Evening star., 1864-12-12
LOCAL NEWS.


the District, section, or State for W nich they
were presented =
On re-opening the doors, the ecourtannounced
the question admissibe.
CAPT. j. &. Putnam recailed.-Those recruits
presented as from any section were credited to
that section. Witness was here shown Dr.
keasby's book. and asked TO read the headings
of the different columns, &c.
Witness examined the book and stated that
the names on page l0l were those OF recruits
credited to Massachusetts, on page 102, colored
recruits examined by the accused for different
states; page 1O3 the same; and l0i the same.
Witness referred 10 page ~, under date OF Au
gust 3lst, 1864, and read the record of James K.
Carter, near Petersburg, under the heading Of
"Record OF Substitutes examined by DIR. John
3 Keasby,r and testified that the heading apd
record was In the hand writing OF the accused.
{Carter is the person alluded to in the Ist and
I'd specifications, charge I'd, and I'd and Sd spe-
Citications of charge 3D. as having been offered
by ii. III. Arnold aad rejected, and after wards
offered by the brother OF the accused and ac-
cepledl
as a substitute broker, and always understood
that he was a brother of the accused. fC. A.
keasby is referred to in the charges and speci-
hcatiOns as having offered men who we've ac-
cepted after they had previously been rejected
when offered by other parties
By the accused Witness did not intend 20
be understood as saying that those On the record
as recruits were offered as substitutes; he In
tended to say that they were volunteer re-
cruits. The difference between recruits and
substitutes is that the former received Govern
ment bounty, aud the latter none, from the
United States. Witness knew nothing about
the surgeons action in the examination of 1e-
cruits, substitutes or drafted men, except what
appears On the book.
By the prosecution There was another diff
ference between recruit and substi!ute-that
for recruit there was paid from Si5 TO $50
premium, but the payment OF premiums was
subsequently abolished.
The court here took a recess for half an
hour.
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Goupr yn,Ine
Mary Davis was found guilty OF larceny and
sentenced to one year IN the Pententiary.
John Henney was tried for renting house
for bawdy purposes and was found not guilty.
In another case for similar ofense notls pros
was entered.
VIM. s. Jones was tried for a like ofisnse and
In the cases OF John P. Hilton. and James Il.
Williamson, indicted for q similar soffelse, q
nOle pros was entered.
On Saturday, Curtis Graham for renting
house for bawdy purposes.
Susan Weeden indicted for similar ofiense,
was found not guilty.
A nolte pros was entered in the case of Edw'd
Darling and E. Albert, indicted for keeping a
bawdy house. AS also, in the case Of Ellen
Wolf indicted on a similar charge.
Lewis L. Thomas and Thomas !. Gardner
have been admitted to practice before this
court.
This morning, in the cases OF the following
indicted for renting houses for bawdy par
poses, q n0ls pros. was entered Mary Heis-
Ter, Allison Nailor, (two cases,) O. p. Seug-
stack, w. H Tanning, Hester A. Pntnev, Val
entine Mayer, A. T. Courant, Bertha Bro wn,
alias Kroschel. James J. Bligh, Caarles A.
Bennett, Annie Wilson, (two cases. Simon
Flynn, o. w. Bennett, Jane Putney, w. Mar.
shal and Eleanor Bennett
Charles Lemas, indicted for an assault and
battery with intent to kill.
INsrBoRp1NATI ATIoN-Saturday night the reg.
imcnts en- route to the front, stopped i'll the ears
on Maryland avenue, awaiting orders to ship
yesterday morning. The commanding officer
VI n u ri I'm q caf q arS ondt >
regiments under their respective officers were
ordered 10 remain in the cars. During the night,
the officers beng away, the men seized the op-
portunity for spree, aAd asked the guards to
pass them ont, the guards refused, and The iu-
subordinate men forced their way out, so Sc
vereiy beating one OF their comrades on duty
that he b ad to BE taken to the police station TO
be properly attended. These men then royed
about the ward at pleasure, entering grocery
stores and restaurants, and driHkiGg shops, (.
beating the proprietOTs, drinking whiSkey I'LL
they were drunk, end making night hideous .
with their yells and disorderly conduct.
The efforts Of the police to restore order were
unaVailiIg, and the provost guard WAS not
sufficient to return the men to their quarters
The police arrested number of the men and
retained them until morning. But most of them
continued to rove about, carving their side
arms with them, and yesterday anu nber were
LETT by the regiments. which were shipped FOR
the front The police lay the blame to tbs su-
bordinate officers, who were not near to r.
strain tie men when they forced the guard TO
pass out OF The cars.
THE ORPHANS FAIR.-The Interesting and
deserving fair now being held at Odd Felo rs
Hail. In behalf OF the Protestant Orph In Asv
ium. closes Oh Wednesday night. The ladies
of Washington have exerted themselves in this
noble cause in manner that tells most cred
ltabiy for themselves, when SO many OF their
sex are occupied solely with frivoiites; and
the exquisite style Of the fair display is equally
cTfditable TO their good taste
Not only citizens, but strangers should pa
tIoniZe this fair as more than half the hams
are children from other places. Twenty-Five
are children OF soldiers. 80
Particular attention is called to the delicious
supper of terrapins, oysters, boaed turkies
&c served up Ii ehtly.
The fair closes positively on Wednesday
night. remember. -. 90 -t
HOMICIDE IN PRINCE GEORGES CouNTY.-Ou
Saturday morning homicide took place on
the farm Of Washington Beall, about miles
from The city. in Prince Georges county Mr.
George Goodrich, who formerly was employed
as a blacksmith in the Navy Yard. bHt whois
now living ON the farm of Mr. Beali, was en-.
gagged with others in killing hogs and an alter.
c;stlcn took place betwee m and one of the
cciored men, when the latter attacked him
" lth knife which was being used In bnteh.
efihg and stabbed him several times infiictin i,
snch wounds that Mr.. G.. died almost instant-
~, and afterwards the man succeeded in
making his escape. Mr. Goodrich was ab)ut
b years OF age, and leaves a wife and two
children. '.-.-s
MEMORIALS FROM THE DISTRICT IN Com
GRIss.-Mr. Wilson to-day presented 20 the
Senate the petition of thirty.six lawyers OF
this city, asking authority for the D!stIict
Court 70 employ stenograpaic reporter. fhe
petition OF Mr.. James Crutchett, praying com
pensation for the occupation OF his premises,
Iesg' the Baltimore depot, was also presented.
These buildings, it will be remembered, Were |
used by Mr.. q. as Mount vernon cane fac
torv Mr. Crutehett's memorial is quite
lengthy cbaracterizes the seizure as cruel, ar.
b,trsry, and unexampled and claims for him
as citizen of England the Immediate considers
ticn of his memorial
Con oNTIRMATToF.-R very large congregation
ass setnbIpd last night at the English Lutneran
Church, (Rev. J. G. Butler,) corner Of 1lth and |
H streets, TO witness the confirmation " II am.
ber OF candidates. The pastor OF the church
preached no reg ular sermon, bnt read several
chapters OF the ScripturGs appropriate to the
occasion. after which five candidates were con.