Evening star., 1866-05-08

Kirkwood House, and was subseq oentiy r~-
mcvrd 10 he residence, on ID s,r-et. near ne
Franklin engine house. Dr. Balkisy has not
yet extracted the ball The wounded maa. %
ss Understood. ssNs tue sbot wss accidental, ~
least rot intended for ham, ~.
Omcer Robert johnson was standing ~ The
corner Of IOtS street and the avesue at the
tmr, and bearing the shoLs fired, rmmediatBiy
rusbed in, when he found Cunain gham ana
O'ToOle In q row, Who. affrr somp dimcuiiy
were parted. md Cansspghsm made has exn
from the house DrtectNe- Bigley. McDe Wit
Ciarvoe and Kelly WERE on the spot. n veil
As several officers Of the Second and Tnud
WARDS, and arrcsied O'Toolr. Drew and Cas-
NJ once proceeded 20 the Office of Superlnen-
dent Richards and axked for hearing. which
will probably be had THIS afternoon. .L
At two O'Clock to-day an examination OF
Mrssrs. John r. Charles, alias Cunn n,nghsrn-
ana Charles Hurdle " As had before SuPertn-
endent Richards. At police hesdQ uarters, when
John Essex and others testified. Essex ana
clark state that Cunning ham took pictare
from the wall. and throwing Il on the focr
broke II, al the same time daring any one IN
the room 10 take it mp, saying that he could
wards Hurdle and dared him 70 take u mp,
when they both drew their pistols and hneo.
almost sim ultaneously. OfficeS johnson ana
Miller nfed as TO making the arrests ana
queung the disturbaace; Dr. j. w. Buiktry
that Donnelly's wound n dangerous, and thai
at present the resnlt In uncertain. The Snper-
hiendent held both parties 10 bail in the cum
or fi,U00 each TO answer a charge Of assaun
battery with intent TO Kill. .-.-...
CRIMINAL Court, Judge Fisher.- Yester-
Gay, IN the cases OF robbery and assault ana
b-ttery against Brian Carroll, John Baliinger.
and James s. Williams, the District Attorney
entered q notie pros .-. -e
In the case Of James Pike, indicted for. an
assault and battery with intent 20 Kill. q notie
pros. was entered.
VIM. II. Taylor. indicted with Chas. Smith
for the larceny OF horses, was found not guilty
Jonas Webster, isdicted for larceny. was
found not entity. Gooding for defense-
w. &. b. Thornton, convicted OF assault and
battery, received a nominal sentence.
Jacob Rath, indicted for an assault and bat
terry with intent to kill Daniel Brown, was
placed on trial. fendall and Norris for de-
This morning, the case of Lewis Watson, in
dicted for the murder of Benj. White, in Octo-
Der last, was called. Messrs. Bradley, sr.. and
Norris appearing for the prisoner. Watson
was scayenger. and employed the deceased.
In October last they had quarrel about wa
tering horse, and the deceased followed the
accused TO the stable, when the latter struck
the former with a spade, which, IL is alleged,
caused bis death some days after.
DIS Croggon and Morgan testified 10 the
character Of the wound; that IL was one from
which, in their opinion, patient would have
recovered IL Re was properly treated, and that
At first he refused TO allow his head 70 Be
dressed.
THE CANAL IMPRovENEsT.-This morning.
bids Were opened At the EugiReer's Office, Oily
Hall, Tor removing the deposits which are
excavated from the canal between Maryland
ayenue and the Tiber. to the low grounds west
OF New Jersey avenue. The bids were as fol-
Iows;-Hugh McGiRnis, removing the deposits.
IA cents per yard. or horse. cart and driver at
80 per day, and laborer at Sl.50; ID. mugphy,
12k cents per yard; A. Gleason, Ia cents per
driver and si.45 for hands; c. w. Swaggsrt 2s
cents per yard, or horse, cart and driver, 81 2S;
Jeremiah Costello, IL cents per yard; Peter
10 nsa,s a & ~ GEMS per ysra; Mm 1 Wnaien.
per yard: Samuel Gregg, II cents per yard,
or TO superintend the work at % per day, fur
nish horse, cart and driver at sass and 81 50
for laborers. The contract was awarded 70
Dennis Murphy.
ALMOST RIor-S;<r- morning Gray
Carter, Robert Richardson, and SamY Stokes,
discharged colerSd soldiers, weAt into the
clothing store of M. Newmyer, near the Depot,
out, and on attempting 10 put them ont Oar.
tar's pistol exploded, as he asserts by accident.
and as the others assert, purposeiy. Quite a
crowd gathered round, and many white per-
sons supposing that be had fired TO kill one OF
the storekeepers raised q cry to mob them. On
cor O'Callaghan. however. took the men in
custody and succeeded in taking them to the
station, where Justice Walter fined them SIS
,or carrying pistols and committed the frst
named to the workhonse.
+ CosTRGcr AwARpxp-To-day bids were
opened fo- the construction Of a two-fost sew
er in street north, between 9th and 7th sts
and to the center of alley in square 4S7. The
per foot for the sewer, $40 for The drops. and
S35 for the manhole; j. ID. Hutton, 90 90 for
the sewer, $50 for manhole; Richard Robey &
per, 81. per foot for sewer, So for drop, sIa
for manhole. The contract was awarded TO
Robey Co.
| CONVENIENT SALE OF LUMBKR-The sale
OF lumber a. the Government iumbe ward ON
Mary land avenue, between 12th and 18Th sts,
on the 5th instant, under the management OF
Lieut. Col. ]. NJ. Moore, A. q. M realized To
the Government the handsome sum OF o. ss1 -
Scantling averaged SIS per Thousand feel:
RsaWv %Seq .xsS.sS sUsn ,os $40 per ;sSOussnd
rough siding sold for $50 per thousand: secppdr '
hand lumber averaged $40 per thousand.
CoLoRED BURIALs AT ARLrNGToS-Tbe
number OF colored soldiers and contrabands =
inferred in the United States National Ceme-
terry at Arlington. Va, up TO the present date
are as follows The number Of interments in
the year 1864 Were a,33i: In 1865, I,e04; the
number OF interments IN the present year, ND
70 the clese OF April, Were 4S. Total number
buried, 3,s43
SoIREE MUsIcALK.-The soirse of Mr. G.s
ave ST. Albe, tenor, date Captain, A. ID. &. on
General Augur's Staff af Metzerott Hau. to-
morrow evening, will doubtless be an excel
lent entertainment, as he will be assisted ey
<noonAuc xoioucnofu. sOpftnO mr. Ii. e.. Sher-
man, pianist; Mr.. Rudolph Hollub, and other
talented musicians.
THE EXCAVATION OF rHK CANAL.-ro-dav
MI Farquhar has about loo hands employed
In excavating the Canal, from the Tiber TO
south Capitol street. There are more eolored
men looking for work there Today than before
but they are orderly. The contractor has put
some colored men to work.
I ADlEs' OWN MAT8RIALs made q . by frs.
u A Qsa q ~ =
Address AILLINER, 4ss st. north. m.
FOB SALEa.I win postpone the sale OF ny
COUNTRY SEAT, IN 8llsyille, ION the BsiU-
pre- and Washington Turspike, and about ten
n,nusss yak from the Bls1ensbure Depot,l 20
IgxsspA.f' wT y. May q, -. oeloeh n;
q = REwARD-Lost, in Georretovn- On s.,nr-
we Gay, the 5th instant, between the new bridge
over kock Creek and the Aquedust, Q patent lever
hunting GalA WATCAL aal i.sd -