Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20

eighty feet by twenty John J. McCul-
iom, bricklayer, and Samuel Wise, car
penter, are the contractors. Mr. Joseph
W. Davis is, erecting building for a
grocery at the corner of 9th and f streets
Whlch consists of one story and cellar
sixty by twenty feet. Mr.. Davis lately
purchased the ground at S1.63 per foot.
The IDEA of erecting a church at this
point mas been relinquished. There is now
being placed another story and a
half on the building of the War Depart
ment and it will be completed in about
three weeks. The addition will give six
teen more rooms OF the same size of those
now occupied by the clerks on the lower
stories he half story will furnish the
same number of rooms of a like size in
length and breadth. but not quite so
high"
All sorts of schemes We're emploved to
smusgie contraband goods across the
lines into Virginia In
smuggling The Star of October H.
Tbr,,r4.a 1862. is an item telling
of an enterprise of this
sort that went wrong:
Saturday morning last a market wagon
was hired by man named Fleigenheim-
er. to take six trunks to the southern
from the KimwelI House and the wagon
proceeded with them over the Eastern
branch. being closely followed by Ser2t
Baker of the county police who was sus-
picious that all was not right. Here the
wagon was Joined by Fleigenheimer, who
hlred a. passage with the trunks, and the
sergeant arrested them and with the
guard sent them to the provost mar
shas. On the way F1eigenheimer at
tempted To thrust a roll of Confederate
notes, amounting to $40, in the pocket
of the driver, but was detected. Fleig gem
heimer was at once sent to the Old Capt.
tol and the driver was released The
trunks have not yet been examined
y
The horse problem was continuously
difficult for the government during the
second year of the civil war.
Horses In The Star of October Il.
c 1862, is short item on this
0.e' subject:
1--WE learn that since Pope fell back on
Washington 10000 horses have been sup-
piled to the Army of the Potomac, though
more are still required This fact demon
strates the tremendous consumption of
horsetiesh in carrying on the war. We
have seen enough of military treatment
"
of them in the fed and the pressing ne
cessity for some change that will put a
stop to much of it. We are assured
that the quartermaSterS department has
no fixed price which it pays for army
horses and is buying all that are offered
at far prices. knowing that it has not
yet obtained all that are presSingly re-
quired we trust that the offers the
part of the dealers in army horses may
be quickly and considerably increased
n he Of lA ;c
news paragI aph noting the arrest OF a
man for having in his possession a horse
to.en from the government. On beins
taken before Justice Dom he proved that
he had purchased the animal from sol
dler and the case was disml ssed d.
The Marine Corps had not become as
onspicuous a part of the fighting force
of the government in 1s52
Marine it afterward became
In The Star of October
AP'' Il, lS62 is an item de-
scriptive of conditions at the marine bar
racks, on Sth street southeast:
Notwithstanding that number OF
men drafted from the station here for
the gunboats, etc, from the navy has
drawn heavily upon the force here, yea
enlistments have been going stead
ily that the number now III barracks mas
reached 323, nearly as many have been
guar tered mere for some time past. he
men there will compare favora bly, with
any heretofore enlisted in the service, be
ing mostly young and wei proper toned
and, considering that most of them are
new to the service. are II markab.y well
drilled. The usual parades take place
daily, and numbers of strangers. etc,
Frequently visit the post to witness the
rfs.sfa tJFh,
IS executed and the sp4endid marching
for which the corps is famed. The post
is at present under the command OF
Lieut. Col. Edein, the commandant. Co.
Harris, being absent on tour of in
spect.on to the different naval stations.
Capt. .McCauley is in command of the
battalion. assisted by First Lieut. Baker
and Second Lients. Sells, Adams, Wal
Church and Sherman. The non-commis-
stoned staff Sergt. Mai, Rob nson
%. NJ Sergt. WILDER, Fife Maj. Scala and
Drum Maj. Roach
Elections of members of Congress took
place in most of the states in the north
Tuesday, October H. 1867,
Election and in The Star of the
D,4 Thursday following is
-soH"ieS' summary of the results
far as they had been ascertained:
THE returns of the congressional cleo
lions Tuesday last, SO far received.
shows that radicaEsm is to be essentially
shorn OF much of its power for mischief
in the next Congress- Thus it is already
known that the people have left Messrs.
Bingham and Gurley of O6io at home. An
other result quite gratifying to the true
friends of the restoration or the Union is
the defeat of Mr.. NallandiSham and Mr.
Biddle Neither of these four gentlemen
occupied positions with reference to the
war rendering them admissible as
guardians of the public veal in times like
the present. Representatives of the two
extremes of popular sentiment i'm the
loyal states, they nave alike contributed.
beyond expression, to emharrass the
success of the arms of the Union by their
impracticaRle if not sinister counseis:
Messrs. Vallandisham and Riddle 10y
their virtual advocacy Of the cause
of the rebellion. and Messrs. Bling
ham and Gurley by their advocacy
of revolutionary views and meas