Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-04-05

The CLERK reported that he had made efroYt.
70 collecs nnes due the court and their justices
had failed 70 pay over the fines In their hands,
'a1a an sne snS)ect was referred to the Attorney
Mr.. Burr presented several bills certified av
him as supervisor to be correct, for articles
furnished the court, which were referred "a tSs
Com mittee on Claims.
Mr.. Blagden, from the Com mit.ee OF Police.
reported the following reso.u ion winch was
Resofred, dc, That permission be srsnsaa to
Colstantlne Drexler the taxidermist m ploysI
BY the smithsonian Institution, to collect car
TAIN specimens OF birds for scientific purposes,
viz: To complete the collection of the birds of
the District Of Columbia in the museum OF me
Smithsonian Institutions; to make a series OF the
BIRDS fnluring or beneficial to the farmer for
the Agricultural Department of the IJntted
States; and TO prepare series of the eastern
migratory birds for the public museum of the
city of Chicago. II being understood tha. the
number of specimens required for these pur-
poses will not embrace more than two or three
pairs OF each kind, and these principally spe-
cles not nesting in this vicinity.
Ut Nichols called up the communication OF
the Mayor in relation TO bounties, and after
considerable debate
Mr.. Bowen offered the following:
Resofred That the Committee having the in
prts's OF tne county before Congress In charge,
De instructed TO use their influence in favor OF
tne passage OF q law authorizing the Levy
court 10 impose tax on the property OF ssid
county, su1nclent to raise the sum OF -
dollars, % be applied 10 the purpose of raising
volunteers under the recent cali Of the Presi-
dent for three hundred thousand troops, ana
that authority be asked for said Lew Court
to anticipate said amount by loan, providing
1t can be raised at rate of interest not ex eeeG-
ing SIX per cent.
The vote on the adoption of the resolu ION
Yeas-Messrs Bowen and SARGENT.
Nays-Messrs Belt, Blagden, Burr, LsJner,
Nichols, Plant and Thomss-7
The court proceeded to the election of 6 Su-
peTintendent OF Roads, and the first ballo. re-
suited as follows:
Mr.. T. Boudinot, 3; Mr.. Sonnerman, &; M
Golden, 2.
The result was the same on the second pal,
lot.
On the third ballot MIR. Boudinot received
votes, and Mr.. Sopneman 4. So Mr.. Boudiuct
was declared elected.
Several resolutions in regard to the duties OF
the superintendent were affirmed and adopted.
DIR. Nichols offered the following resolution:
Resolued, That it is the Judgment of the Levy
Court that it will be a more advisable mode or
raising the quota of troops of the county OF
Washington, ID. c., under the late cali for
800, GOO men, by draft than by bounties, and SO
fa- as this Court is authorized to express the
views the people OF the county, the military
authorities are respectfully recommended at
once to proceed to raise by draft, according 70
law, the quota aforesaid, under the draft afora-
said. Adopted unanimously.
Adjourned to Monday, 18th inst.
POLICE REPORTS, Third Precinct.-Nlenaol
Cation, disorderly; dismissed. Owen Woods,
do.i DO. John w. Mari, Bridget Maley, Mary
Thomas, Henry Pegler, drunk. dismissed. ..
Montgomery, playing marbles; 90 56. Thomas
Porter, shooting pistol.
Fourth Prectnct-EIlen Thomas, drunk and
dlsorderly; workh0use. James Sweeney, 40
Thomas Power, throwing stones; dismissed.
Thomas Parker, Thomas Kildrauf, William
Grover, disCrderly; 81.
FIN PrecinCk-S. J. Whitwell, Jesse Rope-,
drunk; dismissed. Wm. Pasey, selling liquor
unlicensed; do. Thos. Ragan, drunk aud d ls-
orderly; 50. Thos. GilTuaTtin, disorderly; 81.
Henry Armstrong, do do.
Si1th PreCiRct-Jcshua Frascis. rdrivlnc on
pavement; So Jas. Parker, drunk and disOr-
dsrly; -. Jas. McCalsop, do; military. Har-
~ PIummer, burglary: jail for hearing. War
ner Cropp. grand larceny; for hearing. Robt
Mason, violating hack law; postponed. John
Roles, drunk and disorderly; military =.
Tartiglioni. disorderly; 50.
SereRth PreciHct.-W m. Green, larceny; pait
for court. Thos. Lynch, disOrderly; dismissed.
VIM. Daily, drunk and 'dsorderly; military.
Jas Richey, do; S2.6i. Jno. Jackson, disnr-
derly: dismissed. Winnie Kelly, larceny; Cgth-
arine McDelmott do; do.
Tenth TreCinct-James Flynn, selling iuuor
unlicensed Thos. Curley, drunk; do. Joseph
Jones. drunk and disorderly; military. Ann
r Tyler, disorderly; S2, Geo. Tylor, do; 81.
r. Bacon, do; So. James Handy, drunk: DIS
missed. Thos. Buckley, disorderly; Sc. Geo.
W. Carpenter, assault: bail for peace.