Evening star., 1867-05-17
LOCAL NEWS. /.
AMUsEMENrsJ A. M .Y,,u,


AMUsEMENTs, &C., 70, O,NIeHr -. d.
NATIONAL THsATRH.-The Richinr. t.n,,;.h
evening. ,-F G,# : - '"i'
ODD FELLOWS HALL.-Last night but one of
the southern relief fair. rs -
GoNzAGA HALL, + street.-Dr ssserya, w
bagoy Will deliver his celebrated humorous
Iectuie I" Bacon and Greens or tha MAJ, %
,,,ala ,tns,naan, THIS evening 1t viii be 3 great
- aa5 a1
Ihh ReBBERy OF BANK NOTES FROM tn.
for co,'.t uHfIIhe accused Giyes Bail IN 10, 600
~ oont:-f \ eeterday, after our report clos I'd
one DISCRIMINATION Of james H A. Schuremans the
VeVioLeo ~ messenger of the Ofiee of UomptrotIsr
con1in,oa Oauth.eney, Treasury Department, was
tue cross examination of Mr. Hurlhnra hsin
cohtin ued as follows o0ins
a1In Inc room was cleared on the 2sth or 2s,h>of
pn -, ioI tne purpose Of renovation, and the
money was there then. The vault was closed
,nlee or iour DAYS. No one kept the keys. the
nnd1, De.hg com oinattou, The combination is
the employees in that room were kent thsrs, ,
SnSi 10 O'Clock, when an Inyestieatlon was
discoysrS ne exception Of Schureman. The
S,eiy was made at the time of the regular
W nheehiy examination. Witness knew some of
NINA nI paper; he identified it by its peculiar
Henry W. Jennings fchief OF the oru,ni,.t,or
GGivlslon OF the office Of the Comptroiler of tne
NuaLehcyJ identified lot of paper, peculiarIv
H.lt, a ana the boxes In which the soap is
hgo. VI tns ink stands, paper weights, SC.
Dus lew OF them were the same pattern as hose
by the oefense.-The boxes were freouen tIv
Wy. gisen away. The books (similar to the one
p 'S,,,rs were printed for circulation. :.
some Of the paper as having been rnisd snr =
special purpose for the Currency Bureau. :"
81; y; ~. CPperndn testified that he received
sSg OIL on the Eank of Jersey City oa the I'd
OF May, and deposited it with Rittenbonse.
Fowler IL Co. '-
n. H. WILEY, runner and H C. Smith, teller.
bahk OF Washington, testified, the first to re,
celVlng note of this dee cription from Ritten-
mouse, Fowler & Co., and the latter of receiy.
ing such note at the bank.
IL. c. Clark testified to receiving su ch a nots
from Schureman, which was paid 10 Egan
ferrle, and subsequently returned to sim
men the accused was asked about 1t he said
ne must have received it in some lodge money
from Mr.. Brown.
M. Perrfs and Mr.. Lyles Ctellers at johnson !
d 20. - corroborated this testimony so far as
L. NJ. Prlce, sworn Witness is in the Office
OF the Comptroller OF the Currency; knows
and said the notes were genuine, but the Sig
natures were forged, and he believed that they
Were In the handwriting Of the accused. 10
by The defence: The package was missed on
the Both of April; the vaults were closed on
the 23d OF April, and reopened on the 30th
1ohn B~7Tosyhs, ;, sworn.-Witness in charge
OF the yanlts-. He examined the notes, and
testified that he believed the signatures were
In the handwriting of the accused.
y. ". Gr.fIn, Charles A Je,yett (bank.note
engrayeF,) Thomas j Rdbbs, testified that they
believed the signatures to the notes were in
the handwriting OF the accused; George H
Fayman, TO searching Sehnreman's house aud
nnolng the stationery; MAJ. J. F. Bates and
Mr.. Price, to Shureman assisting an moving
the books and papers in to the vaults when the
package was accessible :. = . = =.
The prosecution here closed. and the accused
and his counsel asked leave to Withdraw for
consultation. On their return Mr. Philips
stated that they had come to the determination
not 10 enter upon the defence here, but allow
The case to go 10 the grand Iury He moved
that the bail be reduced from S12 600 to $4,000
He wished it 10 be understood that they did
not' fear the final issue, being confident that
the accused will prove his Innocence ="
hr; Burr, OF the Solicitors office, who as
sisted General Darlington for the prosecu ton,
and called attention to the fact that If the sc.
eused was guilty and had taken the amount
stated he could secure his bail If it was fixed
AT less than the amount charged to have been
1aken, and pocket the difference. r-F-.. ~.
Mr.. Lloyd urged that the circumstances of
the accused should be taken in consideration
in fixing the bail, and spoke in high terms Of
his character tor honesty, &c. ~ .1'
The Justice liked the bail at $4,000, which
was given-Leonidas Scott, John T. OH nson,
and Thomas Brown, (all colored,) going on
his bond-and the accused lett the Office with
u large number of his friends. .'t"
The accpsea; &C ms 'S we bel believe, has resided many
as steward, and tor the last tour or five
years has been employed. in the Treasury
u, ", q,
Tency Bureau. He is a mem Der Of the church,
and has heretofore borne a very high charae-
Ter, and is a Mason OF standing Since the
smons the coiored people | Of tPe Ward ann a
at present the President of the Fifth Ward
Republican Club.
PROPOSALS FOR LAYING WATER MAINS
This morning, proposals for laying the water
mains were opened IN the Mayors ofi ce. City
Hall The bids were for laying SIX and four.
inch pipe, in twelve and nine feet lengths, in
the three districts il which the city is ivided,
yiz.-District No. THAT part of the city
city canal and west of 7sh street west; Dis
frict No. 2-Tbat portion north and northeast
OF the canal, and the east Of the west SIDE Of
tn street west; District No. 3-That portion
between the canal and the Potomac and the
Eastern Branch. a- -E- "a --..a ~ =r.
The bids were as follows: O,Hare Il Moo.
nan, 20 cents per foot for 6.ineh pipe, and Is
cents for the 4-ineh in each of the three dis
tricts: A. R. Shepherd & Bro. 20 cents for the
6-inch u foot lengths, q for The 6-ineh foot
lengths, ID for i-nch 10 foot lengths, Il for 1.
inch foot lengths, in each OF the three dis
trlcts; Daniel Hannan, 20 for 6-Inch ~ foot
lengths, 2Of for 6-incA foot lengths. lsX for
4-inch 10 loot lengths, l. for i-inch 9 foo,
lengths, in each district; H. McArdle, 254 for
the 6-inch. and 213 for the i-inch, in districts
one and two and 24a for e,ineh, and ash TOR
district three; p. Mcnamara, (infermal,) 2U for
6-inch. and 10 for 4-inch, for each Of the dis
tricts. fa-
SENT UP FOR COURT Yesterday Peter
McCabe and James Srsith alias johnson,
who were arrested Tuesday night by Off GERS
O'Callaghan, Scott and Parker for the larceny
OF pair of horses from Gen. Walbridge, were
finally committed to jail for court by Justice
Walter. This morning they were taken 70
the police headquarters and fall description
of their persons was entered npon the detec-
lives register, and their likenesses were taken
and placed in the gallery OF thieves. They
were interrogated as TO their knowledge Of
King, now in Jail, but they deny any knowl-
edge OF him, while the detectives are Of opin- :
ION that they have seen the prisoners fire.
quently in the yicinities where King was a
visitor at the very time when King was oper.
ating. They are both young, one an lrishman
the other a native of Baltimore.
THE WIENER CRoGHAN CAsB.-On Wed.
nesday last an examination was had before
Justices Thompson and Morsell of the charge
OF grand larceny preferred by VIM. Steward
against VIM. Weimer and John Croghan-
they having been arrested on the 10th instant
by officers Proctor and Columbus Of the Third
Ward. Steward was engaged 10 furnish a