Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-01
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| DIsCoNTNUANCE OF THE OFFICE OF PROvOsT Mar
| sH'L.-In obedience to an order Of the CcmmandiD.-
| General of the Middle Military Department. .ba
oiAce ofprovost marshal was yesterday discontinued
| and General WooeY formally turned over to Brere
! colonel Adam Il, h4Mg, Adj Itlut General Of the
| Department. i'll the presence Of Major General " 8
/ Hancock and STAFF and other officers, evervthiDe-
/ pertaining to that Office lie will report 10 t6r
| AdJutant General Of the Army for furtha. orde,.
But few military establishments brought INFO ozis--
eGce by the var have had suca IN cver,iul rcccri
or imposed uron the officer in charge more oDeror.
ana responsible. OF delicate duties than the Proves,
| Marshal's Office in Baltimore and its operations
would furnish material Cor Interesting chapter in
the history of the war, bearing as it did such ~,
important and intimate relation to the seat Of GOV
ernment, ana occupying geographical position which
brought 1t into contact with the candestiac opera
tons OF many OF those who sought the overthrow m
Tie Government. OF those who have OCCUPIED the
p"Sluon OF provost marshal, named i. the order
IN which they served, are General John T. Ecri,
George k. Dodge, Esa. Major W. z. Jones, Ma
Jor A. .. !. Constable, Colonel ". :. Fis,l
Major IA. H. Hayner. and General John WooIIev.
| The latter, then ranking as , Lioutena Colonel
took charge on the 23th af March, 1854 and bainr
good business man we'll as Drrre soldier ,etab-
hshed anG maintained throughout us admIAistran n,
system and discipline which rendered him an eX-
ceedrngly popular officer with both the people and
the Government, and, notwithstanding his regimen
was mustered out Of the service several months since
the authorities al Washington decided to retain lis
valuable services for longer period and promoted
him to mis- present rank for mertorious services j.,
the field. When his Office was closed yesterday al
the work pertaining to it was finish cd and no diff
Guilty can ever be experienced in tracing out aDy "a
cord OF 1t during his administration. All napers of
every description pertaining to such an ofIice-and
their name Is leglon"-are carefully filed away in
case Of pigeon holes" each package lettcred and
the whole completely indexed. The same may he
said Of all the books of every character the entir,
arrangement eTincng that buSinesS-ke charaetcg
which has always marked the official career of Ger.
Wooey. In retiring fom the position General
Woolley does so with the deserved reputation Of
having been honest and courteous in every transac-
ton, and in the future the good wishes of all wbo
knew him here will follow him.
MURDERoUs ASSAULT UPoN AN OLD MAN.-On
Tuesday evening about o'clock, Peter Garyey and
an old man named Felix Craizan got into an al
tcrcation at Calvert station, when the for &C.
sauted the latter, beating him in IN nnmercir,,,
manner. Craigan was found wing upon the nave
ment bleeding pro.Gsely, and was conveyed to his
home on alley street where he attended by
Drs. Y Gates and Dunbar, who pronounced his coud-
tion precariOus. Doubts entertained Of his re-
covery. Captain Mitchell having been notified 0
the facts instituted search for Garvey who had fed
after the assault but did succeed in arrestiug
him until yesterday. Hewas taken into custody by
officer Kidd, as he in the act of getting into
wagon for the purpose of leaving the city The ac-
cused held for hearing before Justice Spcer. TIE
same officer also took Daniel N. Parland into custo-
dy charged with aiding Garyey in his attempted es-
cape from the city. lie was released on bail for
court by Justice Spi"er.
STEALING BARREL OF OM.-Wiliiam H. Foot
colored was arrested yesterday by detective Gray
charged with stealing barrel of whale oil, valued
at so, from J. Parkhurst u Co.. No rs South street
1t appears that the negro was in the employ of the
firm porter, and thus obtained possession of the
OIL which he sold to William Schriver Foot failing
to give any satisfactory answer as to what he had
done with the barrel Messrs. p. & Co. communicated
the facts to Marshal Carmichael, who caused his ar
rest. S"hriver was also arrested charged with hav-
ing bought the property knowing it to have been
stolen. After examination of the case before jus
tlce Spcer, Schriver released on bail to await
the action of the grand Jury. and Foot commit
ted TO Jail.
A SERIOUS CHARGE.-Deputy Marshal Manly and
detective Houck arrested II. I. Boyd on Tuesday, at
the instance of Colonel Lloyd, proprietor of Loyds
Railway Guide, who charges the accused with being
a defaulter to the amount of 81, 100 and also with
having forged check for $50 upon the National Ne
chanics' Bank. Boyd held until yesterday, when
he underwent an examination before Justice Spicer
resulting in his being committed to await the action
of the grand jury. 1t appeared from the evidence
before the magistrate that Boyd had been acting in
the capacity of agent for the complainant in the pro-
curing of subscriptions to the Railway Guide. and
that he had for some time past only returned por-
ton of the money collected and that he had forged
the name Of Mr.. Lloyd to a check upon the National
Mechanics Bank, payable to Mr.. LIS order.
hEslGSArIoN.-i esterday evening before the con-
venuon of the Councils the resignation of Mr. Gray,
who had been the previous evening appointed school
commissioner for the Twelfth ward, was received and
accepted, but no appointment made in his stead