Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-01-27

and fire plugs, where there is water mains and
reservoirs where there are no mains, and try
| us, and if our fire department is not efficient,
| then make an out and out paid department,
| which, in my humble opinion, Is the true sys-
| tera." a...- ~ -...-
/ sCaARGB OF FSwINDLING.-Yesterday morning.
officers Watts and Lynch, of the Fourth Ward,
arrested B F. Jeffers, R. L. Jeffers and Martin
nea out ef $3.50. The case was heard before
Justice Giberson.
j.; II. Shannon testified that on Monday B.
| LETTERS called upon him to 20 to his room in
| the National Hotel, and play a social game of
| poker; quarter dollar ante. Witness went TO
Jefers room ane waited for him. When he
understood his Eame as Taylor. johnson was
introduced es asscontracter for hay, and no
sportsman. The game opened; witness did not
deal, though the others say he did. There
were four jacks in witRess's hand, and John
son held four queens. The amount bet went
up to S25e; and johnson said he did not have
returned saying hat the clerk said Johnson
had money in the safe but the clerk who had
me Key was cut, and he cculu not get it,
Young LETTERS went out again and returned
with q go ton;i with the coupons attachs d. and
L. l.. Jefers loaned him enoug h money to make
mp the amoupt,and Johnson won. While wit
ness and Johnecn played, B. +. .Jeffers repre-
sented that he was Ill, and went out Witness
suspected that here was cheating going on,
and proposed to johnson to take SEQ and
call it square. Johnson said if it all was not
On The square he would net take cent. r. l..
JefsIs said, ''kc, don't give him a id cent"
Johnson appeared to agree to refund the mo-
nty, but LETTERS objected. Witness STAYS at U.
S Hotel Jefers' room is al the National. On
a former occasion witness went with Colonel
to .Iefers' room. The Colonel lost $40, and
witness loaned linn the money to pay, and re-
CeiSed nothing.
Henry Lee, clerk at National, testified that no
one inquired of him last night about johnson
having money. Some one inqH Hiredy about Mr..
Taylol's. Witness never gave memorandum
to the effect that Taylor had money.
The par lies are all strangers in Washington,
and appearto be Western men.
Mr.. Davis aapea ared for The prosecution and
s. S. Williams fer defence. Justice Giberson
held the parties in $500 bail eaeh, to appear at
ORPHANS CoURT-Judge PurceH-Yester.
day, letters of administration were issued to
Elizabeth l.. NJ. Boucher and John J. Begue
on the estate OF Theodore T. Boucher
Miss Annie ). Coyle was appointed guardian
to Andrew Coyle, orphan to the late Andrew
Coyle.
The will o. the late VIM. J. Kendrick, be-
queathing his entire estate, consisting OF two
houses on Twelfth street, household stock,
leasebold, stock in trade. and seventeen hun
dred dollars in bank, to his wife, who ne de-
sired 10 make q liberal donation to such chsri-
ties as the executor nominated, p J. MCCARTHY
may suggest, was fully proven.
in the motion of the petition of Josiah Simp-
son, guardian TO Ann Elizabeth and Mary Ann
Parnes. decree sutSees &. the approval of the
Supreme Court of the District was passed
authorizing him to sell certain real estate.
Letters Of administration were granted to
mrs Martha Z. Gray, on the estate of Henry
w. Gray.
MISSIONARY MEETING.-The missionary ser
vices on Sunday at Dunbarton street church
Georgetown. of which Rev. w. H. Chapman
is pastor attracted large audiences. Rev. II,
]. Fox, of New York city, preached in the
morning an able discourse to a large congre-
cation. At p. m. the Sabbath school ami.
yersary was held, when addresses were deliy-
cred by Hon. M. F. Odell, Of New York, Hon.
Hiram Price, and Robert A. West, Esq, late
OF the Chronicle. The anniversary proper was
held at X p. N, when Hon. G.. p. Fisher, of
the District Supreme Court, presided, and stir
ring and effective speeches were made by Hon.
ginia, and Rev. H. J. Fox. The pastor an
nouneed the collections taken up to amount to
about $500.
y. Twisden, Chase, from Boston; schr. Fish,
Fountain from New York. Cleared-Schr R.
Thompson, Shorp. for Philadelphia; steam tug,
Jones, for Coroman; schr. L. w. Pierce, Lo-~
ring; for Baltimorei schr. Active, Simmons, for
more sloop Nile. Murford for % BaImore: ror sehr
Woodruff Sims, Harris, for Philadelphia sloop
q. w Washington, Beatley. for ST. Marys; schr.
Cranmer, Cranmer, for New York; schr. Fish
Fountain, for Portsmouth; sloop S. L Boom,
Eallap digham, for Anna Messix; schr. Ira
Bliss, Bragg, for Baltimore; barge Louisa, Mar,
for Occoquan bay; str. Haze, Pennington, for
tiInore; schr. Cherub Holmes, for Philadelphia;
schr. Isaac Cohen Hertz, Spear, for Baltimore -
ALMOST A RIoT-Monday afternoon a diff
ficulIy occurred on AZ street, between N and
0 streets south, between a number OF soldiers
and Pheny Goldsmith, John Mortimer and
Emanuel Branson, well known In Pear Tree
Alley, about a keg of lager The first named
struck two soldiers, Clark and Gibson, whom
he beat badly with mallet The parties ran
off, but about twenty. soldiers pursued them
0vprtnnk VI q h0h toDk
place, but fortunately Officer Maxwell came
up, and after some trouble quieted down the
party and took the citizens to the guardhouse,
judgment temporarily.
AN OUTRAGE-Monday night, about IL o'clk,
q party of about fifteen invalid soldiers, in
passing the house Of Mr. Wiley, on ID street
south, between 4th and 5th east stopped as Mr..
Wiley's daughter was standing at the door in
company with Messrs. James Gates and James
Emmerson, and one of them extended his
hands and used some very indecen. language,
when Mr.. Gates asked what he meant and the
soldier struck him, and drove the young men.
in the house, and completely smashed the door
iG, and cut the arm of Emmerson badly, and
retreated before the arrival Of the officers.
MALICIOUS MIsCHIEF.-For some time past
some parties have been in the habit of running
the carts Of the Sixth Ward Scavenger (Sami.,
Armstead) from the place where they were
kept ear the camp OF the 18th Engineers NAVY
Yard) into a mu&hole, and Monday the par
ties became known and the following were ar
rest ted by officer Harrison Thomas Howell,
GeoI ge Shepherd, VIM. Lany, Chas Lany, Jas.
Latham Thos. W. Goss and Chas Nauehton,
all boys between and 12 years OF age. Justice
Gull dismissed them on promise to do SO no
mole.
THE CoNrRABAED LABoRERs.-The contra
bands employed about the hospitals IN Keeping
the premises clean, &c, and the gangs attend
ing to nieht work and the removal of dead
horses now under the charge OF Capt. Krause,
number about three hundred-the scaveneer
and dead horse gangs numbering about hfty.
Lately q new camp has been established on nth.
street Navy Yard)in addition to the old camp
on 18th street and Vermont Avenue As&
WHIsKHY-Late yesterday evening a srnalE
beat, in charge OF Q Government detective from
M ary land, put into the wharf with q cargo
consisting Of six kegs Of whiskey and two bags
OF coffee, which were found secreted in . barn
near Bey ans Point during the tee blockade OF
the river. The owner is supposed TO have been
waiting an opportunity to run the ARTICLES iAto
This STATE. The cargo was this morning taksn
to Washington under the charge Of the chief
detective here-llexandria Journal, 26A