V2fc XXI. WASHINGTON. D. C.. TUESDAY. APRIL 14. 1863. NS. 3,162

THE EVENING STAR.x*

niBIUSHED EVfeKY AI'TERNOOM,(,SUNDAY MJtOMPTKD,)

AT THE STAR BOILDIJIQI.JPUK'A AVMHUM AND 11TH ST1HT,

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him served in jukinibr carriers at 94 ftMarar 3T eente p«r month. To mail subscribersSTLriM la #4.AO ft reftr, in advance- $2 tor lix

$ i far three months; and for leee thaniteaamartb' at the rate of 12 cents a week. Single

g oil oin; in wrappers, two cxhts.ADTBRTISRMENT2 should bo went to thebefore 13 e clack M>; otherwise they mar not«mtil the next day.

AMV8TI7S JOHlfSO.f * CO.,

PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE,

firrwRKS 9th A IOtb Br*.,

nt on the Wine list of flrst-c'asBMew York Hotels and Restaurants.

ALSO

190 CASKS ItREER SEAL,

QUARTS.

Ve*Mea the above Wines, we bare constantly ena fn-1 supply of all other well-known braccin.

FIFER HE1DSICK,

HB1DS1CK A 00

MOET A CHANDON

QL1QU0T,

6. n. MUMM A CO.. Etc.

KTAn Inspection of our stock, whi"h is nowreplete in every branch, is reppectfolly solicited,

AUG. JOH.NSOS 4c CO.13-tf

EST, NORTH AND 80UTHWEST.OFFICERS AWO SOLDIERS TiKEX .12

GOVEHNMEXT RATES.The oi>ly pi* e to buy tic*ets is at the ticket office

of the Baltimore and OhioB»ilroa-i at the Dvp"ts

sal.? of Messrs. Kohler A Erohling's pure Califor¬nia Wites and Brandies. The following are ourbrands :

angelica,MOC'K or WTITTE WINKS.PORT, WHITE MUSCATEL,GRAPE BRANBY.

EG AN A y KRRI E, Sole Agents,mar Sl-lm corner I jPATOHKD

fRUM LIVERPOOL. I FROM SEW YOKK,Saturday April 18. Saturday M«y9Tuesday June 2.1 Tuesday June 23First Cabin, from $9.5 to $135each berth, according to size, situation and accom¬modation of the State Rooms; ali having the nan*privileges in the Saloons in regard to meals and

attendance. Suits of apartments for families maybe engaged by special agreement.Excursion Tickets out and hack, in the 1st Cabin

only, a fare and a half.Servants accompanying passengers, and childrenunder twelve years o' age. half 'are. Infants free.Sioond Cabis.State Reom berths, mealsfurnished at separate tables $70Thim) Cabii .Intermediate State Rooms, pas¬sengers found with beds, bedding, table uten¬sils. and good substantial food ffiftBtirracb, with superior accommodatingAll farvs payable in Gold, or its equivalent in U.B. currency.Each passenger allowed twenty cubic feet of

luggage. An experienced Surgeon on boaid.For pa*f-age apply to CHARGES A. WHITNEY,at the Office 2t> BROA DWAY. New York.For freight apply to HOWLAND k A8PIN-WALL, Agents, 54 South street, New York,mh 2f*-t)e9

BARROW, M'KELDEN A- 00.,BANKERSS33 PENNA. AV., OPPOSITE WILLARDS,

Washington, D. C.,WILL BVY AND SELL

GOLD AND SILVER, CNCURRENT MONEY,VIRGINIA AND OTHER

SOUTHERN BANK NOTES,DEMAND AND 7 3-10 TREASURY NOTES

and ail otherGOVERNMENT SECURITIES,

DRAFTS ON THE NORTHERN CITIES ANDEUROPE.

Navy and Army Cheeks and Quartermasters'Vouchers Cashed.Collections made cn tbe most liberal term*.Bonds, 8tocks and Gold bought and sold on usual

commissions.Deposits received. mar 21-lm

MAYOR'S OFFICE.Wamhihoton, D. C., April |0,1863.Proposals will be received at the Mayor's Officenntil 12 m oc Monday, the 20th instant, for contin¬uing the Sewer from its p-esent terminatier on I

street north, between 9th and inth streets west, toa point en 10th street thirty feet from the east sideof loth, and thenoe along said KHh street to thenorth side of New York avenue, with laterals anddrone, QUAETERB ARMY O^ THE POTOMAC,

April 11..A refugee who left Richmond lastTuesday has arrived within our lines. Thebread riot iu that city was witnessed by him,and caused the greatest consternation amongthe authorities. The women were the headsof the families ol the working classes, and wereactually starving, many having been com¬pelled to beg on the street. A repetition of thedemonstration is feared.'Reinlorcements are hnrrying up to Fredericks¬burg as rapidly as possible. Most of them areconscripts and convalescents. Several divi¬sions are enc amped about Richmond.Work lias been suspended upon the fortifica¬

tions around Richmond, their impregnabilitybeing considered certain. Earthwork} are be¬ing throw*n up along the Rapidan river: butthe force in that vicinity is composed chieflyof cavalry.The gunboats, iron-clads, are afloat in the

James river. The Virginia lies down nearDrury's Bluff', and has made several attemptsto pass Jhe obstructions, but failed. The thirdis uniinished, but rapidly approaching comple¬tion.Riot Between Irish and Negro Laborer*.New York, April 13..A riot occurred to¬

day between some negro and Irish laborers,which was quite serious for a time. The Irishare said to have commenced the difficulty andhurled missiles at the negroes, driving them offthe pier into a boat. At this moment one of thenegroes, named Oney, fired a pistol, woundingJames Agars in the head, but not seriouslv.Another account says that Agars was wound¬ed by a brick thrown by one of the njob stand¬ing beside him. The riot was soon after stop¬ped by the police. The negro Oney had hisnose broken.

lleayy Robbery.New York, April 13..The paymaster's safe

at Brooklyn navy-yard was robbed last nightof between $121,000 and #140,000 in legal-tendernotes.

LOCAL NEWsf.Council. Proceeding*, April 13..fto-xni *

Aldernun.Acommunication was received froiuthe Mayor announcing the approval of the nofor the relief of W. P. Webb.Also, a communication enclosing the petition

of a number of business firms of the eity re¬questing that an act be passed for the openingof Water street; referred.The following were read and referredPe¬

tition of L». W. Dorsey and others for the reml*.sion of a line; of Mrs. E. E Mockbe asking thatcertain monies be refunded; of C. J. Ulltnanand others in tegard to the improvement ofNorth Capitol street, from New York av»uneto Boundary street; petition of J. G-. Doddridge,of Cireleville, O., requesting that the pictnreof bis relative, Philip Doddridge, which Is nowthe property of the city, aud i* suspended iu theCity Hall, be donated to the new State of West

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THE WEEKLY STAR.Tkte «z««1]«b* Family xnd Newt Journal, mi«

UJninf » *rn*t«r variety of interesting r*a,(WO toI erect a building, so that employmeut may beI g vm to the inmates in Mianfacturing mattrase*,brooms,\c.: referred.Al^o, one lioin the Surveyoi, recommendingan appropriation of 81,'JOO lor the construction

oi sewer traps on Sixth street west, between Gand I strrets: referred.The lollowing bills were passed:.Increasingthe pay of the Corporation police to SfoO permonth and the chief to friHt; to lay ling footwayson Band Thirteen-and-a-hall street; to lay afootway on west side of Second street, acrossH street: to place three stench traps on Ninthstieet west: to supply a deficiency in the ap¬propriation for a small-pox hospital: author¬izing the election of three tire-plugs in theSeventh Ward; fer introduction of gas intosouth side of Western Market-house.Mr. Barr introduced a resolution fixing thehours ol meeting of the boards at 7.!, p. m., fromthe first of May to the first of October, insteadol at lour p. m., as now provided by law.The Epeciul order.the biii providing forlighting the streets with gas.was taken up, thequestion being upon the bill reported by Mr.Gordon lrom the select committee.Mr. Ctermehle moved to insert the preambleol his bill to Mr. Gordon's bill; which wasagreed to.Mr. Thompson offered in lieu of the first and

third sections, the first section of his bill, whichauthorize s the Mayor on the passage of the act,and annually thereafter, to enter into a writtenagnement with the Washington Gas LaghtCompany to supply the lamps of this city withpas untif further ordered, and upon the loliow-ing terms: The price of gas to be in accordancew ith the act of Congress July 11, ISO)?, reducing.ihe price of gas to 'i7 cents per hundred feet;each lamp to be supplied with a four-footburner, consuming not less than four feet ofgas per hour, and to be lighted twenty-fournights in each month, the average time oflighting and extinguishing to be as follows: iuthe months of January, February, Novemberand December lighted at 5 p. m. and extin¬guished at ti a. m.: in the months of March,April, t-eptember and October lighted at 7 p.in. and extinguished at 4 a. m.; in me months or"May, June, July and August lighted at 8 p. iu.and extinguished at .1 a.m. Each lamp .U1be lighted .>'S5 nights in the year, and the aver¬age contract price shall not exceed £ permonth, payable monthly out of the ward fund.The second section of Mr. Gordoa's bill

which provides that the Mayor contract withthe gas company for lighting, keeping cleanand extinguishing the lamps at a rate uotex-c«eding two cents per night, and for reportingall defective lamps to the Mayor, who sh*ilcause the necessary repairs to be made, wasadopted.Mr. Utermehle moved the second section ofhis hill as lollows, as the third section of thebill under consideration, which was adopted;That it shall be the duty of the Mayor tocause lamp posts to be erected, without delay,at proper distances in every street and avenue

not now so lighted, where gas pipes are nowor shall hereafter be laid, and ?aye the *amelighted with gas, a£ required by the first sec¬tion of this act; and he shall invite propona!*for the space of ten days for the furnishingand erection of such lamps and posts, andaward the work to the lowest responsible bid¬der: J'rovidtd, that the whole expense of put¬ting up each new lamp and post, complete,leady for lighting, shall not, in the average,exited twenty-live dollars, payable out of theward fund.Mr. Thompson moved to insert his third sec¬

tion, which requests the Superintendent ofPolice to have all violations of the rules re¬ported by the policemen, and impose a fine oil. he company lor a violation of the rul-s offrom two to five dollars, which was adopt -dThe bill was intormally laid over unt.l tLen< xt meeting.Ihe bill from the Board of Alderman au¬

thorizing the transler of certain monies t«j th >e chcol fund, w as passed. Adjota ned.

Secowo W'ardStation Cahbs..Larry Nor¬ton, drunk and exposure: ^i.5K Lixzie Brow a,drunk and disorderly: *2. J. Limerick, p-t-dliug without license; #-20.04. Wm. Fowhr,drnnk and disorderly: »i^. F. H. Hendly, a -wault; security for peace. Thos. H. Johnsoi..do do. Wm. Johnson, assault and barer*;dismissed. Samuel Murphy, do.; do. G.«org\Sprigg** profanity; do. A. Binninger A.