Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-11-01
Affairs IN 0esrxessvu.

AssAULT AND BATTERY WITH INTENT 40
KILL Last night about SIS O'Clock. two
L fantry, created q disturbance on Bridge
street. nesr MARKET, and by drawing pistols
and presenting them, caused much alarm
among the peaceabie residents there. Oricers
harper and cunningham were called upou 20
arrest them, and ofhcer Cun nineham arrested
one, who gave his name ne Thos. Girtan. He
threw his pistol away, but 1t was Afterwards
found. Letcher left, and was Masking toward
the Aqueduct bridge when officer Harper tod
him TO stop, rs he was an oficer. The negro
told Harper to stand back or he would shoot
him. as he did not care for the police nor
any body else. and used some profans Ian
guage. Cunningham heard the remark, and
turned Girtan over TO Harper. and went after
the defiant negro, and when within about If
fteen feet of the negro, the latter drew pistol.
fired At the officer, and then ran OF The bali
struck cunningham on the rig BIT leg. about four
inches below the knee, eiancing around the
bone and lodging IN the large muscles OF the
leg. Cunningham pursued him after he was
shot- out the negro was too fast for him. and
escaped across the aqueduct. This morning
ofhcer Paxson was sent TO the camp by Lieut.
Essex, and the negro was surrendered 70 him
by the Officers He proved TO be a negro named
Edward Letcher, who, on q former occasion.
tried 10 shoot Cunninghim. The negroes are
in custody, awaiting hearing before Justice
Buckley.
GRANT LARCENY IN MARYLANp-This
morning, special officer Nunemaker arrested
John Byroads, boatmen, for the larceny of a
lot Of poultry and saddle, the property of
widow lady named Cadv. residing in Mont
gomery County. Md. Byroads was taken 70
he station house where he Is held 10 await 8
commitment for req uisitIon from the Governor
of Maryland.
THE ALEXANDRIA CANAL-The work Of re-
fitting the Alexandria Canal has been so far
completed that notice was gwen the boatmen
to-day that the water wonld be let into IL at S
O'Clock this afternoon which will afford them
opportunities for carrying freight to Alexan-
drIa.
THE CANAL.-The boats are croydiup the
CHANNEL and IN their anxiety to hasten their
trips the boatmen frequently get the boats so
damned together as TO cause considerable de-
lay TO themselves and trouble to the harbor
master. The arrivals te.day are the r u
Hartley with wheat to Hartley Il Bro and
thirty five boats with coal consigned as fol-
lows-To the Captain, 1ll.lg tons: w X
Snow. Il2.15 tons; Hampshire and Baltimore
Co, ga 10 tons: q. II. Plant, 100 tons; Central
Co, 96e tons; American Go 65s tons: Borden
90. 533.l2 tons; Cumberland Co, SIS 2 tons: I
&. Hieston, ibis tons: Georgetown Gas 90
ITO tons; -, 1857 tons. Departed-E n
Hartley, with salt and lumber To Berlin, ana
Mamie McCiraw, lumber TO Sharpsburg, and
twenty four boats light
FLoUR AND GRAIN MARKET We notice the
arrival OF the boats Maude, from the four Jocks
with wheat and pig Iron; ID knode, from Mer-
cervile. with wheat, flour, corn and applies:
Six Days, from Hancock, with cement TO CT
Waters Flour rs in demand for the local
trade, tar in excess OF the supply. Holders are
not AZ Xious to sell, and prices have advanced
twenty-five cents per barrel since yesterday
Grain-Small receipts OF wheat and corn
Last sales OF prime red wheat, 50 30. No ar
rivals or sales of white Corn-No sales upon
which 10 base quotations