and Serg't
Hurry at enc" found him, and discovered thaf
the young mn had traded his boots for the
sho"s with Il tcanstrr Named George Starr
Strg Hurly soon after found Starr AND took
nm before Justice Drury, ami he admitted that
he was one of the party who hal stolen the
goods. When arrested he was dressed IN the
stolen goods The justice committed him to
Jail.
TIE SMALLPOX GRAVE YARD.-It is a sub.
Ject OF very general complaint that lhr bodies
OF those W no have dad OF the small. nor at th.
hospital near the contraband s.a;np which ara
taken to tie graveyard on Boundary street
between Eleventh and Twelfth streets, are
buried very Carelessiy. Many Of the cofIlns
seem 10 be laid on the ground and few
shovelfuls OF dirt thrown over item This
stre: Is just now much used, persons passing
near by LIE ground nt all hours but not know
ing the horrid condition of the ground and mr.
ing ignorant Of the danger, no attention is paid
10 It These facts, We hear, have been report.
ed to The authorities several times, but as vet
no no move mas been made 10 remedy the evil.
Would ii not be we'll for Capt Kra,sc's men TO
he pn. at work at this place.
WoCLD-BH PARoLED PRIsONEEs-Firstser
geant Il. Il. Holstead and Ciiiuaar Gibson, 9th
Michigan; John Smith, I'D New York yolun
tiers; Chas Newman and Geo. Poole. SD New
York volunteers; Gotieib RIdach and AIois Fit
trrnr, 37th New York volunteers who had heen
taken at Conrads Ferry while attempting TO
cross me riVer, were on Saturday sent 10 the
Provost Nj shals Off Ice, they alleging that they
were paroled prisoners of war. An IN vestiaa-
ton, however, proved that the whole party
were towards, who had deserted frou, thnir
regiments Near Falmouth at the time of the con-
tPmpla'ed forward movement, and gwen them
selves up TO the rebels Tor the express purnUs.
OF being paroled. The " hole party were tenn
pcrarily confined in Forrrs. II all, and will ba
returned TO their regiments soon as possible
SMALL PoI.-Cn Saturday evening, officer
Stinchcombe found q tetmstrr, named William
Miller 1T the corner OF q and Twenty-second
streets, having the small pox broken ont on him,
The officer conducted him TO u suitable place,
and from the Medical Directors Office procured
an ambulance and = permit for KalOrama Hos
plidl, where he as a. once sent
On the same day, policeman Mattingly heard
OF four cases Of small poI il different parts ~
the city. and procured the necessary permits
for their admission into hospitals. Mr.. Mat
tlngly also has taken steps to remove and bury
the clothing and other a:iices by which the
contagiun might spread.
FOURTH WApD STATION CAsss-Sunday
Sarah Simins, drank and disorderiy; work.
house 80 days. John FitZsimmons drunk in
the street; ordered to leave the CIV. John
Messmer, threats; bail for peace. Mary Burns,
drunk; workhouse 80 days. VIM. Cummings,
slSing liquor to soldiers; dismissed. Peter
OTdhtoIl, uOS without license. Tor trial Mary
Quinlan, disorderly house; Jail. Chas. Cam.
msr II Co. selling liquor without license; ruled
Tor hearing. Jno. Briscoe, larceny OF a5: Jail
for court. Thomas Ellicott drunk dismissed
by. Dougherty, drunk and dsorderly; turned
over 70 military. It. H. Wells, do; fined 81
The FERRY SToPPsD-Last week the Pro.
Nost Marshal received Information that IN
enterprising in divid cai had established q ferry
from FoI's farm, opposite 10 Alexandria, to that
place, Tor the accommodation Of such persons
- could not get passes 70 20 there by the steam
boat and BY way OF tho Long Bridge. After
bTin1 satisfied tina. ne parties had been doing
quite s business, Lieut.. Gibson, OF "Scott,s
&C." yesterday captured tho owner OF tho boat
and two men who pnlisd the oars-Robart
GRIMM, VIM Petite, ana james Lucas-and
brought them TO the Provost Marshars Office,
and hey were sent 10 the Old Capitol.
DTsoRDERLT PIE WoHAF-On Friday En-