Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-02-16

FOUND DBAD.-Yesterday morning q man
was found dead In one OF the bed rooms OF the
Lichau House, and Coroner Woodward held
an inquest, when the following facts were
elected The deceased and a man calling him
self James Allen engaged a room about three
O'Clock the previous day and immediately went
10 it. Allen soon after came down and goE
glass of liquor for his companion, and about
O'Clock he came down again and went ont,
saying that he would be back again, but he did
not return. About O'Clock yesterday, MIR.
Lichau went TO the room to wake the man
bnt found be was dead. The deceased had
blue streak on one side of The throat and
scratch on the other discharge, dated
Douglas Hospital. February 9, 1865, memo
randum book, and papers found on deceased,
showed that his name was Anthony Crosh, OF
company l., 5th New York cavalry. He had
r1:;: s2s4 % ON that gay, amohg inc
papers were some letters, which spoke In nigh
terms Of deceased. Two or three surgeons ex-
amined the body, and gave as tnell ol.ni,rn,
that death was caused by his being stIaus,eo
or drngged, but this could not be oeteTh,n
except by post mortsm examination, anu as
there was no money found on his person, mare
wac but little doubt that be was murdered anu
robbed,
SECOND WARD STATION CAaBs.-F. Drsn-
fuss, swiDdliuR, dismissed Eixa Johnson,
keeping bawdy house; bail for court John
Dugan, vagrant; workhouse. John Penny
fether, drunk and disorderly; 50. George W.
Bogart, do; dismissed. Joseph Bell, dsor-
derby; So. Also, carrying weapons; $50.
LADIES in want OF beauty styles of coral
sets, mourning sets, cluster sets, plain but ons,
bracelets, guard chains, rings, &c, should call
at the Dollar Jewelry Store, No. ABS Pa. ave-
nue., near ~ street. q 10 So
Affairs in Georgetown.
A CoNFLAGRATIoN PREVENTED. This
morning, about five o'clock, Patrolman
Brown and Holson, while standing near
Forrest Hall, discovered brilliant lighttn the
main hall Of the building, and going to the
a German baker
there. A fire was breaking up through the
floor where the stove originally stood. Ofhcer
Brown had presence of mind sufficient 10 get
an axe and cut the floor away to get a. the
fire, and with fe buckets Of water the three
men saved the building before the alarm be-
came general. 1t is supposed that the fire orig
mated by the wcrkmen employed by the gov
eminent to put the building in good condition
ut having been used AS military PRISON.
building a fire on a bed of sand on the floor
and after completing their work failed TO
tinguish 1t entirely, and the floor under the
sand caught and burned slowly until it burst
ont and was discovered by the policemen. The
presence OF the German is accounted for oY
his being at work in Mays bakery near by and
saw the fire and went IN a moment before the
police arrived, but was so bewIlderad he did
not know how TO act until officer Brown set
him to work with officer Hols in extinguish-
ing the flames. The damage, fortunately, is
STINT TO JAIL-Elzabeth Bates, colored, was
arrested last night on suspicion OF stealing
two twenty dollar Treasury notes, the proper
to scour the floor in Bowers dwelling. In
bureau draw he kept a small box, with the
money in it. No one had been in the room but
the prisoner, until MIR. Bowers went in and
discovered his loss. 1t is supposed she opened
the box with hair pin, which was found on
the bureau SO bent that it opened the lock IS
easily as the key. Justice Buckley sent her "
Jail for court.
FUNERAL OF A SOLDIERS WIFE-Saturday,
Mrs. johnson, wife of soldier now at the
front, died at Fort Reno, near Tenaliytowu,
leaving two very small girl children TO the
care OF the charitable. patrolman gives the
following account of her burial. The officers
at the fort got a very decent coffin, and de-
tailed Jour men to bury the body in the grave
yard at Tenallytown. They worked all day
Tuesday, and only succeeded in digging
grave fourteen or fifteen inches deep. Night
coming on, they were about to leave the b rdy
in the woods, but the citizens took II and
placed it in the little Methodist church near
by. After night the soldiers returned with a
lantern, to put the body In the grave they had
dug, but the citizens would not permit them.
The citizens finished the grave yesterday, and
buried the corpse properly, about forty ladies
and gentlemen attending. The officers at Fors
Reno were extremely mortified when in med
Of the conduct of the men they had entrusted
to do the work.
THE DRAFT AssOCIATIoN.-Last night the
association met at the Custom.house. The
meeting was small, compaf atively, and bnt
few names were added to the list, pFobrbiy
because of the announcement that the draft
had beer postponed Theassociation adjourned
till next Saturday night.
FLOUR AND GRAIN NAEKRT-The market
remains unchanged. Demand for the local
trade active at last quotations. Sales only to
supply that demand.
PORT OF N.-C1eared-Scaoouer
Jno. Wesley, BormaD, for PocOmoas; barge
Amazon, CoddingtoH, City Point The registry
OF permits fer the transportatioH of goods 70 the
aamy continues to be the principal business OF
the nficsrs at the Custom. house
R12 JOHN D. EDMOND & CO., sfo