Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-12-01
LOCAL NEWS.

POLICE CoMNIssToNKRs.-TheB Board OF Po-
lice Commissioners met yesterday afternoon in
their room on 10th, near ID street
mr. samuel Norment, recently appointed TO
MI me vacancy caused by the expiration Of
Mr VI. ;; Gideon's term, appeared and par
uclpated In the business OF the board
me board proceeded to the election OF a pres
laent, vice G. s Gideon, and Mr.. Sayles J.
Bowen was unanimously elected
Upon taking the chair, Mr. Bowen thanked
the board for the manifestation Of their conf
Cence and Kindness in electipr him 10 preside
over ls aehneIsnons; He would aim to act
to err, the board would attribute il TO a want of
judgment, and not to a disposition To deal nm
justly with any member OF the board. After
referring TO the fact that on the actions of the
board the security Of citizens, soiourners and
property OF the city, as well the peace
health and morals Of the community depended
In an eminent degree, Mr. Is. said, {. 1t is then
of the utmost importance that we scan well
tde antecedents, the habits, and the Qualfica-
tons of those whom we appoint as policemen;
to hold our superintendent, the magistrates,
sergeants and patrolmen 10 a strict account
ability for their moral as well as official con-
duct, and TO deal vigorously with such as yio-
late any of the rules and regulations adopted
for their government No one, 1 presume, will
deny that the board has been too lenient with
those rho have been brought before IL and tried
for neglect or derelction of duty, and for viola
ton OF the rules laId down in the manual. In nv
opinion, the force has been rendered less effec-
tive, and Generalization has ensued to a con-
siderable extent in consequence of the habit in
frequentng the licensed groggeries with which
almost every square rod of this city is cursed,
and INDUCING in intoxicating drink. If had
my way, would make fetal abstinence from
ardent spirits q condition of the appointment
of every man on the force, and the use of il as
a beverage, TO the extent OF single glass, just
cause of removal" He knew that the force
force was too small to be entirely effective in
preventing crime IN such an extended and pop
ulous territory; but thought by placing tenn
perate, honest, capable, faithful men on the
force, and by the Board itself setting good eN-
aInples, they could do much to effect that de-
sIrable object, and eradicate the widespread
last four years Mr. Il. thought that the pursu-
ance of the active sanitary measures recently
inaugurated, will, if the municipal authorities
of the two cities do their duty, do much to pre-
vent the appearance and spread of Asiatic
cholera in our midst in the coming year. MT
Ii. closed by exhorting the Commissioners TO
strive to make the Metropolitan Police OF the
District Of Columbia second TO none in the
United States, and prove to the Government
and people that the money appropriated for
police purposes has been well applied.
The report of the Superintendent for the
quarter ending Sept. CD, 1865, a summary of
which was published in yesterdays Star, was
laid before the board.
The board appointed John Lynch to be a pa
trolman in the first precinct, vice Isaac Cline,
resigned. Thomas Burn to be a patrolman in
the tenth precinct, vice J. q. Cullen dismissed
j. II. Whitemore to be a patrolman in the
sixth precinct, vice ]. NJ. Maxwell, dismissed
Patrolman Jos. b. Walling was promoted to be
a.
M. Howard transferred.
NAVY YARD.-Iesterday, in accordance with
orders from the Bureau of Equipment, Navy
Department, thirty -four workmen employed
in the blacksmiths' department of The Navy
Yard were discharged. The master laborer,
Mr.. G. w. White, was also relieved from duty,
his place hereafter TO be filled by a warrant Of
fcer-Boatswain Smith. v. @. Austin, master
sawyer; Anon Woodward, master block-ma-
Kerr and David Lescallet master boiler maker,
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Mr.. Samuel Witherow was appointed second
clerk to the commandment, (Com. Radford,) in
place OF Mr.. Ed. Montgomery.
1t is expected that quite a number will be
discharged from the various departments to-
DAY. The reduction OF the master workmen
named to foremen was quite unexpected, but
ii is thought that the Department is about TO
return 10 the rule which was in force several
years ago. viz: employing but one master
nected, all the iron workers being under one
head, wood workers under another, &c.
1t is understood that in the blacksmiths' shop,
from which the discharge was made yesterday,
there are orders for fully three months work,
and that there is more wsrk expected, the
steamers Richmond and Augusta having been
ordered here to be fitted out.
The Hornet has not yet sailed for New York,
but is expecting orders.
The United States steamer Rhode Island, It
is understood, will leave shortly for New
York, where she will go out Of commission and
be laid up.
The Stonewan has been hauled into the
LARCENY CAsEs.-George Dixon, was ar
rested yesterday by Oficer Walker, of the fifth
Ware The par ties were emuioSee IN Wetlers
oyster saloon, and the accused took his fellow
servants coat and pawned ii at Goldstein's
pawn office. The coat WAS recovered and the
prisoner was sent to jail for court by Justice
Bates.
John Lanigan and Michael Halloran were
arrested by Officers Barker and Gibson, of the
Seventh Ward, for the larceny Of S2i from Jno.
Dolan, private of the 4th u. s. artillery. The
larceny was perpetrated in the restaurant kept
by Patrick Owens, corner of Az street and
Maine avenue. The money was not recovered
The prisoners were sent to Jail for court by
Justice Handy.
Jas. H. Tuck, colored was arrested by a
gentleman at the Northern Market about u
o'clock last night, in the act of stealing horse
belonging to w. Preston. The prisoner was
turned over to officer Higgins, OF the Third
Ward, and the horse was restored to the
owner. Justice Thompson sent Tuck to Jail
for court
John Gardner was arrested yesterday by
officer Anderson, of the LIST Precinct, for the
larceny of two pairs gloves, one dozen towels,
and lot of collars, from the Insane Asylum.
Gardner wss laborer at the Asylum. and
being searched, the gloves Were found upon
him; the towels and collars were found in his
trunk. DIR. Nichols dismissed him from the
Asylum, and Justice Gull sent him TO Jail for
court. ..t
DEPUTY MARsHAL.-Judge Gooding. U. S.
moved Mr.. VIM. A. Mulloy, one of his depu-
ties, and appointed Major ]. X. O'Berne in his
place. Mr.. Mulloy has performed the duties
of The office very satisfactorily for some years,
and his many friends will regret his rsAoval
Major o Beirne will be remembered as having
been the Provost Marshal under the draft law
+ Tor this District, and is well and favorably
known to large number of our citizens, some
of whom, under the operation Of the wheel,
made his acquaintance suddenly.
I ESCAPED "Wednesday Afternoon as tho
bailiffs of the court Were taking back to Jail a
number of prisoners from the courthouse a
small boy, named Chatterton, slipped his hand
through the handouts and ran OF, when two
of the bailiffs pursued him and recaptured
him; but while this chase was in progress
George Butler, colored, who had just been sen.
fenced TO the penitentiary for two years, ran
OF with his handouts on, and succeeded in
making good his escape, and thus far success
fully eluded capture.
CHARGE OF BUEGLARY.-Last night, officers
O'Callaghan and Brown arrested Patrick Rey-
nolds, on the charge of being a suspicious
character and of profanity, and later, John