Evening star., 1866-09-03

cape. asd made the s,gn,fi ,ant rem ark, ..Yoa
are wanted IN BALTIMORE" George teereupOn
changed countsnance somewhat, Ano seemed
better 70; and casting love lurn Iook at the
windows of Metropolitan Hall. he meekIy
footed IL of down the street in the firm grasp
OF Eliza and was seen no more.
a NEGRO SHOT WHILE STEALIse On sun
dsy morning. sbout3 O'Clock, Mr. George W
opposite MT Blssdsn:s. with his mots.e ana
family. heard pig squeai and some OF bis
dogs barking. He immediately rot mp and
gong 70 the pen found that one Of the p,ss had
been carried OF, and he returned 20 the house.
an arousing his brother James. who he sent
IN one direction, be armed himself with q Cua
and pistol and STATED out north ward from his
james Osborn was attracted to the woods by
the squealing Of the bog, and on going In tie
erection of the sound saw coiorrd man com
ing from the woods whom he ordered 70 halt
and on his not dong so he fired his gun above
hts head The man then stopped and Osborn
W. we,, up 10 nm and asked him why he stole
MS hog, 70 which no reply was made Mr. Os-
porn tnen told deceased he must 20 wi'e hIn
10 the house, which deceased agreed TO do, bat
on Osoorn'e turning around decreased attempt
ed to seize him and scufie ensued. In the
scume the negro got possession OF the
gun and struck Osborn several blows
SraiS,n with IL across eros the the shoulder and h.nd:
together the pistol "a small sized reyolyerl in
Mr.. Osborn's hand, was DISCHARGED three
times. The parties then became separated,
and on the negro advancing 20 renew the at
tack. Osborn frei twice on him with his re-
yolver, when both parties retreated in oppo-
site directions. After daylight in the morning
osbcrn and his brother Lund the negro lying
N the woods dead, some dis ance from the
place here the scufie took place. Two balls
were found 20 hsye entered him. one about
four inches from the navel, penetrating and
cntung the bowels, and the other on the right
hip.
Nh. Osborn went TO Brirhtwood immediately.
on aseertairing what he had done, and gave
himself up TO Sergeant Poole, OF the Metro
polIlan Police The police of the Second Pre-
cinct (Lieut. Johnson) took charge Of the
body, snd yesterday afternoon Coroner Wood
ward held an inquest on the body, wnen a
verdict of Justifiable homicide was returned
and Osborn was dismissed.
Alter the inquest was over It was ascertslnad
lnat the deceased was named John Carnes
formerly of Mecklenburg county, Va. and
resided in the nPig n borhood. He was employed
at one time in the camp of Scott's 9sO and was
drafted, but skedaddled and went as a substi-
tutp He has been engaged in several thieying
operations lately. and the theft of Sergeant
Hurly's hogs has been traced 20 him and some
companions Mr.. Osborn several weeks ago
was robbed of a hog and recently his milk
house was robbed OF butter, &c.
ORPHANS COURT, Judge PARCEL The busi-
ness OF last Saturday was unusually heavy,
ana kept the court busIly engaged up 10 the
hour OF ADJOURNMENT. The following wills
were nled fully proven. and admitted TO pro-
bate and record OF Cornelia Wrttenver, let
ters documentary were issued TO Rev Matthias
AlIg, as sole executor, ia bonds of 81 0a, and
OF Peter Won Essen, letters testamentary Is
sned to VIM. King. George W. BealI. John T
Mltchell, and William q. Magee, in bonds of
Sl6.UCO. After making ample provision for ms
widow, children, and grandchildren, the will
oi MT Won Essen provides that II there be any
surplus. III shall be paid to the corporation of
GeorRetown, Tor the benefit of the white free
schools. Also, in ca e OF death of his children
WITHOUT Issue. certain bequests to them shall
rat nfl llanr
the same purpose.
The will of Martha ID Duncanson was fully
proven and admitted 10 probate. The will of
Seciiy carroll was flied and partially proven
Letters OF administration upon the personal
estate of the late Joseph Libbey were issued TO
Louisa Liooey, his widow. 10 bonds OF $4,000.
An inventory OF the personal estate Of Jas
X W ood was returned by executor And OF
the personal estate of Jonas Click, by the
exrcuiriN.
Martha '. Mcdonald, daughter of the late
Jas w. Mcdonald, and Nora r.. Mcdonald
was bound as an apprentice 10 Asa Whitney
until she is TO years of age.
Tue following guardians gave The bonds re-
CURED by the court: BENJAMIN r. Bittinger
as guardian TO Charles Bittinger, orphan sen
OF Catherine Maivina Bittnger: Jesse Jen-
klns, guardian to Clarence nj. and Richard n
Winemiller orphans OF John g. WnemiIler
Appolonia Stuntz, guardian TO Mary, orphan
OF alexander and Cornelia Wittenver; and
Patrick Collins, guardian to Sarah NJ Nestor
and Margaret A. Nestor, orphans of John
Nestor, late of Baltimore.
The INTERIOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Browning appeared al the Interior Depart
ment saturday and was duly qualified and
entered upon his duties Secretary Mr.
Joseph Wilson also assumed the full man.
agement of the General Land Once. as Com
missioner. vice Judge Edmunds, resigned and
appointed postmaster OF the Senate Mr.
wilson is admirably qualified for his Office by
a lifetime spent in that branch of the public
service, and by natural aptitude. He is
walking epitome Of information in regard 10
the public domain, from the organ iZation OF
the government to the present time, and is de-
cidedly the right man in the right place.
WAS 1T AN EARTHoUAKE-We learn by
gentleman from Contee's Station, on the Balti.
more railroad, that shock OF something like
an earthquake was felt in that vicinity, and at
Bladensburg, and elsewh here betw here and
Baltimore, about o clock this morning The
shock was accompanied by a low rumbling
nolse, and was sufficiently violent TO cause
the people TO leave their houses in terror.
~
FALSE MEAsUREs.-On Saturday Mr. Henry
Lyles. clerk OF the Centre market, seized a
number or measures belonging to hucksters
and dealers in the market. the same being too
small. Many OF the measures Were old ana
much worn and cut. They were all DESTROYED
DEAD.-We are informed that young Ben
son, who was shot in the affray al the Ship
ley s grove camp meeting. is dead.