Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-02-04

no !ea, a. AL hours OF tho day ana nteht. On
Sunday night last 20 great was the annov.nc.
mat Iespectabls eitisens living In tho imm,-
morning presented q petition to tina Metropoi-
ftan Police board, urging the Abatement of th.
nuisance p'is The petition l. signed BY Alderman
Mn Gibson. No. 400; John Y. Iaub. No ses
IN Feran, No. 4e1; and VIM Handy. No
3p'. These Residences are SO close to 4H that
ResiSos ,s, .ne annoyance must be very great
JOINING the First Baptist Church, and is a
.ouIce OF annoyance on that account The
Pemnoners set forth that they have reason to
believe that said house, No zoe, is kent or nsaS
AZ bavdy house, and the petitioners ber To
nave respectable families rid of the s.annov
ahce ano Danger arising from the bad deport.
n men. ana behavior of women OF loose char
.cV.i ano the constant inqui Of bad men at
the doors OF eur residences and those Of othars
70 De directed to said house No 400, which has
frequently occurred" In furtherance Of this
oolecI, tney ask the assistance of the Metropol-
ftan Police.
The HOUSE referred TO is n fine, large brick
building, and is Familiarity known among sport
Ing men Us the "CIub House" In Compliance
with the request Of the petitioners, Superin-
tendent Webb issued an order to the Second
Ward patrol, under Sergeant Reed, to take
Charpe of the house and arrest all the inmates
Between eight and nine o'clock the patrolmen
went to the house and entered the premises
They found only Mary Palmer and . colored
servant, but the rooms gave evidence of a hasty
exit of others before the officers arrived. show.
irS that some party had given them Informs
ton OF the approach of the police. This morn
ing, she appeared for trial before Justice Drury
or INC charge OF keeping a bawdy house
!tcouId not be proved that Mary Palmer was
mistress OF the house. But the citizens sum.
Inoned us witnesses testified that the house was
common resort. Of military and civilians
W omen also were frequently passing In and
cur, Sundays as well rs during the week and
TIE noise disturbed families in the neighbor-
hood. Hacks stopped in front of the house in
considerable numbers.
Mr. Plant testified that many of the women
VINO visited there were undoubtedly of ill.,
fame.
Justice Drury decided that the charge against
me prisoner not being sustained, it was his
DUTY TO dismiss the case He advised the ser.
geant who holds the keys of the house to turn
them over to the superintendent that the nro
prietor may call upon him for them Evidence
as TO who is the proprietor was not admissible,
and the examination was confined strictly 10
the case OF Mary Palmer.
STEALING GovERNMENT BAGs-Fora month
or I" past large numbers OF bags u sed by the
engineer corps have been missed from the shons
OF me 5Oth New York Regiment, near the NAVY
Yard; and recently Capt Hine determined that
the matter should be cleared up, and after
investigation on Monday he gave inform ton
to the police, and officers Harrison, Hardin and
humphrey arrt sted the following: Alfred Bur
Gire. VIM. Arnold, John N. Gates and Joseph
Gordon, who reside in the neigh borhood of the
camp, and Charles, Carr and Samuel Palmer
two soldiers belonging to the regiment The
parties Were taken before Justice Gull, and the
two soldiers were charged with the larceny of
the bags, and Were sent to Jail for court and
the others were charged with buying than
knowing them to be stolen, and all except tn,
nrst named Were held to bail for court Mr.
BnIdlne being dismissed. In the course of the
trlal It leaked ont that Mr. Gates was guilty of
selling liquor TO soldiers, and he was fined 500
BoGUs BANK.-Superintendent Webb has
received information from the chief of police
of Louisville, KY, that a man, giving his
name as Holland, had been arrested with the
sum OF $4,000 on the Free State Bank of the
District OF Columbia. The bills were of the
denominations of ones, fyes, and tens The
backs OF the bills are green, somewhat in the
style of the U. s. treasury notes, with the
words secured by special deposit with S. a.
Mills, banker, 81 Exchange Place, New York"
;. Ross is represented as president Of the
bank, and w. II. Bernes, cashier. The bills
bear the imprint of the New York Bank Note
company, 50 Wall street. In appearance the
bills are we'll calculated to deceive. The fives
are beautifully executed. OF course there ia
no such bank as the Free State Bank Of :ho
District of Columbia, and the whole thing is
fraud on grand scale. The authorities have
no idea who this man Holland is, or where be
came from.
DESCENT on SHINERvILLE.-About i o'clock
on Monday night, squad of the Provost G uard
accompanied by Officers Williams. Humphrey,
w alling- and Parker, made a descent on thu,
BRICK house on Pa. avenue, near Ninth st. east,
where were large number OF citizens and SOL
dieTs In the parlors engaged in conversation
with the girls. Some Of the guard went into
other rooms and found several soldiers in bed,
who Were taken out and escorted to the guard
house The police took charge of the girls
Elizabeth Gray, Margaret Hays, Mary Taplny,
Ann Humphrey, and Mary Jones--and escorted
them TO the lookup, where they were kept ali
night, bnt dismissed I'm the morning. Previous
to the descent there had been a disturbance in
the house, soldier having fired pis toll through
the door, and, after getting in, threatened to
shoot woman.
DEATHS OF SOLpIERs.-The following have
been reported to Capt. HartZ, (office corner
Eighteenth and g streets,l since our last at
which place all information relative to de-
ceased soldiers may be obtained:
John Cable, 18th Pa A. ID. Snow, 18th NJ
Y; c; f. Sprague, 10th Maine; H. d, Hessel-
goth Maine: Jas. Overall, ;6th OHIO W. Wood,
10Th n. J.; F. Stall, I'd ID. c.; f. FeltlIl, 10th n.
Y Arty; c. Bogles, 7th r. l.; G. F. Beal, 1st
Maine ma CAY; r. r. Chandler, 4th N: Y. Arty; J.
1th Va; w. Nixon, 4th Ohio; j. w. Thup 143d
Pa; T. Reeves, 4th Del; g. Robbins, 10th NY
Arty; =. Barnes, 1i1st Pa; s. Chambers, 4jth
Pa.
DowS UPON THB Negroes Yesterday morn.
ing, lot $50 con vaiescents from Philadelphia,
In charge OF guard of ten men, arrived at tho
Soldiers Rest, and at once showed their an.
tipathy to the colored people by assaulting the
sontrabands employed about the quarters to
Keep the place In order and make fires, two or
three OF whom were badly beaten. In short
time, however, the guard on duty there restored
quiet, by arresting eight or ten OF the ring
leaders, who are now confined in the guard
house. The baltimore papers state that in
coming through that city, they attacked every
colored person coming In their way, and AS.
raulted the police who endeavored to protect
them.
MoNBY SAvBD.-Lastn night the Second Ward
patromen picked up soldier named A. 8. b. .
Smith drunk in the street, who was taken TO the
station house and searched and s2USA were
taken from him. This morning, his money was
turned over TO him, to his great satisfaction.
The money saved In three cases at this station
in twenty-four hours is $iSl "a, as but for the
Intervention Of the police the crowd OF thieves
constantly on the track Of drunken soldiers
would speedily have cleaned out their pockets
IN THE CONTRABAHD TRADB-On Monday
morning the steamer Chamberlain attempted to
land quantity of liquors at Alexandria, con-
trary TO regulations. As the guard were pro-
pairing to seize it, the steamer put of from the
wharf, and steamed up the river Col. TAFT
Immediately apprised Col. Doster Of the oc-
cQrrence. and the same evening sic