Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-02-12
LOCAL NEWS.


the case OF Chauncey A Hoor, charged with an
assault and battery. who submitted his case,
the decision of the Court was reserved.
The motion for q new trial in the case of
Jeremiah Hendricks, convicted of the murder
OF Dennis Shanahan, was argued by Messrs
Clayton and Wilson. The decision of the Court
was reserved
Mr.. Wharton made a motion for a new trial
III the case of Emanuel Pollard, convicted of
the murder of George Butler.
This morning, Ly dia Lee, indicted for keeping
baWdy and cisorderly house near the Park
Hotel, was tried This is the same house at
which row took place in September last, in
which three soldiers took an active part, and
were, for an assault aud battery with intent to
kill committed ON that occasion, sentenced to
the peEitentiary Shortly after Miss Lee left
the city, renting the house to another woman:
but failing to receive her rent, she returned q
few days since, and finding that the soldiers of
SCOTS 500 We're in the habit of visiting the
lessee of the house, it is said, got a guard to
close the house, and she was committed to the
Central Guardhouse, at which place bench
. warrant. issued on an indictment, was served
! IN her, and she was brought to court 1t was
approved that the house had been rented to another
party, and at the suggestion of the District
Attorney a verdict Of not guilty was rem
dered.
John MCGOWAN, charged with garroting and
robbing Catherine Nichols of 1905 in Treasury
notes and 80 In specie, is on trial.
THE BURNING OF THE PRESIDENTS STABLE.
This N oruing, Patterson MCGEE, who was yes
teroay arrested on the charge of setting fire to
the stanIe of President Lincoln, was brought
before Justice Drury for hearing. The only
witness examined W as soldier named Patrick
O'Raferty, who testified that about dusk, on
Wednesday. he was sitting in room in the
basement of the White House, and he saw
MCGEE pass through. But the witness could
not remember exactly what hour it was. He
did not, however, think it was late.
No other witness was present at the exami.
nation, or had been summoned.
1t appears that the reason why suspicion
pointed 10 MCGEE was because the day previous
to the fire, he had been discharged from the
service of the President He was also seen
about the stable while it was burning; but the
accused, it is admitted, had some clothing in
tie stable, which he was DESTROYS of saving.
The accused alleges that upon the night OF
the fire he was in Growers Theater, and that
while the stable was burning, one of the door
keepers told him of the fact, and it was only
then that he went to the fire. Accused asked
time TO send for the door keeper, to prove the
above, and it was granted; although Justice
DTu,y said that on the testimony adduced he
could not further hold the accused.
CoNTTNUED.-Yesterday afternoon Justice
Giberson took up the cases against Mary A
MaguIre Mary Wilson, Mary Francis Reed
and Eliza O'Hare, for grand larceny, and Mar
g8ret Wilson and Mary O'Hare, Tor receiving
stolen goods. Officers Frazier, Burch aud Hes
sitr erapfoved a wagon and went TO the houses
of the receivers but fell far short Il r. co yering
all the goods which the girls admitted they had
stolen, and those recovered were the least val
Elizabeth Watts, and in order to a full invest-
CATION ana further search for the goods, the
examination was continued, and Margaret
Wilson and Mary O'Hare. for receiving stolen
goods, and Mary A. Mcguire, Eliza O'Hare
and Mary Wilson, for grand larceny, were sent
- Jail for further hearing. Mary Frances
Reed was dismissed on account of her youth.
The girls, with the exception of Eliza O'Hars,
are no strangers to the police, who have fire.
quentiy arrested them upon various charges,
They admitted the larceny of various articles.
q nd n n yyh thnv sold tbpu,. Int the prfi.
GERS failed TO recover them, as the purcaas ers,
being principally birds Of passage have, with
few exceptions, left the city
DECREE OF DIvoRCE.-This morning, Judge
Wylie, sitting in equity, made decree in the
case or Elizabeth Martha Macksil, aet. Brooke
MscEail, divorcing the plalntiH from the re-
spondent menSd eth0ro (bed and boardl This
case has been on the docket some time; being
No 8 on the divorce docket. The plaintiff IN
her petition sets forth that the respondent had
jill used her and her children, not allowing them
fuel or food, and when sick refused TO procure
medicine for them, and on one occasion IA
and sold her. She also charged that he beat
the children numerically. The evidence was
commence before W. r. Woodward, Esq
Commissioner, on the 2Tth OF March, 1852. ana
contains the dispositions of Covington. Louise,
Catherine, ID. Barton, BENJAMIN and Leonard
MackaII children of the parties, Mrs. DR.. SIN cot
and Mary Riley "a servant waiter ;. Cox
appeared for the plaintiff and Jos, II. Bradley,
Sr for the respondent. An order has also been
issued to ascertain the value OF the estate.
CIRCUIT COURT, Chief Justice CartteT.-This
morning, the jury in the case OF thompson vs.
Riggs & Co. came into court with seatad
verdict, which is understood to have been &C
cording to the ins tructions granted by the COURT
viz for the amount, $4,000, with per cant
1.-THE premium for gold being per cent when
the check was presented) damages and interest
from the lith of June, 1852; but before the YER
dict was rendered, the plaintiff submitted 10 a
non-suit, in order to bring new suit, claim
ing to receive coin or its equivalent at present
rates.
John nj. Riggs agt. Solomon Goddard, and
same aet Daniel Stewart, action OF e]ectnen C.
Judgment by default to be set aside.
Kirkwocd agt. McGasfey, Fennsr agt. Eassi.
dy, Keefe agt. johnson. Cunningham ACT.
Hinsley, Brown agt. Seiden, actions for debt;
Judgment by default
The case of Young against Conkling and
Wheeler is still on trial.
DEsYRTERs ARRRsTkD.-The following DE-
serters have heen arrested by Capt: Scheetz s
detectives ~. @. Henry. 5th New YORK J. as
Mount. Sd Md; Thos. Wooster, lst osttaiioa
Invalid Corps; q. H. Newman, LIST u "; J.
W WEIGH. I'D Ind cavalry; Patrick hoa IN,
7lst N. Y; Alonzo Honghtipg. l3ath Jas.
Mice, Cd D G.; Francis Ayeriii, ia7th Penna,
James BuIch, I'd d. q.