Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-06-03
LOCAL NEWS.

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Lew CouRT.-At special meeting Of this
court held on Wednesday the nnsl report Of the
praised amount Of real and psrsonal properly on
which there 10 assessed tag OF thirti 1--we cents
The hundred nd SS Gr q.
school district etIe2bj Cd district, sieo ais; ID
distrlct $40 s. 7ei Az district. e74o1o 49, 9th
district $3.50 si1j sth district, $3.50 60i I'M dis
tfict, s5 i0i. in report shows an Incl eAss ~
nearly ifty per cent. over last year, the total
The following res buttons were ofefci and
Bs Mr.. Thomas; A resolution authorI,lnr the
cent on the taxes psid before July 10,
" Mr. Boweni A resolution TO instruct the com.
sage OF law authorizing the court to levy ajax
on the Assessable property Of the county sutoient
pSs ,ne R,Cpi0rop o. siTe;s -, i%P0Sea,
lhEton Ard q, orgetown and the county according
to the assortment made prior to the act Of August
., 1851, which imposes the direct tax.
BY eir. Burri resolution instructing the com
fsWcr Of The pas SEe Of The BIZ. relating TO taxing
the unoccupled ound IN certain eemeteriesi 10
re appointment Of q county Surveyor ex,eodipg
court to graduate fees for licenses to taverns and
M. Burr, IRON the cOmmittee on improvements,
report ed avorshly on Mr.. Thomas resolution rel
atlve to the opening Of toad from TennAnytown
20 hoIs d S rsm s sn1y.v Of ,hs . ASs
which was adopted. Whereupon the court ad-
Journed.
A DISHONEST DOMESTIC. Emma Scott, coli
ored, servant Of Mrs JOhnson, who keeps =
boar Inc .house on @ street nor h between Elev.
.nth Al q I've IN, vas arrested Yesterday BY p.-
char. OF testing two white skirts and other wear
ing Appa,el belonging to Mrs. johnson. she was
WAS arrested. The servant went away last Sunday
from the hou'e Of he mistress, apd rotur ed
Ihs aftiee. o. sIosh'ng were missed, asa sS,,
arrested. She was taken Def re Justice Bns~e ell,
TO whom she gave security for her appearance at
court.
SERIOUS MIsTAKB.-Yesterday, O Mrs.
sapn, who rfsidcs on street east, went TO the
had been robbed OF valuable watch, by one WIN.
T0rh'r. Totber was arrested and taken to the
,,.ti n;hnuse shortly after, MT, $, IN looking
taken, but vas hid in some bed clo' hi She re
TUNED to tn" statonhouSe, and stated the fact Of
her discovery, when Tobsr was released The
mittske was = serious one for the young m N.
There was not the slightest evidence against him.
THIEF. Last night, about 10 O'Clock, the
cry 81 "stnp thiefr' was raised at the corner Of
Pennsylvania avenue and Eighth street., and short
ly after, eolored man, followed by large crowd,
d and Tenth streets, where he was captured. He
was charged v iih having robbed soldier He
was taken to the Lentral GuardhouSe.
1SDEoEST AND PRoPANE.-sarah Brown and
Kate Light, two well known nVmphI du pGvs, were
arrested Nst ght by officers Nrraher and Skinner
behavior IN Pear Tree alley. They were taken be-
fore Justice Boswell, who fined sallie ~ 80, and
she has probably been arrested oitener than any
female on the Island and 10 q member OF the noto-
rlous Light family.
A DIsoRDERLT woMAs.-Charlotte Lucas
wAs arrested last night by Officer Weeaen, Of the
Tenth precinct, upon the charge OF dfsorderly con-
pet, resident on the Island, and was standing on
X street, between Sixth and Four-and-a-hNlL
using ye,'y profane language toward the hdy::
keeper Of grocery store, swearing that she would
wreAk her vengeance on her because she had 'ured
her lover away from her home. She was taken
before Justice Boswell, who fined her ~ TO-
FESTIVAL AT ISLAND HALL.-The voting at
leland Hall for the silver pitcher 10 very interest
In Soo r. csS.s sDd Pc shSw your .rsnsh The
contest TOR the silver service 10 81 Sc, between
Me'ss. Murtsg', Noyes, and Forney. The voting
for candidate for Mayor closes on Saturday even
ing at 10 o'clock.
FLOATING HosPIrAL.-The steamer New
, World, Wbilom n floating palace" on the Hudson
river, has been converted into floating hospital.
Her machinery has been removed, and she Is to
PAmunkey. About two Thousand patients will he
accommodated on board.
Lold yeste day afternoon the wharf near the Long
Bridge, Known as LenoX's whMf to p. S Beatty,
for eli OlO.
House and lot on Louisiana avenue, between
Four-'ud a-hAf and Sixth streets, to Geo. l. Johi-
son. f. Ell 500.
Small If me house and lot on street, between
Einrtuenth and Twentieth, to james HeCnAn, for
$500.
CAPITOL PoLIcE.-CApt. William A. New
man, OF Vermont, who Lost ~ m 10 the Mexican
war, late a clerk In the Census Bureau, has been
made Chief Of the Capitol Police, vice Capt Ma.
than Darling, removed
DOUBLE PESNIEs.-The double cents are, In
double 90 Sc, an improvement on the ancient
cope and the modern nickel. tt ey are lighter
than the old fashioned copper cent, and hand
sou or than the later fashioned nickel cent. A
few specimens only have made their appearance
In this market, but the peanut vendors anticipate
Riu supply in q few days
NAVY YARD.-The steamer King Philip left
the ard this morning for the lower Potomac with
load OF ordnance stores and supplies.
GOLD! GoLDl- only place in this city
where they make And re-point gold pens IL At $40
Seventh street, up stairs
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THE following items are taken from the
SiSis Journal o the 2d instant;
MniIdrV Arrests The fOlowing -nAmed persons
were Yesterday committed to the Jail ArdslAve pen
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