Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-09-03

wHoLEsALH LARcHNY. esterday officer
Donp, Of tho Fourth Ward, ARE ted Mary
Hammond, colored, upon the charge OF stealing
from time to time from Mrs. Baveridge, pro.
prietrass of the Washington House. The pris.
oper was q servant In the house. but resides on
the Island. Oficer Dom recovered from the
prisoners residences sufficient to furnish a
dwelling, consisting Of beds, furniture, blan-
kets, trunks containing female apparel, crock
ery, spoons, knives and forks, pair OF brace
let's pair of lace curtains, red merino cur
tai, and II United States mail bags. The
prisoner has been employed in the Washing
House for ten months past small lot of
the property recovered was identined as the
properly of various persons in the house, and
The mail bags are Government property. Wm.
Hammond, the prisoners husband. was ar
rest. for stealing the mail bags. Justice Bos-
well, sitting as magistrate OF the Fourth ward
station house in the absence of Justice Giber-
son, committed the woman tojail for court and
her husband for a hearing. ------.-.-..--
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1NoURsTs.-Last evening, Coroner Wood
ward held an inquest over the body Of Thomas
Ger1ish, who was run over by the train near
the Washington Depot, and the jury found that
his death was accidentally that he was in liquor,
and that In attempting to get on the cars he was
drawn under the wheels and killed.
This morning, Coroner Woodward held an
inquest over the body of George Dunniclif, in
orgetown, discharged soldier, who was
brought to the Georgetown station house
last night with severe cut on his
head. done by negro, name unknown:
LII was at first supposed that he had died of
lntox1cat ton, Eand the coroner, when called,
declined to hold an inquest, but, after hearing
that deceased had received blow on the head,
he empanEe lled Jury and held an ing uest.
Tie jury found that Dunniclff's death was
occasioned by the blow reeeived, and from the
effect OF liquor: Dunnielif Is from Philadel-
Drs. Brown &c Alexander, and will be sent
home.
a DJFFICrITv n
Soldiers Rest, near the Depot, notwithstand-
Ing the excellent arran gements for receiving,
forwarding and q1artering troops, sometimes
temporary disturbances will take place when
turbulent men are in transitu. Day before yes
terday, number of the I'd Massachusetts
cavalry tre-enlisted mem were in No. Bar
the guard at the door, Peter Moran, Go. Q, 18th
V. r. O., and one Of them struck him, when
he bayoneted him In the side. This exaggerated
the mans comrades, and desperate rush was
fired, and the ball took effect in Moran's abdo-
men At this juncture, the mess room guard
rushed down, and forming in front Of the door
had received bayonet wounds in the leg and
neck, in securing the ringleaders. four in num-
Der, who were subsequently sent to the Pro-
vost MarshaIs Office, the Others back in the
Barracks.
land, threats; Jail. George Sprague, drunk and
disorderly; military. Nancy Gather, larceny;
jail for court. Mary Hammond, do; do. Maui
rice Sullivan, drunk and disorderly; 81. Also.
resisting officer; bail for court. Also riding on
the pavement;S2. Also, for Indecent language;
IS Nj. Holland, fghting workhouse. Patk
Rodgers, do; dismissed. John HoIloran, as
sault and battery, and int, mt to kill; bail for
hearing; also, larceny; do. Mary Black, yagran-
cy; dismissed. w.. Johnson. carrying weap-
ons, s25 "a. Jacob West, disorderIy; dismissed
Aiworth, selling liquor to soldiers; S25: Also,
selling without license; S2o.5s. John Vernon,
disorderly;s3. Michael Ryan, do; So. Joseph
Williams violating city law; dismissed.
ORPHANS CoURr-Judge Purceu.-This
morning the will Of the late VIM. kirkland, of
tate, real, personal, and mixed, to his wife as
long as she remains unmarried and in case of
her marriage or decease, the children, and
no onnad 1 Inc wife exeeutrx was fully
The first and final accounts Of Augustus A.
Watts, administrator Of Harry Dominess, de-
OF John Stewart, deceased Of Marvin ]. Nc
C!ery, administrator d. b. n of James McClery,
deceased, were approved and passed.
Letters OF administ alton on the estate of
Isaac Beers were issued to b. F. Beers and
Isaac Beers, Jr. .t-ts,a.-r
the following police appointments were made
by the Commissioners: -George W. Kinch, sth
precint, vice Il. l. Nicholson, dismissed; VIM
,. Lewis, 10th precinct, vice John H. Barker
resigned; Augustus Brown, Sd precinct, vice
James w. Howard, dismissed.
All patrolmen are selected for trial sixty
mer meeting George A. Parkhurs., vice Thos.
PURGE II, 4th precinct, dismissed; John H. Bar
ker, vice M. Healey, 9th precinct dismissed;
Jonn M. u vice Daniel Doneughey,
quently, Mr.. Barker was appointed to better
position under the Government, and resigned.
CHARGE OF SEDUCTION Last evening, Of
fcer Harrison arrested Young man named
John Acton on the charge OF seducing Miss
Gates under a promise Of marriage, and re-.
before Justice Gull. Acton, 1t appears, had
been paying his addresses tor some time, and
before the birth of the child he was arrested,
but was released on promising to provide tor
itsisupport, which he failed to do. Yesterday
he said that he would not marry the girl and
would rot in jail first, and refused to give Sc
cur1ty for the support Of the child, and in de.
fault was sent to Jail. =
DIED IN THE STATION HoUsE.-Last night a
m an named Geo. Dunnicliffe was carried to the
suffering with mania a. potu. Doctor Richie
was called to attend him; but the remedies
were unayailng, and the man died about4k
O'Clock this morning. 1t appeared that the de.
ceased received severe blow on the head a
day or two since, but the doctor thought that
OF itself was not sufficient to cause death but
liquors, it might have resulted fatally. Coroner
Woodward will hold an inquest.
AN AssAULT.-Yesterday afternoon a man
named Solomon Rosenfield became disorderly
III the Depot, and he was arrested by Officer
Clements and taken before Justice Ferguson,
who imposed fine OF 50 SO upon him. He,
however, refused to pay it, and, turning to the
prosecuting witness, myers Jacoby,p struck
and kicked him, when the justice committed
him to Jail for an assault and battery.
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1A singular phenomenon occurred recent.
~ on the line OF the Atlantic and Great Wes-
tern railway, near Wooster, OHIO. All at once
the embankment and track disappeared In the
most mysterious manner. Upon examination
it was found that about q hundred feet of the
road had been sunk. and was continuing to
sink, while into the cavity formed, black mud