Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-08-08

I.OO F-Ths annual report OF the Grand
Lodge of the District Of Columbia to the Grand
Lodge OF the United States, for the year ending
June 30, 1851, prepared BY Grand Secretary
Parker II. Sweet, shows the Order to be in q
fiourish hing condition. The number OF lodges
2l: No. admitted by card, IA No. withdrawn by
card, ~; No. Of reinstatements, 90; No. OF sus-
pensions, SO; No. of deaths, 2S; total member
ship, 1,67S No OF brothers relieved, 355; No. OF
widowed families relieved, SO. Amount paid
for the relief Of brothers, S4.533; amount paid
for the relief Of widowed families, sl,235;
amount paid for the education Of orphans,
S7a5.45; amount paid for burying the dead, s9i2;;
total relief, S7,4i545. Amount Of the annual
receipts, sli,354.35.
A HARD PARrY.-On Friday night Daniel
Handrahan, Patrick Embright, and Michael
Heffent, white citizens, went to the negro
ranch kept by Anna Turner, near the depot,
Jenny Allen and Amanda Stewart-living
with her, some OF the party drawing knife
and pistol on them. Officers Turner, Milstead
and Wne sna arrested the party including the
before Justice Ferguson, who fined Haudra-
han, for assault and battery, IS EmbriRht
and Heffet for carrying concealed weapons,
S205S; Anna Turner, for disorderly conduct,
SO Jenny Allen, do, 80 So, and committed
Amanda Stewart TO the workhouse.
FOR Use ALBANY PEsfrsSTIARY.-wm. h.
Martin, q lack driver OF this city, who was
sentenced to be- confined in the penitentiary
for six months and pay fine Of 500, for aid
ing soldiers to desert, Will be taken from the
Old Capitol prison to.dsy and sent TO tns AL
bany penitentary, to serve out his term OF
sentence.
A CONTEMPLATED IMPRovEMBNT.-An i'm.
provement Is contemplated at the Arsenal, by
which the low marshy grounds on the east are
to be filled up: canal, ten feet In depth,
under the low tide mark, and eighty in width,
will be made, and the material excavated en-
ployed for the improvement.
AFFAIRS IN GRoRaRTowN.-FoundD Drowned.
The body Of a man was found on the rocks
in the river this morning, near Edes' mill,
about two and a half miles above the town.
He had pair Of shoes tied around his waist,
and was much swollen. As the body was
naked, it is supposed the deceased was q sol
der who had attempted to swim across the
river
Larceny-Thomas L. Nye was arrested this
morning, by officer Gladman, for the larceny
Of S94 from w. A. Douglass. He was a clerk
In Mr.. Douglass store, and the money was
taken during his employers absence. He con-
fessed using the money, and asked for time to
repay. Justice Reaver sent him to Jail, In de.
Assault and Bdttery-Wm. Lee, colored, was
arrested for hitting boy named Jno. f. Thorn
on the head with stone. Lee says 1t was done
accidentally. Justice Reaver held him to bail
for court.
Recorered-Rev. DanT Bowers, the esteemed
pastor Of Congress street Methodist Protestant
that has prevented his service in the pulpit for
two months past, has recovered sufficiently to
resume his pastoral duties.
Port OF GeorgetoUn.-Schr. Minnehaha, Leach,
CIeared.-Schooner G. L. Green, Rich, Phil
adelphia; G. Taylor, Morris, Nanticoke; Min
nehaha, Leach, City Point; Joseph Parker,
Parker, do; Emma, Shutter, do; X. N Porchs,
Piney Point; Fish Hawk, Clark, do; Finley.
Shea, Nanjemoy; Empire, Pete, st. Mary's.