Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-12-24

RoBBEEH.-A few days ago. Mr. John Wea-
| yer came with two or three friends to Wash
ington to see his two sons, who are in the
army, and they stopped at the Ebbitt House.
Tuesday night Mr.. Weaver strayed from the
motel and got lost, and last night two soldiers,
VINO invited him to Soldiers Rest to see his
sons, told him they were there The soldiers
cecoyed HIM into dark place back OF the
buildings, and one held him while the other cut
MS gold watch from the fob and took $50 from
MS pocket. Mr.. Viewers friends were greatly
distressed until this morning the Fourth Ward
police returned him to his quarters at the Eb-
bitt House.
JAIL FOR CoURr.-Yesterday afternoon. OH GER
Handley, OF the Fourth Ward. arrested Myar
Cermillo for an assault and battery On Martin
Castighani. The complainant is street vendsr
OF fruits, &c, and the defendant q cOnfect lner
employed in the store en- Seventh, near sire t.
He took Il basket from the complainant which
caused a quarrel between them, and the de.
feEtant assaulted and beat her. Her husband
went 10 Cermiilo about it. and Cermillo drew
q knife against him. Justice Giberson, who
heard the evidence, committed CermilIo to Jail
for court. r--. g..
THIRD WARD STATION CAsRs.-Henry Ross,
throwing stones; 50: Oliver Pierce. do; dis
missed. Virginia Ellis. Hannah Connor. at
tempt at fraud; Martin Mangthold assault and
battery; bail for court. Mary Dslany, profane
and Mt: So. Hannah Reeves, disorderly:
W To,k G"srso Mary Harrington; drunk; 81
military. Cornelius Collins, drunk and dis
orderly: Workheuse. Annie Smith, do: IS
Molly Wilson, do; workhouse. Thos. Lynch.
disorderly; 10. John MazzuIlo committing a
nuisance; So John Smith, do; dismissed
Timothy Isngdon, disorderly, IS. Patrick
Healy, do; s..
Dead HoRsEs.-Two dead horses are in the
canal. near Tenth street bridge. They were
there on last week and part OF the week before.
They are i'll full view of the hundreds Of per-
sons who cross the bridge every day. One is
against the north wall, a hundred feet east OF
the bridge; The other against the south wall,
hundred yards west of the bridge Is it the
duty of any body to remove them, are they
to stay there until the flesh rot of the bones and
the air is diseased with the putrifaction
ARREST OF DKsERTERs.-The detectives of
Capt. Saheetzs Office have arrested the follow
ing teserters:-Levis Saur, company q. 9th
Michigan cavalry. g. n Burch, company d,
Sd Penpsy lvania cavalry. Bernard -Spristly,
company r, I'd District Columbia. Jarvis
Crosby. recruit, 18th Penns vlvania cavalry.
James Dougherty, recruit, 18th Pennsylvania
cavalry T. Woods, recruit, 18th Pennsvlva-
mia cavalry. James Sutton, company c, 5th
Vermont.
SNAsE-Ur.--A horse attached to a wagon,
belonging to barrel collector, was left in
charge of n small contrabaud boy on Fifth,
near II street, ard took fright about 10 o'clock
this morning, and ran Off. Between H and l
streets the wagon came in contact with DIR.
Began private carriage and smashed it to
pie ces: The wagon was also much broken. For
tunateiy the boy escaped injury.
DEsEKTERs CAUGHT.-Last night. three men,
Jarvis Crosby, James Dougherty, and Thomas
Woods, recruits for the 18th N. Y. cavaIrT,
went into alley in the Sixth Ward and
stripped of their uniforms and doifsd their
citizens clothes. Sergeant Clark, who was
informed of the fact, arrested them, and this
morning they We're turned over to Captain
ScheetZ.
The RUSSIAN WAE.-Sanderson's Panorama
of the Russian War will be exhibited at Odd
Fellows Hall TO morrow {Christmas) after
noon and evening All of the paintings com.
prising the panorama have been executed in a
style of excellence not often surpassed and all
The details of their exhibition are conducted in
such IL amer as to insure success.