Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-03-06

and asked the WA 10 the barracks. Going
over the feid with u I'm Patterson seizec him
by ths throst whils q Nip not bis hand in his
pocket and toos from him tar-e 500 notes.
They left him and he n snt 10 n house q snort
distance away, and wa nj into the basement
where were two femalet =, and be told them
what had happened. In Il 10 meantime tbs two
men came in ana went 10 tTork cleaning their
revolvers on a table; kins,ey made an excuss
| To get ont and lett. The females appeared this
morning and claimed to be the wives OF tina
accused, They testify that the complainant
came to the house when their husbands vera
| in bed, and their husbands went with him 10
search for the men who he sad had robbed
him. hinsley said he was rooosI between ?
and O'Clock, The women say he came 10 ina
mouse after 10 O'Clock. and that their husbands
| mad been In bed some time before, and ona was
asleep. hinsley said he pulled on. his moaey
IN drinking house to pay tor liquor
There rs no doubt that kinsiey was robbed
ont the case is held for other evidence before
the accused can be committed
LEVY COURT.--The Levy Court OF Wash
Ineton County met this morning At the U,ty
Hall, Mr. Sargent in the chair and DIR. n. Cal
Ian clerk.
communication was received from q. H
WiltberRer, clerk 10 the Public School Com.
mIssioners, enclosing a resolution adopted by
the Board, req Nesting the Court 10 levy tax
OF one-fourth OF one per cent. RS cents on the
SiHO) for school purposes; laid on the table By
a IMAM imouS vote
DR.. Nichols moved that a tax OF one eighth
OF one per cent be imposed for school purp )ses;
which was carried.
taxes was postponed until the next meeting.
BuroHER's Work HERE-Th foIlowingis
q Statement of the total umhPr OF cattle, calves
sheep and hogs slaughtered in the District of
Columbia during the year ending December
81, 1861 as taken from the books IN me 0dic,
of the q 5. Assessor for said District:-To al
number slaughtered WAS - ,j6s. of which num-
Der 1918 were cattle, SSi2 calves, 26. 1913 sheap
and 23,6I5 hogs. a considerable portion OF the
meat used here is slaughtered else where and
brought here, ana the above consequently
shows only the operations of the butchers
here.
THR TRAvRL.-Tne travel over the railroad
for few days bsore the Inauguration was
enormous, and the advantage OF the double
track between this CITY and Baltimore was
made evident. On Saturday no less than four
teen trains were dispatched from this end OF
the road, and yesterday five trains, each for
the most part, being composed OF ten or more
passenger cars. These were filled to their ut.
mos. capacity, averaging perhaps 80 per car.
Ii if estimated that on those two days $4,000 or
20,0co persons left the city, and still large
crowds remain here.
CRIMINAL CoURT.-This morning the March
term of the CRIMINAL Court con veued, Judge
DIN on the bench. The grand and petit jurors
were called, and the grand jury, after being
briefly charged entered on the discharge OF
their duties There were no ca,es ready for
trial and the jurors were discharged until TO-
morrow.
THE KRLLY-FIELD DIFPICULTY.-We IN
tween Hon. W. D. Kelly, of Pa, aud Hon. a.
=. Field, Senator elect from Louisiana, Judge
Kelly has asked that the case zero wing out OF
the latter assaultng him at Wizards Hotel
some weeks since for which Field was held TO
bah for court,) be dismissed.
RRLEAsgD-Norman l. King, (whose sentence
by court-Dartlal was suspended bY direction
of the President hes been released from the
Old Capitol Prison, upon the condition OF his
future good behavior, an d that he remain with
his father in this city.
THE HOPE EXPRESS wagon mentioned by Us
Saturday, as figuring in the procession, was,
we learn, thus brought into reqnisition by our
ueis hhors of the Chronicle, who worked of
many thousands of the Chronicle, Junior, which
was distributed on the route to the spectators.
CIRCUIT COURT, Chef Justice Carttsr.-The
case OF Lucien Peytou against Sweeny and
Huyck, growing out o! transactions in gold, is
still on trial. and to-day MIR. Sweeny is on the
witness stand.
SPEAKER COLFAX--hon. Schuyler CcifaE,
Speaker of the House, il is understood, leaves