Evening star., 1866-05-15

Sneidr. of she e,s psrssors. asd Bsv&-r. OF "a.
toths aad officers Crews. o. tns st. Isosfasa o.
and srssxue. Of Ne s,S precsscs.. " ''' ''"'
omers SpraEne e1,e6y sr.ied shcsr er,ev-
snce.. and urrrd sbst sbey ehoell peeeivs as
wSiss ,s sss co'ss Q, sns sy ss a.s
i The mrmoriai wrv~ rro9 By oeirer Gfant, and
| Se.eennt Barker psee~used she pesinen.
mt Sssvrss, as vel as otsss ms@ssn ,.,: ox tas
L &C.
DksERTsks-Privnfes George n. B1rch. o..
q. and John Brown and Cbas. Smith, Go. X.
| SIN u y Cavalry. were tried before a court
martial IN this city. on the charge Of desertio0S
| were found guilty and sentenced a. follows
1 Burch 10 forfeit Sc Of his monthly pay for
| months, 10 be confined at hard labor for three
amount paid for his appueheusion. Brown and
Smith were sentenced TO be confined at hard
labor for one year. to forfeit all pay And allow
| ances then due, or that may become due, and
\ at the expiration of the period of confinement
L TO be dishonorably discharged from the vice.
| These meR were sent for by the Provost Mar
imposed upon them was too heavy to meet
| tbrT appreciation they concluded to shake 10
of along with the uniform. and, therefore, de-
| serted again.
| STERLING KISo.-Sterl,ng King, who was
| 1or some weeks in the custody Of the mil
/ itary at Louisville, ky., on the charge Of
horse stealing and other often ces, and who Il
/ will be recollected, made a con fession as 10
| President Lincoln, the telegraph announces as
having died as he resched Chicago, whittier he
WAS being taken TO answer o charge of grand
E,y E.sIceny. Last Friday: under the rame Of
Coburn. alias j. Summers, alias J. Wright he
was indicted by our grand jury for the larceny
o. horse, saddl. and barr ess, valued at Sasa,
from Messrs. Allison and Wash'n T. Major
Of this cty, on the 1st Of September last.
ORPHANS Court, Judge Purcell This morn
ing The will Of the late Edward Wayson was
admitted to probate. the caveat filed having
been dismissed
Letters of administration were issued to Jno.
Georgia, who died in richmond IN 1851, bond
$4,000. -
Catherine Herbert was appointed guardian
TO the orphan OF Anton Herbert. bond $500
The first and final account Of the executor of
Judson Mitchell, deceased; the first account OF
the guardian ofthe orphans Of Thos. Coreoran,
deceased; the first and final account OF the ad.
ministratrix Of Max Mryer; and the first gen.
eral account OF the orphans Of Emanuel
Champion were approved and passed.
A NEW MARKET HoUsE-Mr. Anthony
grinder Is abont to erect at the intersection OF
Virginia avenue, Delaware avenue and LIST
street, market house building, i76 feet front
on virginia avenue and 81 4 feet on Delaware
avenue, which will contain about 100 stalls
That portion on Virginia avenue will be of
frame and contain 76 stalls, which IL is expect
ed will be r'ady for occupants by the 1st of
July, and that fronting on Delaware avenue OF
brick, over which il is proposed TO have hall.
This market will be great accommodation to
Wards, and, doubtless, will do much towards
giving an impetus TO Improvements in that
section.
PROPOSALS FOR GRADINs.-To-day at
nosn proposals were opened at the Mayors
office for grading 18th street west from N
ROundary ids fol
lows:-Wm. Collins, TAX cents per cubic yard
Thomas Joyce, ID; Hugh Murray, 13 VIM
RiehaIa S sa1r1 ne9n' l.. al
Thos. o Day, 16k; Andrew Gleason & Co, IA;
Wm: Buskly; ls; VIM. Hussey, "A; Jeremiah
I2X; P. Cook, Hx; W. Blake, Il; W. BabSins,
D. ]. McNamara, II; John Brennan, IIS; %,
FITZGERALD. 13A. The contract was awarded
The CANAL IMPRoyKMKAr.-Thec contrac.
tor, Mr. p. farquhar, and the sub-contrac-
tors, .Messrs. Murphy and Gleason, who are
exeavating the canal, are getting along finely
with the work, and the apprehension felt by
some, when the work was first commenced,
that II would not be completed in the specified
time Of sixty days, appears more and more
needless. Mr.. Farqu uhar, on the lower section
Is floating down much Of the deposit in scows,
and the SUBJ contractors on the upper portion,
are carting the dirt directly from the bed Of
the canal, they having also the contract fer
carrying the deposit OF. ~ -
HORSE SrEALINe.-On Sunday afternoon, a
horse and buggy, belonging to Mr. John
Phnger, Of the First Ward, was stolen from
tne washington Gardens. New York avenue
near 2d street. Omcers O'Callaghan and
Straub, about one O'Clock, discovered Peter
CaTrigan embarrassing horse from a buggy
on North Capitol, near b street. and thinkins
II was smash-up, watched him, and on ones
tioning him he gave evasive answers which
caused them to arrest Carrtngan. Yesterday
lOA I'm xxran A~.<x~ a..
walter, who committed him 70 Jail for court.
A CALL ON THE PRRsIprSr.-M,Iie and
SSnlis.na, the African twins, called on the
PRESIDENT and his family early this morning.
ana were conducted to the ssguest room
where President johnson, his family, and the
men members OF the executive household assem-
bled 10 witness their performances The twin
sisters displayed their agility and sxpertness
Of movement before their distin guis he'd audi
ence, and sang duet. The President ex.
pressed himself pleased with the visit, and the
twins retired.
RAN OvER:-On the arrival of the p m
train yesterday, the horses, attached to the
hack Of Thomas Murray, stan ted from the
front Of the depot, and he running ont TO stop
them, was knocked down and the hack ran
over him, injuring him about the head and
ribs. Omcer Brewer had him removed to his
residence on Capitol Hill.
HORSE SrrALIyeLThis morninv ns,so,;,.
Digiey arrested Howard johnson, colored, for
tne larceny OF horse, the property of Mrs
Catherine z. Carter: Of CLARK county, Va. The
horse was recovered and Identified The pris-
oner had hearing before Superintendent
Riehards, who sent him TO jail to await rec ui.
sition from the Governor Of Virginia. =
IN INVOICE OF TABLE AND POCKET
CUTLERY, just received. Grades: Fine, medium,
Will be sold ct low rates to close
JOHN =. ELVANS 4 90
my 15-lw 3O9 Penna .Ssnn,.
lint Chron, Con. Unisn, Republican,
I IST OF CONsIGNEEs per steamer JOHN
II GIBSON, Of the Atlantic Steamship D Con nsnyis