Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-08-22
LOCAL NEWS.
Terrible Lyrch hing Affair on the Baltimore
Road.


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Terrible LyEching Affair on the Baltimore
Road.
SOLDIERS ON A TRAIN ABusE THE VETERAN
RESERVE GUARD ON THE ROAD, AND ARE
FIRED UPON BY THE LATTKR-ONE IN AN
SOLDIERS DIsMoUNT FROM THE TRAIN, AND
BAYoNRT SERGEANT PORTER, THE MAN
WHO FIRED UPON THE TRAIN!
This morning, a train left the depot in this
city with about 600 soldiers, of different regI.
ments, on their way to join Sheridan's COM
mand at Harper's Ferry. While at Beltsville,
where a detachment of the Veteran Reserve
Corps is duty, the train switched of, and the
soldiers on it amused themselves by throwing
apples at they eteran Reserve guard, and calling
them epithets indicating them as being "home
guards" afraid to fight, &c. This irritated
name we understand to be Porter, picked up
musket and fred upon the train, woupding one
soldier slightly and killing Joseph Laughlin,
company E, 18th Vermont. (Another inform
ant, who was also on the train, says the SOL
dier's name who was killed was John Nc.
Loflin, and that he belonged to the 18th Ver-
monty
AS soon as the act OF shooting was perpe-
trated the soldiers got off the train and beat
Sergt Porter in terrible manner; at the same
time ascertaining that the man killed had not
thrown any apples or used any epithets. Sergt
Porter, we understand, was subsequently
taken to q tree near hy, allowed three minutes
life was extinct.
The guard of which Porter had charge were
unable to render him any assistance, as the
force was but small The parties, too, who
lnnlcted this summary punishment upon Por-
ter were requested to take him to Baltimore
and have him regularly tried; but this was re.
fused, the soldiers preferring to take the law in
Porter, it is said, belonged to Company d,
18th Veteran Reserve Corps. His time had
almost expired, and he was to have been dis
charged day.
NAVY YARD AFFAIRs.-The steamer Dom,
flagship of Commander Parker, left the yard
on Saturday afternoon for the lower river on
trial trip, and will, it is expected, return to-
morrow. The Jacob Bell arrived from the
lower river on Friday afternoon for repairs.
Commodore Montgomery, the popular COM
mandant of the yard, is on short leave of alb
sence, and has gone North for a few weeks.
In the meantime his duties are being performed
by the efficient executive officer, Commander
Overton Carr.
On Friday evening a colored sailor named
Daniel Furlong, belonging on the Western
World, fell overheard from a boat and was
drowned, Notwithstanding efforts were imme-
diately made to rescue him. His body was
found yesterday morning, near the Engineer
First Ward.
The commission to fix on g. scale of wages
for the employees Of the yard, on the basis of
wages paid to mechanics of the same grades
outside, consisting of Messrs. Morris, Talbert
anu OO"ulHR, recommended the IOlIOWIng
scale, which gives general satisfaction, and
which received the Commodore's approval. It
has also been approved by the Department,
and the rates OF this scale will govern the
Workmen during the months of August and
September. In some instances the commits
sion were unable to find any persons doing the
same kind Of work as is done in the yard, and
they were obliged to use their own Judgment
as to the proper rates:
Blockmakers, SO and 50 so; carpenters, SO so,
50 rs, So and SO rs; joiners (shfp), SO so and
hnT aN n
SO, 81 rs, 50 So wheelwrights, so IS, So SO;
boiler makers, 50 25 80, 80 rs, 50 so; plumbers
and timers, SO, 81 IS, So 50, 80 IS; copper
smiths, &c, SO, So IS, 80 So copper ref1ners,
So rs, 50 25; camboose and tank makers, SO,
81 IS, Sd so, 30 %; copper rollers, 50, So 10,
81 so; engineers and machnists, SO, 80 rs, 50 so,
81 IS; iron founders, 49, 50 IS, 80 so, 80 25; an
Choir and black smiths, So 80, SO, SO rs. 50 so;
painters, 49, IS IS 81 So rigsers, 81 IS, So 50;
saa a.as S3' 81 IS; horses and carts IS;
A DISASTROUS ATTEMPT TO RUN FROM
guard was taking prisoner to the Central
Guardhouse, by way of 18th street, the latter
ran of at the corner of 18th street and Ohio av-
enue, ana maze tracks toward Harvey's
steamed oyster saloon.
The guard ordered him to halt and upon his
refusal to do so, the guard shot him; the ball
and passing out at the right side. The runa-
way was then recaptured and taken toward
the guardhouse, and Notwithstanding his
wound, was able to walk.
The affair collected large crowd, and all
who witnessed the affair exonerate the guard.
The prisoners name was John Simpson. a
huckster, and was arrested for attempting to
use an old pass.
ASSAULT AND BATTERY.-On Saturday
night, as MT. M. N. Bassett was passing the
corner Of I'd and East Capitol streets, two SOL
diers arrested him and told him to go with
them, when he attempted to run away from
them, but was overtaken and knocked down. |
Officer Walling, of the Sixth Ward, hearing the |
row, proceeded to the spot, and arrested one of
them-Andrew McKenna, OF the 10Th regiment |
V. r. C.,-and he was taken before Justice
Gull, who committed him to jail.
ON THEIn WAY HoME.-The 139th regiment
Ohio National Guards, (hundred days men,
Lieut.. Col. Wayne commanding, who have
been doing guard duty at Point Lookout, Md,
arrived at Baltimore this morning on their way
home, their time having expired. One half Of
these men, we understand from gentleman
from Point Lookout, expresses a determine
ton to re.enlist -
FOUND DROWNED. Francis Troxel,
butcher, was found drowned near the Long
Bridge this morning. Coroner Woodward held
an inquest. 1t appears that deceased went
out in skif and fell overheard and was
drowned. The jury returned verdict in ac-
cordance with the facts.
PRRsoNAL.-Col. Jeffreys, Provost Marshal
OF maryland ana OelaWare, ls In tnls CITY, ana
is stopping at the Metropolitan. We hear Col.
J. is to be assigned to some duty in this city.
STATE OF THE THRRMoMHTBR.-At Frank.
lin & Co.'s, opticians, No. pa Pennsylvania
avenue, the Thermometer stood to-day at
o'clock, So In the shade.
AFFAIRS IN GRORGETOwN.-The Cdndl.-
Business upon the canal amounts to nothing
comparatively. All that was received since
the LIST of August by the canal was wood from
farms within 20 miles Of town. Ice from Mid
dleton's ice. houses, IL miles distant, and few
hundred bushels Of grain from points on the
canal, the most distant of which is Berlin, So
miles. The total number Of arrivals was 90,
an average Of one daily up to last Saturday,
The prospect of reopening OF the coal trade
this season is regarded by the agents of the
companies as very unpromising.
Forrest HaU.-Since the installation OF Major