Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-01-10

TRIAL OF FRKDKRICK g. TArL-rhis
case was resumed this morning at theilitary
Commission rooms, on + street, (Which
Major Gen Doubleday is president Col.
Jonn a. Foster is Judge advocate. testi-
given In about three months since. Iley is
charged with having struggled sutleistores
and liquor to the armies IN the fiel,nd to
Of the detective force in that place, lrinr
the latter part of 1868 and the early ,rt of
1861. He is also charged with having raived
bribes to procure the release of personsuder
arrest by the military, and allowing primers
TO escape for brides
Messrs. Asbury Lloyd and W. Y. F,daI,
Esqs, are the counsel for the accused.
CRIMINAL COURT, Judge Fisher.-This' orn-
ing Phillip Zillinger, indicted for an aault
and battery, submitted his case and washed
SIS.
Mary Dano. indicted for larceny was ,und
March.
VIM. J. Iron, alias Reddy, is on trial fe the
vember. MIR. Adams appeared for the deface.
GRAND ward Miller, coiced.
was arrested last night for the larceny of a<ee
OF butter and turkey, the property OF ion q
Shafer. The property was taken by Mler
and carried to the house OF Barney Allen oil.
ored, where it was found. Milley Allen. he
wife OF Barney, was sent TO jail for court on hs
charge OF receiving the stolen goods, and MI.
Ter was also committed to laiI for the Larceny,
by Justice Boswell.
MALICIOUS MIsCHIRP-Arthur wb,tIov
colored, was arrested for cutting the rernsof
the teams of Dennis Bland, colored, and Eugene
MACK white. hackmen. The act was con-
United because neither of the hackInen would
consent to carry him a considerable distance
without pay. Whitlow was fined $3.50 By
Justice Boswell.
Affairs in GEORGETOWN
THE ICE which had formed during the past
week and closed mp canal ira v gation is rapidly
disappearing under the continued heavy rams.
1t Is probable that vessels the river and boats
in the canal will soon be able to reach their
wharves without danger OF being cut through.
DISoRDRRLY SOLDIEEs.-I1ast night, SQUAD
of six soldiers, Edward McCrossop, John
O'Brien, Simon Soyer, Francis Baker, John
Heanessy ana Henry Baker, were captured by
the police at the house of VIM. Nokes, on the
water side. where they, with Mary Barry,
Kate Donnelly, Mary Kelly and Mary Gateley,
were having their own sport, some drunk and
all disorderly. The police surrounded the
With the exception of Mary KeAy, who was
dismissed, were sent to the worfheuse The
soldiers were turned over to the military. Fhe
police were very much Disguised by meeting
some OF their prisoners soon after they were
delivered to the military, who banteTthgiy tod
them they were going back to the water side
again. Justice Buckley took list OF the SOL
disrs with the intention of reporting the case to
Provost Marshal Fitzpatrick.
THE ENROLMENT CoMMIrTRR-Last night
the general committee appointed by the Corpo-
ration to superintend the correction o. the
enrolment list, met at the Custom House, and
organized by electing W. II. Craig, Esq, chair
man.
The committee, though empowered to apposn.
four enrolling officers and detectives in each
precinct, considered that two In each precinct
If active and energetic men, would be sufficient
and selected the following to serve in thaf
capacity First Precinct, John T. shaw,
Francis A. Burrows; Second Precinct Walter
Prather, Jesse Chick; Third Precinct, Joseph
Nicholson, John Ii. Davis; Fourth Precinct,
Daniel Collins, Basil M. Burrows
These enrolling officers will report twice in
each week until the work is completed.
CLEARING OUT FORREST HALL.-This morn
ing, captain fitzpatrick, provost marshal OF
Georgetown, despatched about $50 prisoners
from Forrest Hall under q strong guard, with
orders to report to Col. Wells at Alexandria.
These, with the exception OF about a dozen,
who Will be sent to Soldiers Rest or the Gem
trail Guardhouse, in Washington, are all that
remained in the prison. The prison will now
be discontinued for the present as q receptacle
for bounty jumpers and deserters. What use
Will be made of the building by the Govern
ment, or whether it will be delivered to the
proprietor, is not known beyond the officials
In charge 1t is rumored that Capt. KiIpat-
rick, the present cemmandant of the post, will
be assigned to duty at another post imme-
diately.
FLOUR AND GRAIN MARKET-The constant
rain confines dealers and purchasers to their
rooms, and there are NO transactions
to report. The scale Of prices remains the same
as last quoted, nominally.
PORT OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES are no en-.
frances or clearances registered. We regret to
the fact that Collector Magruder,
whse illness yesterday appeared to take a IA
Vorable turn, Is now considered to be in q crit
ical condition. The disease is typhoid fever